Birmingham City University & IBA® Global Leadership Conference

The Road to Resilience in a COVID-19 World

Wednesday 8th September 2021
10:30am – 12:00pm

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, Birmingham, B4 7XR


Thank you to everyone who joined us in person at the Bradshaw Hall, The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. We really hope you enjoyed the conference.

If you were unable to attend, a recording of the event is available on our YouTube channel .

Click on the image below to watch a summary 90 second video of the Birmingham City University IBA® GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: The road to resilience in a Covid-19 world

Birmingham City University, IBA® Global Leadership Conference 2021: the Road to Resilience in a COVID-19 World

Conference Summary

Under 2 minutes

Introduction

Professor Peter Francis

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic)

Birmingham City University

Keynote Speaker

Rt Hon Jonathan Ashworth MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Host

Professor Adam Crizzle

Birmingham City University

Full Conference Video

Over 70 minutes

Performance

Zac Peachey, flute

Katharine Lam, piano

IBA® GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: The road to resilience in a Covid-19 world

Join us in person to find out more about moving forward in this changed new world with confidence and hope.

Discover how to build healthier, productive relationships with others in order to bring positive change to your life and the lives of those around you.  Learn about a novel framework and practical toolkits which can help to improve your confidence and resilience, enabling you to cope better in challenging and stressful situations, now and into the future.

Listen to knowledgeable and inspirational speakers, hear real life stories about how lives have been changed for the better, as voiced by our students, and engage with our panel of experts as they discuss the challenges faced by many of us today.

Introduced By

Professor Peter Francis
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) at Birmingham City University

Keynote Speaker

Rt Hon Jonathan Ashworth MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Panellists

Shouzhen
Cheng

Professor
Paul Coulter

Professor
Louise Toner

Dr Adelina
McLeod

Katharine
Lam

Hosted By

Professor Adam Crizzle

The road to resilience in a Covid-19 world

Welcome by Professor Peter Francis, Deputy vice-chancellor (Academic), Professor of Criminology

Keynote Speech by Rt Hon, Johnathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Musicians to Optimise Musical Performance

Introduced by Professor Emeritus Julian Lloyd Webber OBE

Addressing Confidence and Resilience enabling musicians to achieve their best performance

Reflections on a bespoke and innovative IBA® health and wellbeing programme at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
with
Katharine Lam, Senior Lecturer in Piano, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
and
Professor Adam Crizzle, Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences, Birmingham City University

Read the Case Study now available at the Healthy Conservatoires Network

Student Voices

Guanfa Zou
(Jason)

Stephen
Johnson

Zac
Peachey

Fanli
Zeng

Ting
Fan

Ruo
Wang

Patience. T.
Mutavayi

Loraine
Mahachi

Xizi
Zhang

Lishan
Huang

Tian
Xiaofei

Jun
Chen

Beitao
Gong

Xiaoqin
Zhang

Mengfen
Zhao

Nikki
Roberts

Li
Fu

Conference Programme

10.30am

Introduction by

Professor Peter Francis

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) at Birmingham City University

10.40am

Keynote Speech by

Rt Hon Jonathan Ashworth MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

10.45am to 11.55am

Prior to the conference, panellists will have watched student videos which describe

  • What the students learnt from attending the Birmingham City University MSc Module, Understanding and managing behaviours of self, teams and organisations

  • How they have applied this in the wider world

  • The difference this knowledge has made to improving their confidence and resilience levels, especially dealing with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

Panellists online:

Professor Shouzhen Cheng (China)

Dr Adelina McLeod (UK)

Panellists on stage at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire:

Professor Paul Coulter

Professor Louise Toner

Katharine Lam

Host on stage at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire:

Professor Adam Crizzle

During the conference we will be drawing together student experiences using the expertise and wide-ranging knowledge of the panellists, to discuss the following topics:

1. Leadership and Organisational Culture

2. Enhancing Health & Wellbeing

3. Confidence, Resilience and Empowerment in our personal lives and the workplace

11.55am

Performance of Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin, for Flute & Piano

By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. G. Braunstein)

Zac Peachey flute

Katharine Lam piano

12:00noon

Thanks and Close