For the first time, the National Association of Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN) and the LGBT+ Network of Networks in Higher Education (LGBT+ NoN) are collaborating closely together, with support from the The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, to proudly present a joint one-day national conference on the theme of intersectionality of disability, sexuality and gender identity and other identities.

Plenary Session 2: Keynote Speech by Dr Fiona A Kumari Campbell.

Event List. 

• Dr Hamied Haroon (Chair, NADSN): “Welcome!” 
• Rex Knight (Vice Provost (Operations) & Disability Champion, UCL): “Welcome from UCL!” 
• Patrick Johnson (Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, The University of Manchester): “Charter Marks in HE – where is disability?” 
• Jane Cordell and Hormoz Ahmadzadeh (Directors, Result CIC): “Equality and quality: discovering, becoming and being fully yourself” 
• Nicole Brown (Lecturer & Academic Head of Learning and Teaching, UCL Institute of Education): “How accessible is academia?” 
• Dr Christine Rivers (Lead for Equality and Health Inequalities Team, NHS England), Sue Bott CBE (Deputy CEO, Disability Rights UK) and Vikki Albarraque (Chair, Lived Experience Network, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust): “Sustaining Effective Disabled Staff Networks” 
• Debate on “the value of a charter mark or standard for disability equality” – Moderator: Mike Higgins (ED&I Manager, UCL), Proponent: Diane Lightfoot (CEO, Business Disability Forum), Opponent: Dr Tim Levine (Friend of Enable, UCL) 
• 15:30   KEYNOTE SPEECH:  Professor Anna Lawson (Professor of Law & Director, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds): “Equality and Inclusion for Disabled People after Brexit: Taking Stock and Looking Forward”