Our 2024 Conference, held in Birmingham on 2nd and 3rd July 2024, was a resounding success. Please do browse the video recordings and presentation slide decks provided via the links below, and look out for more content on our social media feeds and in the NICEC Journal. We hope you enjoy viewing these and will join us at future events.

For overarching information about the Conference, including a copy of the programme, please see the Events page at:

NICEC Conference 2024: Career and Sustainability


Slide decks for almost all sessions are available at: 

2024 Conference Slides


Video recordings for all sessions offered to online participants, as detailed below, are available at:

2024 Conference Video Recordings

Available recordings:

Opening Plenary (approx 1hr 15mins)
Chair: Gill Frigerio
Workforce sustainability: recent policy developments and their implications for careers thinking - Chris Warhurst 
Careers, skills, and sustainability in the West Midlands - Clare Boden-Hatton
Workshop Session 1 Option 2 (45 mins)
Chair: Laura Walker
Evolving career development practice to remain a sustainable profession - Siobhan Neary (Nalayini Thambar)
Plenary 2 (approx 45 mins)Chair: Rosemary McLeanAddressing burnout to build sustainable careers and prosperity for all - Cathy Brown, Deidre Bowen, Sally Wilson
Workshop Session 2 Option 4 (approx 1hr 15 mins)
Chair: Jane Artess
Embedding the concept of Decent Work in career development learning - Fiona Christie, Eileen Cunningham
Plenary 3 (approx 1hr)Chair: Tristram HooleyEnhancing the sustainability of careers in disruptive times - Ans de Vos
Plenary 4 (approx 1hr 15mins)
Chair: Tristram Hooley
Can careers save the planet? - Miriam Dimsits, David Blackmore, Nat Ward-Smith
Workshop Session 3 Option 5 (approx 1hr 15mins)
Chair: Emily Reid
Introduction to the framework for environmentally sustainable career guidance - Miriam Dimsits, Tristram Hooley
World Café (approx 1hr)
Chair: Emily Reid
Sustainable Careers: Navigating Wellbeing, Skills and Environment in Career Development
Closing Plenary (approx 1hr)
Chair: Gill Frigerio
Embedding Sustainability into Career Development: A Framework for Hope and Action - Candy Ho



Conference Delegates also have access to a page that contains the World Cafe outcomes, photo gallery and a copy of the delegate list. If you attended the conference and have lost the link, please contact [email protected] for another link.

Members and Fellows will find the World Cafe outcomes, debrief and lessons learned, statement of accounts and notes of the Conference Co-ordinating Group meetings at Fellows and Members Area - Conference 2024 

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