Events

Below are upcoming IPA events and opportunities to see members of the IPA team speak at other events.

If you click to book an event not hosted by IPA, you will be taken to the host organisation's booking platform.

Productivity Starts with People - Results of the annual Engage for Success UK engagement survey 2026

Join us for a joint online event hosted by Engage for Success and the IPA, as we launch the 2026 Engage for Success Annual Survey report, 'Productivity Starts with People'. This timely session will bring together leading thinkers and practitioners to explore new evidence on the critical link between employee engagement, productivity and organisational performance. Read more

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Productivity Starts with People - Results of the annual Engage for Success UK engagement survey 2026

Join us for a joint online event hosted by Engage for Success and the IPA, as we launch the 2026 Engage for Success Annual Survey report, 'Productivity Starts with People'. This timely session will bring together leading thinkers and practitioners to explore new evidence on the critical link between employee engagement, productivity and organisational performance.
Beyond rhetoric: what is really sustaining – or undermining – DEI in UK workplaces?

Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) has not disappeared from organisational agendas, but it is under pressure. It feels more fragile, more contested, and harder to sustain than it did a few years ago. Dr Meenakshi Krishnan, Principal Research Fellow at IES reflects on what is driving inclusion and fairness in organisations right now? How are current labour market challenges strengthening or complicating the case for DEI? And what would make DEI feel like core business?
What new sectoral bargaining could mean for pay and workforce stability

Naomi Cooke, Head of Workforce at the Local Government Association, reflects on what the introduction of a new model of sectoral bargaining could mean for local government employers and beyond. The Employment Rights Act represents a real sea-change. Two comparatively small provisions denote a significant shift in how pay, terms and conditions will be set, by establishing the first statutory collective pay bargaining mechanisms in England since wage councils were abolished in the 1990s.
IPA Employee Voice Survey

Strong employee voice helps organisations make better decisions, manage change more effectively and build trust at work. To understand how this works in practice, we asked employee representatives, forum and staff council chairs, and others involved in voice arrangements to share their experiences via an online survey.