THE FESTIVAL FEATURE ACTIVITIES

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.                

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Information coming soon...

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Where mindfulness meets movement and breath becomes our guide. Led by experienced yogi, our sessions are designed to nurture both the body and the mind, inviting practitioners of all levels to embark on a journey of self-discovery and well-being.

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.                

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.                

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Join Autism Unlimited for an eye opening session that goes beyond the label to explore how neurodiversity can positively shape the modern workplace. Learn practical ways to support neurodivergent employees, challenge common misconceptions, and create inclusive environments where everyone can thrive. Perfect for HR professionals, managers, and change makers looking to build truly inclusive teams.

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When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Learn how to optimize your well-being through the body-mind connection. Explore the 8 core areas of well-being—physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, financial, environmental, and occupational—and discover somatic-based mindfulness techniques to enhance each one. Get hands-on with simple, practical exercises designed to rewire stress responses, boost resilience, and integrate mindfulness into your daily life effortlessly.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

Join us for a dynamic networking session exploring the biggest challenges in HR. Discuss how technology can streamline processes while preserving human connection, and share strategies for balancing automation with empathy in the workplace as well as other common issues in HR.

HiBob will be hosting 45-minute speed networking events across both days. Chat with like-minded festival-goers, diving into popular themes which explores your organisation’s issue. This provides a useful opportunity for delegates to connect and build relationships based on their discussions and shared learnings, which can be easily put into practice.

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.                

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.                

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

What actually happens when AI agents go live in the real world? We’ll walk you through the numbers, wins, and lessons from large-scale deployments across HR. From 65% engagement rates to 75% cost savings, these case studies show exactly what’s possible when you move from chatbots to fully functional agentic automation.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Information coming soon...

Information coming soon...

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Overwhelmed by your week and looking to find more structure and productivity? Or perhaps you’re a manager and / or leader looking to support your team. Join the Wellness Cloud team at the Wellbeing Village where we’ll coach you through a short, sharp, impactful exercise that’s designed to help you take control of your week. Be it balancing childcare, multiple work projects or finding a work: life balance. This session is designed to reduce your overwhelm, get clear on what does and doesn’t need your attention and provide you with the structure you need to have a strong, successful week. 

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

Network with peers to explore effective strategies for attracting and retaining top talent. Discuss how you can align talent management with business goals and evolving skill needs, and share insights on building a strong, adaptive culture in today’s competitive landscape.

Hibob will be hosting 45-minute speed networking events across both days. Chat with like-minded festival-goers, diving into popular themes which explores your organisation’s issue. This provides a useful opportunity for delegates to connect and build relationships based on their discussions and shared learnings, which can be easily put into practice.

Expand your network and forge new partnerships. Meeting colleagues in these guided sessions offers a focused opportunity to exchange insights and discover fresh perspectives on industry trends. These conversations can spark innovative solutions and foster a supportive community within the festival.

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.                

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.                

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

From screening to scheduling, AI is taking on more tasks. This panel brings together voices from enterprise HR, AI, and business strategy to tackle the question: How will roles evolve? What should we automate, and what must remain human? How can AI and humans work together?

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.          

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional.          

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

Digital transformation and skills and productivity are explored through the lens of the UK rail system.  Join CIPD and Tim Craddock to explore how Network Rail are leaning into these two interdependent and critical imperatives.  How does workforce planning, combined with technological advancements, provide the fulcrum for ensuring we have the right people, with the rights skills, in the right place at the right time? This topic area will extend into roundtables of Senior HR Leaders to explore the role of HR in leading the discussion in this area and help shape what a gold standard would look like.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Finding the right staff is essential to the success of any organisation. Getting the right people with the right skills sets your organisation up to thrive. Come to this workshop to discuss your challenges with recruitment, hear from peers and learn from an HR expert. Get strategic insights and practical tips on making your recruitment work for you.

Information coming soon...

Information coming soon...

