12:45 – 13:00    Arrival and registration

13:00 – 13:15    Welcome and opening remarks

• Sam Beckett – Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, and Head of GES 
• Video message from Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Almudena Sevilla – Professor of Economic and Social Policy, LSE and Chair of UK WEN

13:15 – 14:00    Keynote speech “Lessons from a career as a government economist”

• Donna Leong – Director of Analysis and Chief Economist, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

14:00 – 14:30    Networking coffee break

14:30 – 15:15    Personal development session: Speaking up with confidence

• Angela Blacklaw – Managing Director, Leitmotif Learning Limited

15:15 – 16:15    Panel discussion: Career reflections from senior women economists

• Anam Shahab, Deputy Director at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government 
• Charlotte Duke – Partner, London Economics
• Parama Chaudhury , Professor of Economics, University College London (UCL)
  • Chair: Alison Kilburn, Director of Analysis, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

16:15 – 16:30    Closing remarks

• Tera Allas, CBE – Director of Research and Economics, McKinsey UK & Ireland; and Ambassador for UK WEN