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The early career landscape is evolving, are you ready? Join us for an immersive one-day summit that brings together early career leaders, talent solution providers, and careers professionals to explore the seismic shifts that are shaping the future of student recruitment and development.
Why attend?
The world of work is undergoing rapid transformation:
This conference is your opportunity to:
- Learn how to build forward-thinking strategies
- Engage and collaborate with other talent leaders and innovators
- Discover the cutting-edge solutions coming your way
- Help you future-proof your approach to early talent
Who should attend?
- Early careers and recruitment and development professionals
- University and college careers and skills specialists
- Talent tech solution providers
- Policy makers and workforce strategists
Be part of a future-focused event shaping the next generation of work. Let’s shape the future of emerging talent together.
Confirmed Sessions
Keynote: Performance thinking with Nick Shackleton-Jones
Nick Shackleton-Jones, CEO Shackleton Consulting
As technology changes work, how businesses improve the performance and experience of their people will become even more critical to an organisation’s success. An industry revolutionary, Nick has a 30-year track record of shaping future learning approaches for numerous public and private organisations. Nick will explore strategies for managing skills development and performance now that work and workers have changed
Talent strategies fit for the future
Tom Baker - M&G plc, Kat Greenwood - Severn Trent, Damian Riley - Army Recruiting Group, Anouska Ramsey, Chief People & Transformation Officer - LGPS
What are the key pressures facing organisations when it comes to hiring, developing and retaining talent? How will technological change, commercial challenges, and societal change influence the talent management agenda? Our panel of talent and people leaders will share their perspective on how they are evolving talent strategies to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world – and the role early career teams need to play in meeting those demands.
Innovation in education
Rod Bristow - Former President and CEO of Pearson UK, Ed Fidoe, Co-founder and CEO - London Interdisciplinary School, Mark Peace, Professor of Innovation in Education - King’s College London
Whether through a new university, reshaping a long-established institution or delivering new forms of online provision, education models can respond to the changing needs of work and careers. Hear from our panel of innovators who are transforming education models to meet the needs of a changing world of work where organisations will need to continuously develop and reskill or upskill their people.
Innovations in HR and talent attraction technology
Rory O’Doherty, Head of Technology and Analytics - AMS, Ashley Clifford, Global Head of Early Talent - Natwest
Generative AI is reshaping how employers find, assess, and connect with early talent. What does this mean for recruiters, candidates, and the future of hiring? This session with AMS and Natwest explores where AI can add real value, what trends are shaping early careers recruitment, and how organisations can adopt the technology responsibly to improve both outcomes and experience across the talent lifecycle.
Design for future skills
Ellie Long - Rolls-Royce
As industries evolve, so must the way we attract and develop talent. Rolls-Royce shares how it has shifted from traditional early careers to an inclusive, skills-first approach that welcomes graduates, career changers, and returners alike. Learn how this transformation is helping Rolls-Royce build a diverse, agile workforce ready to innovate and lead and how your organisation can rethink emerging talent for a changing world.
Human capability in a digital-first world: Building tomorrow's banking talent today
Mark Griffith, CEO and Founder - FourthWall, Camilla McDonald, Business Development Director - FourthWall, Lisa Dell-Avvocato, Next Generation Talent and Strategy Lead -Lloyds Banking Group, Jane Puckey, Strategic Workforce Planning Lead - Lloyds Banking Group
In a world where technological change continues to accelerate, it's how we combine human capability with technology that drives organisational success. This panel session takes you inside Lloyds Banking Group's journey to build a truly integrated, future-focused approach to emerging talent - from campus attraction through to career development, anchored in their 2030 strategy.
We'll explore why next-generation talent continues to be important for LBG in the context of technological transformation, and how LBG is connecting its 2030 capability needs directly to today's talent programmes. Using skills-based forecasting and cross-bank collaboration, LBG is balancing its identity as a digital-first business with a deeply human connection and community - ensuring it attracts, develops and retains the future-ready workforce its strategy requires.
LBG's Next Gen Talent leader, its Strategic Workforce Planning Lead, and Next Gen Talent attraction partner FourthWall will share practical insights on connecting campus experiences to business strategy - how to make preparing for squiggly careers tangible and engaging for students, why technology deployed in human ways creates magical and fun learning experiences, and how strategic partnership strengthens the entire talent ecosystem - to take LBG Faster Forward, and fulfil its purpose of Helping Britain Prosper.
