WELCOME TO THE GG2 DIVERSITY CONFERENCE 2019

Diversity breeds innovation. And innovation breeds business success. It is often said that an organisation’s greatest asset is its people. And it is people who make organisations great. But how do organisations attract and retain the best talent? How do they nurture this talent and unleash the energy, drive and ideas that comes from attracting a diverse workforce? Asian Media Group, Britain’s biggest Asian publishing group, will explore these questions and more at the GG2 Diversity Conference which will take place this year in October.

The theme for the conference is Change the Ratio will provide knowledge on how to close diversity gaps and provide practical advice on how to bring about change within organisations. Our speakers will demonstrate practical advice, case studies, experience and provide key takeaway points to making inclusion and diversity feel like the norm. The conference will include sessions such at LGBT+ Role Models and why they are important for business and society; Disability, how organisations can make themselves more accessible to the disabled community; Lifts, Ladders and Escalators, privileges and challenges facing BME individuals to mental health and ethnicity pay gap. We hope our audience will leave with practical take-aways to take back to their organisation, sparking meaningful and long-lasting change and inevitably to change the ratio.

The GG2 Diversity Conference last year featured speeches by a number of inspirational and passionate speakers including politicians, campaigners, entrepreneurs and senior executives, who will share their knowledge and expertise and explore why investment in diversity is critical for business growth, and what organisations can do to improve diversity and support inclusion in the workplace. Host BBC presenter Clive Myrie told the audience they could look forward to a day which would focus on the conversation surrounding diversity. “Our wide range of speakers today will help move that conversation forward,” he said. “Because it’s a discussion you should all be having, at the very highest levels of management.” Myrie warned businesses that if sections of society were excluded, then talent could potentially be excluded too. That talent could be beneficial to their companies, he explained, so they should seek out the best staff, whatever their colour, gender or sexual orientation…Read More.

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• “The Speakers Were All Excellent. The Quality Of Presenters Were At Such A High Standard That It Was A Pleasure To Be Part Of The Event. This Was A Great Opportunity To Engage With Public/Private Sector Organisations To See What They Are Doing And Share Good Practice” Metropolitan Police
• “Very Inspirational And Well Organised” BBC
• “An Excellent Conference And Delivered More Than I Expected” North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• “Very Insightful. I Liked That Many Of The Presenters Told Their Personal Story And Used Humour” DST Systems
• “Diverse topics, Case studies were good and a great line up and range of speakers” Linklaters
• “The calibre of speakers were excellent” Hampshire Constabulary
• “We found the conference informative and inspiring. We learnt a great deal and made some amazing contacts” Hearst