Birmingham City University is proud to present
STEM to STEAM 2023 Healthcare Conference
Enhancing Mental Health and Workplace Culture
Wednesday 7 June 2023
12.45pm – 6.30pm
2023 Keynote Speaker
Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College London, a fellow and member of council of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, and president-elect of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine. Immediate past-president of the British Medical Association and UK Medical Women’s Federation, and past-president of the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Conference Overview
2023 Conference Summary
Benefits to Delegates
In this fully accredited CPD event, discover how an innovative MSc module at Birmingham City University has had a positive impact for health care professionals. By entwining the IBA® Holistic framework with content from a health and wellbeing programme at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, exploring how to perform at one’s best under pressure, participants have reported:
- Enhanced leadership and collaborate skills
- Improved health & wellbeing
- Higher levels of confidence and resilience levels
Delegates will hear from a wide variety of expert panellists from healthcare, education and business. The panellists will discuss whether this is now the time to think differently in the way leadership provision is offered and consider drawing upon more of the STEM to STEAM learning principles to support a healthcare culture more aligned to the principles that guide the NHS in all that it does.
The panellists of the 2023 STEM to STEAM conference will consider what is missing in the current NHS leadership provision. They will dig deep into the reports over the last 15 years to understand:
- Why the NHS has failed to build an organisational culture that is aligned with the seven key principles which guide the NHS in all it does.
- How proven practical solutions can be implemented cost effectively to support the recommendations in the 2022 report by General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard
2023 Panellists
2023 Performers
2023 Conference dedicated to the memory of Dan Ibekwe
This conference is dedicated to the memory of Dan Ibekwe.
Dan was born into a large Nigerian family on 8th December 1957 and passed away in 2023. Growing up in Onitsha in Nigeria, he had big plans and dreams as a young man. His father was a Supreme Court judge and inspired in him a love of the law and justice.
As a young man Dan set off on an adventure and travelled to England. It was a brave and bold move to make, coming thousands of miles to a totally different country with a very different culture.
Seventies Britain was not a forward-thinking time and witnessing injustice and racism fuelled a passion in Dan to bring about change. That remained stirring within him, while he moved forward with his life.
For the majority of his life, Dan focused on his calling, to take action to unite communities. He worked for many years with the Police Commission. He held numerous responsible positions advocating for justice and championing equality. He was completely dedicated to this work and his achievements included being chairperson for Brighton Racial Harassment Forum, serving on the Sussex Police Independent Advisory Group as well as holding the position of Vice Chair on the Ethnic Minorities Council. He also established the Brighton & Hove Race Project which he setup after he witnessed injustice in his role as a layperson for employment tribunals for many years.
Who Should Attend
Venue
Birmingham City University, Curzon Building, 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham B4 7BD
The Curzon Building — a state-of-the-art addition to our City Centre Campus — is home to our Business, English, Law and Social Sciences students.
Directions
Who Should Attend
Highlights of 2022 conference
2022 Keynote Speech
Emeritus Professor Julian Lloyd Webber OBE, cellist, conductor, broadcaster and former principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2022 Keynote Speech
Professor Neena Modi FMedSci, Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College London, a fellow and member of council of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, and president-elect of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine. Immediate past-president of the British Medical Association and UK Medical Women’s Federation, and past-president of the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
2022 audience feedback
It’s opened my eyes to what the Arts brings to the world. Had never really thought about it before…”
It has helped me to understand the importance of self-understanding and how this can help to improve health and wellbeing. Thank you.”
We both found it wonderful right from the start. As people said on the day, it was stimulating and made us happy to be there. To have such positive results in such diverse areas, all the panellists were articulate and inspirational. It certainly has evoked a lot of constructive conversation and reflections.”
The highlight of the conference for us was the roundtable discussions from a diverse point of view on poor leadership performances that foster a culture of waste and hatred. Even though the conference was about knowing oneself to lead, I believe all the speakers are either searching for a change in their processes toward leadership…”
…it was a fabulous day and everything resonated so strongly with me…”
…I learned a lot and it was great to hear from people such as Katharine Lam and of course Julian Lloyd Webber.”
…the day was inspirational and I can see now how Birmingham City University will be able to transform the future of NHS leadership to benefit the nation…”
Best conference I’ve ever attended…”