Let’s talk about how diversity and inclusion policies are changing in U.S. companies and how these changes affect their global offices. We’ll also discuss what this means for LGBTQ+ employees and workplace equality.
The webinar will look at the shifting landscape of LGBTQ+ support by U.S. companies, including recent trends and potential changes following the elections. This evolving context not only impacts the United States but also holds significant implications for Europe and European businesses.
Our distinguished panel of experts includes Věra Jourová, former Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, Fabrice Houdart, the co-founder of KOPPA, and Charlie Rounds, the global impact creator at Alturi.org, along with our chairman Czeslaw Walek. They will share their insights in an interactive and conversational session, providing a platform to explore these important changes and their global impact in depth.
The event is organized by the Pride Business Forum andthe European Pride Business Network.
LANGUAGE: English
Event Details
Fabrice Houdart
Co-Founder, Koppa – The LGBTI+ Economic Power Lab
Fabrice Houdart is a human rights and corporate social responsibility specialist with 20 years of experience at the World Bank and the United Nations. He is the Executive Director of the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors and an advisor to Fortune 500 through my consulting firm.
Věra Jourová
Czech politician and lawyer
Věra Jourová has been the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency since 1 December 2019 and previously served as the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality from 2014 to 2019. She served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies between 2013 and 2014 and as the Czech Minister for Regional Development in 2014.
In 2019, the Time magazine ranked Jourová in its list of 100 most influential people of the year, citing her role in the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation and new privacy rights as European Commissioner. In 2024 she won the Woman in Power category at the Women of Europe awards.
Charlie Rounds
Executive Director, TRANS-IT FOUNDATION
Charlie Rounds is an experienced executive in the intersection of business and human rights, a specialist in LGBTQ+ global economic development issues, and has extensive international experience in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
Czeslaw Walek Chairman of the Board of Directors, Pride Business Forum
Czeslaw graduated from the Law Faculties of Jagiellonian and Central European universities. He worked in both the government sector and the non-government sector. As the Czech Deputy Minister for Human Rights, he was responsible for creating, adopting, and implementing domestic policies on human rights protection. Between 2011 - 2022 Czeslaw chaired Prague Pride, the leading organization focusing on LGBT+ rights in the Czech Republic. Until 2015 Czeslaw was the managing director of the Prague Pride festival, making it the biggest Pride festival in post-communist countries.
Date: 23/01/2025
Start time: 18:00
End time: 19:00
Venue: Online
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