Diversity Events

Our diversity events provide practical advice and industry best practices from senior executives at leading companies. Events have drawn more than 600 attendees from more than 100 companies. For more on DiversityInc's upcoming diversity conferences, click here or contact Carolynn Johnson at cjohnson@DiversityInc.com.

• Ward Connerly’s Comments at the March 2011 DiversityInc Conference
  

  Are we ready for a so-called "colorblind society"? Anti-affirmative-action activist Ward Connerly wants to ban the use of race- and gender-based affirmative action in college admissions and hiring. DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti leads a panel of civil-rights experts and lawyers refuting him at our March event.Read More

• PwC Chairman Bob Moritz Makes Diversity Personal
  

  Bob Moritz shares a personal story of being "a minority" and advice for taking advantage of rich pools of talents from multiple countries. Read More

• Advice for Finding the Best and Brightest Talent
  

  For companies to have the competitive edge, recruiting and retaining the best talent is the clearest path to business success, said a panel of chief diversity officers during DiversityInc's learning event in Washington, D.C.Read More

• Speak Effectively to Diversity in Your Own Voice (VIDEO)
  

  A company's senior leaders set the tone for principles of equity, fairness and inclusion, and their commitment must be visible and personal, said John M. Robinson, chief diversity officer at the U.S. Department of State.Read More

• The Global 21st-Century Workforce and the U.S. (VIDEO)
  

  Dr. David Finegold, dean of Rutgers University's School of Management and Labor Relations, highlights the power shift in favor of China and India that is driving the new global high-skill, low-wage workforce at our November 2010 learning event.Read More

• Succession Planning: Moving Diversity to the Top
  

  The most important ingredient for a successful succession plan is the attitude of leadership, according to a panel of distinguished diversity leaders who spoke at DiversityInc's learning event in Washington, D.C.Read More

• How Race & Gender Impact Employee Engagement
  

  Dr. James R. Jones, an associate professor at the University of Nebraska, tells a DiversityInc audience at our two-day learning event that engaging and retaining racially and ethnically diverse employees is key to cultivating a climate of "belongingness and connectedness."Read More

• How IBM Holds People Accountable for Diversity Results
  

  IBM's Ron Glover told a DiversityInc audience at our Washington, D.C., learning event that the business case for diversity has to be directly connected and deeply embedded into a company's business objectives, all the way from the enterprise level to the ground floor.Read More

• 3 Strategies to Recruit and Retain the Best Talent
  

  For companies to have the competitive edge, recruiting and retaining the best talent is the clearest path to business success, said a panel of chief diversity officers during DiversityInc's learning event in Washington, D.C.Read More

• The 21st-Century Workforce: China, India and Implications for the U.S.
  

  At DiversityInc's two-day learning event, Dr. David Finegold, dean of Rutgers University's School of Management and Labor Relations, highlights the power shift in favor of China and India that is driving the new global high-skill, low-wage workforce.Read More