For advanced development professionals - leave with new ideas, new motivation and new inspiration

The conference offers the opportunity for more experienced development professionals to hear from leading experts from across the sector, to discuss challenges with peers and to take a step back from the day to day demands of development, to consider the bigger picture.
 

Networking

Catch up with old friends and colleagues from across the IDPE community.  The conference is a chance to work with your peers to find innovative solutions to the challenges you face.

Sharing excellence in schools’ development

Share your expertise and experience with those just starting out on their development career.

Specific sessions for the advanced

Whilst you can attend any of the sessions on offer at the conference, our new strategy and leadership stream has been developed specifically for our more experienced development professionals and senior leaders, to help you to develop and challenge yourselves.

Be inspired

Listen, learn, and debate with other leaders and experts from across the sector, review your own fundraising strategy and consider how current trends within the sector could influence development in your school.
 

‘Inspiration to do more and affirmation that we are already doing a good job … Practical tips to improve my own fundraising and our department.’

‘The conference allows us to meet colleagues at other schools and reassures us that what we are doing is good!’

‘Reassurance, knowledge, friendship, good take away points, good focus on the story.'

‘I came with my bursar and it has cemented our feeling that we are on the right track with our development opportunity as we move forward.’