Look and feel of the day

We hope that you come to the Mission Lab day ready to dive into focused conversation with your peers and partners.

After a morning of introductions and networking, we will break into our mission groups for the majority of the day with extended morning and afternoon sessions to work through a series of facilitated conversations and activities. By the end of the day we hope to arrive at some shared levers for change and action that could accelerate progress towards ‘north stars’ beyond the Mission Lab day itself**. 

We have not added defined breaks to the programme (other than lunch), but trust each group to take breaks as and when they need them throughout the day. 

In the late afternoon we will come back together for a plenary, synthesising some of the ideas and conversations, and building the bigger picture of how these different missions intersect.

**There's no firm long-term commitment required from people who attend the mission lab at this stage - it really depends on where the group takes the conversations on the day. It might be that there are some new areas people want to collaborate around, or that it's more about aligning and coordinating existing work or developing a collective narrative to accelerate progress.

We will be using a flexible design-led approach to facilitate each mission theme, responding to each group’s needs.

Each mission will have a facilitator and subject-expert steward(s)*** who will help guide the conversations throughout the day. These missions have been curated through a series of co-design sessions held throughout 2023.

In the morning, we will better understand who is in the room, what we already know and what each group’s collective ambition is. Groups will refine key levers for change that they think require more alignment, coordination of existing work or new collaboration.

In the afternoon, we’ll continue to work with these identified levers, exploring and developing activities and possible ways of working together to accelerate change and mobilise resources.

***Stewards have worked alongside P4NE to shape the strategic focus for each group and who is invited. They’ll also work alongside the facilitator to help them understand the nuances of the topic and understand the priorities and starting point of their group.