Why Attend?

As a part of our commitment to enhancing and increasing knowledge and skills in the Public Sector, GovNet is a CPD Member and conferences are independently assessed for their content and value to delegates.

All GovNet’s Conferences are CPD Certified – this means that attendance at any of our events can contribute to your Continuing Personal and Professional Development and help you meet your own targets.

As a part of our commitment to enhancing and increasing knowledge and skills in the Public Sector, GovNet is a CPD Member and conferences are independently assessed for their content and value to delegates. All GovNet’s Conferences are CPD Certified – this means that attendance at any of our events can contribute to your Continuing Personal and Professional Development and help you meet your own targets.

All attendees will be provided with access to download the event CPD certificate post-conference so that you can complete a self assessment record for documentary evidence of your continuing personal and professional development – an inspirational presentation or speech, a thought provoking seminar or useful networking opportunity can all count towards your CPD

Benefits of Attending

• Hear from the Government on its latest strategy to reform, reshape and rebalance the criminal justice system
• Discuss how the Government plan's to reshape probation and prisons and provide offender management for tomorrow
• Examine the key role that technology is playing in providing effective offender management
• Explore the increasing role of the Voluntary and Private Sector in improving the overall performance of probation services
• Discuss the role of technology in justice and how it fits within ongoing reform
• Understand the changing emphasis in policing. What impact has the Flanagan Review had on policing? What impact will the Police Reform Green Paper have?
• Debate how we can narrow the justice gap by putting law-abiding people and communities first
• Engage in the exchange of good practice on work already undertaken within the criminal justice system
• Meet your fellow delegates, speakers and exhibitors to share best practice and to seek answers to the challenges you face
• Engage in a series of six interactive seminars designed to debate the theory and practice of real improvement in the criminal justice system

Who Should Attend

• Chief Executives
• Directors
• Criminal Justice Managers
• Chief Constables
• Chief Probation Officers
• Chief Crown Prosecutors
• Youth Offending Team Managers
• Prison Governors
• Assistant Chief Constables
• Senior Police Officers and Staff
• Voluntary Sector Managers
• Heads of Procurement
• Heads of Operations
• Police Authority Members
• Finance Directors
• IT Directors
• IT Managers
• Business Managers
• Senior and Middle Managers
• Youth Offending Institution Governors
• Heads of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships
• Senior Community Safety Managers
• Heads of Anti-Social Behaviour Teams
• Local Authority Chief Executives
• Local Authority Heads of Departments
• Policy Officers/Advisors
• Diversity & Equal Opportunity Officers
• Training Managers

From the Following Organisations and Departments

• Ministry of Justice
• Home Office
• Office of Criminal Justice Reform
• NOMS
• SOCA
• RCPO
• Prison Reform Trust
• Skills for Justice
• HM Courts Service
• Crown Prosecution Service
• HM Prison Service
• Probation Service
• The Parole Board
• NPIA
• ACPO
• Metropolitan Police
• Police Forces
• Local Criminal Justice Boards
• Youth Offending Teams
• Youth Justice Board
• Crime & Disorder Partnerships
• Victim Support
• Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody
• Social Services
• Local Authorities
• Education Sector
• Health Sector
• Voluntary Sector
• Religious Communities

Networking

One of the key features of CJM08 is its ability to provide delegates with unsurpassed networking opportunities. A unique mix of high quality seminars and discussion will allow you to drill down into the issues that matter. Over 2 hours of networking are scheduled into the programme with conference breaks designed to encourage attendees to network in a convivial environment. Meet your fellow delegates, speakers and exhibitors over breakfast, coffee or lunch. Share best practice and seek answers to the challenges that you face.

What the delegates say...

"Excellent speakers, excellent networking, excellent exhibitors. This event improves measurably year after year"

"A well planned programme with informative speakers and informative seminars, tailor made to meet audience needs"

"The event gave very clear guidance on where the strategic focus of the criminal justice system is likely to be over the next few years. Hammered home the need for the CJS to be both pro and inter active with other 'players' in the criminal justice system and the massive role effective IT & communications will have in breaking down the silo mentalilty which still hampers effective multi-agency working"

"A well run and professional event that helped people that came together to understand the challenges of a widening criminal justice system"

"As a stand manager and someone who delivered one of the seminars, I was much more closely involved in the organisation of this event than others I have attended. I found the support and professionalism of the event organisers superb, and am very grateful to the team for their efforts, which made the event a great success for us"

"A well established event that is well organised and of great use to practioners in the CJS for both learning and networking"

"An excellent day in which new contacts and ideas were readily obtained. The day's costs were recovered in a single workshop"

"A valuable overview of key issues and developments within the UK criminal justice system. Also, a really good networking opportunity. The event represented excellent value for money overall"

"A first class venue and comprehensive conference raising the profile of the new MOJ, particularly the future problems facing us in within the justice system i.e. prison over crowding, difficult community sentencing and IT problems/solutions"

"Very inspiring, with a taste of harsh reality in places"

What the exhibitors and sponsors say...

"This is the best CJM conference yet. We are delighted with the turn out, and the types of delegate that you attracted were excellent. Our seminar was also really well attended. A great event."

"Fantastic! The delegates that attended were exactly what we needed. Traffic to the stand has been excellent. Very worthwhile."

"Very good turnout. We wanted a wide ranging audience and have certainly achieved that."

"This is always a good event. It’s about profile for us as we are already well established in the sector. Many thanks for the successful conference - we really enjoyed it and found it a very useful forum. Great level of attendance from delegates."

"The event has been excellent with a brilliant programme, delegates and stand position. The delegates were those who could make decisions and that has made things much easier for us. Really have increased awareness of what we do."

"This is a new sector for us but the event allowed us to do everything that we aimed for. Will definitely be doing more GovNet events in the future. The GovNet staff were very attentive and interested in our requirements."

"It was a great event. We’ve had lots of interest in our new programme and lots of delegates have taken literature away with them."

"We are really pleased. The delegate list included a lot of people that we can’t normally get to and that has really helped us."

"We had an excellent day with loads of new leads. It was well worth it."

"Thank you, you were the perfect host – a very professional event."