When it comes to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, bridging the gap between good intentions and action is a challenge we all need to tackle head-on. Many companies don’t even know their status quo and fail to meet their own goal-setting.

So how do we start today? How do we implement inclusive values, build diversified teams and accomplish the goals we set? In short, what are the first steps to becoming diverse?

For our third ‘Designing the New Usual’ event hosted by The Index Project and Designit, we’ll take a deep-dive into the DEI agenda and how to turn a momentum into a strategy.

Featuring our host Phil Hall from Designit, speakers and change-makers interviews, we’ll make sure to highlight different aspects of getting started and focussing on DEI.

This event will be in-person at Rentemestervej 57, 2400 København from 16:00-18:00 CET, where you’ll also get the chance to catch a drink after the event and share experiences and take-aways with people eager to design a new usual as well.

MAKE NOTE: Signing up for this event does not give you digital access to the event. This sign up is only for the physical event.

Our speakers are:

• Niddal El-Jabri, Founder & Strategist at Liberate Agency. Niddal has a background as Founder of the NGO Mino Denmark, which works to help ethnic minorities in Denmark to be equal and participate in society. His Liberate Agency specialises in inclusive marketing, helping brands navigate successfully into being diverse, equity creating and inclusive, and reaching the full potential of their target group.

• Aram Ostadian-Binai, Founder & CEO of the Soulfuls. Aram is a social entrepreneur, DEI advocate, and branding consultant. She’s the Founder and Director of the DEI creative agency Norm Media working with diversity and inclusion, and in 2018 she founded the women’s community The Soulfuls, which works to create space for more diverse talents in areas of creative and media as well as entrepreneurship.

Our changemaker interviews will feature:

• Tinna C. Nielsen, Anthropologist & Inclusive Behavioural Designer. Tinna has years of experience working with applying insights from behavioural and social sciences to pioneer inclusive design- and change approaches for inclusive systems. In 2013, she founded the change-organisation Move the Elephant – For Inclusiveness and launched the award-winning Inclusion Nudges change- and behavioural design methodology with Lisa Kepinski.

• Andrea Lee, Senior Manager of User Experience Research at LinkedIn. Andrea is passionate about building and leading high integrity and high performing teams who work across LinkedIn's consumer products in diverse global markets. She collaborates with leaders of product, design, marketing and engineering. As a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging allyship ambassador, Andrea leads learning circles to activate everyday allyship actions.

• Sina Fazelpour, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science at Northeastern University. Sina’s research focuses on issues of justice, diversity, and reliability in data-driven and artificial intelligence technologies. He also works on understanding the concepts and consequences of diversity in social groups and networks. He draws on analytical tools of philosophy, methods of cognitive science, and formal techniques of agent-based simulation and machine learning.

Schedule

15:45-15:55: Arrival

16:00-16:05: Welcome

16:05-16:15: Five key take-aways on DEI from our speakers

16:15-16:35: Panel discussion

16:35-16:40: Changemaker interview

16:40-16:50: Panel discussion

16:50-17:00: Q&A

17:00-18:00: Drinks and catching-up

See you there!

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Filming and photography

Please take note that photographs and footage will be taken throughout Designing the New Usual: Becoming diverse. These will be used by The Index Project and Designit for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and on social media. Your entry and presence at the event premises constitute your consent to be photographed and filmed.