Spring Seminar 2026: Programme
Use the dropdowns below to explore the daily programme for the ADASS Spring Seminar 2026.
08.00 | Registrations open
10.00 | Conference Opening
10.15 – 11.00 | Plenary 1 | Deciding differently: innovating for sustainable adult social care
11.00 – 11.20 | Coffee break & Exhibition viewing
11.20 – 12.00 | Parallel Discussions | Taking decisions with communities
11.20 – 12.00 Parallel Discussions | The roles of AI in social work practice: findings from Skills for Care and Social Work England studies
12.00 – 13.00 | Lunch
13.00 – 13.50 | Plenary 2 | CQC: The provider landscape – future trends and our approach to regulation
13.50 – 14.10 | Coffee break & exhibition viewing
14.10 – 15.00 | Parallel Discussions | From research consumers to research leaders: shaping the Adult Social Care research agenda
14.10 – 15.00 Parallel Discussions | Bringing life to years, not years to life – the role of adult social care in end of life care and support
14.10 – 15.00 Parallel Discussions | The changing role of the PSW through CQC assurance
15.00 – 16.00 Coffee break & exhibition viewing
16.00 – 17.00 | Regional workshops
17.15 – 18.00 | Branch meetings
18.25 – 19.00 | AGM | Members-only
19.00 – 19.10 | Transition _ please leave rosewood and get a drink before heading back in
19.10 | Formal evening intro and chain of office
19.10 | Digital Leadership Alumni drinks – Channel 3 | TBC
19.10 | Accelerate Alumni Drinks – Newton | TBC
20.00 | Buffet dinner
07:00 – 09:00 | Breakfast at your respective hotels
09.00 – 09.20 | New President’s address
09.20 – 10.00 | Plenary 3 | Neighbourhoods – what is the learning from the 43 areas?
10.00 – 10.20 | Coffee break and exhibition viewing
10.20 – 11.00 | TBC – REFORM PRIORITIES
11.00 – 11.20 | Tea and coffee and exhibition viewing
11.20 – 12.20 | Sponsors workshop round 1
12.20 – 13.00 | Parallel Discussions | Carers – our own stories
12.15 – 13.00 | Parallel Discussions | Is safeguarding on the rise?| TBC
12.15 – 13.00 | Parallel Discussions | All you need to know about the priorities and duties of ASC in relation to those in touch with the criminal justice system
13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch
14.00 – 14.30 | TBC – GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES
14.30 – 15.30 | Sponsors workshop round 2
15.30 – 15.50 | Coffee break and exhibition viewing
15.50 – 16.30 | Plenary 4 | Commissions and their recommendations: understanding and influencing how Whitehall responds
16.30 – 16.50 Comfort break
16.50 – 17.50 | Regional workshops – Second group
19.00 Drinks reception sponsored by Peopletoo joined by the Living it Up community band
20.00 Annual Dinner of the Association sponsored by Tile Hill
21.30 | The ADASS Annual Quiz
07:00 – 09:00 | Breakfast at your respective hotels
09.00 – 09.05 | Welcome back and final call and voting for ‘Speaker’s Corner’
09.05 – 09.40 | Plenary 5 | Nothing about us without us…
What care closer to home ought to mean for people who draw on care and support
09.40 – 10.00 Coffee break and exhibition
10.00 – 10.50 | Parallel Discussions | Re-imagining Occupational Therapy: How strength-based early intervention and prevention transforms social care outcomes
10.00 – 10.50 | Parallel Discussions | Leading in troubled times | MEMBER-ONLY SESSION
10.50 – 11.05 Coffee break & exhibition viewing
11.05 – 11.50 | Plenary 6 | Mind the gap – Moving into adulthood, why is it still so difficult?
11.50 – 12.10 | Coffee break & exhibition viewing
12.10 – 12.50 | People’s Choice
12.50 – 13.50 | Lunch
13.50 14.45 | Plenary 7 | Supporting Diversity
14.45 – 15.00 | Summary and farewell