FREE TO ATTEND SEMINAR DAY 2

10:30

Opening introduction to promoting diversity in the rail industry 

Shamit Gaiger , Director of Strategy,  National Skills Academy for Rail 

Simon Rennie , General Manager, National Training Academy for Rail

11:00

Panel: Promoting diversity in the rail industry

• What are the key challenges that make rail one of the least diverse industries in the UK?
• How can companies work together to attract more women, BAME and other minorities into the industry?
• The role of training in making sure that senior management teams become more diverse in the next 5 years

Moderated by​: Nic Kinglesy , Managing Editor, Railway Gazette

Panellists: 
Shamit Gaiger , Director of  Strategy,  National Skills Acadamy for Rail 
Simon Rennie , General Manager, National Skills Academy for Rail
Claudia Hurst , Entry Level Talent Manager, Siemens
Holly Price , Training & Development Director, Keltbray
Chino Mazzuri  from the Central Japan Railway Company
Ann Venning , HR Bid Analyst,  The Go-Ahead Group
Sari Kaipainen, RDG

12:00

Re-framing and Unlocking Diversity

• Changes you can make tomorrow, for little or no cost, to increase the diversity of your recruitment pipeline.
• Ways you can increase the diversity of your business in the long term, at all levels

Julianna Moats , Chair, London & Southeast Region, Young Rail Professionals

12:30

Attracting Talents and Developing the Next Generation of Professionals

• The role of industry leaders including life giving leadership 
• Maximising potential and raising leaders
• Creating, employing, and sustaining competitive advantage 
• Understanding young professionals and strategic development planning
• Building trust and creating an atmosphere for open honest conversations 

Temi Afolabi , Programme and Project Management - Executive MBA, Cranfield School of Management

13:00

How the Young Rail Professionals provide the industry with a complete platform for employee professional development

• Exposure to companies, disciplines and partners;
• Opportunities to present to peers and senior stakeholders, lead programmes and projects and develop soft skills; and
• Support and encouragement to volunteer in educational institutions, charitable causes and to build the rail community.

George Chilcott , Rail Systems Engineer, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff

13:30

Is Rail Ready for Future Innovators?

• Ensuring rail leads the development of future tech by attracting innovators to work inside the industry
• Adapting rail's work environment to allow for creative development
• Getting rail ready for the MaaS bots

Liam Henderson , Founder,  Transporting Cities & Rail Innovation Group

14:00

How WISE is helping to achieve gender balance in STEM

• About WISE: what are our goals and how are we campaigning for this
• Understand our campaign and what you can do

Barbara Dischinger , Membership Manager, WISE