Many businesses across the globe have changed the way they work dramatically through 2020 and 2021. As a result of Covid-19, businesses were thrown into making huge decisions, some workers have benefited from greater flexibility and productivity, whereas others have reported stress and disengagement.

Through this conference KICC brings together experts within their field to offer academic insight, leadership and practical advice to help organisations through their decision making regarding the future of their workforce, equipping employees with skills, culture and resources to thrive in a new world of work.

Speakers include; 

• Claire Walker, British Chambers of Commerce – Words of reflection and looking to the future for the business community
• Glen Thomas and Jon Harvey, MHA MacIntyre Hudson – Changes to Tax when it comes to flexible / homeworking
• Lewis O’Callaghan, Apprenticeship Team Leader at MidKent College – Where are we now
• Louise Brenlund, Brachers LLP – Returning to work, Vaccine enforcement, and Flexible work requests
• Michelle Saunders, Rak Dass and Helen Moers, Kent and Medway Healthy Workplace Programme – Healthy Workplace Wellbeing
• Nell Sanders, Head of People at Sleeping Giant Media – Where are we now
• Robert Best, Infotech Solutions – How to protect your business with a remote / hybrid workforce
• Roddy Barrow and John Parkinson, HR GO – Recruitment in a post-Covid world

The event will finish with a ‘Where Are We Now’ Roundtable Discussion, bringing together a panel of experts sharing how they are approaching the future and what they have learnt from previous experience. There will be an opportunity for attendees to also join in this conversation, as they reflect and discuss how to turn adversity into opportunity. 

Panelists include;

• Lewis O’Callaghan, Apprenticeship Team Leader at MidKent College
• Nell Sanders, Head of People at Sleeping Giant Media
• Stagecoach South East

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