The Fourth Annual Race, Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace Conference 2023
Online Conference 20 September 2023, 9:00am - 3:00pm
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
Professor Neraline Cornelius, Professor of Organisation Studies; Associate Dean, People, Culture and Inclusion at Queen Mary, University of London
9:40am
Keynote Address: An Update from Acas
- What we are hearing in relation to race discrimination in workplaces
- How and when race discrimination can happen
- Current policy landscape
Julie Dennis, Head of Inclusive Workplaces Policy, Acas
10:00am
Special Keynote: Ask ‘Why not’? - The Case for Inclusion
- Accountability first – who owns action
- Evidence then Engagement – no blank sheets of paper
- Knowing yourself – Diversity is not just about ‘others’
Harry Dozier, Head of Health Workforce Equality, The Scottish Government
10:20am
Keynote address: Advancing Race Equity with a social justice approach
- Embracing diversity in all its forms leading to a richer pool of perspectives, ideas, and experiences
- Inclusive workplaces experience higher employee engagement and retention rates
- Diverse teams outperform homogenous ones and are better equipped to tackle complex challenges
- Inclusion fosters a culture of belonging, where every employee feels valued and heard
Mandeep Rupra, Director of Equity and Culture, Citizens Advice
10:40am
Questions and Answers
11:05am
Networking Break
11:30am
Keynote: The Race at Work Charter: Exchanging the Most Recent Information and Best Practices
- Making the business case for promoting racial equality at work and sharing best practise projects from across the UK
- Outlining the seven commitments to action and offering suggestions for successfully putting these action points into practise
- Helping organisations discover particular areas for development and providing a framework for bringing about significant change
- Promoting allyship: strategies for getting all seniority levels of staff members on board with cutting-edge inclusive practices
Sandra Kerr CBE, Race Equality Director, Business in the Community
11:50am
Special Keynote: Promoting Equality and Inclusion in Football: The FA Premier League's Commitment
- 2020: Football, BLM, Covid
- The Premier League & other stakeholders
- Football’s response to Racism and Best Practice
- Challenges to progressincluding data gaps
- What does success look like?
- Closing thoughts
Ifem Onuora, Head of Equality, FA Premier League
12:15pm
Questions and Answers
12:30pm
Lunch and Networking
1:25pm
Afternoon Keynote: Overcoming barriers to employment through inclusive recruitment in the Civil Service
- What kinds of barriers can people face when looking at careers in the Civil Service? How do we identify and overcome these barriers by considering inclusion at each step of the recruitment process? How does outreach into communities increase the diversity of our workforce?
- In this session, Lisa Jackson from the Going Forward Into Employment Team (Cabinet Office) will share examples of how the Civil Service has sought to open up opportunities to people from different backgrounds who may not have previously considered a career with us
- This includes suggestions on how to influence and build the capability of Vacancy Managers and HR Teams across a complex, geographically dispersed set of organisations (Departments) to support candidates throughout the start of their careers and beyond
- We are keen to hear from other organisations in terms of sharing best practice and learning from each other in order to create more inclusive recruitment approaches across the public and private sectors
Lisa Jackson, Head of Operations, Going Forward into Employment, Cabinet Office
1:45pm
Special Keynote
- Highlighting the significance of a talented and diverse team
- The challenges of implementing impactful hiring and talent development strategies
- The importance of successful teamwork and collaboration
Sydney Samuels, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist
2:05pm
Moving on Up - Tackling the Talent Gap for Young Black Men
- Origins of the programme
- Challenges encountered along the way and how they’ve been overcome
- Success stories and lessons learned
Jeremy Crook OBE, Chief Executive, Action for Race Equality
2:25pm
Case Study: Inclusive Culture, Race and Ethnicity in Engineering
Yohanes Scarlett, Policy and Research Advisor, Royal Academy of Engineering
2:45pm
Questions and Answers
3:05pm
Chair's Closing Address
*programme subject to change
3:10pm
Close
Professor Neraline Cornelius, Professor of Organisation Studies; Associate Dean, People, Culture and Inclusion at Queen Mary, University of London