The audience listening in at our Annual Conference 2025.
Last week, our Annual Conference (sponsored by Microlink and hosted by EBRD) brought together leaders, practitioners and policymakers to explore whether disability inclusion truly is “business as usual.”
Read our recap blog: ow.ly/AGqA50Wfwsm
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2 women sitting on stage at an event. The woman on the right is holding notes and listening to the woman on the right, who is speaking.
Delegates networking at an event. They are sitting in chair by floor-to-ceiling windows.
5 speakers sitting on stage during an event. Above them is a blue screen with their names and the event details on it. A BSL interpreter is sitting on the right of the group.
Audience members listening in and taking notes during an event.
Looking back on our Annual Conference 'Disability inclusion: Business as usual?', which took place yesterday. Thank you to our sponsor Microlink, our host EBRD, our sign language interpretation provider Sorenson UK and all our speakers and delegates!
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Delegates networking at an event. They stand or sit in a very bright space with floor-to-ceiling windows showing a view of London.
Our Annual Conference is now over! A huge thank you to our sponsor Microlink, our host EBRD, our sign language interpretation provider Sorenson UK and everyone who attended in-person or online.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #AnnualConference2025 #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilitySmart
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference branded card for the session ‘Stepping Up – Leadership in today’s challenging world’. The top of the card is on a blue background, with the title at the top and the photos and names of the speakers in circles: Diane Lightfoot, Business Disability Forum; John McCalla-Leacy, KPMG International; Katy Talikowska, Valuable 500; Mark Hodgkinson, Scope; Bela Gor, Business Disability Forum (Chair). Below this, on a white background, are the event details: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. Sponsored by Microlink’ (logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right is the graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Our last #AnnualConference2025 session focuses on leadership in challenging times. How can disability inclusion leaders stay resilient and ensure disabled people remain at the heart of what they do?
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #DisabilityInclusion #Leadership
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference branded card for the session ‘Pursuing the Purple Pound’. The top of the card is on a blue background, with the title at the top and the photos and names of the speakers in circles: AJ Nanayakkara, LEGO Group; Georgina Colman, Purpl Discounts; Kathryn Townsend, Nationwide Building Society; Rebecca Hitchings, Boots UK & ROI (Chair). Below this, on a white background, are the event details: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. Sponsored by Microlink’ (logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right is the graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Our next #AnnualConference2025 speakers have all chosen to differentiate their brand by seeking out disabled customers. They tell us about the challenges and the lessons learned.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #DisabledCustomers #PurplePound
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference branded card for the session ‘Disability Smart Showcase’. The top of the card is on a blue background, with the title at the top and the photos and names of the speakers in circles: Caroline Bristow, Cambridge School Classics; Debbie Gorman, EBRD; Esra Fanoscu, EBRD; Sally Chalk, Signapse; Lucy Ruck, Business Disability Forum (Chair). Below this, on a white background, are the event details: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. Sponsored by Microlink’ (logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right is the graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Time for some disability inclusion stories! The next panel session at our #AnnualConference2025 brings you success stories from businesses like yours.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #AnnualConference2025 #DisabilityInclusion
Annual Conference delegates networking in the break area. They are talking in small groups and having drinks.
Annual Conference delegates, we are now taking a lunch break. See you at 1:35 pm BST!
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Business Disability Forum Annual Conference card for the session ‘Business as usual – keeping Britain working with Sir Charlie Mayfield’. At the top, against blue, the name and photo of the Chair. Below, against white: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. 'Sponsored by Microlink’(logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right, graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Joining our CEO Diane Lightfoot on the stage of our #AnnualConference2025 is Charlie Mayfield, Lead Reviewer of the #KeepBritainWorking Independent Review. They will discuss how to support disabled people into work.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #DisabledWorkers
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference branded card for the session ‘What works? Making disability inclusion easy'. The top of the card is on a blue background, with the title at the top and the photos and names of the speakers in circles: Chantel Emery, Business Disability Forum; Dr Nasser Siabi OBE, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd; Fiona Daniel, FD2i; Natalie Leister, Business Disability Forum (Chair). Below this, on a white background, are the event details: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. Sponsored by Microlink’ (logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right is the graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Next at our #AnnualConference2025 is a session all about best practice advice, with our panel addressing the questions most frequently asked of our Advice Service.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #DisabilityInclusion
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference branded card for the session. At the top, on a blue background, the photos of the speakers in circles and their names. Below, on a white background, the event details: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. Sponsored by Microlink’ (logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right, the graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Our first session of the day focuses on the upcoming new regulations that will affect disabled people and employers. Your speakers are Bela Gor, our Director of Legal and Content and Angela Matthews, our Director of Public Policy and Research.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #AnnualConference2025
We look forward to hearing from you @mscbristow.bsky.social!
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Business Disability Forum Annual Conference speaker card for Diane Lightfoot. At the top on a blue background, her photo in a circle with her name and job title. Below, on a white background, the event details: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. Sponsored by Microlink’ (logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right is the graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Here to deliver a keynote address at our #AnnualConference2025 is Diane Lightfoot, our CEO. She will ask: where are we with disability inclusion?
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Delighted to be speaking at the @businessdisability.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 about the new edition of the CLC which won the Innovative Product category of the 2025 Disability Smart Awards.
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Business Disability Forum Annual Conference speaker card for Lucy Ruck. At the top, on a blue background, her photo in a circle with her name and job title. Below, on a white background, the event details: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. Sponsored by Microlink’ (logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right is the graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference speaker card for Nasser Siabi. At the top, on a blue background, his photo in a circle with his name and job title. Below, on a white background, the event details: ‘Annual Conference – Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London. Sponsored by Microlink’ (logo), ‘Co-hosted by EBRD’ (logo). On the bottom right is the graphic of a shop front with a sign hanging above the door that reads ‘open’.
