Annual Forum for Equal Opportunities of the Business Advisory Board on Disabilities

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About

More and more businesses are willing to hire staff with disabilities. Their reasons vary. Some companies want to obey the law and avoidpenalties. Others follow diversity and inclusion policies and want to expand their access to a wider pool of good candidates in the labor market. In any case, every company has a long way to go from the moment the hiring decision has been made till the timenew staff with disabilities start working at the company. There are many questions and obstacles along the way. In the course of the 2020 annual forum sessions, we will address and offer opportunities to discuss all aspects of the process of hiring PWDS.

Program

October 21. 10:00-12:00

Practical experience of motivating employers to search for, select, and employ job seekers with disabilities.

Host: Alexandra Altyeva, HR Business Partner, Citibank

10.00-10.10 Welcome session
10.10-10.30 Practical experience of employing people with disabilities in the technology field.
Vera Solomatina, HR Director, SAP CIS
10.30-10.50 MVS GROUP’s project of employing people with autism.
Anna Shapiro, HR Director, MVS GROUP
Lyudmila Artamonova, Project Manager, MVS GROUP
10.50-11.10 Practical experience of employing people with disabilities.
Maria Naumenko, Coordinator for diversity and inclusion, PMI
Anna Golovkina, Junior Specialist in Commercial Planning, PMI
11.10-11.30 Employing young people with disabilities. Approaches and techniques. Polina Bakshaeva, HR Director, Melon Fashion Group
11.30-11.50 Topic and speaker TBC
11.50-12.00 First day’s closing session. Summary.

October 22. 10:00-12:00

Practical experience of training, adapting, and providing on-site support for employees with disabilities.

Host: Yulia Sakharova, Regional Director for North West, HeadHunter

10.00-10.10 Welcome session
10.10-10.30 Empowering people with disabilities. IKEA’s experience.
Lilia Shakirova, Diversity and Inclusivity Manager, Ingka Group of companies in Russia
10.30-10.50 Positive and negative experiences of employing people with disabilities: adaptation of existing employees and implementation of safety at work.
Irina Limanskaya, HR Director, TPV VIS
10.50-11.10 The way of the samurai: from an applicant with a disability to a CSR project coordinator. Alena Karlovskaya, CSR Program Coordinator, EPAM Russia
11.10-11.30 Experience of accompanying people with hearing disabilities in the restaurant business.
Maria Obukhova, Recruitment Manager, AmRest
11.30-11.50 Topic and speaker TBC
11.50-12.00 Second day’s closing session. Summary.

October 23. 16:00-19:00

International experience of employing of people with disabilities

Host: Michael Germershausen, Managing Director, Antal Russia

16.00-16.10 Welcome session
16.10-16.40 Ignacio Fresneda, Head of Division in People & Organization directorate, Repsol, Madrid, Spain
16.40-17.10 Adriana Becerra, EMEA Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) senior analyst for City’s Global Intelligence and Analysis Program, Hungary;
Sheyda Suleymanova, CSC Budapest Business Office Communications & Program Analyst, Hungary
17.10-17.50 Brendan Roach, Global Taskforce and Partner Development Manager, Business Disability Forum, United Kingdom
Davina Critchley, Senior Business Disability Partner, Business Disability Forum, United Kingdom
17.50-18.20 Jill Houghton, President And CEO Of Disability:IN, USA
18.20-18.50 Topic and speaker TBC
18.50-19.00 Third day’s closing session. Summary.