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Leadership for Flourishing Conference
30 June - 1 July 2025
Worcester College, University of Oxford
Our annual conference will focus on leadership in education and beyond as a catalyst for ecosystem-wide flourishing, bridging academic research on leadership's impact with scientific and philosophical insights into what it means to be human . We will explore how leadership can integrate the principles of truth, beauty, and goodness—grounded in love—to promote flourishing across individual, organizational, and societal levels. We
We will build upon the work of the Leadership for Flourishing group, which is a hosted by the Flourishing Network at The Human Flourishing Program, at Harvard University’s Institute of Quantitative Social Sciences; the Wellington Leadership & Coaching Institute at The Bridge, Wellington College; Global Social Leaders; The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtue at the University of Birmingham; Loyola University, Maryland; and the International Positive Education Network.
Conference principles
The purpose of leadership is ecosystem-wide flourishing
Love is key in both leadership and flourishing for individuals, organizations and societies globally
Character is foundational to leadership for flourishing
Anyone can lead because anyone can improve the flourishing of people and the planet.
Booking will be available here soon
Draft Schedule for Day 1 - Education focus - Worcester College, Oxford
1030 – Registration and coffee
1100 – Welcome - TBC, Mrs Emmie Bidston and Dr Katy Granville-Chapman
1115 – Session 1: Keynote - TBC
1145 – Session 2: Education for flourishing: educational leaders TBC
1230 – Lunch
1315 – Breakout session 1: Building on sessions 1 and 2
1415 – Tea
1430 – Session 3: Panel 2 - Dr Andrew Nevin; Dr Harry Jones; Mr Simon Lightman; Miss Alexandra Hanratty
1500 – Breakout session 2: Building on session 3
1545 – Tea
1600 – Session 4: Panel 3: Mr Tim Head; Dr Evan Dutmer; Ms Naima Charlier
1630 – Breakout session 3: Building on session 4
1700 – Review of the day and next steps
1715 – Tour of Oxford (optional)
1815 - Dinner - Worcester College (optional)
Draft Schedule for Day 2 - Worcester College, Oxford
1000 – Registration and coffee
1030 – Welcome - Dr Katy Granville-Chapman and Mrs Emmie Bidston
1045 – Session 1: Keynote - TBC
1115 – Session 2: Panel 1 - Dr Jim Ritchie-Dunham, Ms Brandyn Keating, Dr Louise Drake, Dr Noémie Le Pertel, Dr Cath Bishop, Mr Raja Karthikeya
1145 – Breakout session 1: Building on sessions 1 and 2
1230 – Lunch
1330 – Session 3: Panel 2 -Dr Scott Parsons, Dr Nigel Fancourt, Professor Verónica Fernández, Miss Anjali Sarker, Dr David Pickersgill
1415 – Breakout session 2: Building on session 3 and tea
1500 – Session 4: Panel 3 - Dr Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley, Dr Elena Antonacopoulou, Mrs Helen Bentley, Mr Tom Gaymor; Mr Daniel Shakani; Dr Adeyinka Adewale; Miss Jess Talbot
1545 – Breakout session 3: Building on session 4
1615 – Review of the day and next steps
1630 – Close
