- TypeSymposium
- Location Edinburgh, England, United Kingdom
- Date 21-08-2019
Food Processing
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Our organiser teams have been working alongside our experts, speakers and facilitators to design an evening of sessions to inspire, motivate and explore new ideas. We hope that by connecting our global networks we can learn better from each other.
The evening is a collaboration of our community passion projects and will involve speakers and facilitators from:
- RBS Enable
- The Milk Bar
- Agile Scotland
Event line-up
5:00 - 5:30pm - registration, drinks and snacks
5:30 - 5:40pm - Welcome
5:40 - 5:45pm - Angela Prentner-Smith - An Introduction to the Milk Bar
5:45 - 6:15pm - Joanna Panese (Scottish Autism) - 'Moving towards Neurodiversity in the Workplace - What does the future look like?'
6:15 - 6:45pm - Lesley and Nick Bulbeck - 'The Perfect Team: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Autism'
6:45 - 7:15pm - Tricia Donnelly (The Mungo Foundation) - 'Neurotypical or neurodivergent? There is a place for us all in the workplace!'
7:15 - 7:30pm - Break
7:30 - 7:40pm - Welcome back
7:40 - 7:45pm - Kevin Austin and Jo Ogilvie - An Introduction to Agile Scotland
7:45 - 8:15pm - Douglas Smith (The Royal Bank of Scotland) - 'Raising Awareness and Understanding of Autism, making the bank a 'Great Place to Work' for Autistic Colleagues'
8:15 - 8:45pm - Fiona McAra (The Scottish Government) - 'Researching with Neurodiverse Citizens'
8:45 - 9:15pm - An Interactive Discussion About Neurodiversity at Work
9:15 - 9:30pm - Close
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Category: Community, Local and Community Time: 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm