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Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Disability at Work Summit

Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Disability at Work Summit

A Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Event

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Times below are British Summer Time (BST).

All talks are recorded so you can revisit or view at a time convenient to you!

08:40 Online networking

09:00 Welcome

Speaker:

Mark Baker

Founder

d&i Leaders

09:05 Chair’s opening remarks

Speaker:

Kate Nash OBE

Member, UK Disability Confident Business Leaders Group & CEO

PurpleSpace

09:10 Attracting and recruiting disabled talent

  • Effective ways of recruiting from the talent pool and making the process more inclusive
  • What do we mean by the best candidate?
  • How do you equip disabled people who are looking for employment?
  • Where do you invest your time and money to get the best people for the job?
  • A look at the BDF recruitment toolkit
Speakers:

Paulette Cohen MBE

Member, UK Disability Confident Business Leaders Group & Head of D&I for UK, Europe & Middle East

Barclays

Diane Lightfoot

Member, UK Disability Confident Business Leaders Group & CEO

Business Disability Forum

09:30 Retaining and supporting newly recruited disabled workers

  • Getting the right workplace adjustments through the hiring and selection process
  • Supporting line managers; coaching and addressing behaviours
  • Creating an open, trusting culture
  • Supporting health and wellbeing
Speakers:

Esi Hardy

Board Trustee, ParaPride & Founder

Celebrating Disability

Darren Rowan

Chair of Enable ERG, Global Program Manager & Accessibility Lead

Eli Lilly

09:50 How GSK is putting a disability inclusive lens across the business

  • Aligning the built environment, inclusive design, reasonable adjustments and health and wellbeing
  • Strategic drivers
Speaker:

Andy Garrett

Global Programme Director, Workplace Adjustments Service

GSK

10:10 Live audience questions and answers

10:40 Break and online networking

11:05 In conversation: Helping disabled workers develop their inner confidence

  • Access to Work – how to apply, tips and tricks
  • How to build confidence – it’s a fine line – like many people, it goes below and above through your career
  • Personal training/development
  • What tools and technology can help you become more independent
Speaker:

Matthew Johnston

Trustee, Scope & Global Head of Disability Inclusion

Thoughtworks

11:25 Improving collaborative working between DEI Leaders and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

  • Understanding the benefits of good collaboration
  • How should you work with ERG leaders to support them and their goals?
  • Working with ERGs to help with strategy and action planning
  • Juggling competing priorities in diversity – how do you overcome the challenges?
  • Practical tips on how to make the relationship work well
Speaker:

Cherrelle Williams

Global Accessibility Lead; Immediate former Chair UK enABLE Network

Shell

11:45 Neurodiversity at work

Speaker:

Aidan Healy

Chief Executive Officer

Lexxic

12:00 Providing workplace adjustments for disabled employees working flexibly

  • How do you provide a good ergonomic environment both on site and at home that is cost effective?
  • Points to consider when deciding whether your adjustments are sufficiently inclusive
  • Reviewing processes, working with your ERG, and formalising changes
  • Getting the health and wellbeing balance right
  • To what extent has covid been a gamechanger?
Speakers:

Ross Hovey

Accessibility Manager, Group Disability & Mental Health Team

Lloyds Banking Group

Dr. Gary Latta

Health & Safety Business Partner

Lloyds Banking Group

12:20 Live audience questions and answers

12:50 Morning chair’s closing remarks and hand over to afternoon chair

Speakers:

Kate Nash OBE

Member, UK Disability Confident Business Leaders Group & CEO

PurpleSpace

Martyn Sibley

CEO

Disability Horizons

12:55 Lunch break and online networking

13:40 Chair’s welcome back

Speaker:

Martyn Sibley

CEO

Disability Horizons

13:45 In conversation: Using assistive technology to create a better work environment– what’s new and what’s on the horizon?

  • A look at Google’s employee disability passport
  • Using examples of where assistive technologies can make a real difference – what can companies do now?
  • What’s in the pipeline?
Speaker:

Christopher Patnoe

Head of Accessibility & Disability Inclusion, EMEA

Google

14:05 Gathering employee data and measuring the success of your disability inclusion strategy

  • What frameworks are you using?
  • What do you need to do to join up the different areas of disability?
  • What data do you collect and use and how are you building trust to capturing it?
  • How do you integrate what you’ve learnt into effective processes?
  • Tackling challenges with sharing invisible disabilities
Speakers:

Julie Thomas

Global Director, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Javier Sanchez Gandarias

Sponsor, Disability Catalyst Group & VP, Customer Service & Supply Chain GB

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

14:25 Addressing the importance of weaving intersectionality into your disability strategy

Speakers:

Kamran Mallick

CEO

Disability Rights UK

Mark Russell

Inclusion, Diversity & Social Equity Manager

KPMG UK

14:45 Live audience questions and answers

Panel speaker representing Coca-Cola Europacific Partners:

Speaker:

Sarah Baker

Senior Manager, National & Key Accounts, Founding Member, D&I Ambassador Team

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

15:15 Break and online networking

15:40 Translating disability inclusion commitments into a reality – what’s next?

  • Addressing the lack of visibility of senior role models in disability
  • How do you develop the careers of and promote disabled workers up into senior ranks?
  • Why do we need a disability inclusion commitment from the top?
  • Keeping the dial moving forward
Speaker:

Dan Brooke

UK Government Sector Champion for Disability Employment & CEO

Smart Energy GB

16:00 In conversation: Reviewing the impact of role models, personal stories, and the need to avoid tokenism

Speaker:

Reena Parmar

Senior Knowledge Lawyer & Co-chair, Freshfields Enabled ERG

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

16:20 Employers share top tips from their disability inclusion journey

Speakers:

Raj Jones

Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Sodexo

Briony Hughes

HR Director and Diversity & Inclusion Lead

News UK

16:40 Live audience questions and answers

17:05 Chair's closing remarks

Speaker:

Martyn Sibley

CEO

Disability Horizons

17:10 Online networking

17:25 Close of the d&i Leaders Disability at Work Online Summit 2022

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