Emerging talent without boundaries
Ben Williams, Founder and Managing Director - Sten10, Dave Hambrook, Talent Delivery Manager - Coventry Building Society
Emerging talent isn’t just young talent. This session explores how organisations can tackle hidden age bias and build inclusive hiring and assessment practices for people at every career stage. Led by Sten10, the masterclass will unpack where bias creeps in, why it matters, and how to design fair, skills-based processes that broaden access, strengthen capability and reflect a truly future-ready workforce.
From CVs to Skills: How Siemens redesigned early careers around skills-based hiring
Gemma Nester, Head of Talent Acquisition - Siemens and Mark Wood, Social Sustainability Lead - Siemens, with Springpod and Arctic Shores
AI is changing the game for skills-based hiring, but success depends on rethinking how we define and measure potential. Arctic Shores and Siemens will share how they transformed their hiring outcomes by replacing static skills lists with behavioural insights. Discover how to future-proof your recruitment process, use AI responsibly, and build fair, high-performing early careers programmes that deliver lasting results.
Future-proofing emerging talent: strategies, AI, and the next era of hiring
Cappfinity and client employer panel, including Head of Talent, Louise Oxley-Daniels - M&S
The spotlight is on emerging talent and TA leaders are being asked tough questions: Why do emerging talent programmes exist? What’s their true ROI? Can AI take over the roles early-career hires fill today? This session is for leaders who want to be on the front foot when answering these questions. Talent and people leads from Sky, M&S and Latham & Watkins will share their perspectives on the future of early-career hiring will explore how to defend, evolve, and elevate emerging talent strategies so they remain critical to business success.
Built to last: How early careers strategy shapes the workforce of tomorrow
Amberjack and client employer panel, including Alison Guest, Senior People Manager - Morrisons, Annalisa Riches, Group Talent, Capability & Inclusion Director - Belron, Lionel Owusu, Head of Talent - British International Investment and Matthew Jeffery, Founder -MJ Sports Agency
Building a future-ready workforce starts with a bold, long-term early careers strategy. This panel, hosted by Amberjack Global at the ISE Future Talent Summit, explores how organisations can design and embed end-to-end programmes that not only attract top talent—but also deliver measurable business results.
Featuring a powerhouse panel of talent leaders, the session will spotlight real-world journeys, strategic insights, and candid lessons from across industries.
Together, the panel will explore:
- What makes a long-term early careers strategy truly transformational
- How to gain internal buy-in and embed change across the business
- Lessons learned from different stages of the journey—from launch to maturity
- The role of employer brand, technology, and leadership in sustaining success
Whether you're building from scratch or refining a mature programme, this session will offer strategic inspiration, practical takeaways, and fresh perspectives from leaders who’ve done it.
Confirmed Speakers
Nick Shackleton-Jones
CEO of Shackleton Consulting
Ellie Long
Global Head of Emerging Talent at Rolls-Royce
Ed Fidoe
Co-founder and CEO of the London Interdisciplinary School (LIS)
Rod Bristow
Visiting Professor Institute of Education and Chair of Council, University of Bradford
Mark Peace
Professor of Innovation in Education at King’s College London
Ben Williams
Founder and Managing Director at Sten10
Dave Hambrook
Talent Delivery Manager at Coventry Building Society
Tom Baker
Head of Talent & Resourcing at M&G plc
Damian Riley
Chief Executive Officer of the Army Recruiting Group
Kathryn Greenwood
Head of Resourcing and New Talent at Severn Trent
Rory O'Doherty
Head of Technology and Analytics at AMS
Ashley Clifford
Global Head of Early Talent at NatWest Group
Gemma Nester
Head of Talent Acquisition at Siemens for Great Britain & Ireland
Mark Wood
Social Sustainability Lead at Siemens for Great Britain & Ireland
Louise Oxley-Daniels
Head of Talent at Marks & Spencer
Alison Guest
Senior People Manager at Morrisons
Annalisa Riches
Group Talent, Capability & Inclusion Director Belron
Lionel Owusu
Head of Talent at British International Investment
Matthew Jeffery
Founder of MJ Sports Agency
Jane Puckey
Strategic Workforce Planning Lead, Lloyds Banking Group
Lisa Dell-Avvocato
Next Generation Talent and Strategy Lead, Lloyds Banking Group
Anouska Ramsey, Chief People
and Transformation Officer at LGPS
Mark Griffith
CEO and Founder, FourthWall
Camilla McDonald, Business Development
Director - FourthWall
Tickets
- ISE Members: £400+VAT
- Non ISE -members £500+VAT
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