The 6th Annual WISERD Conference took place at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium from Tuesday 30th June – Thursday 2nd July. It was attended by almost 200 delegates, which included practitioners, policy makers and social scientists, who came together to discuss and debate a range of topical themes such as health; social care; wellbeing; education; culture & values; environment; labour markets; devolution; and civil society. Topics under discussion this year include: the UK gender pay-gap; the future of the Welsh language in Wales; palliative care for people with dementia; labour market experiences of young people; and e-cigarette use among young people.
Headlining the three-day conference were three keynote speakers: Ann Keane, Former HM Chief Inspector at Estyn; Karl Wilding, Director of Public Policy at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO); and Guardian columnist, writer and economist Will Hutton