Speakers

Agnė Jonaitytė-Karalienė

Head of Human Resources & Infrastructure at Swedbank

Ana Damas de Matos

Economist, OECD

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

Head of Migration and Mobility Policies at Instrategies-Think&Do

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

Rugilė Trumpytė

CEO AT LITHUANIAN DIVERSITY CHARTER

Vaida Kaikarienė

Rimi Lithuania Country HR Manager

Yolande Ditewig

Deputy Representative, UNHCR

Programme

9:15–9:50
Registration of participants
10:00–10:15
Opening of the Conference by Erica Jennings
10:15–10:30
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
10:35–12:00
Panel I: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities
Moderator: Adam Long, National LGBT Federation in Ireland
- Colin Ratushniak, Mayor of La Ronge, Canada
- Bart Somers, Mayor of Mechelen, Belgium
- Cecilia Brinck, President of Stockholm City Council, Sweden
- Abdullah Alsabeehg, Vice-mayor of Oslo
12:00–12:45
Coffee and Snack Break
12.45-13:30
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
13:35–14:35
Panel III: The Value and Potential of Migration, Refugee Integration and Diversity
Moderator: Karolis Žibas, UNHCR
- Peo Hansen, Linköping University, Sweden
- Gemma Pinyol-Jiménez, Instrategies-Think&Do
- Yolande Ditewig, UNHCR
14:35–15:00
Coffee Break
15:00–16:00
Panel III: Proud Cities: From Struggle to Success Story. LGBTI Equality as a Pivotal Point for Diversity Mainstreaming
Moderator: Kaspars Zalitis, Deep White, Latvia
- Terry Reintke, member of the European Parliament
- DK Bartley, Moody's