Conference at a Glance
The programme may be subject to change.
National Policy and Future of Work
Emotional Wellbeing and Resilience
Coaching and Coaching Psychology
Working With Health Conditions
Diversity and Inclusion
Employee Engagement and Experience
Employment Law and Policies
Occupational Psychology and
Organisational Behaviour
Creating a Healthy Working Environment
Managing MSDs and Ergonomics
Health Promotion and Behaviour Change
Sickness Absence Management and Presenteeism
Return to Work
Management and Leadership
Mental Health
Safety Behaviour and Culture
Sleep and Fatigue
Neurodiversity
Emerging Risks and Worker Protection
Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing
Look out for these themes that run through the programmes:
Conference Programme Details
Monday 15 March
Orientation Day
Tuesday 16 March
Philippa Foster Back CBE, Independent Director, FMSB (Financial Markets Standards Board)
Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
14:40 – 15.40
Clover Hogan, Founder, Force of Nature
11.20 – 12.20
13.20 – 14.20
Jo Johnson, Consultant Neuropsychologist, Hampshire Constabulary
14.40 – 15.40
16.20 – 17.20
Bertie Tonks, Global Chief People Officer, Collinson
Lorraine O’Brien, CEO, Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse
Susan Bright, Global Managing Partner for Diversity and Inclusion and Responsible Business, Hogan Lovells
Sharon Livermore, Director, Kameo Recruitment
Paul Scully MP, Minister for London and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets)
10.00 – 11.00
Chair: Professor Stephen Palmer, President, International Society for Coaching Psychology
Claire Parmenter, Chief Constable, Dyfed Powys Police
Liz Hall, Senior Practitioner Coach and Mindfulness Teacher and Editor, Coaching at Work
13.20 – 14.20
Professor Stephen Palmer, Professor of Practice, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Centre for Coaching
Dr Siobhan O’Riordan, Co-Director, Centre of Positive Transitions
Sheila Panchal, Co-Director, Centre for Positive Transitions
Emma Reading, Chartered Psychologist, EROP
10.00 – 11.00
Chair: Joy Reymond, Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Professor Paul Cullinan, Professor in Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease, Honorary Consultant Physician
Dr Johanna Feary, Academic Consultant in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Dr Jo Szram, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer Occupational Lung Disease Service Royal Brompton Hospital London, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
11.20 – 12.20
Freya Powell, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist,
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Carina Knight, Highly Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist,
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
– Rehabilitation Programmes With a Focus on Return to Work
Beverly Knops, Specialist Occupational Therapist in Fatigue and Pain, Vitality360
Amanda Mason, Vitality360
13.20 – 14.20
Fiona Butterworth, Clinical Audiologist, Harley Street Hearing
14.40 – 15.40
Marina Bolton, HR Director, Civil Service
Bernice Allport, Chair of CS Menopause Network, Civil Service
16.20 – 17.20
Stephen Bevan, Head of HR Research Development, Institute for Employment Studies
Barbara Wilson, CEO, Working with Cancer
Dr Anna McCulloch, Principal Clinical Psychologist, All Wales Adult Cystic Fibrosis Service
11.20 – 12.20
Dr Sheetal Chavda, Chair, SOM Diversity and Inclusion Group
Emma Persand, Deputy Chair, SOM Diversity and Inclusion Group
13.20 – 14.20
14.40 – 15.40
Emma Symonds, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Patricia Spruce, UK & Overseas Recruitment Manager, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Wednesday 17 March
11.20 – 12.20
Jo Moffatt, Managing Director, Woodreed and
Co-Strategy Director, Engage for Success
Paul Barber, Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman, Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
13.20 – 14.20
Catherine Allen, Head of Making People Happy, Ella’s Kitchen
Dr Ruth Yeoman, Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford
14.40 – 15.40
Scott Gould, Author, The Shape of Engagement
16.20 – 17.20
Rachel Hillman, Director of Grants and Programmes, The Film and TV Charity
Dr Chris van Stolk, Executive Vice President, RAND Europe
10.00 – 11.00
Gavin Jones, Head of Immigration, Osborne Clarke LLP
Louise Taft, Consultant Solicitor, Jurit LLP and
Co-Chair, Employment Law Association’s Brexit Committee
11.20 – 12.20
Miriam Bruce, Partner, Mayer Brown International LLP
Mark Landon, Employment Partner and Head of Client Training, Weightmans LLP
