About this Event
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MATNetworks - Shrewsbury in partnership with
Empower Multi Academy Trust
Leadership Challenges - Preparing for the Future
Venue: The Sovereign Suite, Shrewsbury Town Football Club
Agenda
🕑: 07:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Set Up
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Delegate Arrival - Networking over tea/coffee & croissants
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:05 AM
Introduction to MATNetworks
Info: Lucy Clarke, MATNetworks Co-founder / Head of Operations
🕑: 09:05 AM - 09:10 AM
Why School Matters to Me
Info: The Pupil Voice from across schools in Empower Multi-Academy Trust
🕑: 09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
Welcome to MATNetworks, West Midlands Region from the Chair
Info: Carla Whelan, CEO, Empower Multi-Academy Trust
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:40 AM
60 Second Elevator Pitches 1 - an opportunity to meet our pupils & suppliers
Info: Lucy Clarke, MATNetworks Co-founder
🕑: 09:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Keynote TBC
🕑: 10:20 AM - 10:25 AM
60 Second Elevator Pitches 2 - an opportunity to meet our pupils & our supplie
Info: Lucy Clarke, MATNetworks Co-founder
🕑: 10:25 AM - 10:45 AM
Tea, Coffee, Networking & chance to chat with sponsors & suppliers
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Understanding Minds: Supporting Cognition, Communication, and Emotional Wellbe
Info: Angela Willis, Founder, Edvocation Services
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
Eteach - Reflections from Our Main Sponsor
🕑: 11:20 AM - 12:05 PM
Blue Apple Education - Phase 3….. Title TBC
Info: Mark Davis, Director, Blue Apple Education
🕑: 12:05 PM - 12:35 PM
Brunch & Networking
🕑: 12:35 PM - 12:55 PM
Inclusion & SEND - A Case Study from Empower Trust
Info: Beck Preece, Trust Strategic Lead for SEND &
Karen Matthews, Trust Strategic Lead for Inclusion, Empower Multi-Academy Trust
🕑: 12:55 AM - 01:25 PM
Workshop
🕑: 01:25 PM - 01:30 PM
Transformation
Info: Carla Whelan, CEO, Empower Multi-Academy Trust
🕑: 01:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Smash Life
Info: Andy Smith & Matt Smith, Founding Directors
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Final Networking, Raffle Draw, Closing remarks, Thank you
Event venue & nearby stays
Shrewsbury Town Football Club, Oteley Road, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
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