• Net Zero, cost-of-living, housing, social care and digital innovation: assessing the challenges currently faced by local authorities  
• From devolution and levelling up to working in partnership with local businesses: what different routes can local authorities take to achieve a place-based approach to change?
• How might local authorities need to evolve their workforce and utilise digital transformation to improve capabilities and capacity to deliver?

• Creating the right sustainability strategy: how to be ambitious yet realistic and work on sustainability polices alongside several competing priorities  
• EVs and transport: what could a more collaborative approach look like and how can local authorities work with partners to ensure change is long-lasting and future-proof?  
• Green homes: where is change most urgently needed and how can councils identify small changes that can have a big impact in both the short and long term?  
• What scale of digital transformation is needed to ensure the right capabilities are in place to continue delivering a greener future? 

• From managing several asset types to automating repetitive tasks: understanding how to do more with what you have  
• Where does digital transformation hold the most potential and how can this improve efficiencies and productivity across the organisation?  

• Discover the opportunity to collectively set the bar through formal carbon neutrality certification
• Hear about the benefits of implementing PAS 2060, and how a third-party assessment works
• Learn why PAS 2060 is so robust and how certification can help overcome the greenwashing trend

• Identifying the right locations and getting infrastructure in place: challenges and successes  
• Public engagement and education: what has been done, what is still needed and what impact have hubs had on EV adoption?  
• How do the hubs fit into wider sustainability strategy for wider local transport ecosystem in Oxford?  

• How can local authorities work in partnership with others across the ecosystem to support the public in the journey to Net Zero?  
• From on-street charging to solutions for fleets and wider transport infrastructure: what change can have the biggest impact?  
• How EVs can support faster decarbonisation of transport, energy and homes

• Tackling the unaffordability crisis in the sector and increasing capacity for investment in existing and new homes  
• Fix housing, fix everything? Understanding the potential and wider impact of locally-led services  

• Understanding the biggest challenges facing local authorities on the road to 2030: where can local solutions and place-based approaches add most value?  
• From local businesses and suppliers to community groups: how can local councils take a more collaborative and community-based approach to their work?  
• A spotlight on work and fair pay: assessing the journey from living wage to living wage cities and the impact this work can have  
• What impact can this work have on problems in housing, healthcare and adult social care?  
• What more can the government do to support local authorities in this work?

Angela Harrington, Director of Inclusive Economy, Manchester City Council

Councillor Chris Weaver, Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation & Performance, Cardiff Council

Rob Bulman, Head of People Analytics, University of Salford

Mags Bradbury, Head of Social Responsibility & Civic Engagement, University of Manchester

Emma Moseley, Senior Policy Manager, Trafford Council

• Delivering economic and social recovery: where should local councils be focusing their attention and what role should local council leaders play in delivering on this  
• Adapting and evolving the workforce, processes and ways of working: how changes within local government can improve efficiencies, productivity and employee engagement 
• From unlocking local talent to supporting local businesses: how can local councils play a better role in creating and improving local jobs?
• Questions and answers

*Programme subject to change without notice