Annual Conference 2022
Join us for the ABP’s Annual Conference 2022, where we take stock of the world’s biggest work experiment
As we start to emerge from the pandemic, we have been presented with the ‘Great Reset’ and the ‘Great Resignation’, however we now think it is time for the ‘Great Reflection’.
The last two+ years has been one huge global experiment in relation to where we work, what we do, how we do it and even why we do it. This year’s abp conference provides a space for practitioners, academics and those with curious minds to come together, reflect on the past two years, share what worked, and what did not, in order to generate new learning we can all take forward to develop a thriving post pandemic world of work.
The 4 Topics of Reflection
The ABP’s vision is to be widely recognised as promoting professional excellence and a community of practice in business psychology, with our annual conference being a great way for us and you, as our fantastic ABP community, to enact this vision. Our speakers will talk around four main topics under our Great Reflection theme, which are:
The Health Reflection
How has people’s mental and physical health been impacted by the pandemic, and what has been done to respond to this? Topics could include understanding the neuroscience behind the implications of homeworking, exploring evidence to determine if ‘zoom fatigue’ is real, How do we support and include those suffering with long Covid?
The Employee Reflection
How had the pandemic affected employees? What evidence is there for the great resignation? Have employee’s motivations changed during furlough? How have employees adjusted to remote working – is there a difference based on demographic, industry, tenure etc? Have certain groups been marginalised during and after the pandemic?
The Consumer Reflection
How has consumer behaviour changed during and after the pandemic and what does this mean for businesses? For example, has there been a change in the amount of screen time & media consumption? Are lockdown habits such as having everything delivered to your door here to stay?
The Business Reflection
Sharing of case studies from businesses on what worked and what did not in the pandemic. For example, where remote working was done well and what the ‘new normal’ looks like – is hybrid working viable? Sharing of good practice for recruiting and managing talent during the pandemic.