09:00 - Opening from Lucinda Case, Lead, Legal Professionals Europe, Thomson Reuters and Chair, Emma Dowden, Chief Operating Officer, Burges Salmon
09:10 - Fireside chat
- Richard Price, Group General Counsel, Anglo American
- Lucinda Case, Lead, Legal Professionals, Thomson Reuters Europe
09:30 - Acritas: Identifying initiatives organisations have adopted to make a difference
- Lisa Hart Shepherd, CEO Acritas
09:55 - Keynote: Lessons learnt from undertaking organisational change
- Lorraine Heggessey. First female controller of BBC One
10:30 - Changing the narrative: Practical steps to deliver best-in breed culture
11:10 - Morning coffee
11:40 - Choice of 3 workshops
WORKSHOP 1: Practical intervention methods for embedding core values and appropriate behaviour across your organisation
Securing buy-in from the top, middle and employees coming through the ranks. Learn methodologies to influence the change around you.
- Use of language and behaviour
- Work allocation
- Dealing with other organisations and third parties who are not at the same stage or share the same values
- Reverse mentoring. How does it really work?
- Unconscious bias awareness
- Steps to create a thriving environment for mental well being –
- Dr Ian Dodds FRSA, (Lotus Award Winner 2017 Lifetime Achievement for Pioneering Inclusive Cultures) CEO, Ian Dodds Consulting
- Claire Clarke, Managing Partner, Mills and Reeve
WORKSHOP 2: Steps to address the gender and ethnicity pay gap
Hear from organisations who have introduced initiatives to address the gap;
- Best practice on reporting
- Practical tips to introduce the initiatives
WORKSHOP 3: Practical tips and stories about how to get your voice heard to build confidence in the workplace
- Getting your message across
- Building resilience
- Amplifying your voice
- Presenting yourself in the boardroom
- Tackling difficult conversations
- Justine Lutterod, FRSA, Director, Centre for Synchronous Leadership
- Elias Westerdahl, FRSA, Consultant, Centre for Sycnhronous Leadership
- Suki Binjal, Director of Law and Governance, London Borough of Hackney, and President of Lawyers in Local Government
12:40 - Key takeaways from morning workshops
12:55 - IBA - interim update on bullying and harassment
- Kieren Pender, Legal Advisor, IBA
13:15 - Lunch
14:00 - Driving diversity from the top: What are organisations doing to increase diversity when they are recruiting for a new CEO?
14:40 - Choice of 3 workshops
WORKSHOP 1: Sharing practical tips for male advocates of change
Find out from this workshop what practical things you can do to be a champion on this issue, support your female colleagues and leverage your expertise and clout to benefit women in your network.
- The need of recognition in the board room?
- What is the right language? What is good role modelling?
- Normalising behaviour. How do you differentiate the profession being difficult?
- Calling out inappropriate language/behaviour/assumptions.
- Matthew Dening, Partner, BakerMcKenzie
WORKSHOP 2: Intersectionality and inclusion: Sharing personal lesson and practical approaches to promote inclusion
This session will explain intersectionality, as well as hearing from individuals who have introduced successful initiatives to promote inclusion for all. Find out what you can do to ensure it’s at the forefront of your business strategy.
- Sarah-Jane Hewitt, Partner Weightmans
- Victoria Lewis, Chief Executive, Byrne Dean Consulting
WORKSHOP 3: Managing yourself, your team and your career
Hear from women and men and how they managed their own careers and their teams. Hear how they took time out from work through sabbaticals, maternity cover, travel, illness etc, and how they successfully got back in the work place
- How you manage for juniors coming through the ranks
- Identifying the career track you are on and making the right steps
- Navigating the hurdles returning to work
- Kathleen Lee, Partner, Travers Smith
- Caroline Stratton, Senior Counsel, Director, Deutsche Bank
15:40 - Afternoon tea
16:00 - Key take aways from afternoon workshops
16:15 - Developing a buy-side charter. What role can the buy-side play in bringing about transformational change?
- Dana Denis-Smith Entrepreneur; CEO, Obelisk Support
- Andrew Sellers, Group Head of Claims Supplier Management, Hiscox
- Christina Blacklaws, President, The Law Society
17:05 - Close of conference followed by networking and drinks at 17.15
*Please note agenda is subject to change. The page will be updated with further details on the agenda once they are confirmed.
