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In July 2025, join us at #IHRDEI25 for a day of insightful discussions with like-minded peers and hear from our range of expert speakers on the all-important topic of DE&I in your recruitment process.
An insightful one-day event of thought leadership presentations and peer-to-peer roundtables, leaving you with actionable insights into building a DE&I strategy.
Join us at the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conference 2025 to explore best practices and strategies for fostering an inclusive workplace.
Premium Members can unlock FREE tickets (worth £295) using their Membership ID (found in My Account) as the promo code at registration.
Speaker Topics
Tech Hiring
Tackling a lack of diversity in the tech industry
Social Mobility
Breaking down barriers to entry and enabling future success
Belonging
Exploring belonging and it's impact on inclusivity
Intersectionality
Tracking and analysing trends
Agenda
02 July 2025
Social mobility is one of the most powerful yet overlooked drivers of workplace equity and your next big opportunity to unlock untapped talent. This session will show you how to embed equity into every stage of your hiring strategy and break down the invisible barriers holding candidates back. Walk away with breakthrough tactics to drive real change and build a truly inclusive workforce.
What to expect:
- How to build equity into every stage of your talent strategy
- Why social mobility is the most overlooked driver of workplace progress
- Breakthrough tactics to dismantle invisible barriers and unlock potential
What do Doctor Who, a classroom in Iowa, the Big Brother house, and the United Nations all have in common? In this powerful and timely session, you’ll find out. Drawing on over two decades of DEI experience, this talk unpacks what it truly means to be an active ally—because allyship isn’t a label, it’s a verb. Through global insights, personal stories, and a practical framework, you’ll explore how allyship can be embedded across organisations and lived out by individuals, every single day.
What to expect:
- The 4 pillars of active allyship: awareness, curiosity, commitment, and humility
- Real-world stories and lessons from the UN and beyond
- Practical actions individuals and organisations can take to drive meaningful change
- How to embed allyship into your culture so it becomes everyone’s responsibility
- Tangible takeaways you can apply immediately to create more inclusive spaces
Hannah Crawford, Talent Acquisition Manager at DFS, joins Tribepad to lift the cushions on how DFS and Sofology, two of the UK’s leading sofa retailers, are embedding diversity, equity and inclusion deep into their hiring practices and workplace culture. From data-driven decision making to executive-backed inclusion councils, discover what it really takes to build a brand where everyone belongs.
What to expect:
- Getting started with DEI data: why small steps matter
- Making diversity a lived value, not just a statement
- The power of community: leveraging networks, groups and leadership sponsorship
- Practical actions to make your recruitment process more inclusive
What if the way you write your job ads is quietly undermining your entire hiring strategy? In this insight-packed session, Pil Byriel, Co-Founder and CEO of Develop Diverse, reveals why inclusive language is more than a moral obligation—it’s a measurable talent attraction advantage. Backed by real-world data from Denmark, Sweden, and the UK, this session shows how subtle word choices can have a major impact on who applies, who converts, and who stays.
What to expect:
- The real impact of exclusive language—and how it may be hurting your hiring outcomes
- Data-driven proof: how inclusive language can deliver 60%+ more qualified candidates
- Practical steps you can take today to adopt an inclusive language mindset and see immediate results
As the spotlight on equity, diversity and inclusion continues to shift, one thing is clear: progress must be protected. In this employer led panel, senior leaders from forward thinking organisations share why EDI is not just a moral imperative but a strategic advantage. Hear how they are embedding inclusion into long term business goals, measuring impact and driving lasting change regardless of shifting external pressures.
What to expect:
- Real world examples of sustained EDI strategies that deliver measurable impact
- How to align EDI with core business objectives and leadership accountability
- Overcoming internal pushback and external fatigue to protect progress
- Why organisations cannot afford to treat EDI as a trend and what is at stake if they do
Speakers
Networking opportunities
Expert guidance
Learn from industry-leaders from world-class organisations
Strategic roundtable discussions
Strategic roundtable discussions
Hear from your peers on their successes, challenges and changes within TA
Unrivalled speaker content
Be inspired by success stories from talent professionals from tech, healthcare and retail industries
Best practice sharing
Best practice sharing
Hear from your peers on their best practices in the inclusive recruitment and workplace diversity
Offers, goodies and competitions
Pick up some treats for your team and be in with the chance to win big prizes!
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Previous attendees
“The event was packed with insightful presentations, roundtable discussions, and networking opportunities. It's always refreshing to step away from the day-to-day and hear about the latest themes and developments in the TA space.”
