Events

Sep, 4 2:00 PM CEST
Startup Pitch Stage
Startup Pitch Contest

Presentation of Finalists from the Cohort 2

Meet the six startup finalists of the GIOF Startup Pitch Contest.


Speakers
Flavia Richardson ‎Vice President of Early Stage Practice at Silicon Valley Bank (Jury)
Pete Horsley Founder at Remarkable Technology Accelerator (Jury)
Nathalie Crosbie Director of AI Strategy at BMO Financial Group (Jury)
Anna Krys Organizer at Global Inclusion Online Forum
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Sep, 4 3:00 PM CEST
Stage 1
Panel Discussion

Achieving Global Inclusion at the HQ Level Through Local Empowerment

  • How to enhance engagement, performance, and innovation in more inclusive and diverse work environments
  • How to engage leaders as champions and advocates, hardwiring inclusion via rituals and policies
  • How to establish a business model that creates equitable opportunity for employees
Speakers
Nina Goswami Creative Diversity Lead and Journalist at BBC
Jim Rottman former Chief Diversity Officer at Roche Pharma, CEO of Inclusion Equation
Margot Slattery Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Sodexo Ireland
Ashlea Elliott CEO at Ashlea Elliott Consulting, Founder at Peace Is Possible, Champions Council at Nothing But Nets UN Foundation campaign
Jürgen F. Menze Disability Inclusion Officer at International Labour Organization
Sarah Liu Founder and Managing Director at The Dream Collective
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Sep, 4 3:00 PM CEST
Startup Pitch Stage
Startup Pitch Contest

Presentation of Finalists from the Cohort 3

Meet the seven startup finalists of the GIOF Startup Pitch Contest.


Speakers
Flavia Richardson ‎Vice President of Early Stage Practice at Silicon Valley Bank (Jury)
Pete Horsley Founder at Remarkable Technology Accelerator (Jury)
Nathalie Crosbie Director of AI Strategy at BMO Financial Group (Jury)
Anna Krys Organizer at Global Inclusion Online Forum
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Sep, 4 4:00 PM CEST
Stage 2
Panel Discussion

How to Disrupt Racial, Disability, and Gender Bias and Make Culture a Competitive Advantage?

  • How to design a training meant to shift inclusion both internally and for customers
  • How to enable critical outcomes and drive positive change within the matrixed business through diversity and inclusion
  • How to use training as a foundation to disrupt everyday biases
Speakers
Gail Tolstoi-Miller CEO: Staffing, Diversity, Inclusion & Unconscious Bias Strategist at Consultnetworx
José Velasco Chief Program Manager & Autism at Work Program Ambassador at SAP
Lenora Billings-Harris CEO and Diversity Strategist at Ubuntu Global
Kirsten Mitchell Inclusion & Diversity Leader, Amazon Web Services Cryptography and Safety Engineering Organization
Delfina Daglio Diversity & Inclusion Partner at IBM
Albert E. Smith Jr. Corporate Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Chemonics International
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Sep, 4 5:00 PM CEST
Startup Pitch Stage
Startup Pitch Contest

Startup Pitch Competition Award Ceremony

The jurors and our organizing team will be announicing the winners and runners-ups of the Pitch Contest.


Speakers
Flavia Richardson ‎Vice President of Early Stage Practice at Silicon Valley Bank (Jury)
Pete Horsley Founder at Remarkable Technology Accelerator (Jury)
Nathalie Crosbie Director of AI Strategy at BMO Financial Group (Jury)
Anna Krys Organizer at Global Inclusion Online Forum
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Sep, 4 5:00 PM CEST
Stage 1
Keynote

Fighting for Equity in Sports and Business

Speakers
Danielle Brown Double Paralympic Champion in Archery, Diversity & Inclusion Leader
Kostiantyn Gridin Organizer at Global Inclusion Online Forum
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Sep, 4 5:20 PM CEST
Stage 1
Keynote

Accepting Differences to Build a New Level of Corporate Culture

Speakers
Nathan Basha Social Entrepreneur at NB
Kostiantyn Gridin Organizer at Global Inclusion Online Forum
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Sep, 4 5:40 PM CEST
Stage 1
Sep, 4 6:20 PM CEST
Stage 1
Keynote

A CEO Guide for Delivering and Measuring Inclusion Success

Speakers
Steve Bilt CEO of Smile BrandsSmiles for Everyone Foundation
Kostiantyn Gridin Organizer at Global Inclusion Online Forum
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Sep, 4 7:00 PM CEST
Stage 1
Keynote

#BlackLivesMatter: lessons for government and business

Speakers
Natalie Holder Federal Law Enforcement Agency
Kostiantyn Gridin Organizer at Global Inclusion Online Forum
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