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Join us for a transformative workshop where we will explore the powerful benefits of "cobra breathing" or "ocean breathing", a time-tested technique used in Taoism for centuries. Through this simple yet highly effective diaphragmatic breathing practice, you will increase oxygenation, build internal heat, and create a sense of inner calm and balance. During this break, you will learn how to tap into the power of your breath and experience a renewed sense of energy and vitality. Through this breathing practice, you will clear toxins from your system, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve your overall health and well-being. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or new to the world of breathing techniques, you'll walk away with practical tools and techniques that you can use in your daily life to feel more energized.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

Join your peers to explore how you can foster a culture of continuous learning. Discover the impact of personalised learning on engagement and retention, and gain insights into building leadership capabilities that drive employee growth and organisational success.

HiBob will be hosting 45-minute speed networking events across both days. Chat with like-minded festival-goers, diving into popular themes which explores your organisation’s issue. This provides a useful opportunity for delegates to connect and build relationships based on their discussions and shared learnings, which can be easily put into practice.

Expand your network and forge new partnerships. Meeting colleagues in these guided sessions offers a focused opportunity to exchange insights and discover fresh perspectives on industry trends. These conversations can spark innovative solutions and foster a supportive community within the festival.

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional. 

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional. 

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

Discover the progress of the Employment Rights Bill and how the CIPD has been at the forefront, shaping its development to best support the profession.

The government is yet to consult on key areas, including the most impactful proposal for the profession: how the new probation period will work in practice.

Join us for an exclusive roundtable session to share your insights and tackle pressing issues like the probation period, zero-hours contracts, and trade union collaboration. Your feedback will directly shape our government consultation responses, ensuring your perspectives are heard by leading policymakers.

Hussle Healthy Habits Bingo

Take a break from the main event and join the Hussle team for a healthy game of bingo, to blend learning with play! We’ll kick things off with a quick, engaging chat on how to build a healthier lifestyle, covering movement, mindset, nutrition, and rest, packed with practical tips you can actually use.

Then it’s time for our Healthy Habits Bingo! Using key words from the session, you’ll mark off your bingo card as you spot the habits we highlight. Get a line or a full house? You’ll win a prize and, more importantly, walk away with fresh motivation and actionable tools to boost your wellbeing at work and beyond.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Join Autism Unlimited for an eye opening session that goes beyond the label to explore how neurodiversity can positively shape the modern workplace. Learn practical ways to support neurodivergent employees, challenge common misconceptions, and create inclusive environments where everyone can thrive. Perfect for HR professionals, managers, and change makers looking to build truly inclusive teams.

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When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

🩸“Bloody Good Bingo: Periods In The Workplace”🩸

Join us for this fun, interactive ‘Period Bingo’ to open up real conversations about menstruation in the workplace. Let’s talk about something that affects nearly half the workforce - but is still met with awkwardness and silence. It’s time to break the stigma - one bingo square at a time!

Whether you menstruate or not, you’ll gain powerful insights into how real experiences - like hiding a tampon, painful cramps, or feeling embarrassment and shame - can impact employee wellbeing, performance, and the success of your organisation.

Through facts, stats, and practical tips, we’ll explore how everyone - HR, managers, and colleagues - can help to build a more open, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture.

🎉 Plus, you could WIN a ticket to our annual comedy fundraiser, ‘Bloody Funny.’

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional. 

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional. 

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

Join us in the AI Lab for a live, hands-on look at how Thomas brings people closer—using AI you can trust. You’ll explore our AI-powered connection platform in action, meet Thom, our AI coach and see how we turn people data into simple, everyday actions that help teams communicate openly, collaborate better, and build stronger relationships at work. Come and see how we're using AI to support, not replace, human connection.

How the ocean can engage and motivate your people. 

Join the Marine Conservation Society and discover how to engage your staff whilst making a positive impact to ocean health. 

Give your employees a fulfilling day out of the office whilst making a tangible difference to the marine environment by doing a beach clean or inland litter pick. 

Being by the ocean has been proven to improve mental wellbeing, join us to find out how to inspire and motivate your staff while on the beach.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Marine Conservation Society will be in the Social Impact Hub to share their innovative staff engagement and volunteering opportunities and talk about their work towards a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean.

Information coming soon...

Information coming soon...

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

When you donate plasma, you're giving more than you think. Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England. Donating plasma is as easy as giving blood and it takes around an hour.

