Submit a session proposal

We are inviting proposals from organisations and partners across the health and social care sector to deliver breakout sessions at NHS ConfedExpo 2025.

We aim to provide a rich programme covering a diverse range of perspectives and innovative ideas and are seeking proposals that showcase and share the best learning, practice, insights and experiences.

To submit your proposal, please fill out our application form, after reading all the details below.

There are a limited number of sessions available, and we expect to receive more submissions than we can accommodate. So please make your application clear, highlighting what makes your session unique and the value it will bring to our attendees. If you have a communications lead in your organisation, we encourage you to contact them and either involve them, or let them know about your application.

Please note that this call for submissions is not for commercial organisations, and organisations with a large turnover. We have a range of commercial packages available if you are interested in delivering a session at NHS ConfedExpo 2025. Please contact our commercial team for more details.

What we are looking for

Breakout sessions at NHS ConfedExpo are dedicated to:

• Informative sessions: Focused on sharing knowledge and insights with attendees. This could include case study presentations, panel discussions, or debates where the primary goal is to inform and educate the audience. (40 or 45 mins – and possibly as few as 20 minutes - in length)
• Interactive sessions: Designed to actively engage attendees throughout the session. This could include workshops, hackathons, or focus groups where participants are involved in hands-on activities and collaborative problem-solving. (60 mins in length)
• Networking sessions: Aimed at creating opportunities for attendees to connect and network, bringing together communities of interest. (60 mins in length)

Please ensure you have considered the following for your session:

• How you will hold the audience’s attention, and will the session appeal to a broad range of delegates?
• Including practical learning examples
• The diversity of your speakers
• Does your session focus on one sector or include speakers from the wider health and care sector, or beyond
• Inclusion of patients or people with lived experience
• Submitting a session with other partners to ensure your session is representative of the health and care system.

Speakers

To help us understand your session, we need to know who you are proposing would speak. Please include details of all proposed speakers and check they are happy to be included and available on 11 and 12 June 2025. Please ensure speakers are aware that sessions need to go through an assessment process and that successful submissions will be confirmed in February 2025.

We've prepared some additional guidance to support your session proposal. For general queries, you can contact the programme team at sessions@nhsconfed.org.