Presentations of guest speakers in the Better Together International Forum

The Better Together international forum drew a record number of over 200 participants online and physically in Sofia on September 17th 2021, discussing corporate equality, inclusion and well being of LGBTI employees. The event was part of the Prevent project, co-funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Program of the European Commission. Here are the presentations of all the speakers, who participated.

Corporate Advocacy – Why and How Companies can Engage to Push the LGBTIQ Inclusion Agenda Forward, Jo Labecka (no pronouns), Strategy & Corporate Manager at PROUT AT WORK

Creating New and Interesting Ways to Bring Employees into DEI, Abby Dryer (sheher), Sr Project Manager; Global Technology DEI Champion at Morningstar Inc.

From Benign Neglect to Empowerment The Experience of Being an LGBTI Еmployee within a Multilateral Organization – Steven Farji (hehis), Economist, Finance, Competitiveness & Inno

HOW TO MAKE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES ASWELL AS LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS INTERESTED IN, Lilly Dragoeva

LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Groups from the Scratch, Todor Totev (hehis), Information Developer at Progress

Prevent Tools for the Business, Ellen Delvaux (sheher), researcher at Idewe & Peter Decavele (hehis), Prevention Advisor on psychosocial aspects at Idewe

Side by Side, Vicky Hayden, Stonewall UK

Striving for Authenticity, Ella Slade (theythem), Global LGBT+ Leader at IBM

The Little Unicorn An Adventure Through the Disengagement Dangerzone, Catrin Lewis (sheher), Head of Global Engagement and Internal Communications at Reward Gateway

Vessy Tasheva Let’s talk about Pronouns

Visibility and Advocacy Why Allyship matters Felizitas Lichtenberg (sheher), Global Head of D&I at SumUp