Conference 2020 - 14 and 15 October 2020

Day 1

10:00am - Welcome - Diane Lightfoot, Business Disability Forum

10:15am - Business disability debates – how do we build on the positive and tackle the negative for disabled people post-pandemic?
David Brindle, The Guardian (Chair)
Lord Shinkwin, House of Lords
Allan Mackillop, BBC
Bela Gor, Business Disability Forum
Wendy Irwin, Royal College of Nursing
Rick Williams, Freeney Williams Ltd

11:30am - Business disability debates – high tech, low tech, no tech: disability and technology
Lucy Ruck, Business Disability Forum (Chair)
Hector Minto, Microsoft
Trudie Hills, Lloyds Banking Group
Neil Milliken, Atos
Beth Hartley, Sainsburys

12:30pm Lunch break

1:30pm - Comedian - Don Biswas

2:00pm - Business disability global debates – disability in tomorrow’s world
Debra Ruh, AXS Chat (Chair)
Aline Santos, Unilever
Alison Dalton, British Airways
Lyn Lee, Shell
Brendan Roach, Business Disability Forum

3:00pm - In conversation with:
Diane Lightfoot, CEO, Business Disability Forum
Caroline Casey, Founder, Valuable500

3.15pm - Closing statements
Diane Lightfoot, Business Disability Forum