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.
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 - Door opening
13:30 - Welcome by Swiss Diversity and Hans Peter Nehmer - Allianz Suisse
13:40 - Greeting - Rick Slettenhaar, Deputy Ambassador - Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
13:45 - Key Notes
Isa Müller-Wegner, Swisscom
Coca-Cola Switzerland
Orlando Temperli, School of Design Zurich
14:40 - Panel I: Tech - Reimagining Tech: A Gender-Equal Perspective (E)
Women in Tech
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 - Pause
15:55 - Input
Sibel Arslan, National Councillor for the Greens
16:10 - Panel II: Gender Equality - Gender-Specific Funding 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
16:55 - Pause
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 of Zurich - Dr. Milena Wütschert and Dr. phil. Susanne Nef: Wellbeing
18:30 - Flying Dinner
20:00 - Input
21:00 - Bar
22:00 - Open Air Cinema with Court Cinema
Accessibility
The State Museum is barrier-free accessible for wheelchair users. Please leave us a note if you are coming with a wheelchair so that we can prepare ourselves ideally.