About this Event
The built environment sector has been making significant progress in raising awareness and understanding the benefits of diversity and inclusion, but how do we move beyond intent and slogans to measurable change?
Cognitively diverse teams enhance innovation, retention, and resilience in ways that resonate with architects, engineers and others across the sector – so how can we embrace neuroinclusion and increase levels of psychological safety in our workplaces?
Neuroinclusive design principles—clarity, predictability, sensory balance, and refuge spaces—also support safe, usable
environments for women and other underrepresented groups. Lighting, sightlines, acoustics, layout, and wayfinding shape
whether people can navigate and participate effectively.
· Do we need to measure inclusion and safety to the same
extent we measure carbon and cost?
· Can we elevate neuroinclusion from aspiration to established practice, embedding it within professional norms?
· Can we move from narrative-driven DEI to evidence-driven inclusion science, focusing on the practical frameworks, diagnostics, and metrics to achieve measurable change?
This debate, in the wake of Neurodiversity Celebration / Awareness Week, asks how neurodiverse thinking can be recognised not as an adjustment, but as a catalyst for innovation and better outcomes.
Chair: Stephen Gill, Consultant & founder of Engineering Differently
Speakers:
Professor Tadj Oreszczyn, Professor of Energy and Environment & Director UCL Energy Institute, University College London
Naomi Glover, Neuro-informed Ltd & Kings Entrepreneurship Institute
Peter Anderson, Chair - Troup Bywaters + Anders LLP
Daisy March, EDI Manager, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Martin Griffiths – Principal Geotechnical Engineer, GHD
Venue: CIBSE, 91-94 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8QP
Time & date: 17.30 for 18.00 – 20.00, 26th March 2026 (in person only)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
CIBSE, 91-94 Saffron Hill, London, United Kingdom
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