8:30-9:15 Registration & warming up: coffee and tea to start the day
9:25-9:30 Opening remarks by the organizers: Melinda Miklos, WeAreOpen, CEO
9:30-10:10 Diversity Keynote: Confessions of a Diversity Leader
by Jonathan McBride, Global Head of Inclusion & Diversity, BlackRock
10:10-10:40 Leadership Keynote: Corporate leadership beyond classic corporate roles: How an executive's engagement changed the climate of a corporate culture and could set an example for others.
by Benny Higgins, Chief Executive of Tesco Bank, Group Strategy Director for Tesco PLC, Member of the Tesco Executive Committee
10:40-11:20 Panel: Why did CEOs go to Pride?
- Alexandre Froment-Curtil CEO of Vodafone Hungary;
- Edina Heal Google Country Director;
- Kevin A. Murray CEO for Central-Europe and Country Head for Hungary; Member of the Board of Directors, WeAreOpen
- Melanie Seymour, Head of BlackRock Budapest
- Richard Jacobs, EMEA President, Eaton
Moderator: Csaba Faix, co-founder of Prompt Media communications agency, former PR manager for Prezi
11:20-11:35 Break (coffee, tea, snacks) - Immerse yourself in the work of contemporary artists with OPEN pop-up exhibition!
11:35-12:35 Debate: What do companies have to work for, freedom of speech or safe spaces?
- Jonathan McBride, Global Head of Inclusion & Diversity, BlackRock;
- Chuck Stephens, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, EMEA, Google;
- Maria Bogdan, Media Theorist
- Csaba Pleh, Cognitive Psychologist, Linguist; Distinguished Visiting Professor at Central European University, fellow to Stanford, and Collegium de Lyon
Questions from Miklos Ban, WeAreOpen co-founder and Board Member, espell CEO
12:35-13:00 What a Paralympian and top business consultant learned about disability inclusion.
by Claire Harvey, Paralympian; CEO of Diversity Role Models; former Senior Consultant on Inclusive Leadership at KPMG
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Marketing Keynote: Creating ads that support diversity is both a market decision and a moral urge.
by Malgorzata Rokita, Marketing Director, Brands Operations Central Europe, P&G; P&G Polska Board Member
14:30-15:00 The visible Stranger - Roma inclusion and modern racism
by Maria Bogdan, Media Theorist
15:00-15:25 "Why out? Why now?"
by Reinhard Nissl, Director of HR Management, Central and Eastern Europe, Microsoft
15:25-15:45 Break (coffee, tea, snacks) - Immerse yourself in the work of contemporary artists with OPEN pop-up exhibition!
15:45-16:10 A woman leader's route: Crossing the borders between Western and Central Europe
by Melanie Seier Larsen, Principal, The Boston Consulting Group
16:10-16:40 'Engineering' diversity: what a diversity leader learned from trying measure the unmeasurable
by Chuck Stephens, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, EMEA, Google
16:40-17:05 Diversity Matters II - The introduction of McKinsey & Company's latest report
by Eleonora Bacso, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
17:05-17:40 Improvisational actors on stage - Forum theatre
by Grund Theatre
17:40-19:00 Networking