The Third Annual Race Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace Conference 2023
Online Conference 28 March 2023, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:45am
Chair's Welcome Address
Dr Jummy Okoya PhD, MSc, FCMI, SFHEA,MCIPD, PCC (ICF), Academic Director for Inclusive Practices, Office for Institutional Equity, and Chair, UEL Women's Network, University of East London
9:55am
Opening Keynote: Advancing Race Inclusion At Workplace
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Labour Member of Parliament for Streatham, and Member, Women and Equalities Committee
10:00am
Special Keynote From The Equality And Human Rights Commission
Baroness Falkner of Margravine, Chair, Equality And Human Rights Commission
10:20am
Keynote Address: Moving Forward Ethnicity Representatives In The Boards Of UK Leading Business
- Gaining an overview on whether the FTSE 350 companies meet the targets of having ethnic minorities at senior levels
- Looking into the past five years to identify and track the progress of ethnicity inclusion in the FTSE 250 companies
- Discussing the current ethnicity landscape for higher positions in business
- Mapping out the ways and recommendations for developing and sustaining the long-termed diversity initiatives at the organisational level
Dr Deirdre Anderson, Director, Gender Leadership and Inclusion Centre, Cranfield University, School of Management
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:00am
Break And Networking
11:30am
Speaking Truth To Power – Delivering An Effective Staff Race Network
Cherron Inko-Tariah, Author, Consultant, Coach, The Power of Staff Networks
11:50am
Language Matters: Advancing Language For Racial Equity And Inclusion In The Workplace
For Individuals
- Language impacts people's wellbeing
- Language can instil harmful stereotypes and biases
- Language can signal exclusion or inclusion
For Organisations
- Language can alienate minoritised employees and service users by eroding a sense of belonging and psychological safety
- This can result in higher stress, lower productivity and higher turnover
- Linguistic discrimination impacts who gets hired and who advances at work resulting in reduced employee diversity with impacts for lower innovation
For Leaders
- Learning the role of advancing equitable and inclusive languages through communication and institutionalised practice
Glenda Bonde, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Terrence Higgins Trust
12:10pm
The Everyone Economy Report
The Everyone Economy found that despite, on the surface, many organisations and staff embracing EDI initiatives, the UK has systemic challenges around workplace inclusion, with specific challenges for minoritised groups who feel overlooked and face discrimination.
Hamish Shah, Policy & Innovation Manager, CMI
12:30pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:50pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Going Beyond Recruitment - Building Authentic And Engaging Relationships With The Communities
- What does an authentic relationship look like and how can we incorporate it to the workplace?
- Recognising the historical mistrust and struggles within and in between different communities
- Involving the communities as a whole to build and sustain trust
- Addressing on the examples of authenticity and trust-building
Farhan Hayat, Chair, Surrey Police Association of Culture & Ethnicity (SPACE), Inclusion Team, Surrey Police
2:00pm
Keynote Address: Cultivating A Compassionate And Inclusive Leadership
Shola Kaye, Empathy Speaker, Culture, Communication & Inclusion Specialist and Author
2:20pm
Minimising Bias In Recruitment At Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust partnered with Resource Solutions to help achieve their diverse hiring objectives, using a pioneering research-based Recruitment Inclusivity Audit
Tom Lakin, Director of Innovation and Diverse Hiring, Resource Solutions, and Arfan Bhatti, Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (Workforce), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2:40pm
Delivering Inclusion In Policing - Advancing Graduates From Minority Ethnic Backgrounds
- Giving an overview on diversity pool of talents in policing and the implications after the death of George Floyd case
- Developing inclusive recruitment processes specifically for women and for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds in entry routes into policing
- Launching the National Graduate Leadership Programme that focuses on advancing the diverse cohorts of talents
Kurtis Christoforides, Chief Executive Officer, Police Now
3:00pm
Questions And Answers Session
3:20pm
Chair's Summary And Close
*Programme subject to change without notice.