The annual BUFDG 2014 conference took place between 6th and 8th April, at the University of Leicester, where we welcomed over 120 delegates to a fascinating event. After some social activities on the Sunday afternoon, the delegates were treated to a 'Taste of Leicestershire' dinner and a presentation about Richard III that left the audience in awe. Monday was chaired by Simon Jack, Business and Economics presenter on BBC Radio 4 Today programme, and started with a panel discusssion, included the 'power hour' and was followed by workshop sessions.
The gala dinner at the National Space Centre provided the evening entertainment, and Tuesday started with a video of the conference and a session that still has delegates talking about it. Damian Hughes explained the benefits of 'Liquid Thinking' and left some of the audience in tears, but the majority inspired and thoughtful of the things they could do to make their workplace better and their business more effective. We defy anyone not to be affected by Damian’s talk which was one of the highlights of the conference.
You can download copies of the presentations below, and watch the highlights video, download the brochure and browse the photos from the conference using the links on the right of the page.
Plenary 1 - financing the future
Plenary 2 - VfM measurement and reporting
Workshop 1A - Lessons from implementing an online P2P system at Nottingham
Workshop 1B - Telling the financial story
Workshop 3B - data data everywhere
Workshop 4A - Have you the energy for the future
Workshop 5A - Making equipment sharing work - good in theory, tricky in practice
Workshop 5B - Student Finance in a Digital World
The conference is supported by our kind sponsors, please visit the various sponsor pages using the links below to find out more about them.
Advanced Business Solutions
Mercer
Royal London Cash Management
UMAL Ltd
Sponsor delegates from many companies join BUFDG members to network and learn from each other.