Conference 2024
Join us in our plans to Shape Our Future at Portsmouth Guildhall on Friday 26th January 2024
Running Order:
08:00 – Registration, Refreshments, and Networking
08:45 – Welcome and Introduction
– Yvonne Clay, Director for Marketing & Branding
08:50 – Fair Ways Phoenix Journey
– Mac McHugh, CEO for Fair Ways
09:00 – Shaping Portsmouth’s Community Pillar
– Stef Nienaltowski, CEO
– Chris Hillman, Director for Community Programmes
09:15 – The Future of Gunwharf Quays
– Bruce Findlay, Managing Director of Landsec Retail
– Mike Hood, CEO of Landsec U&I
09:35 – Portsmouth Youth Cabinet
– Jo Morgan and the Portsmouth Youth Cabinet
09:50 – Shaping Portsmouth’s Education Pillar
– Stef Nienaltowski
– Hayden Taylor, Director for Education Programmes
10:10 – Shaped By Solent
– Sharon Burt, CEO of Solent Academies Trust
10:20 – Networking & Refreshments
11:30 – City Council Update and Q&A
– Cllr Steve Pitt, Leader of Portsmouth City Council
12:00 – Shaping Portsmouth’s Business Pillar
– Stef Nienaltowski
– Jane Lamer, Director for Business Programmes
12:20 – Shaping Portsmouth Awards
12:45 – CEO Closing Speech
– Stef Nienaltowski
12:50 – Message from the Co-Chairs
– Simon Barrable, Co-Chair
– Mark Waldron, Co-Chair
13:00 – Close and Networking
We would like to thank you all for joining us on Friday to make it our biggest Conference to date, with 451 joining us in the room and a further 46 watching via the live stream.
It was an incredible energy in the room and we hope it inspired you to support our city. We know we inspired at least the 58 of you who committed your organisations to the pledge to inspire the next generations!
Thank you to our speakers and Directors, our hosts the Portsmouth Guildhall, all our exhibitors, sponsors, delegates, and student volunteers for making it such an amazing day.
The event was also a well-deserved tribute to Stef Nienaltowski, who took a bow after seven years as our CEO, receiving not one but three standing ovations.
Shaping Portsmouth’s new CEO, Dave Humphries, said “My first Shaping Portsmouth conference was a fantastic experience. It was great to meet so many people and the welcome I received from everyone was lovely.
“More importantly the conference provided a fabulous send off for Stef with a record turnout of 451. The updates Stef gave on last year’s work were a great testament to the passion and commitment he has given Shaping Portsmouth and I am excited to take the baton from him.”
Steff Jones, Shaping Portsmouth Events Lead, adds “The conference, above any other Shaping event, demonstrates how individuals, communities, organisations and businesses of Portsmouth are committed to driving this wonderful city forward in so many different ways! They should all be immensely proud of themselves….and what a great send-off for Stef after his years of hard work for this city. The whole Shaping family will miss him immensely. We now look forward to a new chapter under Dave’s leadership.”
We would like to thank our host
and our sponsors for supporting us for this event.
The live stream is sponsored by:
The Shaping Portsmouth Business Award is sponsored by:
The Shaping Portsmouth Education Award is sponsored by:
The Shaping Portsmouth Community Award is sponsored by:
Unfortunately, due to a technical issue we have no audio for the majority of the recording of Mac McHugh’s presentation.
We will be working with Fair Ways to find an appropriate way to share the amazing work they are doing.
CEO Stef Nienaltowski and Director for Community Programmes Chris Hillman present an update on Shaping Portsmouth’s Community Programmes.
Mike Hood, CEO OF Landsec U&I, and Bruce Findlay, Managing Director of Landsec Retail, present details of the upcoming £45m redevelopment of Gunwharf Quays.
Led by Jo Morgan, Portsmouth Youth Cabinet members Lesley, Mackenzie, and Quinn present their campaign for youth employment.
CEO Stef Nienaltowski and Director for Education Programmes Hayden Taylor present an update on Shaping Portsmouth’s Education Programmes, plus Hayden interviews Imogen Hambry about the importance of youth employment.
CEO Stef Nienaltowski, Programme Lead Georgina Shepherd, and Solent Academies Trust Assistant Principal Mel Walton present this year’s Shaped By Solent programme.
Council Leader Cllr Steve Pitt presents an update from Portsmouth City Council and takes questions from the audience.
CEO Stef Nienaltowski and Director for Business Programmes Jane Lamer present an update on Shaping Portsmouth’s Business Programmes.
Celebrating our city with the Shaping Portsmouth Awards.
Kindly sponsored by MindWorks Marketing, The University Of Portsmouth, and Imagine Portsmouth.
Stef Nienaltowski has his mic-drop moment as he gives his final speech as CEO of Shaping Portsmouth.
Shaping Portsmouth Co-Chairs Simon Barrable and Mark Waldron lead the tributes to Stef Nienaltowski as he steps down after 7 years as CEO of Shaping Portsmouth, and introduce incoming CEO Dave Humphries.
