Agenda: Day 1 (Monday 5th December)

Main Stage Agenda

Co-founders welcome

9:30 – 9:55

  • Atif Choudhury (CEO, D&A)
  • Adam Hyland (Director of Accessibility and Inclusion, D&A)
  • Giedre Paludneviciute (Director of Finance, D&A)

Panel 1: Inclusion: Where are we now?

10:00 – 10:55

  • Chair: Ellie Thompson (Communications Lead, D&A)
  • Panellists:
    • Nicola Turner (Senior Fair Access Adviser, UCAS)
    • Amelia McLoughlan (Policy and Research Officer, Alliance for Inclusive Education
    • Vicky Simms (Business Standards Manager, Resuscitation Council UK)
    • Charissa Chadderton (Business Director, Tangerine Communications)
    • Kamran Mallick (CEO, Disability Rights UK)

Break

11:00 – 11:30

Fujitsu’s Journey to Inclusion

11:30 – 11:55

  • Paul Brown (Head of Property and Shared Services- Northern and Western Europe, and Executive Sponsor for AbilityMatters staff network, Fujitsu)

Innovation Knows No Limits

12:00 – 12:25

  • Karen Souza (Diversity and Inclusion Partner, Knowledge Transfer Network)
  • Solène Anglaret (Programme Manager, Disabled Innovators, Innovate UK)

Lunch

12:30 – 13:30

Two-course buffet lunch available

Fireside Chat with Atif Choudhury, Poppy Jaman and David Woodhead

13:30 – 13:55

  • Atif Choudhury (CEO, D&A)
  • Poppy Jaman (CEO, City Mental Health Alliance)
  • David Woodhead (Associate Director of Research, Centre for Mental Health)

Disability Inclusion on a global scale with the UN World Food Programme

14:00 – 14:25

  • Atif Choudhury (D&A)
  • Raphaele von Koettlitz (D&A)
  • With video reflections from Angela Kohama (UN WFP)

Panel 2: Understanding intersectionality and its impacts, from education to employment

14:30 – 15:25

  • Chair: Piers Wilkinson (Policy and Campaigns Lead, Inclusive Education, D&A)
  • Panel:
    • Alice Speller (Operations Manager, Bournemouth University and Board Member, National Asssociation of Disability Practitioners (NADP))
    • Roddy Slorach (Author of ‘A Very Capitalist Condition: A History and Politics of Disability’)
    • Dara Ryder (CEO, Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD))
    • Chiko Ncube (Inclusive Designer and Researcher, NADP and University of Salford)
    • Marcia Brissett-Bailey (Speaker, Author and Co-founder of the BDA Cultural Perspective Committee)

Break

15:30 – 16:00

D&A New Innovations: AXS Passport Launch

16:00 – 16:45

  • Adam Hyland (Director of Accessibility and Inclusion, D&A)
  • Billy Mayor (Director of IT, D&A)
  • Meghan Reed (Head of Innovation and Delivery, D&A)

Reflections on Day 1

16:45 – 17:00

  • D&A Directors

Training Room Agenda

Training Room sessions will require an advanced booking. All ticket holders will be notified when training session bookings open.

Introduction to Assistive Technology for Education

Kim Mason-Milward (Training and Innovations Delivery Manager, D&A) and Roxanne Steel (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A)

11.30 – 12.30

Introduction to Disability Inclusion in the Workplace

Kim Mason-Milward (Training and Innovations Delivery Manager, D&A) and Freya Sumner (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A)

13.30 – 14.30

Introduction to Inclusive Communications for You and Your Team

Roxanne Steel (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A) and Charlotte Twinley (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A)

14.30 – 16.30

Hubs Mini-Talks

Introduction to Inclusive Education with D&A

11:30 – 12:30

Inclusive Education Team, D&A

Introduction to Workplace Inclusion with D&A

13:30 – 14:30

Workplace Inclusion Team, D&A

Diversity and Inclusion Discovery Desk

Throughout the day, you can join our Discovery Desk to explore your organisation’s diversity and inclusion goals, and how you can achieve them. Pre-book your Discovery Desk slot with the team now.