13.20 – 14.20
Jo Broadbent, Counsel Knowledge Lawyer, Hogan Lovells
Anna West, Knowledge Counsel, Employment, Travers Smith LLP
14.40 – 15.40
Andrew Davidson, National Head of Employment and Partner, Hempsons Solicitors
Gemma Woodhouse, Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
16.20 – 17.20
Paula Rome, Partner, Julian Taylor Solicitors
10.00 – 11.00
Professor Tim Marsh, Managing Director, Anker and Marsh
Interview with Steve Royle, Comedian and Finalist, Britain’s Got Talent
11.20 – 12.20
Peter J Kelly, Senior Psychologist, HSE Health and Safety Executive
Sharon De Mascia, Director, Cognoscenti Business Psychologists
Maria Cearns, Managing Director, HR and Retail Products, Cooperative Bank
13.20 – 14.20
Long-COVID in the Workplace
Dr Rachel Lewis, Occupational Psychologist and Director, Affinity Health at Work and Birkbeck, University of London
14.40 – 15.40
16.20 – 17.20
Post-Millennials
Carole Watling, Occupational Psychologist
Hannah Courtney-Bennett, Careers Psychologist and Careers Development Practitioner, Talent & Career
Nathan Millar, Sustainability Principal, Elementa Consulting
Jean Hewitt, Senior Inclusive Design Consultant and Trainer, Burohappold Engineering and Senior Honorary Lecturer, UCL
11.20 – 12.20
Julie Fleck OBE, Strategic Access and Inclusive Design Adviser, London
13.20 – 14.20
Lizi Greenhill, Associate, Currie & Brown
Michelle Wilkie, Director, tp bennett
14.40 – 15.40
Alan Fogarty, Partner, Cundall
Richard Batten, Global Chief Sustainability Officer, JLL
9.30 – 11.00
Professor Michael Hurley, Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences, St George’s University of London and Health Innovation Network
Professor Peter O’Sullivan, School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University, Shenton Park, Western Australia
Matt Birtles, Principal Ergonomist, Human Factors Team, HSE, Health and Safety Executive
11.20 – 12.20
Nicola Suckley, Clinical Director, Working To Wellbeing and Vice Chair, ACPOHE
Katherine Roberts, Managing Director, Working Health and Education Officer, ACPOHE
Long-COVID
Dr Julie Denning, Managing Director, Working to Wellbeing
Nicola Suckley, Clinical Director, Working To Wellbeing
Cabella Lowe, Professional Head of Musculoskeletal Health, Optima Health
Anna Rowland, Physical Wellbeing Specialist, Safety, Health and Sustainability, National Grid
Angela Webster, Head of Physiotherapy and Musculoskeletal Health, Transport for London
14.40 – 15.40
Professor Peter Buckle, Principal Research Fellow, Imperial College London
Sarah Tyreman, Occupational Therapist, MoD
Joanne Lass, Occupational Therapist, MoD
16.20 – 17.20
Dr Maury A Nussbaum, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), Virginia Tech
Thursday 18 March
10.00 – 11.00
Chair: Dr Steven Boorman CBE, Chair, The Council for Work & Health
Juilitta Sofat Barata, People Strategy Manager and Wellbeing Lead, Nationwide Building Society
11.20 – 12.20
Dr Mike Blaber, Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine and Wellbeing Lead for Junior Doctors, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Honorary Lecturer in Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham
13.20 – 14.20
Chris Rostron, Head, Rugby League Cares
Emma Goldsmith, Head of Community/Grants Programme, Rugby League Cares
Bruce Greenhalgh, Head of Wellbeing, BT
14.40 – 15.40
Liz Forte, Health & Wellness Director, Compass Group UK & Ireland
Ryan Holmes, Culinary Director, Compass Group UK & Ireland
16.20 – 17.20
Craig Lees, Conductor, The Workplace Choir
10.00 – 11.00
Dr Chris van Stolk, Executive Vice President, RAND Europe
Dr Gail Kinman, Visiting Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Birkbeck University of London
11.20 – 12.20
The Big Debate:
The Burden of Long-COVID to the Future of Work
Chair: Dr Robin Cordell, Consultant Occupational Physician, Council for Work and Health
Dr Rob H Hampton, GP and Occupational Physician
Genevieve Smyth,
Professional Adviser, Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Cindy Gaimster, Occupational Health Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Specialist and Senior Lecturer, The University of Brighton
Dr Devdeep Ahuja, Director of Innovation, RTW Plus
Deborah Edwards, CEO, RTW Plus
Anna Williams, Occupational Therapist, MoD
Fatima Catarro, Occupational Therapists, MoD
Dr Jo Yarker, Director, Affinity Health at Work
16.20 – 17.20
Freya Powell, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist,
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Carina Knight, Highly Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
How Can We Get VR Right?
