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08:40 Online networking
09:10 Using data to inform your disability inclusion strategy
- Carrying out an audit of existing data across multiple countries
- The value of trust building
- Gathering data, reaching those without access, and making recommendations
- The value of data alignment and business impact
- Best practice example from UK
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09:30 Disability enablement by design: Building accessibility into the way we work
- How Shell has designed and embedded workplace accessibility across the business
- Applying systems thinking to embed accessibility across functions, ERGs, and leadership
- Partnering externally to strengthen the disability inclusion ecosystem and scale learning
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09:50 Setting high standards for disability inclusion, making it a company-wide priority
- Understanding the thinking and policy behind this new initiative
- Rolling out standards worldwide and overcoming challenges with countries at different stages of development
- Using data to inform progress and your disability inclusion strategy
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10:10 Live audience questions and answers
10:40 Break and online networking
11:05 In conversation: Supporting working parents and carers of disabled children and other family members who are themselves disabled
In this session, the speaker will discuss her own experience of working with a disability whilst caring for four members of her family with disabilities. She will discuss how the Carers and Disability ERGs at HSBC are joining forces to support carers and the benefits this brings to the business. As well, she will look at support that is making a positive difference for carers at HSBC and how these fit with their wider disability strategy and inclusion efforts.
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11:25 Embedding inclusive and accessible thinking into everyday decision making across your business
- Practical case study, exploring a Skill Lab developed at Vodafone. The session will share how the programme equips participants with clear principles, practical frameworks and real world approaches to designing products and services that work for everyone. It will uncover how organisations can shift mindsets around accessibility and inclusion, and demonstrate how inclusive and accessible thinking may be embedded into everyday decision making across the full product and service lifecycle.
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11:45 Creating dedicated spaces that drive disability inclusion and enable all employees to thrive
- The vision behind Sanofi’s Global Workplace Accessibility Standard, rating sites from Unclassified to Platinum with a roadmap to 100% accessible sites by 2030
- Accessibility Lounges and Pop-ups: dedicated spaces where employees can explore assistive technology, adaptive workplace tools, and receive personalized support, serving as an education opportunity for all and making workplace adjustments a mainstream convenience
- Real impact: How these spaces are driving culture change and continuous improvement in accessibility practices
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12:05 The hidden cost of coping: unlocking potential through neuroinclusion
- The hidden cost of masking dyslexia in the workplace
- How removing barriers helps neurodivergent people thrive
- Why neuroinclusion unlocks talent, innovation and business performance
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12:20 Live audience questions and answers
12:50 Morning chair’s closing remarks and hand over to afternoon chair
Speakers:
Dr Shani Dhanda
Inclusion & Accessibility Specialist & Broadcaster
12:55 Lunch break and online networking
13:40 Chair’s welcome back
Speaker:
Dr Shani Dhanda
Inclusion & Accessibility Specialist & Broadcaster
13:45 In conversation: A personal journey moving from an ERG disability lead and influencer to a D&I decision maker
In this session, the speaker will discuss her experiences navigating the world of work with a disability, looking at her role as an ERG leader at Nestlé and then moving into a D&I role. She will discuss how she created tools to accelerate disability inclusion in her D&I role and why she thinks she has been able to make a significant difference as both an influencer and decision maker and deliver positive change.
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14:05 Getting leadership commitment in driving your disability inclusion strategy
- Why do we need a disability inclusion commitment from the top?
- How a new campaign at the London Stock Exchange Group, supported by leadership, is helping drive disability inclusion
- Keeping the dial moving forward, what next?
Speaker:
Katherine Gansallo
Diversity & Inclusion Director - UK, EMEA & Group
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
14:25 Access, AI, and ambition: Digital accessibility as a talent strategy
- The business case for digital accessibility as a talent retention strategy
- The engage, equip, embed framework for embedding accessibility into organisations
- AI and Assistive Technology taking productivity to the next level
- Tips for getting started
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14:45 Live audience questions and answers
15:15 Break and online networking
15:40 Against the odds: How Channel 4 is creating opportunities for blind and partially-sighted interns
- Channel 4’s commitment to creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds to enter the media industry
- Insights on what makes a successful internship
- Background to the Get Set, Progress Internships
- Life as an Intern
- How to get involved
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16:00 Disability inclusive talent attraction and recruitment
- How KPMG is reducing barriers in their hiring practices and delivering real change
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16:20 Activating your disability employee networks and resource groups
- A look at how over the last year, Able2 rebuilt the audience of it’s employee network after changing social platforms – regrowing the network via a Newsletter which now has over 750 subscribers
- Networks helping to shape the workplace adjustments process (‘Passports’) – a case study of how the newsletter was used to activate the network and get their feedback on how they felt the adjustments process was working
- Impact and next steps – how HR teams then used this feedback to help shape what the new process will look like, which launched in Q1 of 2026
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16:40 Live audience questions and answers
17:10 Chair's closing remarks
Speaker:
Dr Shani Dhanda
Inclusion & Accessibility Specialist & Broadcaster