Thrive'25 - Edinburgh Conference

Thrive ’25 is a first-of-its-kind series of conferences and events across five cities of Scotland, brought to you by The Business Connection, Transform Work and Solas CPC to inspire, connect and equip Christians to live the gospel in and through your workplace. These conferences build on the first Thrive Aberdeen in 2019 and the online Thrive 2020.

The events are designed to help you thrive by bringing together great speakers from the spheres of public leadership, workplaces, ministry and church leaders from across a range of sectors.

We have brought together local, national and international speakers to help you live your faith in a relevant and relatable way at work:

• Ken Janke, Co-founder City Table
• Gavin Matthews, Solas Centre for Public Christianity
• Laura Young, PhD student, environmental campaigner & Influencer of the Year 2024
• Tony Hodge, Founder, City Vision
• Roy & Esther Tinklenberg, Faith & Work Movement Global
• Ros Turner, CEO, Transform Work
• Lolita Jackson, Executive Director of Sustainable Cities
• Peter Vardy, CEO Peter Vardy Ltd
• Martyn Link, former Chief Strategy Officer, Wood Plc
• Chris Dowling, Joint Managing Director at Cairngorm Group
• Neil MacMillan, European Director, City to City Europe

The conferences will be taking place between 13th – 20th September 2025 in Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh. We’d love to see you at one of these events.