Dr. Divya M. Persaud

event organizing & consultation

services

  • Event format design*
  • Event theme and program design*
  • Bespoke code of conduct development*
  • Equity & access measures**
  • Selecting, inviting, and coordinating speakers*
  • Organizing, coordinating, and delegating event committees and volunteers*
  • Website development and social media campaigns*
  • External contract management (e.g., for BSL interpreters, captioning/transcription of pre-recorded materials)**
  • Budget management*
  • Event management on the day*
  • Chairing/convening panels and speaker programs*
  • Moderating**

*including for virtual events

**experience only for virtual events

experience

organizing

Co-organizer and co-convener with Dr. Ellie Armstrong, Space Science in Context 2020, 2020—present (virtual)

  • Full event, format, and program design and architecture (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Managed communications with speakers and attendees (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Organized external contracts for access measures (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Managed speaker and contract budgets and payment
  • Managed pre-recorded contributions from speakers (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Designed unique code of conduct and access guide
  • Managed social media campaign (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Designed website and social media materials
  • Chaired live event (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Relevant media coverage can be found here

Co-organizer and co-convener with Dr. Ellie Armstrong, LGBTQ+ STEM Day Virtual Conference, Pride in STEM, UK, Nov. 2020 (virtual)

  • Event, format, and program design and architecture, under contract, based on in-person event heritage
  • Managed communications with speakers and attendees (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Managed pre-recorded contributions from speakers (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Organized external contracts for access measures (with Dr. Armstrong)
  • Designed unique code of conduct and access guide
  • Co-managed social media campaign
  • Designed website
  • Chaired live event

Outreach lead, Mission to Space, Sutton Scholars Discovery Day, University College London, UK, May 2019

  • Led program design, under contract
  • Organized and coordinated event volunteers
  • Managed budget
  • Co-managed activities, with volunteers and UCL
  • Chaired event

Co-convener, Building Habitable Worlds IV, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, UK, Aug. 2018

  • Co-designed program
  • Co-managed activities
  • Co-chaired event

Outreach lead, Mission to Mars, Sutton Scholars Discovery Day, University College London, UK, Feb. 2018

  • Led program design, under contract
  • Organized and coordinated event volunteers
  • Managed budget
  • Co-managed activities, with volunteers and UCL
  • Chaired event
consulting

Accessibility consultant, UCU, 2022–23 (hybrid)

Accessibility consultant, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2021

Code of Conduct consultant, BSRG Conference, British Sedimentological Research Group, UK, 2020 (virtual)

Access consultant, Division of Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society, 2020

Code of Conduct consultant, CogX, UK, 2020 (virtual)