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SUMMARY:Gender Equality and Diversity Seminar - Covadonga Aldamiz-echevarr
 ia\, Basque Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall
DTSTART:20130530T083000Z
DTEND:20130530T170000Z
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CONTACT:Amanda Barclay
DESCRIPTION:"Promoting Gender Equality and Diversity in Organisations: imp
 ortance and best practices" seminar.  \n\nExperts (see below) on issues su
 ch as: corporate governance and gender equality\, recruitment\, women and 
 senior management roles\, equal pay and the work life balance will come to
 gether to discuss the importance of gender equality and diversity in organ
 izations\, giving examples of good practice.\n\nRegistration is free but p
 laces are limited to 60 participants. To book a place\, please email Covad
 onga Aldamiz-echevarria asap at ca419@cam.ac.uk giving your contact detail
 s and briefly explaining your interest in the seminar.\n\nLunch\, coffee a
 nd drinks will be provided free of charge for those registered and attendi
 ng the whole seminar.\n\nPROGRAMME\n\n9:15 Registration\n\n9:30 Welcome\nC
 ovadonga Aldamiz-echevarría\, Basque Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall. \n\n9
 :40 Corporate governance and gender equality\nSimon Deakin\, Professor of 
 Law at University of Cambridge\n\n10:10 Gender diversity and the role of w
 omen in the workplace \nLynda Gratton\, Professor of Management Practice a
 t London Business School\n\n10:40 Q & Comments \n\n11:00 Coffee‐break\n\
 n11:20 Good practices focused on guaranteeing equality in the recruitment 
 process\nCovadonga Aldamiz-echevarría\, Senior Lecturer at the University
  of the Basque Country and Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge
 \, Centre for Gender Studies.\n\n11.50 Women matter: Increasing the number
  of women in senior management roles\nRenee Paradise\, Associate Principal
  of McKinsey in London \n\n12.20 Meritocracy in a professional organizatio
 n: Veil for gender equality or veil for inequity?\nSavita Kumra\, Senior L
 ecturer of HR at Brunel Business School \n\n12:50 Q & Comments \n\n13:30 L
 unch (Main Dining Hall\; Clare Hall)\n\n14:45 Women’s ‘special contrib
 ution’ at senior levels: Contradictions and ambiguities\nRuth Simpson\, 
 Professor of Management at Brunel Business School \n\n15:15 Diversity in t
 he C-Suite and on boards: the role of the executive search profession\nKri
 sta Walochik\, President and Chief Executive Officer of Norman Broadbent \
 n\n15:45 Gender and work-life balance. Some unexpected effects of the rece
 ssion and austerity cuts\nSusan Lewis\, Professor of Organizational Psycho
 logy at Middlesex University London and Clare Lyonette\, Senior Research F
 ellow at the Institute for Employment Research\, University of Warwick\n\n
 16:30 The gender pay gap \nKaren Mumford\, Professor of Economics at the U
 niversity of York and Chair of the RES Women´s Committee\n\n17.00 Q&C\n\n
 18.00 Closure\n\nEVENT DETAILS: \nAimed at current and future managers and
  those involved with Gender Equality Schemes\nVenue: Richard Eden Suite (W
 est Court) Clare Hall\, Herschel Rood\, Cambridge CB3 9AL\n\nRegistration:
  FREE but limited to 60 participants. To book a place\, email Covadonga Al
 damiz-echevarria at ca419@cam.ac.uk giving your contact details and briefl
 y explaining your interest in the seminar.\n\nLunch\, coffee and drinks wi
 ll be provided free of charge for those registered and attending the whole
  seminar. \n\nConference Summary: \nExperts on issues such as: corporate g
 overnance and gender equality\, recruitment\, women and senior management 
 roles\, equal pay and the work life balance will come together to discuss 
 the importance of gender equality and diversity in organizations\, giving 
 examples of good practices. \nSupported by:\nBasque Government (through th
 e Basque Visiting Fellowship) and Clare Hall.\n\n
LOCATION:Clare Hall Richard Eden Suite
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