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Mission Statement

WDLS-EU is a high level European and Global forum of Diversity Thought Leadership. This conference equips participants with the necessary tools and information so that employees are able to manage their working and family lives more efficiently and constructively. This is possible only through a deeper knowledge of social and political concepts and structures and a conscious commitment and inclusive participation.

Main features of WDLS-EU:

  • WDLS brings together international diversity thought leaders and CEOs, policy-makers and other stakeholders to discuss and deal with the challenges in research and the comparative advantages of diversity.
  • WDLS-EU offers a wide forum for the exchange of best practices and for the creation and consolidation of networks amongst enterprises, decision makers and the civil society.
  • WDLS-EU raises awareness on the importance of diversity and inclusion in regional and global policy and decision making, and sheds light on the hidden power of diversity, its challenges, comparative advantages and good practices from different perspectives.
  • Establishes an European and global diversity cooperation network of policy and decision-makers, diversity thought leaders, CEOs, and practitioners.
  • Explores cutting-edge global diversity in research, academics and media and establishes global diversity management as a core academic vocation.

WDLS-EU is powered by AFRA
AFRA- International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives
Pelzgasse 7/1-2, A-1150 Wien
Phone: +43 (0) 1 9660 425
Email: diversitysummit@wdls.eu

WDLS-EU Team

  • Beatrice Achaleke

    WDLS-EU Organiser and Conference Manager President of the Black European Women’s Council... read more
  • Claudia Blaas

    WDLS-EU Assistant Claudia Blaas is currently the Assistant of the World Diversity Leadership Summit... read more
  • David Wögerer

    WDLS-EU Web and Print Designer Head of THESIGNGROUP David Wögerer is the web and print designer of... read more
  • Ernst Michalek

    IT specialist, web designer, IT trainer Ernst Michalek was born 1971 in Vienna and grew up in lower... read more
  • Jana Zapletalová

    WDLS-EU Intern Jana Zapletalová is currently a member of the WDLS-EU organisational Team. Jana has a... read more
  • Margarethe Bitzer

    WDLS-EU Assistant Margarethe Bitzer was born in Vienna in 1969 and has a Croatian/Czech-Hungarian... read more
  • Simon Inou

    WDLS-EU co-organiser Executive Director M-MEDIA Founder of Medien-Messe Migration Simon Inou is... read more
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