IMA Conference 2019

The 2019 IMA Conference will be held on 10-11 June at the Manchester Midland Hotel.

**Please note that awards dinner places and full conference passes are now fully booked. B&B accommodation on both Sunday and Monday night is now extremely limited, so book soon to avoid disappointment. Day passes are still available.**

Bookings for the event are now open: Book a place at IMA Conference 2019

This year’s conference theme will be “Money advice: does one size fit all?”

Conference will also incorporate our AGM and the 2019 IMA Money Advice Awards.

Join us and free-sector advisers, service managers, creditors and policy makers to:

discuss money advice sector developments
share best practice
participate in lively debates
network with delegates, exhibitors and speakers

Expert-led workshops will provide legal updates and practical support to help you deliver and develop money advice services. We’ll be announcing further details about the event in due course.

Full details of the delegate fees are available here.

Members can access information about the AGM here.

Timetable

The event timetable is being finalised and full details will be announced soon. Registration on Monday will open at 9am, with conference beginning at 10am. Day one will close at 3.40pm, ahead of the AGM which will begin at 4pm (registration from 3.40pm).

Registration on Tuesday will open at 8.45am, with conference beginning at 9.15am. Conference will close at 3.30pm on Tuesday.

Details of the conference workshops are now available here.

Accomodation

Check in for those staying at the Midland will open at 3pm on Monday (on Sunday for those staying that night). Check out is by 11am. Delegates will be able to store bags in the Trafford room before checking in on the Monday and after checking out on the Tuesday.

Why should I attend IMA Conference 2019?

If you haven’t attended conference before, here’s what one 2018 attendee had to say about her experience:

“Meeting advisers from so many channels and styles of advice always leads to some great conversations and new ideas. The ‘line up’ is always relevant, you will find you actually are interested in the speakers throughout the 2 days, it really is all about you…

The workshops are informative and do tend to be extremely lively and productive, the day is not another ‘sit and listen’ event.It can provide re assurance that things are changing, in the right ways for the right reasons… You do tend to come away from the conference energised and refreshed.

Yes you can have a fun day at the conference; you are attending a very large room full of people as passionate as you about what we do. There is a lot of laughter throughout the day. Likely to be the friendliest and most enjoyable bit of networking you will do all year.”

Tracy Ashworth, Debt Advice Foundation

CPD points

Accredited IMA members participating in the CPD scheme will earn 4.5 points for each full day of conference they attend.

Thanks to our sponsors

We’d like to thank the generous sponsors of IMA Conference 2019: