SHIFTING THE BALANCE

SHIFTING THE BALANCE

Charlotte Moore and John McVay invite you to an exclusive industry diversity day at the BBC on Friday 8th July 2016.

We believe that both broadcasters and the independent sector have a joint responsibility to better reflect the UK’s rich and diverse population. To do this we have to work collaboratively. We’re committed to changing the face of TV and the diversity of our industry and we realise that this requires new and different ways of working.

At this special event Charlotte Moore and her team will set-out the broadcaster’s plans for improved diversity across TV, and importantly how it will impact on the suppliers they work with. This will be an interactive day comprising keynote speeches in the morning and panel discussions and workshops in the afternoon to help us all deliver against the BBC’S diversity targets.

0930 - 1000 : REGISTRATION

1000 - 1200 : KEYNOTES INCLUDING CHARLOTTE MOORE, BBC'S CONTROLLER OF TV CHANNELS AND IPLAYER

1200 - 1300 : NETWORKING LUNCH

1300 - 1400 : IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER MOFFAT, AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER

1430 - 1630 : AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

1430 - 1530 : CLICK ON REGISTER AND CHOOSE YOUR FIRST WORKSHOP

• DISABILITY PANEL

• UNCONSCIOUS BIAS

• WRITING YOUR DIVERSITY STRATEGY
  

1530 - 1630 : CLICK ON REGISTER TO CHOOSE YOUR SECOND WORKSHOP

• LEGAL ADVICE

• UNCONSCIOUS BIAS
  
  

WORKSHOP AND PANEL DETAILS:

1. DISABILITY PANEL
‘Disabled Talent: What’s Stopping you Hiring?’ is a lively one-hour panel followed by a Q&A section. The aim is to take Indies a step further than disability awareness-raising and attempts to get to the heart of the issue of what is stopping disabled talent from getting hired.

2. UNCONSCIOUS BIAS
Femi Otitoju, Training Director from Challenge Consultancy is a diversity and inclusion specialist with a career spanning over 30 years. Femi has designed and delivered large scale unconscious bias training projects for the BBC, and has also worked with ITN’s Executive Board, Equity, BAFTA the publishers association and NBC. The workshop will enable you to work towards reducing the effects of unconscious bias for yourself and within your organisation.

3. WRITING YOUR DIVERSITY STRATEGY
Stephen Frost is a leading diversity strategist and is globally recognised as a diversity, inclusion and leadership expert. He designed, led and implemented the inclusion programmes for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games as Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the London Organising Committee. Stephen also has worked for KPMG and serves as an Advisor to the British Government, The White House and Buckingham Palace. From theory to actions this workshop will help you design an inclusive leadership strategy.

4. LEGAL ADVICE
Russell Brimelow is a Partner at Lewis Silkin LLP. He advises a wide variety of well known media companies on all aspects of their people issues, but he has particular expertise in sensitive HR issues and employment litigation.
This workshop will focus on what you can do to make your organisations more diverse with a focus on hiring, positive action, training schemes and databases.

NB: WORKSHOP PLACES WILL BE ALLOCATED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS.

If the workshop you are trying to book is full please email marieclaire@pact.co.uk to be put on the waiting list.