WDLS-EU Diversity Blog
This blog is designed to keep you informed about Diversity related events, thought leaders, cutting edge trends, groundbreaking information and data on diversity and inclusion around the globe.
March 25th, 2011
Friday, 25th March 15.00-16.00 Split-up 3.1: Showcasing diversity best practises in Culture, Sports and Music
Gewerbehaus, Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
Speakers:
• Bernhard Kerres, Director, Wiener Konzerthaus
• Steve Girdler, Director of London 2012 Partnership
Adecco Group UK & Ireland
• Adetoun Kueppers-Adebisi, Head of AFROTAK TV cyberNomads,
Board member of the African Union African Diaspora Committee Germany
Facilitator:
• Claus Pirschner, Journalist, Radio FM4
This Split-up Session will present best practices, challenges and opportunities in leveraging diversity and
inclusion in the culture, sports and entertainment industries of today. What is the definition of talents and
how are talents being identified and promoted in these fields? Are there any barriers? What are the main
opportunities and how are managers dealing with these barriers and developing the opportunities required
to meet the demands of an increasingly global and diverse market?
March 25th, 2011
Friday, 25th March 15.00-16.00 Split-up 3.2: WDLS Awardees Forum Showcasing WDLS “best in class” leadership strategies for the next generation
Erste Bank Building, 6. floor, Großer Sitzungssaal
Speakers:
• Davor Sertic, CEO, UnitCargo; Chairman of the Test Commission for Forwarding Managers
• Helmut Naumann, Head of the Department of Economic Policy,
Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Petra Radeschnig, Consultant and Coach, Jury Coordinator „SozialMarie“
Facilitator:
• Selma Prodanovic, CEO, Brainswork Group; President, IncrediblEurope
This panel is dedicated to diversity award winners and organisations whose task it is to identify, promote
and recognise talents. What kinds of diversity initiatives are being looked for? What is the motivation of the
recognising organisations? How inclusive, diverse and innovative are these initiatives? What is the relationship
between awarders and awardees? How useful are these awards for both awarders and awardees and
how are these awards impacting diversity in business and entrepreneurship today? What futures trends
leading up to 2020 can we anticipate
March 25th, 2011
Friday, 25th March 14.00-15.00 Panel 4: C Suite: CEO and HR Leadership Strategies: predictions and expectations from the future workforce
Gewerbehaus, Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
Speakers:
• Sweet Joy Hachuela, President, The Medici Group
• Nelly Riggenbach Hasler, Director DACH, Universum
• Liselotte Dottolo, Head of Culture & Organization Management
OMV Group, Corporate Human Resources
• Karen Addison, Design & Implementation Director, Center for Creative Leadership
Facilitator:
• Emilie Goller, International Relations, Austrian Red Cross
This panel will be looking at current recruitment and retention strategies of CEOs and HR leaders in today’s
companies. What do CEOs and HR leaders expect from emerging workforces and what do emerging workforces
expect from CEOs and HR leaders? How realistic are these expectations and how are they dealing
with them? What future trends have been identified so far? How diverse and inclusive will tomorrow’s workforce,
be compared to that of today? What comparative opportunities have been identified so far?
March 25th, 2011
Friday, 25th March 12.15-13.00 Keynote 5: The importance of changing demographics in leveraging workforce Diversity and Inclusion
Gewerbehaus, Wilhelm Neusser Saal, ground floor
Keynote speaker:
• Rainer Münz, Head of Research and Development, Erste Group Bank
Introducer:
• Nicole Bäck-Knapp, Managing Director, Ecker & Partner
Immigrants and their children make our societies more diverse. This is not only true for traditional immigration
countries like the USA and Canada, but also for large parts of Europe and the Middle East. For public
administration business and the private sector this is both a challenge and an opportunity. Public and private
employers are hiring from increasingly diverse labour markets and have to manage more heterogeneous
work forces. At the same time the retail business is confronted with a more diverse customer base growing
through migration. This offers plenty of opportunities for additional business. This keynote will take
a global look at recent trends in demographic changes around the globe, while focusing on challenges and
opportunities for the European labour market.
March 25th, 2011
Friday, 25th March 11.00-12.00 Split-up Session 2.2 Leveraging diverse cross-cultural competences in emerging workforces
Erste Bank Building, Großer Sitzungssaal, 6. floor
Speakers:
• Petra Köppel, CEO, Synergy Consult
• Maria Harmer, plattform 10
• Thomas Köllen, Researcher Diversity Management, Vienna and Frankfurt Universities
• Peter Majercik, Head of Market Development, Austria, ICUnet.AG
Facilitator:
• Marijke van Liemt, Consultant and Trainer, SPIDI
This panel will be seeking answers to questions such as: what are cross-cultural competences? How are
they being organised and managed? How are they impacting emerging workforces today? What are the
challenges and opportunities in managing multi-cultural and multi-sex, multi-racial and other emerging
workforces? What are the best practices so far and what feature trends are anticipated for the next 10 years?
