- Sat, 5 October 2024
Join us for insightful presentations, fireside chats and panel discussions on staff development,
mentoring and sponsorship, upskilling and inclusive leadership.
Access to this event is complimentary with Diversity Network membership.
If you’re not already a member of Diversity Network, you can choose to purchase a one-time ticket to this event,
or invest in full membership for ongoing support and access to all our events throughout the year.
At Diversity Network’s Learning Summit 2024, discover effective learning strategies to help foster a better and more inclusive work culture, strengthen staff morale and more opportunity for all.
Yes, it’s true, introducing inclusive values, structures and practices into any organisation can be tricky to get right. However enthusiastic you might be about a DEI project, you are likely to face opposition from staff around you at some point. Perhaps colleagues feel threatened by change, or worried about how their own role will evolve – and of course, no-one likes being told what to do!
But if they are helped to better understand what you are trying to implement, are helped to see others’ points of view and understand the benefits that this will bring because ‘it just makes sense’, then as if by magic, the blocks will magically lift…
Learning has the potential to be your best friend!
Here’s what members of
Diversity Network’s community think about Learning:
What you will learn:
- Discover how AI can transform your L&D programs so that you can offer a more intelligent, personalised learning experience
- Join our international LiveMeet networking event at the end of Day One, swap tips with your peers and make new connections
- Dissolve underlying preconceptions by implemening DEI-based learning and gain united support ''because it just makes sense'
- Engage with the event live or on demand around your busy schedule - on demand access as standard
- Gain accurate subtitles and transcripts for every session, carefully edited by real humans
With our thanks to:
Agenda
Tuesday 15th October 2024 - from 9am EDT / 2pm BST
Day One: Priorities for learning and development
- Ensuring training and skills remain front-of-mind for effective cultural change transformation
- Reinforcing learning through continuous engagement
- Aligning training initiatives with organizational goals and cultural values
Keynote: AI and Learning and Development
- Why the pace of technological change is unprecedented
- Why investing in employee learning and development is key to retaining top talent and staying competitive
- Focusing in on the power of AI tools, including gamification
Panel Discussion: Effective strategies for cultural workplace learning and development
- Macro and micro learning: why quarterly training mixed with weekly five-minute learnings can be effective
- Discussing the importance of motivation and how to encourage staff to participate
- Ways to foster attention and engagement (and how to avoid colleagues ‘multi-tasking’ during training)
Panellists:
Aaron McCarter, L&D Specialist
Nikita Thompson, Bank Secrecy Act Officer, AVP, SpiritBank
Braheim Knight, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, State of New Jersey
How the role of L&D in influencing cultural workplace change
A recent Relias report suggests that 35% of workers experienced an improvement in workplace culture after DEI training.
- Ways that learning and development are accelerating workplace equity
- AI and its role in diversity, equity and inclusion learning
- How increasing academic attention of DEI is professionalising the sector
Dr Melissa Gilbert Gomes, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion,
University of Virginia School of Nursing
Panel Discussion: Should middle managers be responsible for embedding cultural workplace training?
- What kind of leadership training is required for middle managers to feel empowered, when it comes to embedding workplace culture?
- Encouraging mentoring and sponsorship among teams
- Unpacking learning and keeping up momentum
Panellists:
Judit Ignácz, Fellow, Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE)
Ferhat Nazir-Bhatti, Interim Diversity and Inclusion partners (EMEA), SMBC Group
Georgie Court, D&I UK Lead, Freshfields
How can L&D help inclusive leaders leverage their diverse teams?
- Providing training on inclusive leadership to help leaders recognize and leverage diverse perspectives within their teams
- How L&D can enhance leaders’ cross-cultural competence through workshops and mentorship programs to improve understanding of diverse work styles
- Using L&D to foster collaboration and innovation, enabling leaders to fully harness the potential of diverse teams
Raquel Silvestre, Global Leadership Development Specialist, Konecranes
Setting up a successful L&D programme
- Key elements and recommendations for implementing the new diversity, equity, and inclusion Strategy at the Queensland Building and Construction Commission in Australia
- The role of employee network groups
- Embedding the strategy within the DEIB action plan to ensure that it is part of the culture
Panel Discussion: Investing in training
Mercer’s Global Talent Trends Survey found that investing in workforce upskilling/reskilling was the number one priority for the C-Suite in Australia. But, just 24% of HR respondents to the same survey said that they had effective reskilling and upskilling programs in their organisation. Join us as we discuss:
- How can we influence decision-makers to invest in L&D?
- Measurement and metrics to prove effectiveness – how can we measure return on investment to ensure a priority and embedding a learning culture?
- How can companies with strong learning cultures see higher rates of retention? More internal mobility and a healthier management pipeline?
