We’re delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for the DCN Annual Conference on Thursday 19 to Friday 20 March 2026.
Following the success of our 2025 conference, attended by over 300 people, we will be returning to the De Vere Beaumont Estate in Windsor.
If you’re a councillor or an officer at a DCN member council, you can book your place by following this link. Please share this invitation widely with your colleagues.
Our 2026 conference will focus on the opportunities and challenges of local government reorganisation, reforming the local public sector, leading people through change and empowering communities.
Delegates will have the chance to engage with high-profile speakers, including Government ministers, parliamentarians from across the political spectrum, local government partners and leaders from the private sector and other walks of life.
The conference offers a golden opportunity to meet others in our network and find out how other elected members and officers are grappling with the same issues you face on your council.
Useful information:
- Conference registration opens around 10am on Thursday 19 March with lunch served from around 11.45am.
- Conference programme begins around 12:30pm.
- Drinks reception and gala dinner take place on the evening of 19 March.
- Conference finishes around 2pm on Friday 20Â March.
Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are available on our booking site:
- Full conference ticket including gala dinner and overnight accommodation at the conference hotel on Thursday night: £549 + VAT.
Other options are available by emailing dcn@local.gov.uk. They are:
- Full conference with gala dinner but no overnight accommodation £435 + VAT
- Full conference without gala dinner or overnight accommodation £400 + VAT
- Thursday only with gala dinner but no overnight accommodation £250 + VAT
- Thursday only without gala dinner or overnight accommodation £198 + VAT
- Friday only £198 + VAT.
All options include lunch and other refreshments.
Please book now to secure your place at what is sure to be a popular event.
Prospective corporate attendees should contact DCN@local.gov.uk for more information on how to book as a sponsor or exhibitor. This booking site is for member councils only.
