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WDLS-EU 2011

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Day 1 March 24th 2011


8:00-9:00am WDLS-EU networking breakfast
8:45-9:00am Press photo shooting
9.00-10.00am Opening remarks
 
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Master of Ceremony Pascal Hildebert Strategest
Mistress of Ceremony Erna Cuesta Media Consult
  Brigitte Jank Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  Beatrice Achaleke WDLS-EU Conference Manager
  Douglas Freeman WDLS Founder/Virtcom Consulting
  Michael Spindelegger Austrian Min. of EU & Inter. Affairs
  Ilona Christl InkuTra - interkulturelle Trainings
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
10.00-10.45am Opening Dialogue 1: Leadership in an increasingly diverse and global workforce
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator Tanya Odom The Future Work Institute
  Andria Younger The Medici Group
  Karen Addison Center for Creative Leadership
  Gundi Wentner Deloitte Austria
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
10.45-11.00am Coffee Break
11.00-12.00pm Panel 1: European and Global CEO Roundtable
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator Robert Ingram Uptown Professional
  Brigitte Wolf Austrian Broadcasting Cooperation
  Hans Jablonski Jablonski Business
  Darlene Smith
Founder of Global Human Capital Strategies
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Virtcom Consulting
  Elizabeth D. MacGillivray Mercer /ORC
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
12:00 -12:45pm Keynote 2: Leveraging Diversity and Leadership in the 21st Century
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Introducing: Pascal Hildebert Strategest
  Cecilia Dahlström Universum
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
12:45 - 1:45pm Lunch
2:00 - 3:00pm Panel 2: Diversity and Business Performance: Strategic Dialogue
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator: Douglas C. Freeman WDLS Founder/Virtcom Consulting
  Bruce Roch Adecco France
  Lois Cooper Adecco North America
  William T. Rolack Adecco North America
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
3:00 - 4:00pm Panel 3: Beyond Race Gender and Skin Colour; how language drives Diversity and Inclusion
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator: Carole Weinstein The Conference Board
  Lisa Loury Lomas Lisa Listens
  Elisabeth Kelan King College
  Matthias Fenkart Equalizent
  Benjamin Reese Jr. Duke University
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
4:00 - 4:15pm Coffee Break
4:15-5:15pm Split-up Session 1
Split-up Session 1.1: D &I in legal frameworks and political decision-making processes
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator: Petra Gregorits PGM Research
  Tamara Chrisler Office of Compliance
  Rosa Brignone EU Parliament
  Sanchia Alasia Newham University Hospital Trust
  Eugen Antalovsky Europaforum Vienna
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
8.floor, Großer Saal
Split-up Session 1.2: Global Diplomats Panel
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator: Wolfgang Renezeder Austrian Federal Ministry of EU and Inter. Affairs
  Eva Nowotny UNESCO Comm. Austria
  William C. Eacho US Ambassador to Austria
  John Barrett Canadian Ambassador
  Simon Smith British Ambassador to Austria
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
5:15 - 5:30pm Feedback from Split-up Session 1
5:30 - 6:30pm Keynote 3: Facing unconscious Bias and mindset
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Introducing: Shams Asadi Deputy Head of the Officer for Occupational Safety and Health
Vienna Anti-Discrimination Office, City of Vienna
  Howard Ross Cook Ross
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
6:30 - 6:45pm Adjourning remarks
6:45 - 7:30pm Bus Transfer to Honours
7:30 - 10:30pm European Diversity Leadership Honours
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Welcome Remarks:  Beatrice Achaleke & Heinz Wollinger  
Moderator: Birgit Fenderl  
Location Modul University Kahlenberg
10:00 - 10:30pm Bus transfer back to town







Day Two: Friday, 25.03.2011

9.00-10.00am Opening remarks
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Master of Ceremony Pascal Hildebert Strategest
Mistress of Ceremony Erna Cuesta Media Consult
  Helmut Naumann Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  Beatrice Achaleke WDLS-EU Conference Manager
  Brigitte Wolf Austrian Broadcasting Cooperation
  Patrice K. Minors Minister of Business Development and Tourism for Bermuda
  Ilona Christl InkuTra - interkulturelle Trainings
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
10:00 - 10:45am Opening Keynote 4: Managing Diversity, Inclusion and multiple Identities
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Introducing Manuel Bräuhofer Brainworker
  Mary-Frances Winters The Winters Group
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
10.45-11.00am Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00pm Split-up 2
Split-up 2.1.: Driven by Diversity Initiatives
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator Christian Baldia Constellation SAS
  Clare Bass Bank of America
  Knut Weltlich Bertelsmann Media
  Sean-Michael Green Marist College
  Antoinette Hamilton l'0real USA
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
Split-up 2.2.: Leveraging diverse cross-cultural competences
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator Marijke van Liemt Spidi Communicating
  Petra Köppel Synergy Consult
  Thomas Köllen University of Economics Vienna
  Peter Majercik ICUnet.AG
  Maria Harmer Plattform 10
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Erste Bank Building, 6. floor, Großer Sitzungssaal
12:00 - 12:15pm Feedback from Split-up Session 2
Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
12:15 - 1:00pm Keynote 5: Changing demographics in leveraging workforce D & I
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Introducing: Nicole Bäck-Knapp Ecker & Partner
Speaker: Rainer Münz Erste Group Bank
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
1:00 - 2:00pm LUNCH
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce - Gewerbehaus WKW Outside Wilhelm Neusser- Saal
2:00 - 3:00pm Panel 4: CEO and HR Leadership Strategies
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator: Emilie Goller Austrian Red Cross
  Sweet Joy Hachuela The Medici Group
  Nelly Riggenbach Hasler Universum
  Liselotte Dottolo Head of Culture & Organization Management
OMV Group, Corporate Human Resources
  Karen Addison Center for Creative Leadership
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
3.00 - 4.00pm Split-up 3
Split-up 3.1.: Culture, sports, entertainment, music
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator: Claus Pirschner Journalist, Radio FM4
  Bernhard Kerres Wiener Konzerthaus
  Steve Girdler Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) Ltd.
  Adetoun Kueppers-Adebisi AFROTAK
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
Split-up 3.2.: WDLS Awardees Panel
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
Facilitator: Selma Prodanovic Brainswork
  Helmut Naumann Vie. Cham. Of Comm. & Industry
  Davor Sertic UnitCargo
  Petra Radeschnig SozialMarie
     
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Erste Bank Building, 6. floor, Großer Sitzungssaal
4:00 - 4:15pm Feedback from Split-up Session 3
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
4.15-4.30pm Closing remarks & practical information
Tasks Speakers Company/Organisation
  Beatrice Achaleke WDLS-EU Conference Manager
Location Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Gewerbehaus
Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
4:30 - 5:00pm Walk to residence of British  Ambassador
Walk to Residence of UK Ambassador to Austria
5:30 - 8:00pm Closing Embassy Reception
Residence of British Embassy
9:00pm - Open End Diversity Clubbing! “Celebrating our diversity”

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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