Panellists:
Alice Hargreaves, CEO, SIC
Julie Aspinall, Head of Learning & Development for L&G Asset Management, L&G
Nash Wilson, EDI Business Partner, The Law Society
Wednesday 16th October 2024 - from 9am EDT / 2pm BST
Day Two: The professionalisation of cultural change management
- Determining the future of upskilling our industry
- Empowering leaders to create lasting change throughout an organisation
- Sustaining and aligning cultural transformation with long-term business objectives
Case study: The future of L&D in our sector
- Investing in training ‘on the other side of the coin’
- The business case for training investment
- What’s next for 2025?
Zoe Kabir, Global Head of EDI, Macmillan Cancer Support
Geoff Morey, Head of Colleague L&D, Macmillan Cancer Support
Successfully introducing a DEI learning program into a large-scale organisation
- How Old Dominion University have designed a DEI learning program for all units, departments and faculties
- Overcoming resistance to learning by promoting curiosity over judgement
- The ‘10%’ factor and what a massive difference it can bring
- Supplementing learning materials with AI simulations and how this helps to bring the training to life
Dr Veleka Gatling, Associate Vice President for Equity and Inclusive Excellence,
Old Dominion University
Personalisation and blended learning
- Why DEI training must have a mix of people analytics and technical skills
- In-person versus online
- Keeping up with employee demand and pivoting
Panellists:
James Wright, Founder, HIR Australia
Harshita Gupta, Executive Director – Learning & Development, Deloitte India, Deloitte
Kristy Singletary, Director, L&D Strategy Lead, Pfizer
Why advancing women in the workplace must involve men as advocates
Catalyst’s Engaging Men research found that once men accept that the current workplace culture dominated by men is unfair, they are inspired to take action.
- While 86 per cent of men say they want to interrupt sexism in the workplace, fewer than a third (31 per cent) feel confident to do so. What is holding men back?
- What are the barriers to men’s advocacy for gender equality at work?
- Why can men as well as women benefit from a gender-balanced workplace?
Taks Ndewere, Growth Director, UK and EMEA, Catalyst
Our Speakers:
Judit Ignácz
Fellow,
Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE)
Kristy Singltary
Director, Learning and Development Strategy,
Pfizer
Raquel Silvestre
Global Leadership Development Specialist,
Konecranes
Julie Aspinall
Head of L&D, L&G Asset Management,
Legal & General
Alice Hargreaves
CEO,
SIC
Aaron McCarter
L&D Specialist Expert
Georgie Court
D&I UK Lead,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
James Wright
Founder
HiR Australia
Harshita Gupta
Executive Director – L&D,
Deloitte India
Deloitte
Dr Veleka Gatling
Assistant Vice President for
Equity & Inclusive Alliance,
Old Dominion University
Ferhat Nazir-Bhatti
Interim Diversity and Inclusion Partner (EMEA)
SMBC Group
Dr Melissa Gilbert Gomes
Associate Dean for DEI
University of Virginia
School of Nursing
Braheim Knight
DE&I Officer
State of New Jersey
Rahul Zende
Principal Data Scientist
Navy Federal Credit Union
Nashan Wilson
EDI Business Partner,
The Law Society
Nikita Thompson
Bank Secrecy Act Officer, AVP
SpiritBank
Taks Ndewere
Growth Director, UK and EMEA,
Catalyst
Geoff Morey
Head of Colleague L&D,
Macmillan Cancer Support
Elisabeth Galvin
Content Editor,
Diversity Network
Zoe Kabir
Global Head of EDI
Macmillan Cancer Support
How to register
Choose from the following options:
Claim your pass here for Diversity Network's Learning Summit
$
175
ONE-OFF PAYMENT
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Access all areas of the Summit on both days (15-16 Oct)
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Access all sessions live and on-demand for 3 months post-event
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Gain subtitles and transcripts for each and every session
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Join the LiveMeet networking event to meet fellow attendees
Join Diversity Network as a full member for ongoing access to ALL our events and activities throughout the year
$
499
ANNUALLY
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Be better supported: Gain full access to ALL Diversity Network's events throughout the year, live and on-demand
(INCLUSION Festival, Learning Summit, Neurodiversity Summit, Disability Inclusion & Awareness Summit, DEI Changemakers Summit and more) -
Access all five INCLUSION Festivals on demand
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Full access to the Inclusion Video Library:
400+ in-depth, indexed, inclusion-focused videos featuring international industry experts from all over the world with subtitles and transcripts -
Assessment tools, templates and transcripts
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Monthly Inclusion drop-in clinic
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Self-paced DEI courses and Inclusion playbooks
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Monthly LiveMeet networking sessions
Meet other inclusion advocates from all over the world
