2022 October 6
Diversity & inclusion are more than just buzzwords: it’s a purpose
In recent years, the business world has faced various challenges, but thankfully it has also created leaders who set an extraordinary example of what it means to guide their organizations with a sense of purpose toward a greater good. Aspiring leaders of the future encourage their colleagues to be comfortable with their authentic selves, invest in greater diversity, and put other people’s well-being ahead of their own. The global pandemic and the looming war in Eastern Europe showed that now more than ever, we need purpose-driven, world-changing leaders. In other words, organizations should cultivate a workplace culture based on humanity, empathy, and openness.
At OPEN Conference, we are looking for meaningful ways to achieve that: experience, knowledge, support, and more. What do organizations need to become more inclusive? We curate this year’s OPEN Conference program to cover purpose, curiosity, and empathy in the workplace, and how these values can help foster a more inclusive work environment.
At OPEN Conference we are committed to better understanding today’s challenges and find purpose together through meaningful conversations, roundtable discussions, presentations, workshops, and case studies.
OPEN Conference represents not just a platform for business leaders and decision-makers, but also a possibility to influence local trends, use their voices and inspire other purpose-driven organizations.
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OPEN Spotlight Award 2023
Nominate your story in one of the following categories!
Engine of Change
Stories of people who drove an organization toward greater openness.
Excellence in Belonging
Stories of how creating an open corporate culture contributed to the sense of belonging
We See You Here
Stories of the change that a more realistic representation of people brought to companies and communities
OPEN Conference is more than just another diversity conference
OPEN Conference is organized by WeAreOpen, which was co-founded by Google, espell, and Prezi in Hungary. It is currently a community of over 1,000 companies and organizations. WeAreOpen’s mission is to show millions of people that openness is a value for organizations. We help businesses and employees experience, learn and demonstrate the benefits of inclusion. We do so through building the community of openness-promoting businesses and employees, offering services and insights, and creating campaigns with a coalition of businesses to show to millions that it is worth to be open.
We offer our unique approach as a starting point for others, as we share our network, experience, and expertise in order to create positive change together. We have local, regional and international businesses and organizations we cooperate with to make all of these happen.
Participants
Cross-functional cooperation is essential to build diverse companies.
Thus OPEN Conference is designed for:
CEOs
The business case and helicopter view on diversity as a whole, thought-provoking discussions, peer diversity champions, insights on inclusive leadership, and inspiration for various company functions will await you.
HR Decision Makers
Best practices from the most influential HR professionals, peers from an international audience, eye-opening fireside chats, widely adaptable ideas and insights into how other corporate functions can cooperate towards diversity will await you.
Communications Decision Makers
Thought-provoking fireside chats and powerful media personalities gather to collect insights from. You will have chance to re-shape your messages, act as a drive of cross-functional cooperation, thus increasing employee satisfaction, the effectiveness of employer branding and corporate reputation.
Executive Sponsors of Diversity
The international forum of diversity champions, best practices from diversity advocate global companies covering a wide variety of topics (LGBTQ people, women, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities at the workplace), decision makers from different functions and easily adaptable creative ideas will await you.
Employee Resource Group Members
As the engine of an open corporate culture, you will benefit from understanding how each corporate functions can help you with your mission. Additionally, you will see best practices from diversity champion companies on how they leverage their resource groups to build openness.
NGOs, Academics
OPEN welcomes representatives of NGOs, academics as well as policy makers. If you are unsure about the relevance of the conference for you, do not hesitate to ask our team.
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