2024 Agenda

Salesforce Welcome Drinks

We warmly invite EUROUT attendees to a drinks and networking reception, hosted by Salesforce.


Sponsored by:

Location:

London Business School
Ratcliffe Building Dining Room
1-26 Sussex Place
London NW1 4SA

Time
7:00 pm
9:00 pm

Breakfast

Time
9:00 am
-
10:00 am

Breakfast will be held in the Dining Room at Sussex Place. After you've had a bite to eat, head on over to North Building to register before we get started!

Max Buck (He/Him)

Opening Remarks from our Co-presidents Max Buck & Meg Mathile

Time
10:00 am
-
10:05 am

Join us for opening remarks from our OiB/EUROUT Co-presidents as they welcome you to an exciting weekend of EUROUT 2024.

Nichi Hodgson (She/Her)

Journalist and Broadcaster

Panel 1: Biases against Bi+ People

Time
10:05 am
-
10:50 am

Bi+ identities (bisexuality, pansexuality, fluid identities) still face erasure not only from wider society, but within the LGBTQ+ community itself. What are the unique challenges facing the bi+ community and how can we better uplift them?

Hosted by Nichi Hodgson (She/Her)

Break

Time
10:50 am
-
11:05 am

Bobbi Pickard (She/Her)

Trans in the City

Spotlight 1: Being Trans in the City

Time
11:05 am
-
11:20 am

Bobbi Pickard shares her inspirational story behind Trans in the City, the world's largest organisation for trans and non-binary people in business.

Amy Flikerski (She/Her)

Managing Director and Head of External Portfolio Management
CPP Investments

Panel 2: Coming Out at Work

Time
11:20 am
-
12:05 pm

Entering a workplace comes with an added level of complexity for LGBTQ+ people – the issue of coming out. Come and listen to real stories of coming out in the workplace, learn what are the best practices companies can uphold, and understand how we can be as supportive as possible.

Hosted by Thalita Marinho.

Lunch

Time
12:05 pm
-
1:00 pm

Entertainment Break

Time
1:00 pm
-
1:15 pm

TBC

Dame Julia Hoggett (She/Her)

London Stock Exchange Group

Keynote: BCG Presents in Conversation with Dame Julia Hoggett

Time
1:15 pm
-
2:00 pm

Join us for a conversation with Dame Julia Hoggett, CEO of London Stock Exchange Group, hosted by Christin Owings, Managing Director and Partner at BCG.

Fireside Chat

Time
2:00 pm
-
2:30 pm

Alberto Padilla Rivera (He/Him)

Senior Vice President
Insight Partners

In Conversation with Christie Smith

Time
2:30 pm
-
2:45 pm

Break

Time
2:45 pm
-
3:00 pm

Workshop 1: Inclusion Toolkit for Future Leaders

Time
3:00 pm
-
4:30 pm

Workplace safety and employee wellbeing depend on best practices and policies. Join LGBT Great to learn the 101 toolkit for inclusion of LGBTQ+ employees, including trans* inclusion policies, and ally ship support.

Hosted by Matt Cameron & Shreyas Dutta.

Workshop 2: Public Speaking and Media Interviews

Time
3:00 pm
-
4:30 pm

Learn how to devise key messages, deliver them succinctly, and remain clear and calm in front of a camera. Hosted by Ethan Spibey, founder of InterComms LGBT.

Workshop 3: Attracting & Retaining Gen Z Talent

Time
3:00 pm
-
4:30 pm

Gen Z enters the job market with a unique set of expectations, prioritizing authenticity, inclusivity, and alignment with personal values. This workshop offers essential insights into what Gen Z LGBTQ+ talent seeks in potential employers. You’ll learn how to position your organisation as a top choice, from the early stages of attraction and interviewing to the critical processes of onboarding and retention.

Workshop 4: Bupa - LGBTQ+ IVF

Time
3:00 pm
-
4:30 pm

Bain & Co. Sponsored Drinks Reception

Time
4:30 pm
-
5:30 pm

Join us back in the North Building for a drinks reception hosted by one of our Diamond Sponsors.

Sponsored by:

Career Fair & Networking

Time
5:00 pm
-
7:00 pm

Meet with our amazing EUROUT sponsors and connect with recruiters in person at their Career Fair booths. This is a great opportunity to engage with several great companies across various industries. This event will be hosted in Nuffield Hall. We will also concurrently host networking and coffee chats.

BCG x EUROUT Drinks Reception

Time
7:45 pm
-
9:45 pm

In-person drinks reception and networking event, hosted by our lead sponsor BCG at their London office.

Sponsored by:

Location:

The Boston Consulting Group
80 Charlotte Street
London W1T 4DF

Brunch

Time
10:00 am
-
11:00 am

Opening Remarks: Board Members

Time
11:00 am
-
11:05 am

Join our esteemed Board members as they welcome you to Day 2 of EUROUT 2024.

Birgit Neu (She/Her)

Nexus

Panel 3: DEI Backsliding

Time
11:05 am
-
11:50 am

Around the world, an increase in anti-DEI sentiment is impacting how companies and wider society are approaching DEI activity. The rise in LGBTQ+ hate in particular has created a more precarious global climate for the community. Where do we go from here?

Hosted by Birgit Neu.

Rupert Whitaker OBE (He/Him)

Co-founder
Terrence Higgins Trust

Keynote: The Untold Story of Terrence Higgins: a conversation with Dr Rupert Whitaker OBE

Time
11:50 am
-
12:35 pm

Lunch

Time
12:35 pm
-
1:30 pm

Barry T Whyte (He/Him)

Co-Founder
General Purpose Training

Workshop 1: So You Think You Know ChatGPT?

Time
1:30 pm
-
3:00 pm

Many of us are only scratching the surface of what ChatGPT can do for us. Join Barry Whyte, from General Purpose AI, to learn how you can become even more productive and efficient by unlocking the secrets of ChatGPT.

Workshop 2:

Time
1:30 pm
-
3:00 pm

The topic for Workshop 2 will be announced closer to our conference.

Workshop 3: Starting an ERG from Scratch

Time
1:30 pm
-
3:00 pm

Entertainment Break

Time
3:00 pm
-
3:15 pm

Join us for an entertainment break back in Nuffield Hall.

Baronness Lynne Featherstone (She/Her)

Spotlight 2: The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage, and How I made it Happen

Time
3:15 pm
-
3:30 pm

Baroness Lynne Featherstone is a former businesswoman and former Minister in the coalition government. Baroness Featherstone is revered as the architect of the same-sex marriage bill in the UK.

Spotlight 3

Time
3:30 pm
-
3:45 pm

Our speaker and topic for Spotlight 3 will be announced closer to our conference.

Connor Minney (He/Him)

Founder
Gayns.co

Panel 4: LGBTQ+ in Sport

Time
3:45 pm
-
4:30 pm

LGBTQ+ people are highly under-represented in sports, both in sports and sports management. In sport, the path to inclusion faces unique challenges, and we have a long way to go to overcome them. What can we do to make real change happen in sports?

Closing Remarks: EUROUT Organising Team SVPs

Time
4:30 pm
-
4:45 pm

Join the EUROUT Organising Team's Senior Vice Presidents as they give you a heartfelt thanks for attending EUROUT 2024 to close out the conference portion of the weekend.

Strategy& Ball

Time
6:30 pm
-
12:00 am

Mesmerise your senses by immersing yourself in an enchanting evening of iconic queer entertainment, a delicious 3-course menu and refreshments, and new connections.

Sponsored by: Strategy&

Location: London's Historic Guildhall