With this year’s conference committee, we have worked to assemble a diverse programme of content, delivered by a range of fantastic speakers from the school, higher education and third sectors. Staged entirely virtually, the conference will include webinars and roundtables appropriate for professionals working at all levels and from both smaller shops and larger offices, as well as leadership lunches and breakfast clinics to challenge, support and nurture your professional development. 

The challenges our sector faces are unprecedented and ongoing, and the work of the development office will be crucial to schools’ long-term recovery from the impact of the pandemic. If we are to succeed, we will need to be more resilient, more flexible and more positive than ever before. The support, encouragement and advice of colleagues across the sector has surely never been more valuable to us all. We hope you and your team will join us at the IDPE 2021 Annual Conference, and share how you too are #EmbracingOpportunity this year.