Learning from yesterday, leading for tomorrow
Thursday, 12 March 2026, Millennium Point, Birmingham B4 7XG
Sponsored by the Local Government Association and Anthony Collins.
As we look back on 25 years of overview and scrutiny, and the Local Government Act of 2000, we’ll ask how the next five, 10, and 25 years will look for local democracy. With sessions organised across three key themes:
- Place governance: How we govern across places, not just within institutions?
- Systems of assurance: How councils build cultures of shared responsibility for governance risk and resilience?
- Future democracy: How democracy adapts and endures in the face of social, digital and ecological change?
There’ll be a question time panel you can ask questions of, and plenty of space and time to network. Check out our digital programme now to find out more about the day.
Find out more
- Digital programme
- Speakers’ biographies
- Sponsorship opportunities
- Getting to Millennium Point (pdf)
- Millennium Point floor plans (pdf)
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