“Growing Communication Assets for Scotland’s Future”
Communication Summit
9-2.30pm, Wednesday 26th October 2016,
MacDonald Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh
Agenda
From
9 am
9.30am
Arrival / registration / coffee
9.40
Presentation of evidence - Intergenerational
Cycle
10.00
Round table discussion:
 Views on the intergenerational cycle
 Impact of speech, language and
communication capacity on your
organisational goals
 Should and could we do more?
Discussion and agreement of a collective
Message of Intent (see draft below)
Start to generate driver diagram to deliver
agreed Message of Intent
10.40
10.50
11.40
12.00
Chairperson’s welcome and introduction
1.30
Agree key messages
Presentation to John Swinney, Deputy First
Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education
and Skills covering a summary of the roundtable
discussion, agreed Message of Intent and key
actions and priorities
Round table discussion with Mr Swinney –
clarifications, reaction and thoughts on next
steps
Lunch
Identification of secondary drivers
2.252.30
Plans for Summit Report and
Close
12.1012.30
Jackie Brock, Chief
Executive, Children in
Scotland
Professor James Law,
Professor of Speech &
Language Sciences,
Newcastle University
All (introduced and
chaired by Jackie
Brock)
Jackie Brock / All
Amanda Cronin,
Improvement Advisor,
Scottish Government /
All
Jackie Brock / All
Kim Hartley Kean,
Head of Royal College
of Speech & Language
Therapists, Scotland
Office
All (introduced and
chaired by Jackie
Brock)
Amanda Cronin &
Susan Hannah,
Improvement Advisor,
Scottish Government /
All
Jackie Brock