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Turbocharge 2025 - Conference Agenda
MAIN SESSION
10:00am - Welcome / Registration
10:20 - Interactive Session: Leading as One - What Salsa Can Teach Communicators About Leading and Following with Desiree Senior
10:40 - Host Welcome
10:45 - Keynote: Navigating the messiness of change - How to navigate change and take a moment of pause to pivot into something new with Eleanor Tweddell
11:15am - Panel: Your future in communications - Exploring today’s opportunities and tomorrow’s skills for communicators at every level with your host Edeje Onwude and panelists Andy Macleod, Omo Udensi, Colette Brown and David Manning
11:45am - Stretch Break
12:00pm - Keynote: Managing Comms in Times of Crisis - Unlock the power of internal communications to secure employee trust, support and advocacy in crisis situations with Alison Arnot
12:30pm - Panel: Comms in the C-Suite - An honest conversation about what Leaders need from their comms team with your host Eduvie Martin and Laila Ngo, Dauda Jameh and Iggy Harris
1:00pm - Lunch
2:00pm - Keynote: How to balance your head, heart and gut to make better decisions and lead more effectively - Explore how your three ‘brains’ influence the decisions you make, affect how you communicate those decisions, and impact how you can inspire your colleagues as a leader with platinum sponsor Chris Carey from Axiom
2:45pm - Keynote: Turbocharge your creativity - Learn how to spark imagination, fuel innovation and bring more creative energy into your comms with Alan Oram from Alive with Ideas
BREAKOUTS
3:10pm - Breakout A: From Behind the Scenes to Front of Mind - Positioning Yourself, Your team and Your Work with your host Rochelle Oakley and panelists Vicki Marinker, Kathryn Kneller SCMP, Lucy Eckley and Aurelia Abena Attipoe
3:10pm - Breakout B: AI: Friend or Foe - Hear from our panel of experts on how AI can inspire, support and scale your creativity with your host Anna Gracey and panelists Monique Zytnik, Tariq Peters, Amrita Dasgupta and Simon Andrew
MAIN SESSION
4:00pm - Keynote: The invisible organisation - The Communications You'll Never See on the Org Chart with Dr Leandro Herrero
4:30pm - Keynote: Increase your impact and reach more people - Supercharge your communications strategy with accessibility with Lisa Riemers
5:00pm - Interview: The power of belonging - The human need that transforms an association into community with your host Shane Hatton and guests Peter Finn & Simon Cavendish
TURBOCHARGE 2025
After the success of our first conference in 2022, we brought Turbocharge back bigger and better in November 2024 with a full-day event in central London.
Check out the highlights and if you are a communications professional looking to turbocharge your comms, your career and your community, keep an eye out for more information about this year’s gathering. We guarantee an day of unmissable content – and much more – all for an accessible price. Members will also benefit from an exclusive discount.
Interested in speaking? Get in touch with us at iabcuk@gmail.com.
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