Dr. Divya M. Persaud

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Expertise

  • 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

Organizing

Co-organizer and co-convener, LGBTQ+ STEM Day Virtual Conference, Pride in STEM, Nov. 2020.

Co-organizer and co-convener with Dr. Ellie Armstrong, Space Science in Context 2020, May 2020. Virtual, funded through the UCL Researcher-led Initiative Award.

Outreach lead, Mission to Space, Sutton Scholars Discovery Day, UCL, May 2019.

Co-convener, Building Habitable Worlds IV, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Aug. 2018.

Outreach lead, Mission to Mars, Sutton Scholars Discovery Day, UCL, Feb. 2018.

Consulting

Code of Conduct consultant, BSRG Conference, British Sedimentological Research Group, 2020

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

Code of Conduct consultant, CogX, 2020