2025 ISV Conference
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Announcing our Annual Conference 2025 – two powerful days of purpose-led dialogue…
Taking place on 9–10 October, Day 1 will be held in person at the Birmingham Conference & Events Centre, just minutes from New Street Station – and Day 2 will run online. This year’s theme, Fairer Systems, Stronger Voices, invites us to rethink what success looks like across sectors centred on lived experience, shared leadership, and value beyond profit.
Save the dates: 9–10 October 2025
Join us for our two-day hybrid conference exploring how social value is reshaping systems, practice, and purpose in the UK.
Day 1 – In Person (Birmingham)
Hosted at the Birmingham Conference & Events Centre – just a minute’s walk from New Street Station – the first day runs from 10:00 to 17:00, with arrival and registration from 09:00. The day includes structured networking breaks, a hot lunch, refreshments throughout, and closes with informal drinks featuring session highlights and engaging moments to round off the experience.
Day 2 – Online
Our second day runs 10:00 to 17:00 and includes virtual breakout rooms for themed networking, a lunch break, and an energising mix of panels, case studies, interviews, and roundtables – all designed to bring our online audience into the heart of the discussion.
The format includes:
- Panels for broader themes with multiple voices or sector views
- Case studies for concrete, real-world applications
- Debate for contrasting perspectives
- Interview for deep-dives into leadership or vision
- Roundtable for collective problem-solving
- Speed dating for networking and peer exchange
Theme
Fairer Systems, Stronger Voices – Building Change That Lasts
Emphasising long-term transformation rooted in lived experience, meaningful data and shared leadership.
Vision
Purpose Over Profits – Building a Fairer UK
A space where businesses and communities rethink what success looks like – putting people first and creating value that goes beyond the bottom line.
Tickets now available
Early bird tickets are now live – with options for in-person, online, or hybrid attendance.
Logistics
Parking: Available behind the venue at NCP – St Jude’s Passage, B5 4AN – discounted at £13.95 for 24 hours
Accommodation: Holiday Inn is connected to the venue – attendees receive 15% off the Best Available Rate via our booking link (to be shared soon)
Conference Topics
This year’s agenda spans 14 critical areas where social value is driving real change:
- The Power of Community: Local Solutions with National Impact
- Equity in Action: Tackling Inequality Through Social Value
- Procurement for Good: Shifting Power Through Spend
- Purpose in Practice: Social Value in Business and the Private Sector
- Health and Wellbeing: Social Value in Integrated Care
- Collaborating for Impact: From Competition to Collective Action
- Building the Future Together: Co-Designing What Comes Next
- Nothing About Us Without Us: Lived Experience in Policy and Practice
- Redefining Leadership: Purpose, Accountability, and Trust
- Making Social Value Count: Metrics That Drive Meaningful Change
- Shaping Systems from Within: Voices Driving Institutional Change
- Social Value in Housing and Regeneration
- Education and Young People: Equipping the Next Generation for Purpose
- Innovating with Integrity: Tech, AI & the Ethics of Social Value
Get involved – Speak or Sponsor
Help shape the conversation. Be part of the programme.
We are now welcoming expressions of interest from prospective speakers and sponsors for this year’s Annual Conference. Whether you want to share your work on one of our 14 topics or back a movement that puts purpose over profit, this is your chance to contribute to the UK’s leading social value event.