Education Programme
This year, the theme for our education programme at CHS Leeds 2025 is ‘welfare’.
This is a big topic, one that spans personal safety, respect, and dignity, to the intricacies of Martyn’s Law and the guidance around protecting large numbers of people. Event planners need to be vigilant across these areas and it’s a big responsibility. At CHS Leeds, we’re taking it on in a constructive, positive, and thorough way…it’s what we do!
To guide us, we once again call on the expertise of a broad range of industry leading speakers, and with sessions that address safe travel, delegate protection, and relationships.
Our education is always well attended, and our visitors lean in, ask questions, spark debates and milk our speakers dry of their expertise. We can’t wait to see it all happen again in Leeds in 2025.
Thank You To Our Education Partners
Our 2025 Education Programme is brought to you by our Education Sponsor, UTAC Millbrook and AV Partner Lighthouse Events.
Our Resident MC
We are delighted to welcome Alistair Turner, MD at EI8HT PR & Marketing back to CHS Leeds as our resident MC. He will oversee all the educational talks on the main stage.
Key Show Timings
CHS Leeds 2025 show doors open at 09.00 with our first education session taking place at the main stage at 10.15. The primary education schedule will consist of five core speaker sessions throughout the day until 16:00 followed by the After-Show Party taking place locally until 18:00.
Main Stage Education
The Importance of Welfare in 2025
In this opening session, Emma King and Al Turner discuss why CHS Leeds is addressing the theme of Welfare.
Al Turner is the author of the Meetings & Events Industry’s Global Trends Report and will lay out some of the main themes, from security to wellbeing, to respect and safety that has led to the decision to take on this critical theme, now, in 2025.
At the same time, Emma will introduce some of the sessions taking place throughout the day, and give visitors a guide to the day’s education, and the must see sessions they may want to be a part of.
Speakers
The Business of Female Friendship – The Hidden Key to Confidence, Success & Expansion
We’ve been taught that friendships are just about connection, but what if that connection were the foundation of your power and potential?
In this compelling keynote, Cally refines female relationships – not as a social luxury but as a key to confidence, success and expansion. The Serious Business of Female Friendship explores how the right friendships help women advocate for themselves, break through barriers and elevate their lives in ways they never imagined.
Speakers
Understanding Martyn’s Law: Practical Implementation Advice
The importance of understanding the impact of Martyn’s Law on events is critical in how we protect and look after the people that come to them. However, as the law continues to emerge into legislation, it’s important to understand the differences between the Protect Duty, and the new law.
In this session, experts address the nuances, and bring to life practical advice on preparing for the legislation.
Getting ready for the EU Accessibility Act 2025: What event professionals need to know
Lizzy Eaton – Managing Director of Oddity Events – shares essential knowledge and practical guidance for implementing the European Accessibility Act (EAA) requirements, which come into force on June 28, 2025. The session will help organisers understand their obligations and develop strategies to create more inclusive events, using the award winning Inclusive Event Design Playbook as a starting point.
Speakers
How safe are our delegates really?
How safe are our delegates really? How safe do they feel travelling for events, often on their own, away from families and friends. In this session we look at how events and their support networks are approaching creating better, safer environments. With insight from Sam Murray, who spoke so eloquently on consent at CHS Birmingham, as well as Leigh Cowlishaw, representing the Raid Delivery Group, Katie Whitby from The Venues Collection. This is about safety, duty, and welfare.
From Survive to Thrive
We close our education by looking at the opportunities, and not just the threats. In this wrap up discussion we look at how cultures of security, safety and respect lead to better outcomes for events, their visitors, and the businesses that make them happen.
