Congress on Disability, Employment and the Workplace 2018: programme

09:30

Registration

10:00

Welcome - Chair, Graeme Whippy, MBE

10:10

Inspire - Keynote address by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP

10:25

Inspire - Address by Helga Stevens MEP, Co-Chair, European Parliament Disabilities Intergroup

10:40

Hire – Panel Discussion, led by the Minister for Social Security, Jeane Freeman MSP

Including:

• Shirley Campbell, Director for People, Workplace and Organisational Development, Scottish Water
• Bela Gor, Business Disability Forum
• Craig Stevenson, Braehead Foods
• Tressa Burke, CEO, Glasgow Disability Alliance

11:20

Refreshment Break

11:45

Inspire And Hire: Breakout Session 1

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Grow - Audience Discussion, led by the Minister for Employability and Training, Jamie Hepburn MSP, and facilitated by Graeme Whippy.

14:00

Grow - Breakout Session 2

14:45

Refreshment Break

15:05

Celebrate - Scotland’s Got Talent

16:05

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