Connecting the Dots
Thursday 6 May 2027 | CBS Arena, Coventry
Main programme
08:30AM
Doors open
09:15AM
Conference opens
Robyn Lock, Wales Lead Workforce Development Manager, CIMSPA
09:30AM
Keynote 1
Tara Dillon, CEO, CIMSPA
Trevor Pearce CBE QPM, Chair, CIMSPA Board of Trustees
09:50AM
Health Panel
Chaired by Tara Dillon, CEO, CIMSPA
Professor Sandy Jack, Prehabilitation Medicine in Clinical and Experimental Sciences Dept., Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
Dr. Ritva Mettänen, MD, CEO and Founder, Obesity Coaching Academy
Bushra Ali MCIMSPA (Ch) MSc, Doctoral Researcher
10:30AM
Refreshments and networking
11:15AM
Workshop 1
12:10PM
Keynote 2
How data has changed
Will Watt, Founder, State of Life
Emma Bernstein, Strategic Projects Lead, Sport England
1:00PM
Lunch and networking
2:00PM
Workshop 2
2:55PM
CEO Home Nation Panel
Chaired by Tara Dillon, CEO, CIMSPA
Simon Hayes, CEO, Sport England
Forbes Dunlop, CEO, sportscotland
Brian Davies OBE, CEO, Sport Wales
Northern Ireland – TBC
3:30PM
Keynote 3
Deborah Woodcock, Deputy Director Strategic Relationship Team, Department for Work and Pensions
4:15PM
Closing session
Tara Dillon, CEO, CIMSPA
Robyn Lock, Wales Lead Workforce Development Manager, CIMSPA