Business Disability Forum Annual Conference 2024
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Business Disability Forum Annual Conference 2024
We can work it out – reasonable adjustments in a modern world
London and online. Kindly hosted by BT Group.
Register to attend in-person (London)
We all like to do things our way, but living and working with other people often means working out what works for everyone and is reasonable. Join us for our Annual Conference, which is all about working it out together to make a more inclusive world for everyone.
The clash of the adjustments
A panel of experienced DEI Professionals with experience of working in retail, emergency services, law firms, government departments and large telecommunications and pharmaceutical companies will work through scenarios based on real-life situations when adjustments needed by disabled people might clash. How do they, and we, work it out for everyone in the workplace?
What the world needs now: the skills DEI Professionals will need in 2024 and beyond
Speaker: Birgit Neu, Senior DEI Advisor
The world is changing, and business needs to adapt to survive and thrive. Culture warriors are suggesting that Disability Equality and Inclusion departments and professionals are no longer needed but is that true or is disability inclusion “safe”? Birgit Neu outlines the challenges ahead for businesses and DEI Professionals and will consider disability in the context of geopolitical tension, the anti-woke agenda, data monitoring, the implications of AI and much more in conversation with our CEO Diane Lightfoot and audience members.
Who Are We? Data Monitoring and Disability Workplace Reporting
Speaker: Angela Matthews, Head of Policy and Research, Business Disability Forum
Disability monitoring and data collection is a hot topic for DEI Professionals. There are good intentions and reasons behind the desire for disability data monitoring and reporting, but what is the reality of trying to collect and analyse such data? Even more importantly, does it lead to greater disability inclusion? Angela Matthews will be trailing some of the themes from our ground-breaking data monitoring project that is looking at what data to capture and why – and what to do with the results!
Disability Inclusion Stories: hear from 3 of our Disability Smart Awards 2024 winners
As always, we like to bring you practical, real-world examples of disability inclusion in practice. Hear and be inspired by Charlie Magadah-Williams, Head of Diversity & Inclusion People and Culture at Primark, Kim Whippy, Enablement Manager, Inclusion, Culture and Wellbeing at PwC UK and Nainika Vyas, Brand Manager, Vanish at Reckitt sharing why and how they implemented their inclusion initiatives and what they learned along the way.
Where Are We – where and how we work in today’s world
Speakers: Emily Jackson, Senior Disability Business Partner, Business Disability Forum; Vasiliki Arvaniti, Head of Asset Management and Executive Committee, Derwent London Plc; Bela Gor (Chair)
We now live and work in a post-pandemic world and it seems we may never go back to the way we used to work. Where and how we work, and what we want from our lives, has changed.
Some CEOs and businesses (and government departments) want a full-time return to office working. Most employers are opting for a hybrid model and while some employees prefer office working for their physical and mental health, others simply do not want to return to the office, claiming greater productivity and work-life balance. Disabled employees may also have agreements to work from home as reasonable adjustments.
Then there is the new generation of workers who grew up with computers in their pockets, and who put great importance on meaningful work.
How can we get the balance right for everyone and work it out?
Watch this space for speaker updates and conference news.
