BBC Academy, Creative Skillset and The TV Collective are teaming up to host an event encouraging 50 black Asian and minority ethnic professionals to get back into the TV business.

Welcome Back will be opened by BBC director of television Danny Cohen on 5 November and will offer panel sessions, hands-on training and one-to-one networking opportunities with talent managers, series and executive producers.

The one-day event will take place at New Broadcasting House and bookings are now open to individuals from a BAME background with at least three years TV experience or three broadcasting credits. Delegates must also have been absent from the industry for over a year.

Endemol’s chief creative officer David Flynn, The One Show executive editor Sandy Smith, SB:TV founder Jamal Edwards and Adil Ray, writer and star of Citizen Khan are among the guest speakers.

Television presenter June Sarpong will deliver a keynote address, while Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor and BBC3 acting channel editor Sam Bickley will host a Meet the Commissioners panel.

Other senior figures from broadcasters and indies will attend to offer advice and guidance about career strategies, the commissioning process and the business of television.

Click to apply for a place at Welcome Back