LGBT+ At Work Online Conference

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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