Breakthrough Agenda - June 2009

Venue: BBC Egton Wing (Langham Street), Portland Place London W1A 1AA

The meeting will commence at 9.30 and close at 2pm, lunch will be served at 1pm. Please confirm if you are staying for lunch.

Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus, a map of the location can be found on the registration link http://www.orcworldwide.com/registration/breakthrough.php

Contact on the day: Client Co-ordinator: Marie Macey 07976644429

AGENDA

Thursday 4th June 2009

• 9.30am Registration and Networking
  • Join us for coffee and take the opportunity to catch up with other members
• 10.00 am Welcome and Introductions - Breakthrough June 2009
• 10.15 am Tackling Socio Economic Disadvantage - The Proposed New Duty 
  • Amanda Ariss, Chief Executive of The Equality & Diversity ForumThe proposed new duty to tackle socio economic disadvantage was a relatively new addition to the recently published Equality Bill, it only joined the policy discussion in January this year. Amanda Ariss will share with us the thinking surrounding the proposed duty, and will summarise the main provisions, and its possible implications. This is a great opportunity for us to learn more about the proposed duty and to discuss what it might mean for the public sector
• 11.30 am Break
• 11.45am UK Equality and Diversity Update Breakthrough Meeting - June 2009
  • Deirdre Golden, Director, ORC Worldwide
  • Deirdre will present a round-up of the latest developments and initiatives in the UK and related European equality and diversity agenda.
  • Confidential Roundtable Discussion
  • This is members' opportunity to raise and discuss any issues or topics that are of particular interest to them and which you would welcome the thoughts or feedback from your peers if we have issues/subjects in advance we can share them with members who can come prepared to discuss their organisation approach. Please send any roundtable questions to Marie Macey: marie.macey@orcww.com
• 1.00pm Lunch
• 2.00pm Close of meeting