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Speakers · ILEC 2027
Remarkable leadership voices from education, sport, business, the arts and beyond. More names will be confirmed every month between now and April.
Confirmed so far
Keynote speaker
Broadcaster, entrepreneur and co-host, The High Performance Podcast
One of the UK’s most trusted voices on performance, leadership and mindset, with twenty years at the top of elite sport and business broadcasting.
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Author and co-host, The High Performance Podcast
Bestselling author and Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Change, bringing sport psychology and academic rigour to building high-performing cultures.
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TV producer, author and criminal barrister
With skills honed over a decade on the BBC’s flagship news programmes, notably Newsnight, Sam is an expert in persuading reluctant people to say yes.
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Psychologist, academic and No.1 bestselling author of Poor
Turns a childhood shaped by poverty and homelessness into powerful lessons on resilience, inequality and opportunity in education.
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Historian, broadcaster and Professor of Public History, University of Manchester
BAFTA-winning historian who gives leaders the historical context behind today’s questions about race, empire and inclusion.
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Actor, presenter, writer and advocate for deaf inclusion
Strictly Come Dancing champion and BAFTA-winning star who has broken barriers for deaf representation across TV, theatre and sport.
Read profileNew keynote speakers are confirmed every month, and the workshop line-up is announced by the end of January 2027. Follow us on LinkedIn to hear first.
Workshop speakers
We’re looking for inspiring voices from across education to lead workshops at ILEC 2027. Could you offer a session that helps shape the future of education? If you have ideas, insight or innovation to share, we want to hear from you.
Applications close on 31 December 2026.
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