Welcome to everyone joining our #AnnualConference2025 in-person or online!
We kick off with a short welcome message from @lucyruck.bsky.social, our Taskforce Manager and event Chair, followed by a sponsor address from Dr Nasser Siabi OBE, Chief Executive of Microlink.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual
An empty auditorium, photographed from the top row. Technicians are standing to the right of the shot, getting ready. At the bottom is the stage, with a screen with the conference graphic and details on it.
Our #AnnualConference2025 ‘Disability inclusion: business as usual?’ will begin at 10 am. Welcome to everyone joining us!
A huge thank you to our sponsor Microlink, our host EBRD and our sign language interpretation provider Sorenson UK.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #DisabilityInclusion
It's not too late to register for our hybrid #AnnualConference2025 next week! (This event is for our membership only.)
19 June, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm BST in-person and online. Register free: ow.ly/eMlz50W49Cg
#BDFBusinessAsUsual
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference 'Disability Inclusion: Business as usual?', Thursday 19 June 2025 online and in person at EBRD, London. Conference session: 'Disability Smart Showcase’. Speakers (their photos in circles): Caroline Bristow, Cambridge School Classics; Debbie Gorman, EBRD; Esra Fanoscu, EBRD; Sally Chalk, Signapse; Lucy Ruck, Business Disability Forum (Chair). Sponsored by Microlink (logo), co-hosted by EBRD (logo). On the lower right corner is the event graphic: the icon of a shop front with a sign hanging above it that reads 'open'.
Be inspired into action by the real-life disability inclusion stories of the 'Disability Smart Showcase' at our #AnnualConference. 19 June, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm BST in London and online.
Membership only. Register free: ow.ly/eb7Q50W4bTo
#BDFBusinessAsUsual
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference 'Disability Inclusion: Business as usual?', Thursday 19 June 2025 online and in person at EBRD, London. Conference session: 'Pursuing the Purple Pound’. Speakers (their photos in circles): AJ Nanayakkara, LEGO Group; Georgina Colman, Purpl Discounts; Kathryn Townsend, Nationwide Building Society; Rebecca Hitchings, Boots UK & ROI (Chair). Sponsored by Microlink (logo), co-hosted by EBRD (logo). On the lower right corner is the event graphic: the icon of a shop front with a sign hanging above it that reads 'open'.
Hear from businesses that cater to disabled customers at our #AnnualConference. Why did they choose to do so and what have they learned?
19 June, online and in-person. Open to our membership only. Registration is free.
ow.ly/I6Ts50W2s4H
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #DisabledCustomers
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference 'Disability Inclusion: Business as usual?', Thursday 19 June 2025 online and in person at EBRD, London. Conference session: 'Stepping Up - Leadership in today's challenging world'. Speakers (their photos in circles): Diane Lightfoot, Business Disability Forum; John McCalla-Leacy, KPMG International; Katy Talikowska, Valuable 500; Mark Hodgkinson, Scope; and Bela Gor, Business Disability Forum (Chair). Sponsored by Microlink (logo), co-hosted by EBRD (logo). On the lower right corner is the event graphic: the icon of a shop front with a sign hanging above it that reads 'open'.
How can DEI leaders step up in today's challenging world? #DisabilityInclusion leaders discuss how they stay resilient at our hybrid #AnnualConference, sponsored by Microlink.
Open to our membership only. Registration is free.
Register: ow.ly/Uo2c50W0EC3
#BDFBusinessAsUsual
Conference session 'What works? Making disability inclusion easy'. Speakers (their photos in circles): Chantel Emery, Business Disability Forum; Dr Nasser Siabi OBE, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd; Fiona Daniel, FD2i; Natalie Leister, Business Disability Forum (Chair). 'Business Disability Forum Annual Conference. Disability inclusion: Business as usual? Thursday 19 June 2025 online and in person at EBRD, London. Business Disability Forum logo. Sponsored by Microlink (logo), co-hosted by EBRD (logo). Event graphic: the icon of a shop front with a sign hanging above it that reads 'open'.
Our #AnnualConference session 'What works? Making disability inclusion easy' will give you pragmatic advice based on the most frequently asked questions of our Advice Service.
Register for the Conference on 19 June (free, Members and Partners only): ow.ly/tK4050VZV95
#BDFBusinessAsUsual
Business Disability Forum Annual Conference 'Disability inclusion: Business as usual?'. Thursday 19 June online and in-person at EBRD, London. Session: 'Rules and regulations - soon to be business as usual?' Speakers: Angela Matthews (photo), Business Disability Forum and Bela Gor (photo), Business Disability Forum (session chair). Sponsored by Microlink (logo), hosted by EBRD (logo). Conference graphic: the icon of a shop front with a sign hanging above it that reads 'open'.
Join our Director of Legal and Content and our Director of Public Policy and Research at our #AnnualConference to discuss upcoming rules and regulations that will affect disabled people and employers.
Members and Partners only. Registration is free: ow.ly/wlLu50VXRBW
#BDFBusinessAsUsual
Annual Conference 2025 branded card, with the Business Disability Forum logo on the upper left corner. On the right is the graphic of a shop front with an 'open' sign hanging above it and the text: 'co-hosted by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development' (logo). On the left are the event details: 'Thursday 19 June 2025. Online and in-person at EBRD, London'.
The sessions of our hybrid #AnnualConference 'Disability inclusion: Business as usual?' are now live!
This event is for our membership only. Registration is free in-person and online.
Find out more and register: ow.ly/iwy750VSpYu
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