About the conference
Core Festival, MAIN STAGE, VICTORIA BATHS
After an overwhelming number of talk submissions we are delighted to announce that we are extending the main stage out! Join us on stage 2 for a packed agenda full of the most topical talks to be submitted!
SPEAKERS
Check out our lineup of speakers by clicking their images below! We will be continuing to announce speakers over the next few weeks, so sign up to our newsletter to be the first in the know!
Nicki Clegg
DEI advocate, NED, Board Advisor
Performance Coach, CTO
Amro Safadi
Principal Data Scientist
Zally
Michael Mgbame
Lead Data Analytics Consultant
Hankali Intel
AGENDA
Woah! We’re still busy pulling together this year’s agenda, so check out the talks below and sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear when new talks go live!
Nicki Clegg
DEI advocate, NED, Board Advisor, performance coach, CTO, technology leader
SESSION OVERVIEW: Data shows 9% of tech employees are from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, compared to 39% of the UK population, and organisations with focused interventions on social mobility, such as schools engagement, have higher diversity levels across protected characteristics.
Engaging with schools helps your business, your employees, and teachers:
• 90% of volunteers said it increases their satisfaction with work
• 96% of volunteers said it enhanced their ability to communicate with a range of audiences
• Over 90% reported improvements in presentation skills and relationship building and networking
• 90% of young people said engaging with volunteers increased their understanding of why STEM subjects are important particularly in the workplace
• 90% of educators said engaging with volunteers improved their own knowledge of STEM careers
• 86% said engaging had improved their enthusiasm for teaching STEM subjects
Come and learn how to build a schools engagement programme