Recordings of the Livestream from 2022 EuroPride Belgrade

YOUR EUROPRIDE POWER SESSION ON WORKPLACE INCLUSION AND LGBTIQ BUSINESS!

Official Opening and Message from the Co-founders

Message of the Co-Founders

Ludo Swinnen and Pavel Šubrt, Co-founders of East meets West, introduce the audience to the East meets West World. How did it start? The strategy they follow and their activities, past and future and why they are present on the EuroPride in Belgrade?

• Ludo Swinnen & Pavel Šubrt, Co-founders of East meets West

An East meets West reality check on Serbia

With this event, East meets West is guest in Serbia, a country that made it to top world headlines in the last few weeks. And what about the attitude towards their LGBTIQ community? East meets West is happy as guest in Serbia and wants to give our long-year ally the opportunity to offer you a unique reality check on the LGBTIQ status in her country, the existing situation and their big hopes for the future.

  • Jovanka Todorovic, Advocacy Program Coordinator at Geten, The Center for LGBTIQA People's Rights, Serbia

Diversity and Inclusion, the bigger picture

East meets West invited the German Author and Economist, Jens Schadendorf, to draw the bigger picture, the overall perspective of the Diversity & Inclusion topic. He is the right person to do this, just look at his last published book ‘GaYme Changer' where he offers a unique overview of the rise of LGBTIQ inclusion in global workplaces and beyond. For this one hour key session, we use the format of an interactive Ted type talk, close to a Talk Show! So this mix of a unique view on Diversity & Inclusion and an innovative format will leave no one unaffected! There will of course be ample space for Q&A!

  • Jens Schadendorf, Author and Economist, Germany

How to start? A practical guide for your business and for the people who should drive it

You decide to start your D&I strategy in your business or in the company you work for but how? You might be the trailblazer in your local environment but you are not the first confronted with this challenge. East meets West has invited a number of people who built up D&I in their business and who can share their experiences with you. It’s an active learning session where you will get the building blocks that will allow you to compose your own the journey, the different steps you have to take to reach your goal. No high level onesize-fits-all, but your tailor made plan! Also here we created enough opportunity for an interactive Q&A session.

  • Nikita Baranov, Head of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at MessageBird, Germany

  • Martin Mesenhuber, Co-lead EMBRACE LGBTIQ ERG, Raiffeisen Bank International, Austria

  • Richard Fekete, ERG ERSTE COLOURS, Slovenská sporiteľňa, ERSTE GROUP BANK, Slovakia