The Second Annual Race Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace Event 2022
Online 26 May 2022, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
Bugwa Ampapa, University of East London
9:40am
Special Address: Tackling Inequalities And Securing Participation And Progression In the Workplace
- Inclusive Britain: Examining the government response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
- Collecting, analysing and publishing government data on the experiences of people from different ethnic backgrounds to address inequalities
- Reviewing and updating equalities legislation to make sure that it is fit for purpose
- Following up on the January 2019 consultation on ethnicity pay reporting to ensure that ethnicity pay information leads to targeted action
Marcus Bell, Director, Race Disparity Unit, Government Equalities Office, & Equalities Hub, Cabinet Office
10:00am
Keynote Address: Delivering Race Equality in the Workplace
Sandra Kerr CBE Race Director, Business in the Community
10:20am
Keynote Address: Opportunities and Challenges to Race Equality and Fairness from Hybrid Working and Other New Ways of Working Post-Pandemic
- Examples of current EDI and hybrid working
- Opportunities around EDI coming out of pandemic, learnings, options for change
- Lessons learnt from race networks and responding to the challenges
- Best practice from the Acas experience – reverse mentoring, insight pairs, etc
- Learning from Data on call volumes and insights
Susan Clews, Chief Executive, Acas
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break And Networking
11:35am
Keynote Address: Delivering Programme To Improve Diversity And Inclusion Across The Civil Service
- Creating a welcoming, inclusive workforce which encourages openness, honesty, challenge and innovation
- Increasing the representation of currently under-represented groups at all levels
- Establishing a framework for the measurement of inclusion to assess and benchmark performance
- Promoting positive behaviours which are expected from all employees
- Developing an inclusive culture which is intolerant of discrimination, bullying and harassment
Jason Ghaboos, Deputy Director, Civil Service Inclusion Practice Team, Cabinet Office
11:55am
Fairness & Belonging: A Strategy for Diversity & Inclusion Using Intersectional Approaches
Dr Darren Ralph, Assistant Director, Diversity & Inclusion, West Midlands Police
12:15pm
Case Study: Leading Change On The Race Agenda Through The Harrow Black Lives Matter Staff Group
- Responding to the issues raised by the Black Lives Matter agenda to set the foundations for improving the experiences of all Harrow residents and staff
- Developing an Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Framework
- Working closely with a range of local agencies, statutory partners and the voluntary and community sector
- Organising innovative, educational and informative events for staff at Harrow Council
Shumailla Dar, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Human Resources & Organisational Development, Harrow Council
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
1:00pm
Lunch and Networking
2:00pm
Legislation For Positive Change
- Mandating ethnicity pay gap reporting to eliminate wage discrimination
- Diversity targets and supporting measures to retain GEM talent
- Publishing inclusion strategies for accountability
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Women and Equalities Comittee
2:10pm
Leading The Way Forward For Racial Equity Through Data-Backed Action
- The current state of racial equity in the public sector
- Why change? Why now?
- The current obstacles to achieving racial equity (and how to avoid them)
- 4 clear steps to achieving racial equity
Darrell Coker, Co-Founder and Head of Product, Flair Impact
2:30pm
Case Study: An Introduction To The Ongoing Work To Increase Diversity Within The Environment And Sustainability Profession
- Covering the Diverse Sustainability Initiative
- Covering some feedback as to why the profession is lacking diversity
- Discussing research by SOS UK, IEMA and Nerc on the lack of diversity within the environment/ sustainability profession
- RACE Report- why it began, what we are hoping to do with it and the change we would like to see.
Caris Graham, Diverse Sustainability Initiative Officer, IEMA; Erica Aworo, Climate Change Project Administrator, SOS-UK
3:00pm
Questions And Answer Session
3:15pm
Chair's Summary And Close