Programme – 10th October 2018
CEO Breakfast Forum
7:15 – 9:00 am CEO Breakfast Forum
Featuring: Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive, Sky Plc; Owen Brennan, Executive Chairman, Devenish Group; Angela McGowan, Regional Director, CBI Northern Ireland
- Welcome and Introduction – Wendy Austin, BBC
- Sponsor’s Address: Responsible Leadership and Futureproofing your Business – Richard Donnan, Head of Ulster Bank
- The Responsible Business Challenge – Kieran Harding, Managing Director, Business in the Community
- The Northern Ireland Economy: How Sustainable? – Angela McGowan, Regional Director, CBI Northern Ireland
- The Importance of Innovation – Owen Brennan, Executive Chairman, Devenish Group
- Futureproofing your Business – Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive, Sky plc
- Panel Discussion: Angela McGowan; Kirsty Britz, Director of Sustainable Banking, RBS Group; Owen Brennan; Jeremy Darroch
Responsible Business Summit 2018
8:30 – 9:00 am Business Expo/Tea and coffee
9:15 – 11:00 am Plenary: What is the Future for Business?
- Welcome and Introduction – Wendy Austin, BBC
- Sponsor’s Address: Is sustainability for business a reality? – Kirsty Britz, Director of Sustainable Banking, RBS Group
- Share your views
- A key for futureproofing your business: Education – Joysy John, Director of Education, NESTA
- Futureproofing your Business – Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive, Sky plc
- Question & Answers – Panel: Kirsty Britz; Joysy John; Jeremy Darroch; and Owen Brennan, Executive Chairman, Devenish Group
- Concluding Comments – Kieran Harding, Managing Director, Business in the Community
11:00 am Networking Break and Business Expo
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Workshops (delegates can choose one)
The Changing Face of Communication
Embracing user-generated Content
The Future of Work and Education
Investigating how the world of work will change and helping business understand the skills in demand, technological impact and other megatrends
The Problem with Plastics
How can we protect our planet? How does the Circular Economy play its part?
Listening in the Workplace
Exploring this undervalued and underused mental health tool
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch and Business Expo
1:30 – 2:30 pm The Big Communities Debate
Understanding and tackling the issue of social mobility – how business can generate equality of opportunity for all, regardless of where someone is born. An interactive session with lively debate and polling for opinion
- Welcome and Introduction – Wendy Austin, BBC
- Sponsor’s Address: Tech Know-How – the new way to get ahead for the next generation – Liz Williams, Director, Digital Society, BT
- Skills, employability, productivity and inclusive growth – Mark Huddleston, Managing Director, jheSOLUTIONS Limited
- Social Mobility and the Professions – David Armstrong, Partner, PWC
- Does Success Depend on Where You Live? – Denise Cranston, Head of Community Programmes, Business in the Community
- How to Futureproof and Disrupt your Business – The Business Case for Social Mobility – Rioch Edwards-Brown, Founder, So You Wanna Be in TV?
- Debate and Discussion – Panel: Made up of all speakers
- Five Key Steps to Futureproof your Business to ensure Social Mobility and Inclusion – Rioch Edwards-Brown, Founder, So You Wanna Be in TV?