The Whitehall & Industry Group Diversity & Inclusion Conference 2023

Please note this event is now at limited capacity. Please email [email protected] to join the waiting list.

This year’s event will focus on turning words into action and delivering measurable change for inclusion within organisations across the sectors. Topics to be covered on the day include:

• The importance of socio-economic diversity and how to enact different approaches to recruitment, tracking, and measurement
• Shifting from conversation to implementation, with equitable policy by design
• Futureproofing D&I across the sectors
• Embedding inclusion in leadership behaviours
• Tackling polarisation in the workplace and society

WHY ATTEND?

This one day, in-person conference is your chance to gain practical and insightful information from expert D&I practitioners through a series of keynote presentations, panel discussions and interactive workshops. Throughout the day you will also have the opportunity to expand your network and discuss what you have heard with peers.

At WIG’s Diversity & Inclusion Conference 2023 you will:

• Hear first-hand, lived experiences and gain practical insights, enabling you to implement real change in your organisation
• Discuss current challenges faced by organisations across the sectors, identify key learnings and prioritise next steps for D&I within your team
• Debate and challenge what has been considered good within D&I to drive forward the agenda and make a tangible difference
• Develop your skillset by understanding how to engage with your senior leaders to progress inclusion
• Build your network within a unique cohort of peers from a wide range of organisations

Thanks to our cross-sector approach you will gain fresh perspectives from outside of your sector, inspiring clear solutions and providing you with practical tools to take back to your own organisation.

Join us in March and discover how to embed resilient and robust D&I strategies which support the growth of your organisation and its people.

SPEAKERS

Confirmed speakers include:

• Fiona Ryland, Government Chief People Officer, UK Civil Service
• Dr Nneka Abulokwe OBE, Founder, MicroMax Consulting, and Independent Non-Executive Director, Capita
• Marcia Williams, Executive Director, Inclusion, Channel 4
• Kathy Quashie, Chief Growth Officer, and sponsor for the Race and Ethnicity Employee Network, Capita plc
• Pavita Cooper, Board Advisor, Equality Campaigner, and Vice-Chair, 30% Club
• Lorraine Jackson CBE, Director, Information Risk Management and Assurance, Department for Health and Social Care
• Onyeka Anugwom, Commercial Excellence Director, Haleon
• Senda Kavindele, Director, ESG Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, KPMG UK
• Fiona Murray, Deputy Director, People Services and Development, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Mark Lomas, Head of Culture, Lloyd's of London
• Jenny Baskerville, Director, Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, KPMG UK
• Zahoor Ahmad, Head of Social Mobility, Inclusion and Belonging, Co-op
• Andrew Ashworth, Head of Delivery, Going Forward Into Employment, Cabinet Office
• Annette Moody, Group IT Governance Director, and Co-Chair SercoUnlimited, Serco
• Saida Bello, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, City of London Corporation
• Kate Caulkin, People and Operational Management Insights Director, National Audit Office
• Anne Mwangi, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Sharon Blyfield OBE, Head of Early Careers, GB, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
• Mikey Hoare, D&I Champion, Government Communications Service
• Julie Dennis, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Acas
• Andrea Michaels, Co-Chair, Civil Service Neurodiversity Network

Plus more to be announced!

ATTENDEES

This conference is aimed at anyone involved in making their organisation a more equal and inclusive workplace, including HR and Talent Directors, Heads of D&I, Board Members, Academics, Recruitment/HR Personnel, Staff Network Leads, Senior teams – CEOs, COOs, Directors.

Attendees of our 2022 D&I conference included Arup, Associated British Ports, AWE, BAE Systems, Barts Health NHS Trust, BEIS, Browne Jacobson, Cabinet Office, Carlsberg Group, Channel 4, Citi, Civil Service HR, CMA, DHSC, DIT, DLUHC, Diageo plc, Direct Line Group, DBS, DLA Piper, Environment Agency, EY, FCDO, Financial Ombudsman Service, Financial Reporting Council, Government Legal Department, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Insolvency Agency, Institute of Physics, King's College London, KPMG, Lloyds Banking Group, London Fire Brigade, Metropolitan Police Service, MoD, MoJ, National Audit Office, NHS England, NSPCC, Ofqual, PWC, Serious Fraud Office, Submarine Delivery Agency, The Adecco Group, The LEGO Group, Unipart Group, University of Warwick, Which?, WorldSkills UK

"WIG’s D&I conference is a great way to learn about how different organisations tackle issues that affect us all and challenge us to think of new ways to resolve these issues.” – Sharon Horwitz, Director at CMA

TICKETS

Member Ticket: £450 + VAT
Non-Member Ticket: £550 + VAT

Group discounts are available. To find out more, and to request an invoice, please email [email protected].