“It was amazing to connect with so many talented recruiters dedicated to making DEI a top priority in recruitment.”
“The event brought together amazing speakers and inspirational like-minded individuals who shared their valuable insights, energy, and passion for driving positive change and improving lives. It was truly inspiring to be surrounded by such a dedicated com”
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Park Plaza Riverbank
0333 400 6122
Overlooking the River Thames, this high-end hotel is within 1.4 miles of Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace, and a 15-minute stroll from the London Eye.
The nearest stations are London Waterloo and Vauxhall.
Cordelia Osewa-Ediae is a seasoned Leadership Development and Workplace Inclusion Consultant with over 15 years of experience in driving culture change and talent development across various sectors.
She has developed bespoke leadership programs for the National Grid and London Metropolitan Police, led a DEI strategic review at NSPCC, and provided consulting services for organisations including Tesco, Clarks, and the Ministry of Justice. At BT Group, she played a key role in establishing comprehensive representation and inclusion goals, designing and leading the first ever group-wide reverse mentoring programme that engaged over 300 leaders, and producing the company's first ethnicity and disability pay gap reports. In recognition of her impact, she was awarded the 2024 BT Group ‘Race Equity’ award.
A Clore Social Fellow, Keynote speaker, Board member, and trained Coach, she has received several awards including the 2023 Baton 'Thought Leader of the Year' award, the Commonwealth Business Women Africa's 2024 'Community Champion' award; and 2024 Novi ‘Inspiring Mentor’ award.
She is a specialist in Social Value, Talent Development, Early Careers Recruitment, Recruitment Marketing, and Employer Branding. With deep expertise in diversity, campaign management, tech implementation, and assessment design, she is passionate about creating programmes that provide opportunities and skills—whether by attracting top talent or delivering social value in communities.Her dedication to student and employer success led to a four-year tenure as a Board Member for the Institute of Student Employers. At Cognizant, she plays a pivotal role in embedding social value across public sector contracts, driving delivery and impact.
Previously, she developed Cognizant’s Early Talent Strategy for the UK & Ireland. Before that, she advised clients on employer brand at AMS, led global graduate recruitment at Barclays, and transformed marketing and recruitment at Police Now—earning multiple awards. She has also freelanced in graduate recruitment strategy and held senior roles at KPMG, including Head of Graduate Recruitment and Head of Direct Sourcing.
Iain has over 20 years of experience in the equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging (EDI&B) space and has been a pivotal figure at Reed Talent Solutions since he joined in 2012. He specialises in designing and delivering EDI&B products and services, including bespoke consultancy, inclusive recruitment training, DE&I workshops, and discovery audits. Iain offers guidance and support across our service offerings.
Iain’s extensive background includes roles in supplier engagement and project management within Reed Talent Solutions, providing him with a comprehensive understanding of client needs and solution delivery. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, he brings both lived and learned experiences, enriching his approach to addressing the challenges faced by marginalised groups.
A key contributor to our own inclusion and belonging initiatives, Iain offers invaluable guidance, insight, and mentorship, ensuring diverse voices are heard and uplifted. He has successfully adapted and implemented Reed’s best practices to benefit our clients, including delivering inclusive recruitment training to large-scale, complex organisations.
Martin is a global leader specialising in Talent, Organisation Design and Inclusion. Martin’s passion for inclusivity led him to found TalentMapper, where he is supporting clients to create diverse, inclusive and optimally designed workforces.
Prior to leading TalentMapper, Martin led Talent functions, globally at The Body Shop, Wolseley PLC and Halfords, where he designed and delivered global transformation projects and talent management strategies which brought about significant business benefits.
Pil Byriel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Develop Diverse, a leading platform that helps companies identify and reduce bias in recruitment and employer branding content in order to attract a larger qualified talentpool, independent of demographics. With a background in business and linguistics, Pil has spent the past several years working with global enterprises to build more inclusive, evidence-based hiring practices.
With customers such as IKEA, John Lewis, Carlsberg, Associated British Foods and more, Develop Diverse helped AB Agri increase female candidates with 35%, increase candidates from underrepresented ethnicities with 17% in just one year and overall AB Agri also experienced a cultural shift as TA specialists and hiring managers became more conscious of how their language influenced candidates. (See more here: https://developdiverse.com/ab-agri/)
As Pil Says “We want to empower organizations to be intentional and inclusive in their employer branding and recruitment communications. Too many organizations are missing out on highly qualified talent because they use language unintentionally and do as they always have done, reinforcing bias and stereotypes. Because of that, they will only get a fraction of the qualified talent pool to apply."