With the dramatic changes in the ways that companies operate and the changing preferences of both employees and employers, we ask the question: Can we use this crisis to create a more thriving and inclusive landscape over the coming years?

• How can we ensure we include underrepresented groups as we take our brave next steps?
• Are our diversity and inclusion practices ready for this changing world?
• What are the key innovations that will help us create a thriving, inclusive Tech sector?

Join us on the 4th November at 10am GMT and discover how your organisation can help drive and benefit from a future that utilises society's full potential.

Agenda (Times in GMT)

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome

10:05 – 10:30 Keynote: Annette Joseph, Founder at Diverse and Equal

10:30 – 10:45 Case Study: in conversation with CodeYourFuture alumni. CYF graduates talk through their experiences, from lost hope to full time employment

10:45 – 11:25 Panel: How do we make sure that Diversity and Inclusion practices are ready for the changes to the workspace post-Covid?

• Richard Ng | Programme Lead, Academy
• Chinonso Izugbokwe | Founder of Get2Talent
• Annie Mbako |Consultant (Inclusive Process Design) + Operations at Diverse & Equal
• Amy Newton | Co-Founder at Inclusively Tech, a specialist Diversity and Inclusion Consultancy

11:25 – 11:30 Closing Remarks

11:30 Event Ends

Speakers and Panellists

Annette Joseph (Keynote speaker)

Diverse & Equal (D&E) Founder, Annette Joseph, is an award winning Agile Coach/Delivery Manager. As Chair of Co-op’s BAME colleague network, Annette was instrumental in affecting lasting change in the organisation.

In D&E, she marries her varied experiences -- in tech and behaviour dynamics with equality, diversity and inclusion. D&E’s multi-strand focus helps organisations tap into the power of diversity -- a key element to increasing innovation and profitability; and also equips people from under-represented groups with the skills necessary for them to be eligible for careers in tech.

Twitter: @DiverseNett & @DiverseTechNW & LinkedIn/annettejoseph

Joan and Madiha (Q&A session)

CodeYourFuture graduates, Software Developers at Capgemini.

Richard Ng (panellist)

Coding Teacher Trainer, Code Your Future | Fellow, Included VC | Instructor, Black Codher | Business Buddy, The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network | JavaScript Coach, Coders of Colour | Open-source TypeScript developer. Worked as a Software Engineering Coach with non-graduate apprentices and companies like Starling Bank, Improbable and Publicis Sapient.

Passionate about helping build more diverse and inclusive routes into tech, volunteering as a trainer and mentor for different organisations: Code Your Future, Black Valley, Black Codher and Coders of Colour.

Chinonso Izugbokwe (panellist)

Founder of Get2Talent - an IT and engineering diversity & inclusion recruitment company focused on providing comprehensive ethical recruitment services. HR professional with a Master's Degree focused in Software Engineering from Bradford University, experience in financial services, digital and technology industries.

Amy Newton (panellist)

Amy is a Co-Founder at Inclusively Tech, a specialist Diversity and Inclusion Consultancy. Along with her business partner Rachel, the company enables tech teams to recruit and retain diverse technical talent.

Having spent the past decade at the hard edge of the IT Recruitment sector in Manchester, Amy knows only too well the challenges tech companies face to not only recruit directly and avoid those tricky recruitment fees, but also to recruit from a diverse perspective. Inclusively Tech was born out of a desire to help companies save money while also looking after all of their teams from a Neurodiversity and Mental Health perspective. She is the Organiser of several grassroots community organisations and regularly volunteers to mentor and enable people to get into tech in Manchester. Personal hobbies are talking about the history of Manchester, wine, and being too honest on Twitter.

Twitter: @inclusively_amy @inclusively_tec

Annie Mbako (panellist)

Annie specialises in helping businesses to build inclusive processes and operating models. She spent the first 10 years of her career in investment services between operational and client-facing functions. Her passion for embedding real diversity in organisations came from personal experiences and is fuelled by an upbringing in multicultural communities across two continents.

Annie has since developed an interest in the tech sector and the impact that technology has on historically disadvantaged groups. As a board member of InfoSec Hoppers and as part of the team at Diverse & Equal, she is helping to increase diversity within the tech industry overall.

Throughout the years, Annie has received several accolades including awards from WeAreTheCity, Northern Power Women and Tech Nation.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anniembako/

@Annie_Efosi

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The Code Your Future (UK) national-awareness raising workshop “Can we make a future that works for everyone” taking place online on the 4th of November 2020 from 10 to 11:30am GMT, is organized by Code Your Future in the framework of the New Talents 4 EU project. NewTalents4EU project is co-funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF-2017-AG-INTE 821745)