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Agenda: Day 2 (Tuesday 6th December)

Main Stage Agenda

Co-founders welcome

9:30 – 9:55

  • Atif Choudhury (CEO, D&A)
  • Adam Hyland (Director of Accessibility and Inclusion, D&A)
  • Giedre Paludneviciute (Director of Finance, D&A)

Panel 3: The impact of digital passports in education and employment

10:00 – 10:55

  • Chair: Adam Hyland (Director of Accessibility and Inclusion, D&A)
  • Panellists:
    • Professor Nicki Martin (Professor of Social Justice and Inclusive Education, London South Bank University, and Board Member, National Association of Disability Practitioners (NADP))
    • Dan Harris (Neurodiversity in Business)
    • Rachel Nowicki (Disability Support Advisor, Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology)
    • Rachael Salt (Chief Operating Officer, Evenbreak)
    • Millie Hawes (Corporate Responsibility Manager, Fieldfisher)
    • Dr Iliyan Stefanov (Interim Director of Student Services, LSBU)

Break

11:00 – 11:30

Improving the experience of Disabled health learners and their transition into the NHS workforce

11:30 – 11:55

  • Professor Elizabeth Hughes (Deputy Medical Director and Disability Lead, NHS Health Education England)
  • Alexandra Ankrah (Policy and Regulation, NHS Health Education England)
  • Josephine Cannings (Area Manager, Project Choice, NHS Health Education England)
  • Stuart Moore (Senior Manager, NHS Workforce Disability Equality Standard)

Keynotes

12:00 – 12:30

  • Professor Nicki Martin (Professor of Social Justice and Inclusive Education, London South Bank University, and Board Member, National Association of Disability Practitioners (NADP))

Lunch

12:30 – 13:30

Embracing inclusion at Transport for London

13:30 – 13:55

  • Venetia Petter (Customer Insight, Strategy and Experience, Transport for London)

Avery Dennison’s DE&I journey in supporting disabled people

14:00 – 14:25

  • Maarten Eddes (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader EMEA, Avery Dennison)

Panel 4: The future of disability inclusion: recruitment to retention

14:30 – 15:25

  • Chair: Emma Turner (Workplace Partnerships Lead, D&A)
  • Panel:
    • Andrea Stevens (Director of Human Resources, Utilita)
    • Maarten Eddes (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader EMEA, Avery Dennison)
    • Nathaniel Lawford (Inclusion Director, Grace Eyre)
    • Millie Hawes (Corporate Responsibility Manager, Fieldfisher)
    • Candice Berry (Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust)

Break

15:30 – 16:00

UN World Food Programme in conversation with Atif Choudhury

16:00 – 16:45

Conference reflections

16:45 – 17:00

  • D&A Directors

Training Room Agenda

Training Room sessions will require an advanced booking. All ticket holders will be notified when training session bookings open.

Introduction to Inclusive Communications for You and Your Team

10:00 – 11:00

Roxanne Steel (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A) and Charlotte Twinley (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A)

Inclusive Recruitment

11.30 – 12.30

Kim Mason-Milward (Training and Innovations Delivery Manager, D&A) and Freya Sumner (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A)

Changing the Way we Understand Disability in Higher Education

13:30 – 14:30

Kim Mason-Milward (Training and Innovations Delivery Manager, D&A) and Freya Sumner (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A)

The Assets of Neurodiversity

14:30 – 15:30

Charlotte Twinley (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A) and Roxanne Steel (Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist, D&A)

 

Hubs Mini-Talks

Introduction to Workplace Inclusion with D&A

11:30 – 12:30

Workplace Inclusion Team, D&A

Introduction to Inclusive Education with D&A

13:30 – 14:30

Inclusive Education Team, D&A

Diversity and Inclusion Discovery Desk

Throughout the day, you can join our Discovery Desk to explore your organisation’s diversity and inclusion goals, and how you can achieve them. Pre-book your Discovery Desk slot with the team now.

Buy your ticket now