Annual Conference 2024: We can work it out – reasonable adjustments in a modern world
Our Annual Conference, hosted by BT Group, took place on 2 July 2024 in-person and online.
British Sign Language interpretation was provided by Sorenson UK.
Reasonable adjustments are essential in the workplace but meeting everyone’s needs can be complicated. Our speakers and panellists explored how to work it out together to make a more inclusive world for everyone.
The conference was chaired by our CEO Diane Lightfoot and our Director of Legal and Content Bela Gor.
Sessions
Host address: Eleanor Hudson, Director Contract Management, BT Group
Where are we? Where and how we work in today’s world
- Vasiliki Arvaniti, Head of Asset Management and Executive Committee member, Derwent London plc,
- Emily Jackson, Senior Disability Business Partner, Business Disability Forum,
- Bela Gor, Director of Legal and Content, Business Disability Forum (Chair).
Who are we? Data Monitoring and Disability Workplace Reporting
- Diane Lightfoot, CEO, Business Disability Forum,
- Angela Matthews, Director of Policy and Research, Business Disability Forum.
Manifesto for a disability inclusive UK
- Diane Lightfoot, CEO, Business Disability Forum.
Disability inclusion stories
- Charlie Magadah-Williams, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, People and Culture, Primark,
- Kim Whippy, Enablement Manager, Inclusion, Culture and Wellbeing, PwC UK,
- Bela Gor, Director of Legal and Content, Business Disability Forum (Chair),
- Caroline Curtis-Powell, Neurodiversity Champion & Disability ERG Lead, Reckitt,
- Nainika Vyas, Brand Manager, Vanish, Reckitt.
The clash of the adjustments
- Andy Garrett, Global Programme Director – Workplace Adjustments Service, GSK,
- Safia Kukaswadia, International Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Specialist, DLA Piper,
- Charles Clement, DEI Manager – Disability Lead, BT Group,
- Bela Gor, Director of Legal and Content, Business Disability Forum (Chair).
What the world needs now: the skills DEI Professionals will need in 2024 and beyond
- Birgit Neu, Senior DEI Advisor,
- Diane Lightfoot, CEO, Business Disability Forum.
Recordings of all the conference sessions are available to Members and Partners on our Knowledge Hub.
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