Visit our stall to learn about how plasma can help others and who it can benefit. Plus, if you register as a donor, you can find out your blood type with our simple on-site finger prick tests. 

Save Lives, Give Plasma

Information coming soon...

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.

Journey to your inner oasis: experience blissful tranquillity with guided visualisation meditation. Guided imagery is a powerful practice that uses each of the five senses to ignite positive healing messages throughout the mind and body. Through guided meditation, we can become more mindful and present in all areas of our lives, allowing us to approach each moment with clarity and an open heart.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

This mini health check is an opportunity to receive a snapshot of your health in a non-invasive assessment. Delegates will receive test results for cholesterol levels, diabetes risk, body fat, muscle mass and more. As well as receiving results on the day, delegates will also be given advice to help pro-actively manage their wellbeing.

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

Connect with peers to explore the future of HR and workforce planning. Discuss how you can anticipate talent needs, address business challenges, and leverage data and analytics to drive strategic decisions and build a resilient, future-ready workforce.

HiBob will be hosting 45-minute speed networking events across both days. Chat with like-minded festival-goers, diving into popular themes which explores your organisation’s issue. This provides a useful opportunity for delegates to connect and build relationships based on their discussions and shared learnings, which can be easily put into practice.

Expand your network and forge new partnerships. Meeting colleagues in these guided sessions offers a focused opportunity to exchange insights and discover fresh perspectives on industry trends. These conversations can spark innovative solutions and foster a supportive community within the festival.

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional. 

In partnership with CIPD HR-Inform, you’ll be able to take advantage of free employment law legal advice, whether this is something affecting your business or you personally. These free, 15-minute meetings with a legal advisor can be pre-planned at a time that suits you during your visit, or you can simply drop by and speak with a professional. 

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

The Quiet Room is a safe space that anyone can visit when attending across the two days.

Located just off the Festival floor near the CIPD stand and the Wellbeing stage, it’s designed to help manage any sensory overload, triggers or stimulation.

Simply taking a 10 minute brain break is proven to support mental wellbeing, and improve concentration, productivity and participation. Our Quiet Room is a device free zone and is a space for visitors to meditate and relax.

Digital transformation and skills and productivity are explored through the lens of the UK rail system.  Join CIPD and Tim Craddock to explore how Network Rail are leaning into these two interdependent and critical imperatives.  How does workforce planning, combined with technological advancements, provide the fulcrum for ensuring we have the right people, with the rights skills, in the right place at the right time? This topic area will extend into roundtables of Senior HR Leaders to explore the role of HR in leading the discussion in this area and help shape what a gold standard would look like. 

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is evolving, and Hudson is at the forefront. In this session, we introduce Talent Fusion: a bold new model where recruiters and AI agents work side by side to deliver faster, smarter, and more scalable hiring. With Scotty AI powering much of the end-to-end process, Hudson is redefining what recruitment process outsourcing looks like in the Agentic Era. 🤖💼 Less admin, more impact. That’s Talent Fusion.

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

Meet The Cuddle Club Heroes and release your happy hormones! 

Poor mental health costs UK employers billions a year. The Cuddle Club is helping to tackle this head-on by delivering dog therapy directly to your office. It is a scientifically proven way to promote workplace wellbeing in the cutest way. 

Come and have a cuddle with our adorable therapy dogs, collectively known as The Cuddle Club Heroes who adore humans as much as you will adore them. Get cosy and The Cuddle Club Heroes will do the rest, tapping into their natural ability to destress and boost your mood one cuddle at a time.  Connect and bond over your shared love of dogs with people within this intimate uplifting experience, dogs are people magnets, and help bring everyone together in a tail wagging wonderful way. 

A hands-on experience, you’ll create your own AI agent in just 10 minutes. No tech background required. We’ll show you how recruiters and HR teams are designing powerful digital workers in their ATS or CRM, ready to source, screen, schedule, and sync across systems.

🛠️ Come build your future colleague, or at least meet them.

Come and sample a taster seated massage session. The massage is given on a purpose-built massage chair and is designed to relieve muscular aches and pains and leave you refreshed and energised, not “sleepy” as some massage styles do. The massage is given through your clothes and focuses on the back, neck, shoulders and arms, making it ideal for the workplace.