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Past, Present, Pride — the annual Pride Business Forum conference

06/06/2025 | 09:00

Hilton Praha (Pobřežní 311/1, 186 00, Praha 8-Rohanský ostrov)

Join us for the 15th Pride Business Forum conference, featuring this year’s theme, Past, Present, Pride. It’s a chance to share ideas, find solutions to the challenges LGBTQ+ people face in the workplace, and promote positive change.

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Even though some claim that diversity and inclusion are to blame for plane crashes, data and research show that diversity actually improves the success of companies and organizations.

Even though some urge businesses to abandon diversity and inclusion, we have over 100 member companies and organizations that care about it.

For 15 years, we’ve been sharing reliable and useful information about diversity and inclusion—through our work and our annual conference.

This year’s theme, Past, Present, Pride, reflects that we will explore the developments of the past 15 years, map the current situation, and consider strategies for the future.

Experts from academia and business will focus their presentations and workshops on the skills the LGBTQ+ movement offers to the broader society — how to drive change, withstand attacks, and have the courage to be yourself while supporting others.

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More details about the program and speakers will be shared in the spring.

Event Details

Marie-Anne Valfort

Senior economist, OECD

Marie-Anne Valfort is a senior economist in the Social Policy and International Migration Divisions within the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. 

She leads the OECD’s work on LGBTIQ+ inclusion which addresses three main topics: (1) the life situation of LGBTIQ+ individuals (and the economic returns of improving it); (2) whether laws and policies critical to foster LGBTIQ+ inclusion are in place; and (3) the monitoring and impact evaluation of member countries’ strategies to achieve LGBTIQ+ equality, to ensure they engage in actions that are fully effective. 

She is also co-leading the OECD’s work on the inclusion of racial/ethnic minorities. Prior to joining the OECD, she was a Professor at the Paris School of Economics. She holds a PhD in Economics from Ecole Polytechnique and a Master of Science in Management from HEC.

Date: 06/06/2025

Start time: 09:00

End time: 18:00

Venue: Hilton Praha (Pobřežní 311/1, 186 00, Praha 8-Rohanský ostrov)