Speakers
OLE TERJE HORPESTAD
Ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Vilnius
DK Bartley
Global D&I lead at Moody's
Vladimir Simonko
CEO at LGL
Adam Long
Board member at the National LGBT Federation in Ireland
Erica Jennings
Singer, songwriter, social activist
Agnė Jonaitytė-Karalienė
Head of Human Resources & Infrastructure at Swedbank
Cecilia Brinck
Chairwoman of Stockholm City Council
Colin Ratushniak
La Ronge Mayor
Donatas Paulauskas
Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Well-being at Ignitis Group
Gemma Pinyol-Jiménez
Expert for Intercultural Cities programme of the Council of Europe
Jessica Stern
U.S. Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
Jurgita Kuprytė
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO AT SOPA
Karolis Žibas
INTEGRATION OFFICER AT UNHCR REPRESENTATION FOR THE NORDIC AND BALTIC COUNTRIES
Marius Zelenius
Head of Communication at Lithuanian airports
Marriane Borgen
Mayor of Oslo
Peo Hansen
Professor of Political Science, Linköping University
Remigijus Šimašius
Vilnius City Mayor
Vaida Kaikarienė
Rimi Lithuania Country HR Manager
Yolande Ditewig
DEPUTY REPRESENTATIVE, UNHCR REPRESENTATION FOR THE NORDIC AND BALTIC COUNTRIES
Rugilė Trumpytė
CEO AT LITHUANIAN DIVERSITY CHARTER
Programme
Registration and coffee
Opening of the Conference with Erica Jennings
Welcome speeches:
- Remigijus Šimašius, Vilnius City Mayor
- Ole Terje Horpestad, Ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Vilnius
- Rugile Trumpyte, Lithuanian Diversity Charter and Vladimir Simonko, LGL
Panel I: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities
Moderator: Adam Long, National LGBT Federation in Ireland
- Colin Ratushniak, Mayor of La Ronge, Canada
- Cecilia Brink, President of Stockholm City Council, Sweden
- Marianne Borgen, Mayor of Oslo, Norway
- Remigijus Šimašius, Vilnius City mayor, Lithuania
- Jessica Stern, U.S. special envoy to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons
Coffee and Snack Break
Welcome back and musical performance with Erica Jennings
Panel II: How to achieve sustainable impact in organisations? (Language - Lithuanian)
Moderator: Rugilė Trumpytė, Lithuanian Diversity Charter
- Donatas Paulauskas, Ignitis Group
- Vaida Kaikarienė, RIMI Lietuva
- Marius Zelenius, Lithuanian airports
- Agnė Jonaitytė - Karalienė, Swedbank Lithuania
- Jurgita Kuprytė, SOPA
Panel III: The Value and Potential of Migration, Refugee Integration and Diversity
Moderator: Karolis Žibas, UNHCR
- Peo Hansen, Linköping University, Sweden
- Gemma Pinyol-Jiménez, The Council of Europe
- Yolande Ditewig, UNHCR
Coffee Break
Panel III: Proud Cities: From Struggle to Success Story. LGBTI Equality as a Pivotal Point for Diversity Mainstreaming
Moderator: Kaspars Zalitis, Deep White, Latvia
- DK Bartley, Moody's
- Inge Alexander Gjestvang, FRI association
- David Catterall DL, representative of Greater Manchester
- Henk Nijmeijer, Drenthe Regional Parliament
Closing the conference
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