Confirmed Speakers
Chair, Women and Equalities Select Committee
Writer and Television Producer, Co-founder of Webber Phillips Ltd
Rt Hon Maria Miller MP
Chair, Women and Equalities Select Committee
Trevor Phillips OBE
President, Partnership Council, John Lewis Partnership; Deputy Chairman of the Board, National Equality Standard; Chair, Green Park Diversity Analytics; Director, Webber Phillips; and Co-Founder, Diversity Analytics
Sam Smethers
Chief Executive, The Fawcett Society
Ann Francke
Chief Executive, The Chartered Management Institute
Professor Nora Ann Colton
Acting Vice Chancellor, University of East London
Shabir Randeree CBE
Chancellor, University of East London (UEL)
Arun Batra
Director, People Advisory Services, E&Y LLP; Founder & Chief Executive, National Equality Standard
Frances McAndrew
Strategic Lead for Diversity, Inclusion and Social Integration, Greater London Authority
Host: Simon Fanshawe OBE
Broadcaster and Writer; Partner & Founder, Diversity by Design
Alistair Pringle
Executive Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Nicholas Glossop
Head of Inclusion & Learning Support, BPP University
Peter de Norville
Director of Global Diversity & Inclusion, Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI)
Dr Jan Peters MBE
Director, Katalytik; External Consultant, UCL Engineering
Dr Jana Javornik
Associate Professor in Public and Social Policy; Director, Noon Centre for Equality and Diversity in Business
Oyebanji Adewumi
Associate Director Inclusion, Barts Health NHS Trust
Simon Fillery
Head of Inclusion, The Bank of England
The “transparency agenda” driven from the 2010 Equality Act is a whole organisation strategic challenge.
Since the 2015 election we have been going through the biggest step change in equality and diversity policy in a generation. The “transparency agenda” has turbocharged provisions of the 2010 equality act.
It is presenting severe challenges, as seen with the BBC, to company and public service reporting and demands new and innovative whole organisation solutions.
At GED 2017 we provide the most up to date benchmarking for organisations addressing these issues with lessons from major organisations on how they have approached and prepared solutions to the issues they’ve encountered.
GED 2017, supported by E&Y National Equality Standard; Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion; WEConnect International and in partnership with the Noon Centre for Equality and Diversity in Business at UEL, will give you the tools you need to get up speed with, comply with, and manage the impact of government policy on your organisation.
Topics covered will include:
- Managing the impact of “transparency” publishing
- Case studies of ‘best practice’
- Media and public relations challenges
- Lessons from gender pay reporting
- Equality and diversity leadership within organisations
- Presentation of diversity and equality data to staff
- Benchmarking and presenting equality and diversity data for the public
- Enacting action plans and programmes for improving equality and diversity metrics
Sectors examined will include:
- Sector leading businesses
- Uniformed public services
- Local Government
- Health services
- New media and online
- Care, social care and nursing
- Higher education staffing
- Finance and banking
- Technology and telecoms
- Manufacturing and transport
Your sectors present different challenges across race, gender and age and other profiles which will be revealed by increased transparency.
Watch GED 2016 case studies from those businesses already ahead of the game:
Simon Feeke
Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Practice, Ernst & Young LLP
Ann Francke
Chief Executive, Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
Join over 100 Equality and Diversity professionals in London from organisations including:
AIG | BAE Systems plc | Barts Health NHS Trust | Bedfordshire Police | Bournemouth University | BPP University | Bright Network | British Gas | Capita HR Solutions | Carnival UK Group | Central England Co-operative | Changing Faces | Civil Aviation Authority | Corby Borough Council | Crisis | De La Rue | Diversity and Ability | Diversity by Design | Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion | Equality and Human Rights Commission | Financial Ombudsman Service | Gapsquare | Health Education England | Holman Fenwick Willan LLP | John Lewis Partnership | Katalytik Ltd | Kingston University | Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | London Fire Brigade | Manchester Metropolitan University | Marshall E-Learning Consultancy | Medway NHS Foundation Trust | Middlesex University | More Difference | MSL | National Equality Standard | National Museums Liverpool | Noon Centre for Equality and Diversity in Business | Northern Trust | Nottingham Trent University | Penrose Care Ltd | Professional Diversity Consultants | Queen Mary University of London | Dalhousie University, Canada | Seetec | Sightsavers | Specsavers | Springboard Consultancy | Suffolk Constabulary | The Chartered Management Institute | The Electoral Commission | The Fawcett Society | TLT LLP | University of Bristol Students’ Union | University of East London | University of Leeds | University of Liverpool | University of London International Programmes | University of Roehampton | University of Southampton | Westfield Europe | IBM UK | Southampton Football Club | LV=
Group Licences:
Alternatively, bring staff and clients together to watch GED 2017 online, organisations already doing this include:
Springboard Consultancy | Suffolk Constabulary | LV=
They know the group online licence gives them the best of both worlds – a delegate place at the conference to take advantage of all the networking opportunities attending GED 2017 affords and also the chance for their wider team to watch the event live from their workplace. An ideal way to bring key staff up to speed on all the latest practice and research from our expert speakers without the need to leave the office.
Job Titles of Participating Professionals:
Chairman and Group Managing Director | Communications Director | HR Director | Associate Professor | Chancellor | Chief Executive | Corporate Engagement Manager | Corporate Responsibility Manager | Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) | Director | Diversity and Corporate Responsibility Advisor | Diversity and Inclusion Director | Doctoral Researcher | Equality and Inclusion Manager | Executive Director of HR & OD | Head of Inclusion & Learning Support | Head of Service | HR Manager | Inclusion Manager | Managing Director | Partner | Professor | Quality Lead, Medical Education | Senior Account Manager | Senior Lecturer & Staff Governor | Strategy and Programmes Officer | Trustee | Vice Dean | Vice-Chancellor
Who Should Attend?
The conference will attract business and public sector staff with responsibility for equality, diversity and inclusion strategy and implementation, including:
HR Directors | Talent Managers | Heads of Equality and Diversity | Research Directors | Business Development Directors | Board Members | Academics and Researchers | Business Research and Development | Sector Specific Experts | Recruitment Personnel | Careers Personnel | Charities and Stakeholder Organisations | Workforce Transformation Managers