MODEM Conference 2025
This year, our annual conference is on Thursday 13th November, 2025 at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ.
The Common Good in Organisations: How do we enable our ways of organising to prevent harm and better serve the common good?
9.30am Registration and Coffee
9.45am Welcome
10am Stephen Cherry
11.15am Short Papers
11.45am Jo Berry
1pm Lunch
2pm Short Papers
2.30pm Coffee
3pm What next? A discussion about issues raised, and how do we take it forward.
The conference will include 2 keynotes and several short talks addressing different aspect of the theme. There will also be time for smaller group discussion on aspects of the theme of particular interest to individuals.
We invite proposals for short 6-10 minute talks addressing some facet of the theme (see below)
If you might be willing to do a short talk, do mail Esther Ridsdale community@ibexsouthcoast.org.uk with the sub-question you propose addressing and brief message (@ 200 words is fine) or call 07802430246 to discuss.
The Revd Dr Stephen Cherry is the Dean of King’s College Cambridge and an active writer and speaker on Christian spirituality and practical theology. He was previously a Residentiary Canon of Durham Cathedral and Director of Ministerial Development and Parish Support for the diocese of Durham. His recent book, ‘Unforgivable?’ Exploring the limits of forgiveness,’ follows on from one of his previous books, ‘Healing Agony.’
Jo Berry CBE Jo Berry is founder of the charity Building Bridges for Peace. She is an inspiring speaker who works to resolve conflicts around the world. An IRA bomb killed her father, Sir Anthony Berry in 1984, who had been attending the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton and was staying at the Grand Hotel. Sixteen years later, Jo first met with the man responsible, Pat Magee.