Western Sydney Summit 08/04
Date: Tuesday, 8 April 2025 (Program schedule below)
Location: Western Sydney University (Parramatta Campus)
ICS is excited to sponsor the upcoming Western Sydney Summit with Pride in Diversity, a key event focused on advancing LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion across Greater Western Sydney. Pride in Diversity is the national peak body focused on LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion, engaging with over 500 organisations who employ over 3.5 million employees around Australia.
The summit is open to all employers and employees β including state and local governments, small business and community employers in Greater Western Sydney. The purpose of the summit is to encourage conversation and create a space for organisations and their teams to consider LGBTQ+ inclusion within diverse workplaces, and with multicultural workforces and customers.
Held at Western Sydney University (Parramatta Campus) on Tuesday 8 April 2025 and chaired by Pride in Diversity and our patron, Chancellor of Western Sydney University and Special Advisor at KPMG, Jennifer Westacott AO, the Summit presents a series of speaker events and an interactive workshop focusing on awareness and effecting cultural change. It will include discussion on critical elements of LGBTQ+ inclusion with the intent of addressing questions about these topics for organisations, leaders, HR and D&I professionals and employee networks in Western Sydney.
WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY β TUESDAY 8 APRIL 2025 | ||
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8:30-9:45am | A leadership conversation about the future of DEI | π Leadership |
10-10:45am | The intersection of CARM, gender and sexuality | π Intersection |
11-11:30am | Social inclusion - exploration through play | No registration needed |
11:30am-12:30pm | Navigating LGBTQ+ inclusion for a multicultural workforce | π Multicultural |
12:30-1:15pm | Lunch | π Lunch |
1:15-2:45pm | Leading from the top and building from the bottom β effecting cultural change workshop | π Workshop |
3-4pm | Creating queer spaces | π Queer spaces |