The 5th annual d&i Leaders LGBT+ at Work Online Conference will take place on 9 February 2023.
It will bring together diversity, inclusion and HR, recruitment and talent professionals, diversity, along with employee network members, looking to create and maintain an LGBT+ workplace. The event will feature 18 speakers, as well as one-to-one interviews; case studies; panel discussions; Q&A sessions and online networking tables, to inspire them to make a difference in your own organisation.
LGBT+ AT WORK
Topics explored at the event include:
- Attracting and progressing LGBT+ talent into leadership positions.
- How to create meaningful inclusion for those with intersectional identities.
- Supporting trans employees and creating a safe environment at work.
- Protecting and advancing LGBT+ rights against a backdrop of rising hate.
- Creating a successful LGBT+ employee resource group and encouraging allyship.
- Understanding the impact of language on LGBT+ employees.
- Supporting mental health and wellbeing for LGBT+ colleagues at work.
- Recent Employment Tribunal cases in the UK and implications for LGBT+ inclusion.
- Attracting and onboarding LGBT+ early in careers talent.
- Tackling micro-aggressions and progressing your career as an LGBT+ person.
- How organisations can embrace the intersection of disabled and LGBT+ identities at work.
- Invisible prejudice at work and its impact on LGBT+ and faith communities.
DIVERSITY & EXPERT PROFESSIONAL
Expert speakers include:
- Rhammel Afflick, Head of Advocacy and Communications, British Youth Council
- Pav Akhtar, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, NHS Blood and Transplant
- Char Bailey, Director of People, Birmingham Pride (UK)
- Louise Bailey, Inclusion & Diversity Accelerator, OVO Energy
- Mark Baker, Founder, d&i Leaders
- Eve Berteen, Head of Inclusion, Scope
- Georgie Court, Global Inclusion Specialist & Co-chair, Arcus (LGBTQ+ Affinity Network), Clifford Chance
- Asad Dhunna, Founder & CEO, The Unmistakables
- Deon Fang, Associate & Co-chair, Arcus (LGBTQ+ Affinity Network), Clifford Chance
- Simon Fillery, Chair, MindOut
- Joel Fisher, Co-chair, Unity (LGBT+ Network), Turnaround & Restructuring Executive, EY Parthenon
- Claire Harvey, Head of Inclusion & Engagement, TP ICAP Group
- Fabrice Houdart, Executive Director, Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors
- Mohammed Ilyas, Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, University of Hertfordshire
- Luke Ives, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Arup
- Mindy Jhittay, Senior Associate, Bates Wells
- Jacqui Lloyd, SVP; Head of Apprenticeships & Diversity Programmes, Citi
- Bobbi Pickard, Founder & CEO, Trans in the City, DEI Consultant, BP
- Teik Tan, Procurement & Supply Chain Manager, Costain
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