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Leadership for Flourishing Roundtable
Monday 15 - Tuesday 16 June 2026
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 the role of love in leadership.
We will build upon the work of our Leadership for Flourishing group, which is 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; and our partners 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.
Schedule for Day 1
0930 – Registration and coffee
1000 – Welcome: Mrs Emmie Bidston, and Dr Katy Granville-Chapman
1025 – Introduction:
1045 – Keynote: Dr Ed Brooks. Executive Director of the Oxford Character Project. Department for Politics and International Relations.
1100 – Panel 1 TBC -draft: Dr James L. Ritchie-Dunham, Dr Jon Beale, Dr. Zachary Herrmann, Dr Cath Bishop, Ms Brandyn Keating, Mr William Furness
1200 – Lunch and Break out session 1
1300 – Panel 2 TBC -draft: Professor Nick Sorenson, Dr Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley, Dr Jenna Mikus, Mrs Hannah Manton, Mrs Naima Charlier, Dr Laurie Anderson.
1345 – Keynote: TBC
1415 – Tea and Breakout session 2
1500 – Flourishing Leaders and the Golden Mean Inventory Workshop. Scott Parsons
1600 – Review of the day and next steps: Emmie Bidston
1645 – Tour of Oxford with Hidden Oxford Tours (optional)
Schedule for Day 2
0930 – Registration and coffee
1000 – Welcome:Mrs Emmie Bidston
1015 – Panel 1: Mr Olly Rigby, Ms Anjali Sarker, Mr Raja Karthikeya, Dr. Kristine E. Larson, Ms Tara Sagree, Ms Carmela Fleury
1100 – Breakout session 1: Building on Panel 1
1200 – Panel 2: Mrs Camilla Rigby, Jon Harper, Dr Denise Dziwak, Ms Elizabeth Morse DNP, MPH, Professor Elisa Greene PharmD, BCACP, Andrew Michel, M.D.
1230 – Lunch
1330 – Panel 3: Dr Lisa Jones Christensen, Mr Dushy Clarke,
1430 – Breakout session 2: Building on Panel 2 and 3
1530 – Review of the day:
1600 – Close: Mrs Emmie Bidston
