A World to Win - Training the Workforce for the Future

Tuesday 21 October, 2003
Edinburgh Conference Centre Heriot-Watt University

The Scottish Social Services Council’s second annual conference took place at the Edinburgh Conference Centre on Tuesday 21 October 2003.

Over 200 delegates from across the Scottish social services sector attended the event. Please click to read the Annual conference press release.

The conference explored the various routes to educating, training and developing staff to achieve a confident, competent workforce; capable of dealing with the growing demands of the 21st Century.

Conference delegates were treated to a full programme of keynote addresses and participatory workshops. Among the keynote speakers at the conference was Euan Robson, Deputy Minister for Young People, John McTernan, Professor Walter Lorenz, Lisa Curtice and Wendy Hall.

The nine workshops were led by a team of sector professionals and SSSC’s Learning and Development Team. Please click to view the SSSC's special edition of the Conference newsletter.

Please click Speakers biographies for further information about the conference speakers and workshop leaders. Please click to view in full the Speakers presentations and the SSSC's annual conference brochure.