Annual Conference and Exhibition

Taking place online from the 14-15 October 2020, the CIPP Annual Conference and Exhibition provides an invaluable opportunity for professionals to educate, collaborate and celebrate all things payroll, pensions and reward.

We have created an amazing and engaging programme filled with insightful speakers, such as Angela MacDonald and Alison Levine, as well as various networking opportunities and an online immersive exhibition.

We took this as an opportunity to not just move our face to face programme online, but to start again and ensure that we deliver a truly virtual conference, allowing delegates to get a unique experience.

Book your place from as little as £190*, ensuring you don't miss out on all of the below.

6 Informative sessions

Informative sessions delivered by a great selection of leading industry experts

4 Roundtable sessions

Join different topical roundtable sessions to have your say and join in the discussion

Networking opportunities

Network with other payroll, pensions and reward professionals and exhibitors

Prestigious awards ceremony

Celebrate the best of the professions at the only payroll awards in the UK

Day one – Wednesday 14 October

10:00 - 10:30	Welcome from the CIPP Ken Pullar FCIPP, CEO, CIPP
10:30 - 11:15	Keynote speaker Angela MacDonald CBE, Deputy chief executive and second permanent secretary HMRC Angela MacDonald CBE - Angela became HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent Secretary in August 2020. She has 30 years’ experience as an operation professional in service delivery, transformation and change in both the public and private sector. If that wasn’t impressive enough, Angela leads 50,000 colleagues in HMRC who deliver customer service and compliance and enforcement activity across all taxes. This is an exciting time for Angela to be the CIPP keynote speaker and we would love for you to come and join us.
	Welcome from main sponsors Workday
11:20 - 11:30	Comfort break
11:30 - 12 :15	Learn: Stress and Resilience Tim Widdowson, Instructor, New Leaf Health This session will explore your personal definition of what stress is, identify the signs and symptoms that you may experience if stressed and understand the health risks of short- and long-term stress. It will help you understand your personal vulnerability to stress and, that by identifying things that cause stress and managing these in a different way, and by having a range of healthy coping strategies, you can reduce the impact that stress has on your physical and mental health.
12:15 - 13:30	Networking opportunities Join the previous speakers in the chat rooms, schedule 1 to 1 meetings to catch up with our sponsors or join one of the discussion groups or sponsor demos. And don't forget to grab your lunch!
13:30 - 14:15	Roundtables Join a roundtable session, hosted by the CIPP team, to discuss one of the topics below: Merits of outsourcing or bringing payroll in-house Covid-19 experiences general discussions Covid-19 experiences of those working in the pensions sector The future of payroll – how Covid-19 and technology will change payroll
14:15 - 14:45	Comfort break
14:45 - 15:00	Roundtable Roundup Jason Davenport MCIPP MIoD, Chair, CIPP Join Jason and some of the roundtable hosts to hear a summary of the discussions
15:00 – 15:45	CIPP payroll legislation update Samantha Mann MAAT MCIPPdip, policy and research technical lead, CIPP Join this session to hear Samantha’s update on hot topics affecting payroll right now and what is on the horizon
15:45 – 15:50	Close of day one Jason Davenport MCIPP MIoD, Chair, CIPP

Day two – Thursday 15 October

10:00 – 10:10	Good morning from the CIPP Jason Davenport MCIPP MIoD Chair, CIPP
10:10 – 11:00	Motivational speaker Alison Levine Alison Levine -Alison is no stranger to punishing environments. She has survived sub-zero temperatures, hurricane-force winds, sudden avalanches…and a career on Wall Street. Alison has climbed the highest peak on every continent, served as the team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, and skied across the Arctic Circle to the geographic North Pole.
11:00 – 11:15	Comfort break
11:15 – 12:00	Managing change in turbulent times Danny Rice, Manager UK payroll product manage, Workday This session is an overview of some of the latest trends impacting payroll from supporting front line workers through to technology changes and how these can be harnessed to drive your payroll forward.
12:00 – 13:00	Networking opportunities Catch up with those sponsors that you didn’t get a chance to meet with yesterday using our 1 to 1 meetings, put some more questions to this morning’s speakers or have virtual lunch with your payroll colleagues in one of the chat rooms.
13:00 – 13:45	Roundtables Struggled to decide which session to join yesterday? Here’s another chance to join a discussion on these top issues. Merits of outsourcing or bringing payroll in-house Covid-19 experiences general discussions Covid-19 experiences of those working in the pensions sector The future of payroll – how Covid-19 and technology will change payroll
13:45 – 14:15	Comfort break
14:15 – 14:30	Roundtable Round-up Join Jason and some of the roundtable hosts to hear a summary of the earlier roundtable discussions
14:45 – 15:15	CIPP policy team panel discussion and Q&A Gemma Mullis ACIPP, policy and research officer, CIPP Lora Murphy ACIPP, policy and research officer, CIPP This is your opportunity to ask the CIPP policy team any burning questions that you may have relating to payroll. There will be plenty of opportunities to submit questions on the day or put them forward in advance by emailing events@cipp.org.uk
15:15 – 15:30	Conference close Jason Davenport MCIPP MIoD, Chair, CIPP
17:00 – 18:00	CIPP Annual Excellence Awards

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Keynote and motivational speakers - Proudly sponsored by SAGE Angela MacDonald Keynote speaker ( HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent Secretary ) Angela became HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent Secretary in August 2020. She has 30 years experience as an operation professional in service delivery, transformation and change in both the public and private sector. If that wasn’t impressive enough, Angela leads 50,000 colleagues in HMRC who deliver customer service and compliance and enforcement activity across all taxes. This is an exciting time for Angela to be the CIPP keynote speaker and we would love for you to come and join us. Alison Levine Motivational speaker ( ) Alison Levine is no stranger to punishing environments. She has survived sub-zero temperatures, hurricane-force winds, sudden avalanches…and a career on Wall Street. Alison has climbed the highest peak on every continent, served as the team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, and skied across the Arctic Circle to the geographic North Pole.