Tania Ferreira, Senior Conference Producer, Bonhill Group, UK
Chairperson Introduction – Pauliina Jamsa, Life Coach, Jamsa Consulting, UK

Conference Chair & Content Producer

• The new priorities that take top of the tech list in the coming months and years
• How has technology changed our lives, and how has the pandemic changed technology?
• Do tech business models need to change for a more flexible and ever-changing climate?
• Where will we be in 5 years? Can we rely on 5-year plans anymore?

• What are the dangers for society of rushing into a post-pandemic world, and back to old ways?
• From healthcare access to flexible working tech, how social innovations can support emergence from lockdown
• Is this our chance to take hold of the climate emergency, once and for all? What is tech’s role in this?
• How can your business contribute towards the return to a more ethical and sustainable ‘normal’?

• What are the dangers of unconscious bias in a workplace, in leadership and in society?
• In our new virtual workplaces, how can AI help eliminate some of this bias in recruitment, training and promotion?
• What do we do when the AI is biased? Is an AI-based recruiter more biased than the humans?
• How can we de-bias our increasingly AI-driven world, remove the skew at the source, and use it for good?

• How can abuse of technology negatively impact mental health?
• How can technology professionals in high-intensity work environments prioritize their wellbeing?  
• What technologies and wearables are being developed to combat and cure mental illnesses?  
• The role of innovations and platforms supporting the world’s mental health during COVID-19

• What lessons are there from the COVID-19 pandemic, for businesses who were in the midst of digital transformation?
• The question is no longer ‘should’ businesses digitise, but ‘how’ can they do so
• The art of rapid decision-making and adopting the start-up mentality
• Managing the risks of smaller timelines, and ensuring fear-driven thinking steers clear of strategies

• The impact of a world at home – more data than ever before
• What new ways can we analyse and use the data we are collecting?
• Big data: how much data are we storing and how are we storing it?
• Using data to build products and services that people want, and NEED, in finding their feet again

• In our new digital workplace, what do we need to know about security and privacy going forward?
• How can we prepare for hybrid teams in the future, and prepare new leaders to manage these digital team members?
• The best new entertainment systems: AR & VR
• Emerging from the pandemic, how might tech shape our social lives in the future?
• The need to achieve a balance, and retain the human connection alongside the tech connection

Tania Ferreira, Senior Conference Producer, Bonhill Group, UK
Chairperson Introduction – Pauliina Jamsa, Life Coach, Jamsa Consulting, UK

Conference Chair & Content Producer

• While businesses struggle to cope with the effects of a global pandemic – what happens to the D&I strategies?
• Why diversity and inclusion (and belonging), now more than ever, needs our attention
• How can a focus on diversity can breed innovative and efficient ways for businesses to find their feet again?
• Will we see the true colours of companies fuelling D&I for good publicity, versus genuine efforts?

• Do your strengths lie in your judgement, honesty, perspective, wisdom, social skills, leadership?
• How to identify your key character strengths
• How can you use your strengths to succeed at work, handle stress and believe in your own abilities?
• Understanding others’ traits in order to interact more effectively and build strong relationships

• The age-old buzzword has come back, with a new brand
• How can you balance your work and life, when they’re both in the same place?
• What role do employers have in protecting employees and allowing them to distance from the desk?
• Is there a way to integrate your two lives, instead of segregating them, that will benefit you and your wellbeing?

• The importance of maintaining a solid networking during the COVID-19 pandemic
• How do the basic skills of face-to-face networking compare to virtual networking?
• How can we be productive about our networking and maintain long-term relationships physically and virtually?  
• The faux-pas of networking in our current climate
• Can we truly network online?

• What is an unconscious bias? How do they form?
• How can unconscious biases impact decisions in the workplace?
• Learn what your unconscious biases are, and understand how to challenge them regularly

• Diversity goes beyond gender – how can we support an intersectional approach to D&I strategies and mentalities?
• How are women of colour, the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities left behind in ‘female empowerment’?
• When we look at 30%, do we exclude other underrepresented groups from the conversation?
• How can you embody allyship in your organisation and support education on important issues?

• Once you’re at the top, what can you do to help others climb the ladder? What small things can you take responsibility for?
• Motivating from beyond the ceiling: the value for underrepresented employees, to see leaders like them
• Exerting your influence to integrate neutral recruitment, and policies that a diverse workforce needs
• Should we really be expected to juggle a top-level career and support others?