Programme

Thursday May 15th
19:00 Going Solo Off Programme: Pre Going Solo Drinks at Darling Night Pub, Galerie Saint-François, Lausanne

Friday May 16th
Hôtel Albatros-Navigation, Place de la Navigation, Lausanne Ouchy (see practical information for reaching the venue)

Here’s the agenda for the day!

8:00 Registration | coffee, tea, orange juice and some croissants
9:00 Stephanie Booth: Introduction
9:30 Laura Fitton: You Only Get What You Give (Marketing and taking care of one’s social capital)
10:15 Break
10:50 Dennis Howlett: The Joys of Tax and Finance
11:20 Panel moderated by Suw Charman: Setting Rates and Negotiating with
Clients (Martin Roell, Stowe Boyd, Dennis Howlett)
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Suw Charman: When Passion Becomes Profession (Balancing Work and Life)
15:20 Martin Roell: Self-Organisation for Effectiveness: Tools and Methods to Get Things Done
16:00 Break
16:30 Panel moderated by Stephanie Booth: Solo in a Networked World (Laura
Fitton, Linda Broughton, Stephanie Troeth)
17:20 Stowe Boyd: From The Far Side To The Dark Side: A Crash Course In
Business Realities For Soloists
18:00 end of Going Solo Conference

20:00 Going Solo Off Programme: Dinner in the city. Big whole tables have been booked for Going Solo participants in several nice restaurants.

21:30 Going Solo Off Programme: Open Party at L’Atlantic

The agenda is subject to minor changes in the coming days. Timing contains a little breathing space.

For more details about the speakers and sessions:

You might also be interested by the initial overview of topics which drove the programme, and the general educational spirit of the event.

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