Events

Sep, 4 7:30 PM CEST
Stage 1
Keynote

How to Create an Inclusive Culture Valuing People with Visual Impairment

Speakers
Saqib Shaikh Software Engineering Manager, AI for Good at Microsoft
Kostiantyn Gridin Organizer at Global Inclusion Online Forum
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Sep, 4 8:00 PM CEST
Stage 1
Panel Discussion

How to Eliminate Racial, Disability, and Gender Biases in Recruitment and Hiring Practices?

  • How to differentiate the policies that work from the well-intentioned policies that fail to increase workplace diversity
  • How to expand your candidate pool and promote gender and racial equity in the hiring process
  • How to develop and implement an interview rubric designed to mitigate bias
Speakers
James Pogue President and CEO of JP Enterprises
Tanja Sternbauer Co-Founder & Managing Partner of the female factor, Podcast Host of in.sync, Co-Founder of Female Founders Global
Angela Kohama Inclusive Livelihood Policy Lead at Humanity & Inclusion
Todd ''Bowtie'' Jenkins Senior Diversity and Inclusion Lead at J.B. Hunt Transport, Chief Diversity Executive and Consultant at Bowtie Leadership & Development
Celeste R. Warren Vice President, Global Diversity & Inclusion Center of Excellence at Merck
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Sep, 4 9:00 PM CEST
Stage 2
Panel Discussion

Ensuring a Safe and Inclusive Work Environment for LGBT+ Employees

  • How to exercise a wider role of business in driving LGBT+ equity
  • How to create an inclusive culture in relation to gender identity
  • How to take a local LGBT+ strategy and realize it globally
  • How to develop an intersectional approach in your business
  • How to engage with allies, mentors, and LGBT+ networks
Speakers
Cecilia Gentili Principal at Transgender Equity Consulting
Filipe Roloff Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead for Lifetime Customer Experience at SAP and Co-founder & Lead of Pride Connection Brasil
Jennifer Brown Founder & CEO at Jennifer Brown Consulting, Author of Inclusion (2016) and How To Be An Inclusive Leader (2019)
Alvine Trémoulet Inclusion Lead Europe at Pfizer
Michael Bach Founder and CEO of The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
Keri Le Page Inclusion & Diversity Partner at IBM Australia/New Zealand
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Sep, 4 10:00 PM CEST
Stage 1
Panel Discussion

How Can Inclusion Boost Performance and Innovation?

  • How leaders can move away from viewing inclusion as a solely social justice matter and instead make it an integral core value of their business
  • How to enact inclusion to be the company's driving force
  • How to ascertain the employees' heterogeneity of thought
Speakers
Sadé Muhammad Director, Representation & Inclusion Partnerships at Forbes
Michelle Penelope King Gender Equality Expert
Susanna Romantsova Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Leader at IKEA
Margo't Goodson North America Diversity & Inclusion Lead at SAP
Minjon Tholen Chief Inclusion & Strategic Innovation Officer at Amnesty International USA, Co-Founder & Chair of the Board at Inclusion NextWork
Willie Jackson Consultant & Lead Facilitator at ReadySet
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Sep, 4 11:00 PM CEST
Stage 2
Panel Discussion

How to Make the COVID-boosted Financial Inclusion Work for Those Who Need It the Most?

  • What corporations and banks can do to improve the level of financial inclusion in their markets
  • What the fintech industry can offer to help corporations and governments achieve their financial inclusion goals
  • How to make new financial tools reach the most vulnerable and underrepresented groups
Speakers
Ruth Umoh D&I Editor at Forbes
Ren Yi Hooi Founder and CEO pf Lightning Social Ventures Ltd
Jackie Porter Certified Financial Planner at Carte Wealth Management, Owner at Team Jackie Porter
Fabrice Alomo Co-Founder & CEO at EPHER Foundation
Scott Glasgow Founder and CEO at FinMango
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Sep, 8 1:30 PM CEST
Workshop

Building Cultural Competence in Global Teams

Speakers
Theresa Sigillito Hollema Author of Virtual Teams Across Cultures, Senior Partner at NeoSeven Solutions
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