Welcome to the HMC Conference 2020: Stratford.

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Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday

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Schedule

Tuesday, 1st October 2019

7.00 – 9.00 Breakfast
served in the Market Brasserie Restaurant
7.30 – 8.00 Catholic Mass
celebrated by Father John Moffatt
held in Arora Meeting Room 5
7.30 – 8.00 Holy Communion
led by Reverend Anthony Bewes
held in Arora Meeting Room 2
8.45 – 9.00 Public Session
DIGITAL WELLBEING TRENDS – 2019 BRIEFING
Charlotte Robertson 

(Digital Awareness UK)
held in the Arora Ballroom
9.00 – 9.30 Public Session
GREENWICH AND THE MAGIC OF HISTORY
Dr. Sam Willis

(Historian, Television Presenter and Writer)
held in the Arora Ballroom
9.30 – 10.15  Public Session
LEADING IN CHANGING TIMES
Mark Thompson 
(President and CEO, New York Times Company and former Director-General of the BBC)
held in the Arora Ballroom
10.15 – 10.45 Refreshments
served in the exhibition areas
10.45 – 12.00  Private Session
QUESTION TIME
hosted by Sir Anthony Seldon
(Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham)
Dr. Roger Bretherton
(Principal Lecturer (Enterprise) for The School of Psychology, College of Social Science)
Baroness Sue Campbell of Loughborough, CBE
(Director of Women’s Football)
Sir Jon Coles
(CEO, United Learning)
Julian Thomas
(JPT Consulting and former master, Wellington College)
Leon Wilson 
(Principal, The Hurlingham Academy and The Lambeth Academy)
Vicky Bingham
(Head, South Hampstead High School)
held in the Arora Ballroom
12.00 – 13.00 Workshop Session 1
13.00 – 14.00 Buffet lunch and refreshments
served in the exhibition areas
14.00 – 15.00 Workshop Session 2 
15.00 – 15.45 150th ANNIVERSARY HMC MEMBERS’ PHOTOGRAPH
to be taken in the hotel car park using the Canary Wharf skyline as a backdrop
15.45 – 18.00 GREENWICH TIME
16.30 FIRST COACH TRANSFER FROM THE INTERCONTINENTAL O2 HOTEL TO THE OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE CHAPEL
17.15 SECOND COACH TRANSFER FROM THE INTERCONTINENTAL O2 TO THE OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE CHAPEL
18.00 – 19.00 Annual Service at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich 
with the Guildford High School and RGS, Guildford choirs
Preacher: Reverend Pat Mann
(Chaplain, The Old Royal Naval College)
18.00   FIRST COACH TRANSFER FROM THE INTERCONTINENTAL O2 TO THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
18.45   SECOND COACH TRANSFER FROM THE INTERCONTINENTAL O2 TO THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
19.00 – 20.00   Drinks Reception
held in the National Maritime Museum Galleries
20.00 – 22.30 150th Anniversary HMC Autumn Conference Dinner
served in the Neptune Court, National Maritime Museum
22.30 COACH TRANSFER FROM THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM TO THE INTERCONTINENTAL O2