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1 August 2022

Awards Tickets Early Bird Tickets for the Conference go on sale

1 August 2022

Awards Entry Opens

31 October 2022

Early Bird Pricing Ends

11 December 2022

Awards Entry Closes

12 - 18 December 2022

December Judging Process

21 December 2022

Finalists Announced

12 January 2023

Daytime Conference and Evening Awards Gala Dinner

the
conference

The event will provide a full programme of resources. Talks, panels and workshops, hosted by a variety of companies and organisations, will showcase best practice, offer training materials, address and facilitate important conversations around inclusion and diversity.

  • Members of Internal / External Networks / Alliances
  • Learning & Development Professionals
  • Educational Establishments
  • SMEs
  • HR & Recruitment Professionals
  • D & I Leaders

Who should attend?

what will i gain?

  • Identify ways to bridge the gap between education & the workplace
  • Understand sensitivity to multiple discrimination
  • Realise the importance of Allies and Role Models
  • Understand how to communicate inclusion
  • Learn practical ways to create an inclusive workplace environment
  • Develop an understanding of corporate diversity
  • Network with Industry Professionals
  • Share best practice
  • Gain practical tips to be a more inclusive organisation
  • To hear insight from D & I experts

Why should I attend?

Programme Topics

Here is an outline of some of the topics that will be discussed.
Please check back for regular updates

Inclusive Conversations

Fostering open, honest and equitable dialogue.

Allyship

Becoming Equality Champions: Deconstructing & Eliminating Discrimination.

Developing Through Intersectionality

Uniting people through differences and finding commonality.

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Mental health illness and how we can support mental health in the workplace.

Recruitment, Retention, Development / Progression

Beyond recruitment and retention. Myths, models, language and inclusive thinking.

Education

What can educational establishments do to help prepare young people about D, E & I - bridging the gap between education and the workplace

The Future of DE&I

What the future landscape looks like.

Tracking D & I Progress

Providing evidence of progression.

Psychological Safety

How to make employees feel happy in a Hybrid working environment.

Neurodiversity

Leveraging skills of neurodivergent employees.

Disability

Recruitment, retention & beyond - recruiting employees with a disability.

awards

The Awards are designed to celebrate the vast achievement in Diversity and Inclusion and raise a glass to everyone for the part they play. It's really important to recognise the achievements of businesses that are doing great things in Diversity and Inclusion in smaller hubs outside of London alongside celebrating the achievements of unsung heroes. The awards also seek to acknowledge individuals & organisations that make the workplace a happy and safe environment.  

Following the conference, an awards dinner will take place celebrating everyone’s achievement in diversity and inclusion.

The award categories are as follows:

Organisational Champion Award

Someone who has demonstrated a commitment to D, E & I which has resulted in improvements across all levels of their organisation or business community.

Employee Resource Group

An ERG that created a positive impact in the last three years, on the organisation and senior Stakeholder engagement.

Apprenticeship

An apprenticeship scheme that has a focus on candidates from one or more contextual minority groups (eg. ethnicity, disability, gender, LGBTQI+, socio-economic background etc.)

Changemaker

A project or initiative an organisation or individual has undertaken to become a more inclusive organisation and doing something different within their industry that makes them stand out from their competitors.

Icon/Lifetime achievement

Someone who has dedicated their career to D, E & I and the impact they have had on a community or organisation or D, E & I segment /area.

Tomorrow’s leader/youth

A young person (aged 18-30) who has worked on a project within the past 3 years, to help improve D, E & I initiative and who shows leadership qualities to lead on potential DE & I integration for the future.

Education

An organisation, educational establishment, or qualification provider that is challenging the existing status quo, to decolonise the curriculum and making study more inclusive for a diverse student body.

Women Empowerment

An initiative led by women (incl. Transwomen) that empowers women to achieve their highest potential.

D, E & I Company

The D, E & I Company Award that identifies an organisation that embraces consciously inclusive policies, processes and practices which create a culture of inclusion and belonging. This may include the local socioeconomic factors of their local community, and initiatives they have undertaken to encourage and support those individuals in their career progression.

Training & Development

An organisation or individual Consultant that can demonstrate a clear path of leadership training, whether through courses, training or educational programmes or sponsorship, in order to improve the performance of managers and leaders within an organisation, specifically targeting employees from contextual minority groups (eg. LGBTQI+, socio-economic background, gender, ethnicity, disability etc).

Recruitment policy and implementation

Recognition of a recruitment team who has been effective in providing an inclusive application process as well an inclusive selection process and diverse interview panel. Plus, an effective on-boarding plan or approach which puts DE & I at the heart of this.

Community upliftment / Community engagement

Community organisation or NFP that can demonstrate a project which has had a positive impact on the local community, especially targeting a contextual minority group (eg. LGBTQI+, socio-economic background, ethnicity, race, gender etc).

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