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The CPA Annual Shaping Tomorrow Event 2026
The Digital Future of CPO: People, Practice, Progress?
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When: Tuesday 21st April 2026 | Location: TLT LLP, 20 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7JE | CPD Hours: 2 Hours | |
Timings: Registration: 16.15, Start: 16.45; Close: 18.45 Followed by a drink’s reception | Price: £75 + VAT for CPA Members (£110 + VAT for Non Members) | ||
Join us for the first event in the CPA’s brand new Shaping Tomorrow series – a forward looking annual forum that focuses on legal reform, best practice and the future of the industry. This flagship event for 2026 brings together leading voices from across the compulsory purchase landscape to explore how AI, digital transformation, evolving digital and digitisation policies, and modern professional practice are reshaping the future of CPO.
Why This Programme?
People, Practice and Progress?
In this session, we will look at what AI and the digital future really means for people, practice and, crucially, whether it represents progress or creates new problems to overcome. Through a panel discussion, the event will explore:
- How AI impacts people, whether it be acquiring authorities promoting schemes, affected landowners, or the advisors navigating the process
- The future of professional disciplines working in CPO, and whether AI changes their roles
- The mental health implications of AI and whether technology can ever replicate the human element
- The opportunities that AI presents for more effective and streamlined practice
- Whether the digital future promises genuine progress — or introduces new challenges to overcome
Implications and Opportunities
The session will explore the possibilities, limitations, and implications of an evolving AI and digital landscape — and how the profession can work together to optimise, manage, and future proof the world of compulsory purchase, whilst preserving best practice and retaining a much needed human touch.
Programme
Welcome & Introduction by Conference Chair Debbie Reynolds, TLT, Vice Chair of The CPA
Panel Debate
- How AI impacts people, whether it be acquiring authorities promoting schemes, affected landowners, or the advisors navigating the process
- The future of professional disciplines working in CPO, and whether AI changes their roles
- The mental health implications of AI and whether technology can ever replicate the human element
- The opportunities that AI presents for more effective and streamlined practice
- Whether the digital future promises genuine progress — or introduces new challenges to overcome
- Implications and Opportunities
Speakers:
Debbie Reynolds, Partner – Head of Compulsory Purchase; Vice Chair of The CPA, TLT LLP
James Pereira KC, Barrister, Francis Taylor Building
Tom Aslin, Partner, Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Simon Ricketts, Partner, Town Legal LLP
Alex Crow, Director, Land Referencing, Ardent
Alex Higgin, Associate, QUOD
Liz Neate, Director, Deloitte