Enabling collaboration in ecosystems to unlock social value

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Date: Tuesday 3 October 2023, 09:30 – 17:30
Location: Cloth Hall Court, Quebec Street, Leeds
Type: Ideas in Practice, Conferences, Seminars and lectures
Cost: Free
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This full-day conference will explore how collaborative working across social, environmental and economic elements integral to all business ecosystems can lead to social value.

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Are you collaborating to deliver social value?

Social value covers social, environmental and economic elements integral to all business ecosystems. Following the 2021 update to the UK Government's Social Value Model, social value must be explicitly evaluated and is thus a fundamental requirement in all public sector contracts, with several of the model award criteria requiring collaboration. The challenge of collaborating in ecosystems to meet primary business and social value requirements with the diversity of players, commercial models and business drivers is considerable.

This full-day conference will explore these issues and more with leading speakers from government, defence, aerospace, nuclear and rail sectors, conformity assessment bodies and academia.

Please note that this is an in-person conference, co-hosted and funded by Leeds University Business School, the Institute of Collaborative Working and the Social Value Portal, with the potential for further collaborative engagement possibilities with our partners and delegates.

Event Programme:

09:30	Registration and refreshments
10:00	Welcome Catherine Thristan, Director of External Engagement at Leeds University Business School
10:05	Keynote Elena Sinel, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Teens in AI (FRSA) - Teens in AI is on a mission to inspire teenagers to explore a future in tech and AI through collaborative, hands-on learning experiences
10:25	Keynote presentation: Ecosystem collaboration Frank Lee, Chief Executive Officer at the Institute of Collaborative Working – Collaboration: the great enabler to the levelling-up agenda – driving real value through our ecosystems
10:45	Keynote presentation: Social procurement Guy Battle, Chief Executive Officer at the Social Value Portal – The pivotal role of the private sector in delivering social value
11:15	Refreshment break
11:30	Case study: The challenges of enabling collaboration in the space industry ecosystem Speakers: Danny Flack, Managing Director of Centimany, and Mike Rudd, Senior Consultant at Day One People (formerly of the UK Space Agency ARTES Telecomms Programme) Chair: Christina Smith, Space Technology Lead at Space Hub Yorkshire
12:15	Networking lunch
13:15	Fireside interview: Blockers and enablers to collaboration – A behavioural perspective How the adoption of Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement (FREDIE) overcame demographic barriers to enable effective collaborative working Chair: Helen Hughes, Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School In conversation with: Jon Brazier, Operations Director of Vercity and MODUS Services
13:45	Case study: Integrating social value requirement into the TransPennine Rail Upgrade Programme Speakers: Brian Walton, Deputy Alliance Director, Gareth Williams, Sustainability Director, and Ann Duffy, Social Value Lead, all TRU West Alliance Chair: Jonathan Winterton, Professor at Leeds University Business School
14:15	Case study: The nuclear sector ecosystem – How the Sellafield collaboration and supply chain strategy is enabling social value development in the region Speaker: Eirini Etoimou, Head of Corporate Sustainability & Supply Chain Development and Solutions at Sellafield Chair: Jonathan Winterton, Professor at Leeds University Business School
14:45	Coffee break
15:15	Panel discussion Chair: David Loseby – Visiting Professor of Research Impact, Leeds University Business School Part 1: Would the introduction of an international standard for social value be a positive catalyst? [20 minutes] Melanie Worthy, Government and Industry Engagement Manager, British Standard Institute Piumi Mitchell, Social Value Lead, Deloitte Sarah Robbins, Senior Director, Supplier Relationship Management, TMS Irena Grugulis, Professor of Work and Skills, Leeds University Business School Part 2: Questions from the audience (‘open mic’) [40 minutes] Panel members: Jon Brazier, Operations Director, Vercity, and MODUS Services Eirini Etoimou, Head of Corporate Sustainability and Supply Chain Development and Solutions, Sellafield Danny Flack, Managing Director, Centimany Irena Grugulis, Professor of Work and Skills, Leeds University Business School Melanie Worthy, Government and Industry Engagement Manager, British Standards Institute Piumi Mitchell, Social Value Lead, Deloitte Sarah Robbins, Senior Director, Supplier Relationship Management, TMS Brian Walton, Deputy Alliance Director, TRU West Alliance Jonathan Winterton, Professor, Leeds University Business School
16:15	Closing remarks Frank Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Collaborative Working Guy Battle, Chief Executive Officer, Social Value Portal
16:30	Drinks reception and networking
17:30	Event close

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Carter at Leeds University Business School.