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Third annual Diversity & Inclusion Symposium | May 23-24, 2017
Join us at the Student Commons Building at VCU on May 23-24, 2017 for the Third Annual Diversity and Inclusion Symposium co-hosted by Richmond SHRM and VCU.
Thanks to our
2017 Sponsors
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Keynote Speakers
Tiffany Jana
CEO and President
TMI Consulting
Overcoming Bias: Moving Beyond Words & Into Action
Everybody's biased—even nice people like you. We all harbor unconscious assumptions about people who are different from us that get in the way of our good intentions and keep us from working together harmoniously and effectively. So in an increasingly diverse and globalized world, what does respecting difference actually require? And right here in Richmond, Virginia what can we do? In this impactful session, author and acclaimed speaker Tiffany Jana will teach you how to identify your personal points of privilege, make genuine connections with people who aren’t like you, and figure out how to break down social barriers across a spectrum of differences (race, religion, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and more). She will discuss hidden biases and show how they arise from our histories and cloud our perceptions.
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Andres T. Tapia
Senior Client Partner/Solution Lead
Workforce Performance, Inclusion and Diversity Practice
Korn Ferry
The Inclusion Paradox: Why Your Current Diversity Strategy is Not Enough
Dramatically changing demographics are upending politics, marketplaces, workplaces and communities. What do those changes mean for our future? In this thought provoking session, diversity through thought leader Andres Tapia explores the cultural implications of what has been the Obama Era, and what it takes to move into the next generation of diversity work to grow business and attract and retain the best talent. He makes the case that the work of diversity and inclusion has never been more urgent, particularly in an era of polarization around the world, as everything has globalized, and paradoxically, atomized at a massive scale. Yet nations and companies are woefully and dangerously unprepared for this diversity. Because it's one thing to acknowledge the diversity already here, quite another to make the most out of it. Mr. Tapia will offer practical and strategic solutions for how anyone, including business, diversity, human resources and community leaders, can make organizations and the people in them stronger, more productive, and more successful.
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Thought Provoking Breakout Sessions
Afternoon General Session
Ronald Schmitz, Chief Investment Officer, Virginia Retirement System
"Case Study: Why Building a Diverse Investments Team Can Deliver Big Results"
Additional Sessions
» Positioned for Progress: A panel discussion with top local leaders
» Religious and Cultural Inclusion: How to Get it Right
» Police as Partners in an Inclusive Community
» Housing and Recovery the CARITAS Way
» What Successful Companies Know: Diversity Leads to Enhanced Economic Impact
» Enhancing Inclusion through Employee Resource Groups: Lessons and Opportunities
» LGBTQ+: Understanding Where We've Been to See Where We're Going
» Educate the Child, Engage the Family, Empower the Community
» An Unorthodox Approach to Developing Young Professionals
» Success in Education: How Current Students will Shape Future Workplaces
Closing Speaker
Kelley Libby, Producer, NPR - "Unmonumental: Everybody Has a Story"
Sponsorship Information
For more information about sponsorship opportunities for the 2017 Symposium, click here.
Registration Rates
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Regular
After March 31 |
Table of 8 (Preferred reserved seating, company name in program, plus 8 copies of Tiffany Jana's book, "Overcoming Bias") |
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$219 |
$1,500 |
| Public Sector/Non-Profit |
$179 |
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Do you have a question for the panel of local government leaders (Session Title: The view from the top: RVA’s city and county leaders share their vision)? Send it to communityquestions@richmondshrm.org by May 16.
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