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Date/Time
Date(s) - 29/09/2016
8:45 am - 6:00 pm

Location
Lord's Cricket Ground


We are pleased to announce that the full itinerary for this year’s RESymposium is now available below. The theme for our flagship London event is “Diversity and Inclusion: The Impact of Globalisation and the Business Case for Change” and we are excited to hear from our Keynote Speaker, the Rt Hon Lord David Blunkett, who will share his thoughts on the importance of diversity in the workplace and overcoming adversity as well as giving us an insider’s view of the political landscape. To read Lord Blunkett’s full biography, please click here.

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Theme: Diversity and Inclusion – The Impact of Globalisation and the Business Case
for Change

Date: 29th September 2016

Venue : Lord’s Cricket Ground
St John’s Wood Road
London, NW8 8QN.

Agenda
8.45 – 9:00Registration and tea/ coffee 
9:00 – 9:15Welcome and Introduction from The RES Forum Jose Segade
RES Forum
9:15 – 10:00Technical Training Breakout session 1**

  • 4 separate sessions, RES members to attend on a rotating basis
10:00 – 10:30Introduction to the Leuphana University and RES Forum
Research Partnership
Jose Segade
RES Forum
Birte Manke
Leuphana University
10:30 – 10:50Break
 
10:50 – 11:35Technical Training Breakout session 2**

  • 4 separate sessions, RES members to attend on a rotating basis
 
11:35 – 12:35The Importance of Diversity: A perspective from my life
and career
Rt Hon Lord (David) Blunkett
12:35 – 13:25Lunch 
13:25 – 14:10Technical Training Breakout session 3**

  • 4 separate sessions, RES members to attend on a rotating basis
 
14:10 – 14:45RES Member roundtable discussion*

  • Ad Hoc topics raised by members
All
(Round-table discussion)
14:45 – 15:00Break 
15:00 – 15:45Technical Training Breakout session 4**

  • 4 separate sessions, RES members to attend on a rotating basis
 
15:45 – 16:45Successes and Challenges for Women in Global CareersProfessor Michael
Dickmann

Cranfield
University School of
Management

Dr Deirdre Anderson
Cranfield University
School of Management
16:45 – 17:00RES Forum Update & Closing ThoughtsJose Segade
RES Forum
17:00 – 17:15Break 
17:15 – 18:00Tour of Lord’s Cricket Ground 
18:00 – EveningNetworking Drinks 

(**) Breakout session content:

  • SESSION 1- Globoforce – How Recognition Builds a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
  • SESSION 2- Mazars – The Tax, Fiscal and Regulatory Impact of the Diversity and Inclusion
  • Agenda

  • SESSION 3- RW3 – Women and LGBT: Underused Resources to Mitigate Talent Shortages
  • SESSION 4- St James’s Place

Bookings

Bookings are closed for this event.