Zero Project Conference Side Event: Uniting Forces in the Business World for a Shared Future!

Veranstaltungsdatum
05.03.2025, 18:30 - 20:30

What are the biggest challenges for inclusion in the business world? And how do we meet them on a national, regional and international level? What role can disAbility inclusion play?

We will tackle these questions and more on March 5 during our official side event of the Zero Project Conference 2025 on Inclusive Employment and ICT on the 20th floor of the UNIQA Tower. For this, we are delighted to be welcoming renowned guests from international organizations and the Zero Project Conference as well as international representatives from politics and business to share insights, promote synergies and network.

myAbility special: Participants of our side event will also receive a free ticket to the Zero Project Conference 2025! First come first served, limited spots.

International Perspectives an Business Insights

For this event, we have preparied a varied program of fireside chats, an interview and a high-level panel. Among the confirmed speakers are:

  • René Knapp – Member of the Management Board Human Resources & Brand, UNIQA Insurance Group AG
  • Alvaro Alonso – General Manager Eastern Europe, Beiersdorf
  • Diane Lightfoot – CEO, Business Disability Forum UK
  • Susan Scott Parker – Founder, Scott-Parker International and business disability international
  • Caroline Casey – President, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB); Founder, The Valuable 500
  • Jürgen Menze – Work and Disability Expert & Global Business and Disability Network Manager, International Labour Organization
  • Anna Herzog – Solutions Lead and ESG reporting expert, myAbility

Event Overview

  • When? March 5, 2025 6.30 PM - 8.30 PM
  • Where? 20th floor of the UNIQA Tower, Untere Donaustrasse 21, 1020 Vienna, Austria
  • Language: English
  • Structure
    • fireside chats with representatives from international organizations who shed light on their personal journeys and experiences,
    • an interview with exciting myAbility news on the international level,
    • an insightful panel discussion with high-level business leaders who will be sharing their thoughts and hands-on experience.

Event Focus: International and Business Perspectives on Current Trends related to DE&I

In the last years, inclusion and diversity has seen both considerable progress and the emergence of major challenges – namely economic times of crisis and recession, the rapid development of artificial intelligence and DE&I backsliding among major international players.

During this event, we will dig deeper and not only look at inclusion and diversity through a lens of intersectionality and internationality, but also at what we can learn from emerging diversity counter-movements and trends. As this event will be taking place on the sidelines of the Zero Conference and just before International Women’s Day (March 8), we will be discussing different aspects of diversity and how our differences unite us and make us stronger.

We are convinced: DisAbility inclusion can serve as a connector and harbors transformative powers that can help us shape our future together.

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