Annual DB pensions conference
What's your next move?
Back for another year, join us at LCP's annual DB pensions conference for a day full of insights, discussions and expert perspectives to help you consider the question: What's your next move?
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What's your next move?
Join us at this year’s DB pensions conference as we help schemes turn clarity into action. We’ll explore the strategies trustees and sponsors need to stay ahead.
Through a focus on behavioural insights and good decision making, we will cover a wide range of topics ranging from climate change and member experience to the latest developments in superfunds, surplus and the regulatory environment.
Plus, a choice of breakout sessions (see below for details).
Can’t join us for the whole day? No problem - you’re welcome to dip in for the sessions that suit you.
Agenda
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From 10.00 - Registration, refreshments & networking
11.00 Morning session, Zoë Burdo, Chair
- Two minutes silence for Remembrance
- Reflections and what’s on the horizon - Zoë Burdo, Aaron Punwani, Sir Steve Webb
- Keynote Speaker: Alex Edmands, Professor of finance and author of “May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases – And What We Can Do About It”
- Global risks, local covenant - George Bassnett, Ken Willis
- Aligning operational strategy with endgame strategy - Jonathan Camfield, Keri Maharaj
- Central role of administration to enhance member experience through times of change - Lyall Smith
13.00 Lunch
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14.00 Breakout sessions (Choice of four, see more details below)
- Boosting inclusivity in your communications
- Pensions tax changes
- A year of valuations in the new funding regime
- Question time: The evolving face of trusteeship
15.00 Coffee break
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15.30 Afternoon session, Zoë Burdo, Chair
- Keynote speaker: Alexis Conran, The Real Hustle & Times Radio
- Thinking like an insurer: Strategies for a stronger endgame journey - Gavin Smith
- Ensuring a member-first transaction - Michelle Wright and Fiona Brown, Group Head of Pensions, Rolls Royce
- Choose your own adventure: DB endgame - Mary Spencer, Jon Forsyth, Laura Amin, Victoria Snowden and David Fink
17.30 Networking reception
Register now and select your breakout session
1. Boosting inclusivity in your communications - Paul Meredith and Helen Barthorpe
Explore how inclusive, accessible communication - designed with real members in mind - can improve engagement, understanding and decision-making across your scheme and beyond.
2. Pensions tax changes - Alasdair Mayes, Justine Joy, Lydia Fearn and Jonathan Balkwill
With major changes to inheritance tax rules from 2027, this session covers what trustees, employers and administrators need to know - and what could be coming next. Put your questions to our tax experts.
3. A year of valuations in the new funding regime - Richard Soldan, Helen Abbott, David Fairs, John Clements and LawDeb's Sean Burnard
One year in, what have we learned? Hear practical insights and reflections from LCP and guests, including David Fairs, on navigating valuations under the new regime - plus the pitfalls to avoid.
4. Question time: The evolving face of trusteeship - Steve Webb, Nathalie Sims, David Walmsley of The Pensions Regulator and Helen Forrest Hall of PMI
Moderated by Steve Webb, this will be a question time-style panel discussion with experts guests from TPR, the PMI and LCP covering regulation, oversight and implementation.
