LGBTQ+ Inclusion Matters Summit
Difference. The only thing we all have in common.
Wednesday 8 June 2022
10:25 to 15:45 (GMT+1)
Welcome to our LGBTQ+ Inclusion Matters Summit, proudly supported by Japan Airlines. We will be in dialogue with global leaders, change-makers, and allies who share their stories, experiences, and perspectives on how we can build more inclusive, equitable, and safer spaces for our LGBTQ+ siblings.
Our mission as Equality Leaders is to make DE&I your everyday, to drive sustainable and impactful change designed to create thriving futures for our businesses and communities. We exist to accelerate learning journeys, craft spaces for bold and inclusive conversations, and provide the resources and tools to innovate equitable outcomes
Programme
Times in GMT+1
10:25 - 10:30
Opening Remarks
Minaxi Mistry
Founder &
Chief Executive Officer
Equality Leaders
10:30 - 11:30
Connecting Communities: Pride & Rainbow Capitalism
Areas of discussion:
– How do we move beyond mere mission statements to partner with LGBTQ+ communities and enable impactful change?
– How do organisations step away from ‘pink washing’ to effectively champion those voices so often marginalised by the mainstream movement?
– What is the role of allyship and how do leaders step up to build inclusive cultures?
Dylan Shimmon
Learning Experience Designer
Equality Leaders
Geffrye Parsons
Chief Empathy Officer
The Inclusion Imperative
Gurchaten Sandhu
Non-Discrimination
& Equal Pay Officer
International Labour Org
Kevin Humphreys
Assistant Project Info Mgr & Prism Europe Lead
Jacobs
Narishige Kato
HR Strategy Director
Japan Airlines
Saski
Trans, Gender Diverse , Awareness Trainer
11:30 - 11:45
Networking Break
11:45 - 12:15
My Story: In conversation with Raga D'silva
Raga D’silva shares her deeply personal coming out story, taking her chance at the age of 50 to shed her fears and live her truth. As the host of several online shows, including Coming Out Stories from India, Raga is a TEDx speaker and an established voice within the LGBTQ+ community. She invites empathy and compassion with her storytelling, and challenges each of us to live braver wholehearted lives.
Dylan Shimmon
Learning Experience Designer
Equality Leaders
Raga D'Silva
Co-Founder
Author & TEDx Speaker
Speaking Minds
12:15 - 13:15
Blurring boundaries and dismantling binaries
Areas of discussion:
– How do we navigate gender and identity in inclusive ways?
– How can organisations address the wellbeing needs of LGBTQ+ employees?
– How do we ensure our policy and practice are inclusive and challenge a heteronormative gender-conforming binary status quo?
David Pearson
Inclusion Expert
Jyoti Sehdev
DE&I Lead
Costain Group PLC
Nicholas Jennings
Head of Community Development
Contentive
Pips Bunce
Director
Investment Banking Technology
Credit Suisse
13:15 - 13:30
Networking Break
13:30 - 14:15
Our Story: Celebrating our Family's Journey
Anastasia and her family share with us their story, speaking to the ways in which their support of her as a transgender woman made all the difference. Many trans children attempt to articulate their identity to parents who do not or cannot support them and instead seek to suppress their identity through denial, punishment and shame. By contrast, Anastasia’s family embraced their responsibility to provide her with a supportive and loving environment.
Minaxi Mistry
Anastasia Shah
Bhagwat Shah
Rishi Shah
14:15 - 14:30
Networking Break
14:30 - 15:30
Representation Matters: The LGBTQ+ Leaders Making Waves
– How do we improve LGBTQ+ representation in meaningful ways?
– What is the unique power of role models and their impact?
– How are LGBTQ+ leaders dismantling the status quo to do things differently?
Dylan Shimmon
Learning Experience Designer
Equality Leaders
Deepti Sawal
DE&I Champion
Prism Employee Network
Jacobs
Maylis Djikalou
Programme Director
WE CREATE SPACE
Melanie Woolfenden
Senior Consultant
Inoapps
Simon Johnson
Chief Executive
Tennis Wales
15:30 - 15:45
Closing Remarks & Thank You
Minaxi Mistry
Founder &
Chief Executive Officer
Equality Leaders
20+ speakers
20+ world-class speakers across multiple business functions
5 panel sessions
Includes storytelling, sharing of lived experiences, and bringing perspectives to the forefront to drive positive engagement
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250+ global executives
Over 250 global executives attending, across geographies, sectors and across business functions
Crossing continents
Speaker line up spanning across UK, Europe, Asia
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