| 14:25-15:35 BREAK-OUT SESSION E | ||
| 1 | Business and Diversity | |
| Employing diversity: find and keep | ||
| What do ethnic minorities looks for in an employer? Is there such a thing as a ‘no-go’ sector for ethnic minority jobseekers? How are employers perceived by potential ethnic minority employees? Recent research from the Equal Opportunities Commission will be presented. | ||
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| 2 | Communities | |
| Minority rights or the common good? | ||
| Are the concepts of minority rights and the common good intrinsically antithetical? How do these concepts impact on race relations and integration? Neal Lawson, chair of Compass; Decca Aitkenhead from the Guardian; and Geoff Mulgan, director of the Young Foundation, will discuss these issues. | ||
| 3 | The Law and Integration | |
| The race equality duty: are we setting the bar too high? | ||
| Five years from its establishment, the race equality duty remains an innovative, and often controversial, legal tool to promote race equality and non-discrimination. Chitra Karve, director of equality and diversity at London Probation, will lead a discussion on whether it has made a difference for race equality or not. | ||
| 4 | Arts and Popular Culture | |
| Migration, modernity and the arts | ||
| Migration and change have defined modern society and exerted a great influence on the arts and culture. Mike Philips, cross-cultural curator at Tate Britain, will host a conversation among art historians about how the countless influences, experiences and traditions found in diverse countries have manifested themselves in the arts, including theatre, music and the fine arts. |
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| 5 | Lessons from Around the World | |
| Attitudes to equality: where are new migrants coming from? | ||
| There is little understanding about the experiences of race relations and attitudes to equality that new migrants bring with them. Experts on race relations from four countries with large expatriate communities in the UK will participate: Dr Krystyna Bleszynska, from Warsaw University in Poland; Professor Dipankar Gupta, from Jawaharlal Nehru University in India; Bishop Juan Edghill from Guyana’s Ethnic Relations Commission; and Dr Maria Ines Barbosa from the Special Secretariat for Racial Equality in Brazil. | ||
| 6 | Migration | |
| Race: does history matter? | ||
| The bicentenary of the abolition of slavery next year will give us the chance to reflect on how this period of British history can inform today’s race relations agenda. Tony Tibbles, keeper of the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool; Catherine Hall, professor of history at Queen Mary, University of London will exchange views in a debate moderated by Dave Musgrove, editor of the BBC History Magazine. In partnership with the BBC History Magazine and the History Matters – pass it on campaign. | ||
| 7 | Public Services | |
| A fair cop: tackling institutional racism in the criminal justice system | ||
| Criminal justice exerts a very powerful influence on race relations. A balance needs to be struck between what is necessary for national and local security, and what communities need to sustain and improve race relations. Speakers include Lynne Featherstone MP; James Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative; and Tarique Ghaffur, assistant commissioner at the London Metropolitan Police. Margaret Gilmore, BBC Home Affairs correspondent, will moderate. | ||
| 8 | Hot Topic | |
| Is extremism an inevitable by-product of our age? | ||
| Combating political and religious extremism and re-engaging with disaffected communities, including young people, is crucial for integration and good race relations. What tools can be used to tackle this? Dr. H. A. Hellyer from Warwick University; Nick Knowles from Searchlight; Ben Page from MORI; and Rushanara Ali from the Young Foundation will debate this timely topic. Krishnan Guru-Murthy, from Channel 4 news, will moderate. In partnership with the Young Foundation. | ||
