We are delighted to have Sue Flohr MBE from the British Dyslexia Association, Tory Sparks from Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity and Liz Horobin from Pattos along with Arran Smith founder of the Dyslexia Show who will be hosting the event. We will be asking our three colleagues what is dyslexia like today for them from their point of view and their organisations point of view, and understanding how dyslexia comes across and how working together across the sectors we can support the 6. 7 million people in the UK that have some severity dyslexia.

Our dyslexia education keynote brings together 3 amazing speakers that include Beccie Hawes from Cadmus Inclusive, Judy Hornigold, International speaker and Professor Julia Carroll from Coventry University.  We will be discussing with our three guests their views on education and dyslexia how it affects students and teachers in the classroom we will be looking at Primary, Secondary and Further Education. This session will be presented and hosted by Arran Smith founder of the Dyslexia Show. This will be a unique session on understanding how dyslexia is perceived within the education sector.

Dyslexia is not just in education it’s all around us and we are extremely excited to have three speakers from business Darren Clarke from The Global Dyslexia Group, Rossi Stone, Dekko comics and Kelly Monday From Microsoft. They will be talking about understanding what it’s like to be dyslexic in the workplace and in different environments and what’s really important. They will be looking at the differences between small and large organisations and looking at the benefits that dyslexia can give to an organisation when we harness their strengths. This session will be presented and hosted by our very own Arran Smith founder of the Dyslexia Show, we’re looking forward to an amazing evening.

Dyslexia affects us all and we know that young people must deal with this everyday but also their parents have to fight to support their children and their lives. We are delighted to have three amazing speakers that work within the field of young people including John Hicks Parenting and Neurodiversity Coach and founder of Parenting for Dyslexia, Katrina Cochrane Katrina who is an experienced dyslexia specialist and set up her own company Positive Dyslexia Ltd, Hayley Mason Senior Solicitor at SEN Legal and hosted by Arran Smith founder of the Dyslexia Show. We will have a unique opportunity to discuss with all panel on how parents can support their children at home and at school and going through the challenges of dyslexia.