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Building Successful Workplaces: Employment relations in the twenty-first century

One-day conference.
Wednesday 6 February
at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE



This event, organised jointly by the CIPD and Acas, centres on the overarching and mutual themes of employee engagement and productivity and explores some of the key issues in modern employment relations. Specific topics include diversity, employee voice and the future of dispute resolution at work. Other topics covered during the day include employee wellbeing, line management capability and stress management.

Key speakers include, John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Dame Professor Carol Black, National Director for Health and Work.  

Programme 

09:30 Registration and coffee
10:00

Welcome and vision
Ed Sweeney, Chair, Acas

10:15

Keynote address by Minister
John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

10:30

Presentation 1: The productivity challenge and the skills agenda
Speaker: John Philpot, Chief Economist, CIPD

10:50 Presentation 2: Boosting engagement and performance in the workforce
Speaker: Professor John Purcell, Acas
11:15

Coffee break

11:30

Presentation 3: Health, work and wellbeing in the workplace
Speaker: Dame Professor Carol Black, National Director for Health and Work

11:50 Presentation 4: Believe in Better – an integrated approach to employee
health and wellbeing at Sky
Speakers: Sarah Myers, Group Head of Talent Resourcing and HR Services,
Dr Ursula Ferriday, Group Head of Occupational Health, Sky
12:15

Q & A Session with panel of morning speakers

12:30

Lunch

13:30 Seminar 1: The Business Case for Diversity
Presenters: Martin Tiplady, Director of Human Resources, Metropolitan Police
Dianah Worman, Diversity Adviser, CIPD Facilitator: Steve Williams, Acas
13:30 Seminar 2: Employee Voice: Information and Consultation at Work
Presenters: Mike Terry and Mark Hall, Warwick Business School, University of
Warwick
Facilitator: Professor John Purcell, Acas
14:30 Coffee break
14:45 Seminar 3: Managing work-related stress and line management
capability.

Presenters: John Hamilton, Head of Group Health and Safety, Bradford and
Bingley, Emma Donaldson-Feilder, Director, Affinity Health at Work
Facilitator: Jane Bird, Acas
14:45 Seminar 4: The future of dispute resolution: managing conflict at work
Presenters: Sarah Veale, Head of Equality and Employment rights, TUC
Ron Woods, Acas
Facilitator: Gill Trevelyan, Acas
15:45 Final Session
Ed Sweeney, Chair, Acas: Summary of the Seminar’s and close

 

 
 
 
 
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