Forum 2024

Swiss Diversity Business Forum

This year we'll be at the National Museum Zurich in collaboration with Allianz Suisse and the Hofkino!

SAVE THE DATE: June 18, 2024

Door Opening: 1 pm
Welcome & Introduction: 1.30 pm
Open Air Cinema: 10 pm

For the first time, the Swiss Diversity Business Forum is taking place as a standalone event. We are looking forward to an afternoon and evening full of unique guests, speeches, keynotes, panels, lots of culture and even more surprises big and small.
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Executive Board members, Board of Directors members, Diversity & Inclusion managers and D&I teams will be offered a productive, practical exchange, best practices will be highlighted and enable participating companies to leverage synergies and scale ideas.

Program:
13:00 - Opening of doors
13:30 - Welcome by Swiss Diversity and Hans Peter Nehmer - Allianz Suisse
13:40 - Welcome address - Rick Slettenhaar, Deputy Ambassador - Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
13:45 - Key Notes
Isa Müller-Wegner, Swisscom
Coca-ColaSwitzerland
Orlando Temperli, Schule für Gestaltung Zürich
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14:40 - Panel I: Tech - Reimagining Tech: A Gender-Equal Perspective (E)
Safia Agueni - Women in Tech, President Women in Tech Switzerland
Carey Sparks - Google Senior Program Manager, Head of GWE
Gregor Kreuzer, CPO & Co-Founder qashqade
Katrin J. Yuan, Board Member | Consultant | Speaker | Lecturer
Sabine Bruckner - Pfizer Switzerland, Country Manager

15:25 - Break
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15:55 - Input
Sibel Arslan, National Councillor Greens
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16:10 - Panel II: Equality - Gender-specific support programs (D)
Dr. Agata Przygoda, Allianz Suisse, Head of Operations, COO
Jason Netos - Takeda, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lead Switzerland
Florian Schick- Merck Schweiz AG - President Merck Switzerland
Alana Gahler - Swiss International Arlines Ltd.-Employee Experience Design

Teaser - Study
Daniela Frau ZHAW, Sonja Michel BKW, Christiane, Bisanzio Swiss Diversity
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16:55 - Break
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17:10 - Workshops
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Sander: Inclusive Leadership
Susanne Ruoff: Overcoming Biases - Unconscious to Conscious (E)
Patrick Schilling, Google Switzerland: (Dis-)Ability - Harnessing the power of DEI
Inclusive Communication: Ferris Bühler Communications
Canton Zurich - Dr. Milena Wütschert and DR. phil. Susanne Nef: Wellbeing
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18:30 - Flying Dinner
20:00 - Input
21:00 - Bar
22:00 - Open air cinema with courtyard cinema

Accessibility
The National Museum is accessible for wheelchair users. Please leave us a note if you are coming in a wheelchair so that we can make the best possible preparations.