DAY 1

Morning session: 9.30am - 12pm

9.30 - 10 am: Welcome

10-12pm Workshop: The journey from ideation to commercialisation for neurodiverse entrepreneurial teams.

Chairs: Dr Helen Taylor and Dr. Paul Lassalle, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, in collaboration with Roger Broadbent, Dyslexia Institute UK.

10 - 10.45 am: Virtual Round Table Discussion: Challenges

10.45 - 11 am: Break

11 - 11.45 am: Virtual Round Table Discussion: Co-design of solutions

11.45 - 12 pm: Conclusion

DAY 2

Morning session: 9.30am - 12.30pm

Chair: Professor Katerina Nicolopoulou, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship

Panel presentations:

• Robert D. Austin, Professor of Information Systems and Innovation, Ivey Business School, Canada

Assessing the Progress of Neurodiversity Employment in 2023: Accomplishments and Remaining Challenges

• Talal Hasan, Senior Diversity, Equity and Inclusion lead for BT’s Technology and Corporate Units, UK

Disability advocacy through a Neurodiverse lens

• Sharon Zivkovic, Founder and CEO, Community Capacity Builders, Australia

Creating an enabling environment for autistic social entrepreneurship

• Konstantinos Tomazos, Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde, UK

Breaking Barriers 2.0 and Towards an Alternative Route to Higher Education and Employment for Neurodiverse Individuals

• Eleri Dodsworth, Partner, Stanton Chase, UK

How to be a Neuro-Inclusive Leader

• Eleanor Loiacono, Professor of Business Analytics, Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William and Mary, USA

Building a Neurodiverse High-tech Workforce

• Lorna Culprin, Assistant Director, UK&I Neuro-Diverse CoE , EY Client Tech & Innovation, UK

Presenting the Neuro-Diverse Centre of Excellence at EY

Lunch break 12.30 - 1 pm

Afternoon sessions: 1pm-5pm

1 - 2.45 pm Session 1 : Co-designing a scenario-based Roadmap for practice, academia, policy- leading to impactful pathways (part 1)

Facilitator: Ahmed Fahmy, Strathclyde Global Practitioner and DBA researcher Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Yolanda Achlada, PhD researcher Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship

2.45 - 3 pm: Break

3.15 - 5 pm Session 2: Co-designing a scenario-based Roadmap for practice, academia, policy- leading to impactful pathways (part 2)

Ahmed Fahmy, Strathclyde Global Practitioner and DBA researcher Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Professor Katerina Nicolopoulou, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship

Neurodiversity Days 2023