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Designing inclusive workspaces for neurodiverse workforces

October 12 | Online

Free 50 minute online conversation with:
Pareisse Wilson –
Motionspot
Tucker Dupree – BP
Katharine Descamps – BP

Race at Work Online Summit 2023

November 14 | Online

2023 speakers include:
Co-op – England Rugby
GSK – Network Rail
BBC – Citizens Advice
Skanska – LSEG
John Lewis Partnership

Level 1 – The Foundations to Being an Effective D&I Leader

January 23 | Online

Online training workshop for anyone looking to move into a D&I role, or those who have been in role for less than 12 months, with:
Gamiel Yafai; Fiona Daniel & Toby Mildon

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Should DEI be separate from HR?

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Enticing older people back to work

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Why an embedded approach to D&I beats individual programmes

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3 unconventional DEI book insights you might have missed

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How to avoid the emotional toll of storytelling

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My D&I Journey with Emma Cumming, Quadient

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d&i Leaders Neurodiversity at Work 2023 summary report

Organisations share how they are developing workplaces where neurodivergent minds can flourish in our summary report, from the d&i Leaders Neurodiversity at Work Seminar 2023….

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d&i Leaders Global Forum 2023 summary report

Organisations share how they are accelerating their workplace diversity and inclusion strategy in this 18 page summary report, from the d&i Leaders Global Forum 2023….

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d&i Leaders Empowering Employee Networks 2023 summary report

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d&i Leaders Global Benchmarking Survey 2022/23 summary report

331 D&I leaders from 27 countries reveal the state of the profession: from how the function is perceived and rewarded to its priorities for the coming months….

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d&i Leaders LGBT+ at Work Conference 2023 summary report

Explore the steps organisations are taking to create and maintain an LGBT+ inclusive workplace in our 2023 conference summary report….

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d&i Leaders Inclusive Recruitment 2022 summary report

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Recent speakers and contributors include

Oona King

VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Snap Inc.

Annie Wu

Global Lead for Inclusiveness & Diversity

H&M Group

Wanda Hope

Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

Johnson & Johnson

Chris Young 

HR Director - Northern Europe

P&G 

Candi Castleberry Singleton

Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Amazon

Jim Rottman

Global Head of Culture, Inclusion & Belonging

Volvo Cars

Pamela Hutchinson OBE

Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion

Bloomberg

Rachel Osikoya

Head of Culture, Well-being & Inclusion

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

Tim Fallowfield

Company Secretary & Corporate Services Director

Sainsbury's

Ira Read

Director of Diversity and Inclusion

The LEGO Group

Asif Sadiq MBE

Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

Warner Bros. Discovery

Christos Tsaprounis

Head of People & Culture

Auto Trader UK

Rosanna Durruthy

Vice President of Global Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

LinkedIn

Jill Shedden MBE

Group Director - HR

Centrica

Jenny Lay-Flurrie

Chief Accessibility Officer

Microsoft

Mark Lomas

Head of Culture

Lloyd's

Leigh Lafever-Ayer

HR Director, UK and Ireland

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Margaret Johnston-Clarke

Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

L’Oréal Group

Leendert Den Hollander

UK Vice President & General Manager

Coca-Cola European Partners

Priscilla Baffour

Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok

Sufia Hussain Parkar

Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Director - EMEA

Wunderman Thompson

Cassi Mecchi

Director of Inclusion for Europe, Southwest Asia & Africa

Netflix

Putri Realita

Global Diversity and Inclusion Lead

Danone

Ella Slade

Global LGBTQ+ Leader, Diversity & Inclusion

IBM

Pascale Thorre

Global Inclusion & Diversity Head

HEINEKEN

Raashi Sikka

VP Global Diversity & Inclusion

Ubisoft

Caroline Casey

Founder

The Valuable 500

Felizitas Lichtenberg

Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion

SumUp

Geoffrey Williams

Global Vice President of Diversity Equity & Inclusion

Burberry

Pauline Miller

Chief Equity Officer, EMEA

dentsu

Raj Verma

Chief Diversity, Culture & Employee Experience Officer

Sanofi

Jade Fraser

Group Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement

Natura &Co

D.K. Bartley

Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Moody's

Pernille Hagild

Global ED&I Leader, Ingka Group

IKEA

Tiernan Brady

Global Director of Inclusion

Clifford Chance
Organisations who attend our events
What attendees say about our events

“Great event with super speakers and honest and interesting discussions”

Group Head of Engagement, Inclusion and Diversity
DS Smith

“Really great event, with the right variety of content, speakers and attendees”

Inclusion Leader
Co-op

“An enlightening and inspirational event with outstanding speakers and a comprehensive agenda”

Head of Talent, Resourcing & Development
Tilney

“Inspiring – my head has exploded, but I now feel ready to be braver and more disruptive”

Global D&I Leader
Sage

“An inspiring and challenging forum that has provided lots of food for thought and ideas for my organisation”

Diversity Manager
Bank of England

“Well structured, informative and most of all inspiring”

MD Learning, Development & Citizenship EMEA
State Street

“Diversity of presenters, of methods of presentations and of topics, exceeded my expectations”

Global Equality D&I Manager
IKEA

“Really interesting and inspiring. Some really good key take always to consider”

Senior Recruiter
Amazon

“Hugely valuable chance to connect with my peers and learn from best practice. I’m taking so much back to build a more inclusive firm”

Diversity & CSR Manager
Penningtons Manches LLP

“It made me uncomfortable in a good way!”

Head of Business Transformation
Lloyd’s of London

“Slick and very informative day”

Chair of Pride Network
Zurich Insurance

“Excellent, thought provoking and inspiring”

Head of HR
WHSmith

“Really well organised, structured with some very insightful and moving speakers”

Talent and Acquisition
Mott MacDonald

“There is nothing available like I have learned here! Brilliant”

Head of HR Operations
Aldermore Bank

“Excellent. Extremely powerful speakers and thought provoking”

D&I Officer
Bayer

“First time in attendance and thoroughly enjoyed it”

Head of HR
Network Rail