2025 CGI Annual Conference

Governance 2025

Governance 2025 will bring together a wide range of governance experts, professionals, and students from around the world. The event will offer a range of professional and personal development opportunities while defining the new governance landscape.


Day 2

2 July 2025

8.30 Registration and exhibition hall open


9.30 Conference begins


9.40 Trust - the essential social glue

At last year’s annual conference, we discussed ‘How important is purpose to building trust and trustworthiness?’ and over the last year we ran a series of workshops exploring trustworthiness more fully. This session looks back and shares the findings, and how those in corporate governance in can assist in fostering a culture of trustworthiness and purpose.


10.20 Companies House update

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act will radically change the way that Companies House works. This session will explain how recent changes to UK company law will affect your organisation.


10.55 Tea and coffee break


11.25 Doing good, whilst doing business

With new regulatory and legislative updates coming into action in 2025, criticism surrounding ESG initiatives and reporting continues to be a prevalent topic amongst governance professionals.

This session will discuss the challenges and ongoing debate surrounding the implementation and effectiveness of ESG policy, such as a lack of standardisation, complexity and achievability, and greenwashing.


12.05 Generational Diversity

Our workplaces are more diverse than before, with up to five generations types, working alongside one another each with their own nuances, which can leave us scratching our heads and wondering, how we can work better together by embracing these differences.


12.45 Lunchtime Lowdown

A five-minute recap on this morning sessions.


12.50 Lunch break


13.40 Breakout Sessions

1 - Preparing your framework: Internal controls and risk management

From 1 January 2026, companies will have to provide significantly more information about their internal controls, in order to comply with the new Provision 29, in the Corporate Governance Code.

This session looks at the changes that companies will need to understand. should report on and what that means in practice for boards and their organisations.

2 - What’s new? Charity Governance Code

This session explores the proposed and forthcoming changes to the Charity Governance Code and will also look at reporting.

3 - Sponsor session

14.15 Movement break


14.20 Breakout Sessions

1 - Navigating the reporting landscape

This session will look at trends and best practice for your corporate reporting.

2 - How to build a culture prepared for AI
3 - Sponsor session


14.55  Tea and coffee break


15.25 Breakout Sessions

1 - Sustainability and Beyond: Non-Financial Reporting
2 - AI Business models: How to translate the ideas into reality
3 - Sponsor session

16.00 Movement break


16.05 Motivational session


16.40 Closing remarks





Date:

Tuesday 1 - Wednesday 2 July 2025

Location:

Novotel London West,
Hotel & Convention Centre,
One Shortlands, Hammersmith
London
W6 8DR

CPD:

6-12 hours

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