Following on from last year's inclusion-focused New Horizons Conference, during which we managed to crowdsource a ‘manifesto for change’, we are pleased to present this year's conference, Breaking Down the Barriers: The Arts, Disability and Change - a provocative, proactive and practical event for leaders and doers across the arts sector.

Our aim is to make the event as practically useful as possible, so that delegates go away more clued up - and more fired up - and with a clear idea of what they will do differently as a result of attending, with strands in Workforce Development, Working with Artists, Participation, and Audiences.

We hope also that it will provide sector professionals with an early chance to explore practical responses to the Arts Council’s arts and disability research being published later this year.

Across the day there will be a range of provocations, conversations, show and tells and top tip sessions, so that, whether you're a senior manager or a practitioner there's something of value to you.

Confirmed speakers include Elli Chapman (CultureWorks East), Chris Gribble (Writers Centre Norwich), David Hevey (Shape), Richard Matthews (Graeae), Suzanne Bull MBE (Attitude is Everything), Matt Griffiths (The National Foundation for Youth Music), David Rowntree and Tanya Lee Davis.

Full schedule, speaker and access details can be found on our website.