Agenda

MORNING WEBINAR 10:00 – 12:30 CET

10:00 – WELCOME REMARKS

Jenna Kelly, Senior Conference Producer, Bonhill plc

Adopting an awareness of varying progress in diversity, equity & inclusion across the continent
Tailoring our language and approaches dependent on the context and region – direct approaches vs treading lightly
The last year in news; what have been the landmark events in equality politics from nation to nation?
Where are the hurdles geographically when it comes to gender, race, disability representation, age, and LGBTQ+ representation?

Speaker

Dr. Cristina Aranda, Consultant in Digitalisation and AI, MujeresTech & Spain AI

Our expectations of marginalised voices at the top
How to be a role model & mentor, without taking on sole responsibility for diversity
Creating a company-wide structure which promotes and empowers diverse leadership, and proactively encourages career progression
Providing more support for senior staff from typically underrepresented groups

Speaker

Lisa Spencer, Vice President, Marketing, Irdeto

How and why tech companies with diverse leadership perform better
Do investors believe gender plays a role in access to funding?
Identifying the biggest barriers & challenges underrepresented groups face in getting funding
With such a small percentage of VC funding going to underrepresented founders – what needs to change?

Digital transformation investment should continue post-pandemic, but some organisations have more work to do than others
How can European legacy businesses play catch-up within digital transformation?
Evolving transformation to optimisation: how to digitise internal business
Create growth and profitability from digital transformation projects, learning from global start-ups

Moderator

Ravina Mutha, Co-Founder, Enterprise Bot

Speakers

Susana Delgado, Digital Strategy Director, PagoNxt (a Santander company)

Suzana Curic, Head of Digital Native and ISV business at Amazon Web Services Iberia, AWS

How we use the huge volumes of data we’re collecting will make or break our tech advancements
Collaboration and partnerships will create new opportunities between industries
How advanced data automation and digital adoption has accelerated in every area of work
Future Digital Services reliant on 5G and how these are built on data analytics

Changing the old mentality of ‘win or lose’, and reshaping our attitudes for better performance
Not simply accepting failure, but actively encouraging it and seeking those opportunities for learning
What exactly can we learn from mistakes? And how does that actively translate into positive change?
Where does our obsession with perfection and succeeding come from? And how can we start to unpack that psychologically?

Speaker

Kirsty Sharman, Founder, Referral Factory

12:25 – CLOSING REMARKS

12:30 – LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING

Taking a step back and unpacking where your business is at with diversity & inclusion
The knowledge to establish before jumping into diversity policies
Identifying what policies best suit your company and your people
How to engage the workforce in DEI strategies in a proactive and engaging way

Identifying what you and your employees have found better about your remote working life
Are your internal organisational communications truly inclusive? Is digital better?
The comparison between office working environments and work from home, when it comes to having a voice
How can you keep up the benefits of digital communication when in-person working resumes?

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