09.00
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Welcoming Session
Kiren Kaur, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Dods Group
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09.05
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Chair's welcome and introduction
CHAIR: Rob Neil OBE, Director, Krystal Alliance & Former Civil Servant
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09.15
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Dissecting your Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
- Reframing D&I as a business imperative: exploring the strategic rationale
- Two sides of the same coin: leveraging inclusion to support diversity
- Key diversity areas for focus and awareness in the workplace
- Diagnosing issues and identifying potential solutions
SPEAKER: Rupert McNeil, Chief People Officer, Civil Service
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10.00
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Comfort Break
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10.15
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Breakout session A:
Making a start: creating the fundamentals of a 12-month roadmap
- Determining your vision, goals and guiding principles
- Securing buy-in from across the business
- Communicating D&I effectively
- Best practice and lessons learned from D&I pioneers
- Measuring progress and evaluating measures taken
SPEAKER: Jennifer Williams, Deputy Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Acas
This session is pre-recorded.
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Breakout session B:
Diversifying your workforce: adapting recruitment and progression practice to advance diversity and realise inclusion
- Shifting the focus of recruitment and recognition from ‘cultural fit’ to potential and ability
- Why inclusion requires more than quotas
- Engaging sponsors and champions at senior level
SPEAKER: Marsha Ramroop, Director of Inclusion, Royal Institute of British Architects; Founder-Director, Unheard Voice Consultancy
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Breakout session C:
Bolstering your D&I Vanguard: supporting middle managers in communicating and implementing change
- Providing managers with the flexibility and support required to carry out their day-to-day roles, whilst ensuring accountability for changes and results
SPEAKER: Nicholas Williams, European Head of HR Change & Transformation, Amazon; CIPD Non Executive Director and Trustee
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11.15
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Comfort break
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11.35
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It’s everyone’s business: shifting the narrative to ensure D&I involves everyone
- No man gets left behind: engaging men as D&I allies and amplifiers
- ‘I contain multitudes’: appreciating the implications of intersectionality for D&I policy and practice
- Inclusion means everyone: instilling a sense of responsibility to realise progress at all levels
SPEAKER: Asif Sadiq, Head of Equity and Inclusion, WarnerMedia International
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12.10
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Comfort break
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12.20
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Breakout session D:
Adjustment to change: simple workplace adjustments to normalise and advance diversity in your workplace
- Making basic adjustments commonplace and accessible for all staff, to cultivate inclusion and support personal changes and new employees
- Menopause, disability, ageing and parenting: exploring how straightforward adjustments are relevant and consequential to different diversity areas
- Appreciating the centrality of intersectionality to any comprehensive diversity and inclusion plan
SPEAKER: Daniel Aherne, Director, Adjust
SPEAKER: Kim Chaplain, Associate Director for Work, Centre for Ageing Better
SPEAKER: Elliott Rae, Founder, Music. Football. Fatherhood
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Breakout session E:
Disclosure and confident conversations in the workplace
- Creating an open culture and normalising conversations about mental health
- Understanding legal responsibilities around disclosure and wellbeing
- Creating safe spaces to encourage disclosure and asking for support
SPEAKER: Emma Mamo, Head of Workplace Wellbeing, Mind
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Breakout session F:
Know your organisation: data as a key tool in effecting change
- Using data to understand current demographics, measure impact and chart progress
- Understanding the legal parameters around data collection and protection
SPEAKER: Nigel Dias, Managing Director, 3n Strategy
This session is pre-recorded.
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13.20
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Break for lunch
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14.15
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Champions in conversation: the challenges and rewards of advocating for diversity and inclusion
- Diversity champions from the public and private sectors reflect on their roles and D&I journeys
SPEAKER: Sherin Aminossehe, Director Infrastructure and Race Champion, Ministry of Defence
SPEAKER: Gerri Clement, Co-founder & Co-chair, Cross Government Social Mobility Network; Programme Director, Civil Service HR, Cabinet Office
SPEAKER: Bhavik Pancholi, Diversity and Inclusion Senior Manager, Mundipharma; Recognised LGBT 'Future Leader'
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15.15
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Comfort break
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15.30
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Closing Address:
Fostering an ecosystem of inclusivity: transforming your workplace and effecting lasting cultural change
- Incorporating D&I into your company’s structure, strategy and identity
- Educating staff to shift norms and counter bias and stereotype
- Facilitating a shift in mindset and values across the business
SPEAKER: Emma Codd, Global Inclusion Leader, Deloitte
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16.10
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Chair's closing remarks
CHAIR: Rob Neil OBE, Director, Krystal Alliance & Former Civil Servant
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