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09.00: Registration opens
10.00: Welcome to the conference
Mr Jeffrey Defries - Chief Executive, CRAC: The Career Development Organisation
10.05: Welcome to De Montfort University
Dr Gerard Moran - Dean of Faculty of Art and Design , De Montfort University
10.15: Lost in the post-18: Confused applicants, obfuscating universities and bewildered employers
Ms Ann Mroz - Editor, Times Higher Education
10.35: The future of the careers profession (tbc)
Dame Ruth Silver DBE - Chair, Learning and Skills Improvement Service
10.50: Question and answer session
Mr Jeffrey Defries - Chief Executive, CRAC: The Career Development Organisation
11.00: Coffee and networking
11.30: Workshop session A
12.30: Lunch
13.15: Workshop session B
14.15: The future of HE. A personal view
Mr Mike Nicholson - Director of Undergraduate Admissions, University of Oxford
15.15: Coffee and networking
15.30: Workshop session C
16.30: Campus tours of Leicester or De Montfort Universities
19.15: Drinks reception
20.00: Dinner

09.00: Workshop session D
10.00: Exhibition opening
11.15: Workshop session E
12.15: Lunch and exhibition
13.45: Half plenary session 1 - 'Where the US goes today…..'
Prof Roger Brown - Professor of Higher Education Policy, Liverpool Hope University
13.45: Half plenary session 2 - Skills for the IT industry
Mr Stephen Uden - Head of Skills and Economic Affairs, Mircrosoft Ltd
14.45: Tea and exhibition close
15.15: Workshop session F
16.15: Student debate
Mr Aaron Porter - President, National Union of Students
17.00: Conference close