Overview
When: 1 – 2 December 2025
Where: The Queens Hotel Leeds, New Station Street, City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ (map)
This System Master Planning event is being held alongside our PLx 2025 conference, where you’ll have the opportunity to connect, collaborate and learn.
Schedule
- Monday 1 December: Chair and CEO Day, Chairs Lounge, Chair and CEO dinner
- Tuesday 2 December: Bespoke CEO Sessions and PLx Awards Dinner (CEOs only)
Looking ahead, we are keen to engage leaders on system reform, including the progress, impact, and future direction of our system transformation programme, as well as stretch our collective thinking on the future of the sporting system. As well as hearing from us and keynote speakers, we have relevant information sessions from an exceptional selection of contributions focusing on:
- Connecting leaders to system reform
- The future of sport
- Sustaining high performance in sports leadership
Who should attend
Chairs and CEOs.
Agenda
Monday 1 December (Chairs and CEOs)
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09.45
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Teas and coffees, registration
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10.30
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Welcome, UK Sport
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Theme 1: Preparing for the Future
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11.00
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Being future-ready
What organisations and their people need to do to thrive in an uncertain future – Andy Walshe
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11.45
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What is the future of NGBs?
A focussed discussion on what the future could mean for NGBs
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12.45: Lunch
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Theme 2:From Planning to Action - Spotlight on Transformation (System Master Planning)
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13.45-14.45
[Audience to pick one of two parallel sessions. We encourage Chairs and CEOs of a single NGB to attend separate sessions]
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Session 1:
Data and Digital as an enabler of growth: increasing ‘customer’ understanding and engagement
Exploring how unified customer data and technology-enabled marketing transformation can drive growth for NGBs.
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Session 2:
Building resilience and future-proofing our high-performance system: examples of new delivery models
Exploring how new innovative delivery models are shaping the future of our major events and high performance system.
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14:45: Break
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15.00-16.00
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Session 3:
How we are reaching a greater and more diverse fanbase to grow Olympic and Paralympic sport: pilots and future plans.
Exploring the insights and trends from our fan engagement work and how this is shaping future strategies for the system.
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Theme 3:Embedding Transformation, Moving as One - Culture, Behaviours, Action
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16.10
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What’s the shift we all need to make to secure the future of Olympic and Paralympic sport and maintain our competitive advantage?
Exploring the roadmap, culture and behaviours required to embed transformation and create a sustainable future for Olympic and Paralympic sport.
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16.45
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Concluding remarks, UK Sport
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18.30-21.30
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Drinks and Dinner
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Tuesday 2 December (NGB CEOs only)
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9.30
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Coach leaves Queens Hotel
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9.45
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Arrivals (Headingley Cricket Ground) – Teas and Coffees
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10.00
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Supporting purposeful, courageous leadership in changing times
Hayley Lever, CEO of Greater Manchester Moving will host this session- sharing her personal reflections and experiences of 8 leadership in Greater Manchester- a place that has been ‘doing things differently’ to support active lives for all,in volatile, complex and uncertain times
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12:00 Lunch
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12.50
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Reflective session in prep for the “Winning formula” session at PLx
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13.40
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Coach departs Headingley Cricket Ground
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14.15
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The “winning formula” – environment, aspiration, and wellbeing (PLx)
Stuart Worden (Brit School Principal) will explore the role of the arts in education as a powerful driver of creativity, resilience, and excellence
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19.00: PLx Awards
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