Dr Andy Tyerman, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
Gillian Gorry, Associate Clinical Case Manager and Independent Occupational Therapist, AKA Case Management
Dr Robin Cordell, Consultant Occupational Physician and Chairman, Cordell Health
Dr Justin Varney, Director of Public Health, Birmingham City Council
11.20 – 12.20
Eileen Donnelly, Business & Wellbeing Lead, What Works Centre for Wellbeing
13.20 – 14.20
Professor Dame Carol Black DBE, Adviser on Health and Work to NHS England and NHS Improvement and Chair, Centre for Ageing Better
Professor Anne Harriss, President, Society of Occupational Medicine
14.40 – 15.40
Professor Diana Kloss MBE, Barrister, St John’s Buildings and Honorary President, The Council For Work & Health
16.20 – 17.20
Professor Raymond Agius, Deputy Chair, Occupational Medicine Committee, BMA and Emeritus Professor of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, The University of Manchester
Jo Clift, Consultant and Coach, Jo Clift Consulting
10.00 – 11.00
Chair: Ann McCracken, Consultant, AMC Consulting and Vice President, ISMA UK
Ama Afrifa-Tchie, Head of Culture and Wellbeing, MHFA England
Richard Martin, Director, Byrne Dean
11.20 – 12.20
Dr Emma Donaldson-Feilder, Occupational Psychologist, Affinity Health at Work and Member, WHEC Health and Safety Executive’s Workplace Health Expert Committee
Joanna Place, Chief Operating Officer, Bank of England
Anastasia Vinnikova, Wellbeing Lead, Bank of England
13.20 – 14.20
Andrew Kinder, Professional Head of Mental Health Services, Optima Health
Kris Ambler, Workforce Lead, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
14.40 – 15.40
Martin Short, Head of Wellbeing, Diversity and Inclusion, Defence Intelligence (MoD)
Michelle Partington, Founder, Mentis Training and Consultancy
16.20 – 17.20
Ruby Wax OBE, Founder, Frazzled Cafe
11.20 – 12.20
Richard Scaife, Director, The Keil Centre
Dr Chiara Amati, Occupational Psychologist, The Keil Centre
Sarah Newton, Chair, HSE, Health and Safety Executive
13.20 – 14.20
Professor Andrew Sharman, Managing Partner, RMS and President, IOSH
Phoebe Smith, Principal Human Factors Specialist, HSE Health and Safety Executive
14.40 – 15.40
Dr Simon Joyston-Bechal, Solicitor and Director, Turnstone Law
Aedrian Bekker, Aviation Clinical Psychologist, Centre for Aviation Psychology
Professor Rob Bor, Aviation Clinical Psychologist, Centre for Aviation Psychology
16.20 – 17.20
Liz Groundland, Head of SHEQ, Seddon Construction
An Integrated and Diverse Society
Friday 19 March
10.00 – 11.00
Chair: Professor Vicki Culpin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Hult International Business School
Dr Himender Makker, Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, University College London Hospital
Assessing Fitness to Drive for Employees with Sleep Conditions
Dr Iñigo Perez, Medical Adviser, DVLA
11.20 – 12.20
Dr Rikard Moen, Chief Medical Officer, Optima Health
Professor Colin A Espie, Professor of Sleep Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Sleep & Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi)
13.20 – 14.20
Professor Vicki Culpin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Hult International Business School
Nick Littlehales, Sports Sleep Coach
14.40 – 15.40
Professor Andrew Sharman, Managing Partner, RMS and Chairman, Institute of Leadership & Management
Hari Kalymnios, Senior Partner, RMS
10.00 – 11.00
Loraine Martins OBE, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Network Rail
11.20 – 12.20
Nicola James, Founder, Lexxic
Dr Nancy Doyle, CEO and Founder, Genius Within CIC
13.20 – 14.20
Dr Sam Healy, Group Director Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, QinetiQ Group
Michael Vermeersch, Digital Inclusion Lead, Microsoft
14.40 – 15.40
Ian Iceton, Consultant, Mint & Lavender
Claire Cookson, Chief Executive Officer, DFN Project SEARCH and DFN Foundation
16.20 – 17.20
Dan Maudsley, Broadcaster, BBC Radio 5 Live
Suzanne Edmond, Director, Group Communications, Department for Transport
10.00 – 11.00
Professor Neil Ferguson, Imperial College London
Interviewed by Sir Anthony Newman Taylor, Chair, The Colt Foundation
11.20 – 12.20
Professor David Coggon, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Southampton and The Colt Foundation
Christine Poulter, Honorary Strategic Clinical Adviser, Society of Occupational Medicine
13.20 – 14.20
Dr Sam Bradbrook, Senior Scientist, HSE Foresight Centre, HSE, Health and Safety Executive
Steve Perkins, Managing Director, Steve Perkins Associates
14.40 – 15.40
Alison Margary, Chartered Occupational Hygienist, Margary Wade and President Elect, BOHS
16.20 – 17.20
Dr Dipti Patel, Director, National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNac)
10.00 – 11.00
– Strategies to Maximise Wellbeing and Productivity
11.20 – 12.20
Thriving in the ‘New Normal’
– Adapting to New Ways of Working
13.20 – 14.20
– What It Is And What to Do About It
14.40 – 15.40
Brendan Street, Clinical Lead, Emotional Wellbeing, Nuffield Health
