Change for good: Building an equitable & inclusive PR Industry

Event Overview

Thank you to our EIAC Conference sponsor APCO Worldwide.

Change for good: Building an equitable & inclusive PR Industry is EIAC's first conference and will be held in the week after the PRCA National Conference.

Each day will focus on one priority area: Gender; Race; Disability and Social Mobility

Format: One key note speaker to be followed by a moderated panel discussion

Topics include: Keeping inclusion & equity agenda on the table; gender & ethnicity pay gap; recruitment and organisational culture; the role of networks; role models; stories of those who are doing it right; how can we measure change?

Guiding principles: We will be inclusive and ensure that across all sessions we are representative and reflect intersectionality. We will create a safe and open environment for participants to feel comfortable; listen respectfully to different points of view; be sensitive to each others needs and concerns.

AGENDA:

12th July, 12.30pm-2pm

Gender

Introductory Speaker: Polly Kennedy, Deputy MD UK, Senior Director Global Solutions, APCO: Why the EIAC conference is important at this point in time

Keynote Speaker: Charlotte Adamson, Chair of Women in PA

Theme for Panel Discussion: Promoting Women in Leadership

Moderator: Sudha Singh, Founder, The Purpose Room; Co-Chair PRCA EIAC

Panellists:

• Lynne Best – Director, The Fourth Pillar;
• Sinead Gray, Joint Managing Director, Kindred; President of Bloom
• Laura Legetter, Co-Head of Communications at SEC Newgate UK
• Uzma Lodhi, Senior Associate Director, Internal Communications, APCO

13th July, 12.30pm-2pm

Race

Keynote Speaker: Barbara Phillips, Founding Chair REEB; PRCA Board Member; Founder, Brownstone Communications

Theme for panel discussion: The role of intersectionality & collaboration in building an inclusive industry

Moderator: Barbara Philips, Founding Chair REEB; PRCA Board Member; Founder, Brownstone Communications

Panelists:

• Anne Marie Blake, Global Comms Lead, Founding Member REEB; International Executive Board Member IABC
• Emmanuel Ofosu-Appiah, UK PR Manager, Mercer, Founding Member REEB
• Kuldeep Mehmi, PR Manager Savills; Trustee Taylor Bennett Foundation

14th July, 12.30pm-2pm

Disability

Keynote Speaker: ‘Win Win. Working through my disability’ Mark Webb, Head of Comms at Shift.ms; Workstream Lead EIAC; Podcast Host, Disability@thetable

Theme for panel discussion: The Value and Values of Disability

Moderator: Mark Webb

Panellists:

• Shani Dhanda, Entrepreneur, Disability Specialist and inclusion advocate
• Alexander Clelland, Director, Board Member, Houston
• Mark Esho: Disabled Entrepreneur and motivational speaker

15th July, 12.30pm-2pm

Social Mobility

Keynote Speaker: Sarah Atkinson, CEO, Social Mobility Foundation

Theme for panel discussion: Why social mobility and why now?

Moderator: (TBC)

Panellists 

• Melissa Lawrence, CEO, Taylor Bennett Foundation
• Caren Davies, Senior Head of Communications, BBC
• Alex Kolawole, Senior Associate Director, APCO
• Emily Hodgson, Head of WX, W Communications

Zoom links will be sent out to all attendees prior to the event.  

If you would like to register for this event please email michael.collins@prca.org.uk

This event is worth 15 points in the PRCA CPD Programme.