The Black Graduate Careers Conference aims to empower and inspire Black undergraduates and recent graduates to make informed decisions about their careers and to consider the wide range of benefits of studying a postgraduate degree.
The event will be broadcast virtually for those who cannot attend in person (please select a virtual ticket when registering)
Event Schedule
09.30 – 10.00: Student Registration
10.00 – 10.15: Welcome: The Provost
10.15 – 11.00: Opening Keynote: Ezechi Britton MBE, CEO Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology
11.00 – 12.00: Workshop: The Importance of Belonging Hosted by Prof. Wayne Mitchell in partnership with colleagues and academics
12.00 – 12.15: Break
12.15 – 13.15: Workshops –
- Entrepreneur’s Panel with Imperial Enterprise Lab
- Is an MSc or PhD for me? With Dr Donald Palmer and Professor Sara Rankin
- Know Your Strengths with Joy Maitland, Business Psychologist and Executive Coach
- Careers in Scientific Publishing with Nature Springer
- Interview Skills with PWC
13.15 – 14.15: Lunch
14.15 – 15.15: Careers Exhibition
15.15 – 16.15: Workshops –
- Entrepreneur’s Panel with Imperial Enterprise Lab
- Is an MSc or PhD for me? With Dr Donald Palmer and Professor Sara Rankin
- Know Your Strengths with Joy Maitland, Business Psychologist and Executive Coach
- Careers in Scientific Publishing with Nature Springer
- Interview Skills with PWC
16.15 – 17.00: Closing Keynote: Kayisha Payne, Black British Professionals in STEM
17.00 – 18.30: Networking Drinks
Speakers
Ezechi Britton MBE is the Co-Founder and former CTO of multi-award-winning financial wellbeing provider Neyber, Co-Founder of Code Untapped the digital skills accelerator, and is currently a Principal and Founding Member of Impact X Capital, a £100m VC fund dedicated to funding underrepresented entrepreneurs. Before Neyber, Ez spent 10 years in Investment Banking Technology.
Kayisha Payne began her Higher Education journey at Aston University where she read Chemical Engineering. She continued her education at Imperial College London, where she received a Masters’ in Advanced Chemical Engineering. She is also the founder of a non-profit organisation named BBSTEM who’s mission is to encourage and support Black individuals in pursuing a successful career in STEM. Through this work she has been recognised by the Financial Times as one of The Top 100 Most Influential BAME leaders in Diversity and Tech (2018), a STEM Rising Star at The Black British Business Awards (2019), Top 50 Women in Engineering by the WES (2021) and others.