Please note that this website is in Dutch. The event will be in English. Therefore, all communication will be in English as well. If the Dutch website causes you any trouble ordering your ticket, feel free to contact Karina Steens via ksteens@human-insight.com.

Leveraging diversity and inclusion are of great importance within any company that wishes to enhance organization, team and individual performance. Our D&I Symposium will provide you with scientific research insights and practical business cases which can be applied to an organizational context to drive performance and overall company culture for good.

Why join the Diversity and Inclusion Symposium?

You will get the opportunity to learn and share knowledge with peers and industry professionals. A lot of organizations are seeing the potential of what diversity and inclusion efforts are doing for their organization. That is why we are hosting the D&I Symposium online with great guest speakers from top business schools as well as practitioners sharing their insights and business cases and having a lot of practical experience.

If you are a D&I advocate, practitioner or driving D&I programs within your organization, then this is a great opportunity to join the Diversity and Inclusion Symposium powered by Human Insight!

Some practical information

The symposium is online and offers you the opportunity to cherry-pick the topics that you want to follow. We offer an array of guest speakers that present their research and business case findings with you during 30 - 45 minute presentations with the option to close off with a 15 minute Q&A to share insights and answer questions. We will provide you with a guest speaker overview and designated time slots with two speakers per hour, The sessions are interactive and the guest speaker will share their findings and practical takeaways.

Date: January 18th 2022

Time zones:

• 18:00-00.00 CET
• 12:00-18.00 EST
• 09:00-15.00 PST

Speakers:

David Lewis, London Business School Topic: leveraging inclusion practices in the workplace

Vandana Saxena Poria, Speaker, Curator, Advisor Topic: building people ecosystems

Scott Hutcheson, Purdue University Topic: working with strategic and cognitive diversity

Tabitha Scott, Southern Growth Studio Topic: business case, how a fortune 500 company unlocked the strategic diversity of team members

Will Samson, Purdue University Topic: interdependence of people, working together to leverage individual talent

Diana Hogbin-Mills, Midsummer Topic: business case, enhancing the quality of interaction within an organization

Hannes Leroy, Associate Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam Topic: walking the tightrope of inclusion versus exclusion in the workplace: ‘A leadership lens’

Sharon Olivier, Ashridge Executive Education at Hult International Business School Topic: intuitive leadership intelligence and its importance for inclusion and diversity

Jo King, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Analyst at Insight Global Topic: practical Diversity & Inclusion initiatives. What topics are companies facing?

Sebastian Hamers, CEO Human Insight Topic: the power of diversity when tackling strategic and complex challenges

Claudia Toma, Professor at Université libre de Bruxelles Topic: psychological impact of diversity and inclusion policies