It is with great pleasure that we invite you on FRIDAY 19 APRIL 2024, at 10.15 a.m. at the Bloomberg headquarters – Milan, to the workshop “LGBTQIA+ inclusion and sustainable development. The Italian, European and US framework” during which the new economic report “Relationship between LGBTQIA+ inclusion and local economic development. The Italian and European framework”, created by EDGE with the Tortuga Think Tank, to investigate the correlations between the development of the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and the economic growth of the territories.
The event will be held in English.
Join the eventIf you are interested, please write to info@edge-glbt.it
Agenda
10.15 a.m. | Welcome Coffee
at 11.00 a.m. | First panel – duration 40”
Inclusion and sustainable development. The Italian picture
- Moderated by TOMMASO EBHARDT, Bureau chief Bloomberg NewsMilano
• Introductory greeting LUCIA URCIUOLI, President of EDGE
• Presentation of the Report DAMIANO TERZIOTTI, Executive Director EDGE
• EMANUELE VERATTI, Partner, Bain & Company and EMEA Pride@Bain Chairperson
• AARON PUGLIESI, Head of Business Development & Strategy Implementation, American Chamber of Commerce in Italy
To follow | Second panel – duration 50″
The inclusion of LGBTQIA+ companies in the business world in Europe and the United States
• Moderated by CHIARA ALBANESE, Bureau chief Bloomberg News Rome
• Keynote speech IRENE TINAGLI, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Roundtable | Speakers:
• PAVEL SUBRT, President of EGLCC
• JUSTIN NELSON, President and Co-founder of NGLCC
• GIUSEPPE MORA, Head of Global Supply Diversity Program, Barilla
• CAROLINE CHUNG, Consul for Commercial Affairs, American Consulate General
The presentation of the new economic report prepared by EDGE and Tortuga also offers the opportunity to promote the activities carried out by EDGE, EGLCC and NGLCC, in Italy, Europe and the United States, in support and advocacy of LGBTQIA+ small and medium-sized enterprises to help them establish themselves in the business world, facilitating them in their relationships with large multinationals that provide Supply Diversity programs or that pay great attention to purchasing and the Supply Chain to reserve concrete opportunities for suppliers who are an expression of social minorities. Finally, it is an opportunity to present the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding and Collaboration between NGLCC and EDGE and between NGLCC and EGLCC.