8.30
Registration
9.30
Chair’s Welcome
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9.40
Keynote: Why are We Still Talking About It?
Why having a diverse workforce contributed to our productivity as a business.
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Presentation
9.55
Panel One Sponsored by Salesforce: Top 100 Winners
How do we overcome the barriers to achieving equality?
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10.15
Discussion Session 1
During the conference choose five discussion groups from across all three conference streams. Each discussion group lasts for 30 minutes and is limited to 7 delegates. All discussion groups are concurrent, allowing you to work your way through the discussion groups that matter most to you over the course of the day. Choose from the list of discussion groups below in this stream, or click a tab to see the available discussion groups in the other conference streams.
Kodi GledhillEngineering Apprentice, Coca-Cola
Sarrawat RehmanPrincipal Research Engineer, JRI Orthopedics 
Olly DmitrievManaging Director, Vert Rotors
Alison Beard-GunterContinuous Improvement Director, Accolade WinesSusan JonesSenior Quality Systems Specialist, Tata Steel
Helen WollastonChief Executive, WISERajkaran Singh KharbandaGlobal Forcasting and Planning Manager, Siemens
Laura McBrownManaging Director, G&B Electronics
Andrea RodneyDirector, Hone-All Precision Ltd. 
Sara NicholsHCM Director, OracleAlison DowdGlobal Director of Continuous Improvement, Dura Automotive 10.45
Coffee Break and Networking
11.15
Keynote: The Importance of School Engagement
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Presentation
11.30
Discussion Session 2
During the conference choose five discussion groups from across all three conference streams. Each discussion group lasts for 30 minutes and is limited to 7 delegates. All discussion groups are concurrent, allowing you to work your way through the discussion groups that matter most to you over the course of the day. Choose from the list of discussion groups below in this stream, or click a tab to see the available discussion groups in the other conference streams.
Kodi GledhillEngineering Apprentice, Coca-ColaSarrawat RehmanPrincipal Research Engineer, JRI Orthopedics Olly DmitrievManaging Director, Vert RotorsAlison Beard-GunterContinuous Improvement Director, Accolade WinesSusan JonesSenior Quality Systems Specialist, Tata SteelHelen WollastonChief Executive, WISERajkaran Singh KharbandaGlobal Forcasting and Planning Manager, SiemensLaura McBrownManaging Director, G&B ElectronicsAndrea RodneyDirector, Hone-All Precision Ltd. Sara NicholsHCM Director, OracleAlison DowdGlobal Director of Continuous Improvement, Dura Automotive 12.00
Discussion Session 3
During the conference choose five discussion groups from across all three conference streams. Each discussion group lasts for 30 minutes and is limited to 7 delegates. All discussion groups are concurrent, allowing you to work your way through the discussion groups that matter most to you over the course of the day. Choose from the list of discussion groups below in this stream, or click a tab to see the available discussion groups in the other conference streams.
Maureen AskewSenior Controller, Unipres
Steph OertonHR Director, Semta
Jade AspinallSenior Manufacturing Engineer, MBDA
Baljit KaurDiversity and Inclusion specialist, Innate 
Amy DaniellDirector, Aecom
Verity O'KeefeHead of Education and Skills Policy, EEF
Leigh WordsdaleHeavy Duty Diesel Engineer, AMRC
Dr Nike FolayanChairperson, AFBE
Tina BrownGeneral Manager, Prime PrintAndrea RodneyDirector, Hone-All Precision Ltd. Sara NicholsHCM Director, Oracle
Gayle DavieSales Manager, Luminati Ltd12.30
Lunch and workshops
- Workshop 1: Creating a highly productive culture: Explore how a focus on behaviours, can increase productivity by up to 70%. - Fiona Anderson, valuing YOU, Specialist Advisor, Hennik Edge and Top 100 Exemplar: Driver of Culture Change
- Workshop 2: Career boost and Leading and Managing Diverse Teams – Increasingly diverse workplaces require leaders and managers to demonstrate enhanced empathy, communication and people-management skills internally – Elizabeth Bonfield, Skills4
Speakers:
14.20
Lunchtime Keynote: Creating an Inclusive Workplace
The benefits of diverse teams and inclusive workplaces are well documented, but are they the reality? Dr Nike will share his thoughts on some top tips for helping create a meaningful inclusion strategy which will resonate with everyone in your organisation, thereby meaning less conversations centred on the business case, and more on the activities which create change.
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Presentation
14.35
Panel Two: Should there be Quotas in Manufacturing?
Gender quotas are controversial and may be effective in fixing diversity imbalance in the workplace but whether they are good or bad for organisations depends on how people feel about them. It has been long argued that they are unfair because it often means the best candidates do not get the positions they deserve.
Speakers:
14.55
Discussion Session 4
During the conference choose five discussion groups from across all three conference streams. Each discussion group lasts for 30 minutes and is limited to 7 delegates. All discussion groups are concurrent, allowing you to work your way through the discussion groups that matter most to you over the course of the day. Choose from the list of discussion groups below in this stream, or click a tab to see the available discussion groups in the other conference streams.
Maureen AskewSenior Controller, UnipresSteph OertonHR Director, SemtaJade AspinallSenior Manufacturing Engineer, MBDABaljit KaurDiversity and Inclusion specialist, Innate Amy DaniellDirector, AecomVerity O'KeefeHead of Education and Skills Policy, EEFLeigh WordsdaleHeavy Duty Diesel Engineer, AMRCDr Nike FolayanChairperson, AFBETina BrownGeneral Manager, Prime PrintAndrea RodneyDirector, Hone-All Precision Ltd. Sara NicholsHCM Director, OracleGayle DavieSales Manager, Luminati Ltd15.30
Summit Recap
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