Day 1 (17th November 2026)

Registration, refreshments and exhibition

Summit facilitated by the journalist and broadcaster Julie Etchingham

Welcome and Chairs' introduction - NPCC Chair Gavin Stephens QPM and APCC Chair and PCC for Merseyside Emily Spurrell

Plenary session: Serving the public

Public confidence is fundamental to effective policing, but what shapes it today? How can policing strengthen trust and confidence in an era of misinformation, polarisation and changing public expectations? This session will explore the evidence on what drives public confidence and how forces can build stronger relationships with the communities they serve.

Chair: Julie Etchingham

Panel:

• Ben Page
• Rebecca Skippage
• Abimbola Johnsson
• Michael Fuller
• Deputy Mayor Kaya Comer-Schwartz
• Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes
  

Refreshment break, networking and exhibition

Plenary session: Balancing expectations: What should good policing deliver?

What does it mean for policing to deliver justice? Through a series of short provocations and interactive discussion, this session will explore the perspectives of victims and people who have offended, examining where expectations align, where difficult trade-offs emerge, and what this means for police leaders seeking to deliver fair, effective and legitimate policing.

Introduction: Julie Etchingham

Panel:

• Claire Waxman, Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales
• Tracey Burley, St Giles Trust
• Sayce Holmes-Lewis, Mentivity

Keynote: Shadow Home Secretary

Introduction: PCC Matthew Scott, Vice-Chair APCC

Plenary session: Managing competing priorities: In conversation with system leaders

Chair: Julie Etchingham

• NPCC Chair Gavin Stephens QPM
• APCC Chair and PCC for Merseyside Emily Spurrell
• Jo Noakes, Interim Chief Exec of College of Policing

Lunch, networking and exhibition

Lunch sponsored by

Breakouts: Delivering on expectations

Breakout one (Churchill room) – 1. Police Leadership and Ethical Leadership in AI

Policing is undergoing significant reform and transformation against a backdrop of financial pressures, rapid technological change and rising public and workforce expectations. Future-ready leadership is critical to navigating this changing landscape.

This session brings together leading voices to explore what leaders need to understand, what they need to do differently, and what needs to happen locally and nationally. Through expert insight, audience polling and practical ideas, panellists will explore three key challenges: leading through reform, leading in a technological age, and keeping pace with wider workforce trends.

Chair: Jo Noakes, College of Policing

Panel:

• Al Murray, Director, Police AI
• TCC Maggie Blyth, Police Leadership Commission member
• PCC John Tizard
• Dr Katie Best
  

Breakout two (Gielgud room) – 2. The performance debate: [How] Can police performance regimes increase public trust and confidence?

How can policing measure and improve performance in ways that strengthen public trust, drive better outcomes and support operational effectiveness? This session will bring together policing and external experts to debate the future of performance.

Chair: AC Matt Twist

Panel:

• Jenny Sims Deputy Director of Police Performance Improvement Unit, Home Office
• Sir Andy Marsh HMICRFS
• PCC Chris Nelson APCC Joint Lead for Performance, AI Governance & Oversight
• Stephen Bush Financial Times

Breakout three (Burton/Redgrave room) – 3. Radical futures: Innovation and how we can do policing differently

As the world around policing continues to change, how can policing evolve to meet the needs of future communities? What could policing look like in 10 years' time, and what choices do leaders need to make today to get there? This session will explore bold ideas for the future of policing, considering how disruptive innovation, AI and emerging technologies, and new operating models could reshape policing and improve outcomes for the public.

Chair: Julie Etchingham

Panel:

• Ollie Whitehouse Chief Technology Officer, National Cyber Security Centre
• Rachel Tuffin OBE, Director of Performance, Productivity and What Works, College of Policing
• Professor Marion Oswald Science & Technology Ethics Advisory Committee
• Tara McGeehan, President UK and Australia Operations, CGI (Silver sponsor)

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Refreshment break, networking and exhibition

In conversation with… Google

Chair: Julie Etchingham

Daniel Rood, Google, Director for AI- UKI & Africa

Plenary session: Delivering reform: the reform ambition & learning from elsewhere

With policing facing an ambitious programme of reform, what can it learn from other sectors and jurisdictions that have delivered large-scale change?

Chair: Julie Etchingham

In conversation with:

• Theo Postma, Strategic Advisor, Korps Nationale Politie
• Sarah Jones MP, Policing Minister
• Dr Helen Bevan OBE, Strategic Advisor, NHS Horizons
• Andy Newsham, PWC (sponsor)

In conversation with The Justice Secretary

Chair: Julie Etchingham

Wrap up & close of day 1

Julie Etchingham wraps up the day and looks ahead to the drinks reception, dinner and after-dinner speaker

Drinks reception - Pickwick Suite

Dinner

With a speech by Alice Reid (Google) and after-dinner guest speaker, Timandra Harkness

Timandra Harkness is a science writer, broadcaster, and comedian. She has performed maths standup, presented on Radio 4, and written a book; Big Data: does size matter?

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