Susan SCOTT-PARKER

Founder

BDI - Business Disability International

United Kingdom

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About me

Susan founded the first business disability network, now BDF UK and Business Disability International, and is Strategic Advisor to the ILO Global Business & Disability Network – which recently launched their new business Self-Assessment, acknowledging her contribution as Strategist and Content Architect.

In 2003 Susan coined the concept and terminology of ‘Disability Confidence’ now heard worldwide – enabling business to position disability equality as an ethical and economic imperative.

She now advises the Government of Canada’s Disability Inclusion Business Council, Valuable 500, Purple Space & its  #Positively Purple movement and The Zero Project.

My organisation

BDI - Business Disability International

Our strength stems from our ability to combine decades of deep-subject experience with an extensive global network and the collective learning of global corporations and disabled opinion formers.

Together, these enable us to deliver strategic and operational solutions that make a measurable difference to business and disabled people.

Our Chief Executive, Susan Scott-Parker OBE, has over 30 years of experience working with business on disability, both internationally as Founder and Chief Executive of business disability international (bdi) and previously as Founder and Chief Executive of the UK based Business Disability Forum (BDF).

As a renowned global expert and thought-leader, with formal roles advising the Essl Foundation, Workfocus Australia, the province of British Columbia, the UN Global Compact and many others organisations, Susan is the authoritative voice on disability as it affects global business.

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Speaker sessions (3)

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

11:00 - 11:20

Talent Pipelines. Making It Easier for Employers to Say “YES”

Format:Live streamTrack:Location: Fireside Chat - First floor
  • English captions | International Sign

12:00 - 13:30

Forum on Artificial Intelligence and disability inclusion

Format:Live streamTrack:Location: M2
  • Assistive technologies
  • ICT innovations
  • English captions | International Sign
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In this Forum, exciting new AI-based solutions will be presented, as well as methods discussed, which seek to ensure that disability inclusion in reflected in AI development.

Friday, 23 February 2024

11:00 - 11:20

Bringing disabled talent into Talent Pipelines for meaningful jobs and careers

Format:Live streamTrack:Location: Fireside Chat - First floor
  • English captions | International Sign