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About the speakers: 

Robert Baker, Founder and CEO Potentia Talent Consulting



Robert is a member of EWMD and has been a passionate supporter of gender equality  and inclusion throughout his 40 plus year consulting career. He now runs his own company Potentia Talent Consulting, focussing on delivering keynotes, workshops and programmes for companies to help them engage their men as allies for gender balance and inclusion. He also coaches business executives to help them develop their inclusive leadership skills and so build diverse and inclusive workplaces.
Robert is a Board member and Vice-Chair of European Women on Boards, responsible for D&I Strategy, and is a Trustee of UN Women, UK. Robert is Disrupter in Residence in DE&I on the Global MBA Program at EDHEC Business School and also a visiting lecturer on Male Allyship at the University of Amsterdam Academy.
 

James Routledge, Founder JACK



James is building a movement around men and masculinity.  He is the Founder of  JACK: a community for GOOD men and is aiming to build a group of 1,000 men who are changing the narrative on men, men's mental health and masculinity.
James was a driving force in the mental health movement from 2015 – 2022. He started Sanctus and brought mental heath in the workplace support to hundreds of workplaces and tens of thousands of people. He wrote Mental Health at Work with Penguin.
James believes the next wave of social change will centre around a new version of masculinity and a change in narrative around what it means to be a man. James believes the time for this is now!


Daniele Fiandaca, Founder Token Man Consulting

Daniele is founder of Token Man Consulting, an inclusion and diversity consultancy which specialises in engaging senior leaders and men with I&D and inspiring them to become inclusive leaders and agents of change, creating workplaces that are truly inclusive and diverse. Token Man Consulting was born from Token Man, an initiative Daniele co-founded nearly a decade ago to engage men with the gender equity discussion. He is also co-founder of Masculinity in the Workplace, one of the few I&D events that is dedicated to engaging men and inspiring them to become better allies and agents of change, and Hard as Nails, a movement to get men painting their nails to open up conversations around masculinity and mental health.

Lee Chambers



Lee is the Founder and CEO of Male Allies UK. After a diverse career, from corporate finance to building and exiting a tech company, he is now focused on supporting organisations to engage men in inclusion and promote effective allyship. He has been featured on the Startups 100 Index, has received a Great British Entrepreneur Award, and sits on the board of CMI Women, Regenerage UK and the Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. In 2024, he received the Freedom of the City of London for services to equality in business. 
Lee is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in the USA, the first Black British scientist to be awarded in its 33-year history, received for his work on health inequalities. He is the 2023 UN Women Changemaker of the Year, and is an ambassador for the UK Governments Lilac Review for Disabled Entrepreneurship. He speaks globally on allyship and intersectionality, having taken the stage at One Young World, ChangeNOW and the Bloomberg Global Equality Summit, and is the author of the bestselling book, Momentum: 13 Ways To Unlock Your Potential.


Niklas Weigand, Managing Director Energy Solutions, ENGIE Deutschland



Niklas joined the management of ENGIE Deutschland GmbH on November 1, 2023, and took on the role of MD Local Energy Infrastructures on January 1, 2024. Now, Niklas Wiegand sees his new task as a challenge: "Mastering climate change is the greatest task of our time. I look forward to reliably supporting our customers in Germany in the transition to climate neutrality together with my colleagues and positioning ENGIE Deutschland for a sustainably successful future."
Niklas Wiegand comes from the Bilfinger Group, where he has helped shape the restructuring and transformation process from a construction company to an industrial service provider in recent years; most recently as head of Germany with around 5,000 employees. The businessman studied after his banking apprenticeship in Koblenz, Toronto, Lille, and Harvard and then worked in banking and industry.
Niklas is a strong promoter of gender balance at ENGIE Deutschland and remarks “In the business world, I am one of many men, but at home, I am the only one. As a father of two wonderful daughters, it is essential to me that women have equal opportunities and freedoms as men. Sadly, I still meet men who do not see it this way and push women into the background. For me, all individuals - with their unique and beautiful differences - are at the center.”


Jeremy Stockdale, Founder and CEO Ylead



Jeremy founded Ylead to support and challenge other leaders to find their purpose and create environments where people can come to work with authenticity, dignity and fulfilment, because they are cared for, nurtured, rewarded and feel psychologically safe.
Jeremy works with organisations which share his beliefs that creating inclusive environments where all employees can thrive, is both a moral and a business imperative - and that modern, inclusive leaders hold the key to making this a sustainable reality.
Having more women in leadership positions - and more leaders generally leading inclusively with humanity - will make the world a better place.
Jeremy’s purpose, therefore, is to create Gender Unity through Gender Advocacy because we need - and deserve - more purposeful, inclusive and responsible leaders.

Dr. Adriana Albini, Scientific Collaborator, IRCCS IEO - European Institute of Oncology
 
Thanks to research, we are now able to defeat diseases even before they appear. Prevention is better than cure, especially when it comes to cardiovascular diseases and cancer. We must focus on prevention and become aware that we can do a lot to reduce both incidence and mortality.
 
While life expectancy for patients is increasing, the number of people affected is also growing, and the average incidence rate is rising.
 
The war we are fighting against cancer is extremely costly and not always successful.  For this reason, we need to change our strategy. If we were able to reduce the need for treatment—either because fewer people fall ill or because diseases are detected in time—pharmaceutical costs would decrease in favor of preventive measures, and the result could be spectacular.
 
The key words are essentially three: primary prevention, early diagnosis, and effective, less toxic therapies, all supported by a strong commitment to research.
 
A healthy lifestyle—summarized as: don’t smoke, eat well and maintain a healthy weight, and stay physically active (move!)—alone can significantly reduce the risk of complex diseases and their complications.
 
Prevention requires broad-ranging actions which, although demanding, yield long-term results: public initiatives and incentives are necessary.

Explore the transformative potential of AI with our upcoming event series "From Artificial to Augmented" course. This program explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and business strategy, with a focus on enhancing human thinking by embracing machine interactions. The 12 sessions cover all the essential topics from machine learning and NLP to ethical considerations and diversity. You will gain a well-rounded perspective on how AI can drive innovation and efficiency in your organization.

We will delve into the benefits of AI in improving business operations and decision-making processes, emphasizing the importance of diversity and inclusion. Through real-life examples and applications supported by research and practical case studies, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how AI can drive innovation and efficiency in various business contexts.

In each session we will look at one aspect of AI and how we can work with it. How can it enhance what we are doing, where lie potential pitfalls, how can we make the optimal of the situation? Also, the sessions will leave room for practical examples and exchange.

The sessions will be held on the second Thursday of each month. Each session will take place from 08:00 - 09:00. After each session I will leave the room open for another half hour to allow for questions and further discussions. (09:00 - 09:30).
Sessions are designed to look at one certain aspect of the topic. Each session works in itself within the context of the series. That means, although the sessions expand your knowledge session by session, you will not lose the thread if you cannot attend one certain session.
 

Saskia Listle



I am the founder of the Academy of Future Skills, which is a community of learning practice, a think-tank and a consultancy on the future of our skills. I like to think of myself as a Digital Humanist. I’m a bridge builder between humans and tech - two things that are inherently intertwined but too often artificially separated. I am helping companies to draw on their full digital potential to create a better product, service or working environment. Using my method of explaining digital things accessibly and with minimal buzzwords, I have influenced many colleagues and clients to ease their operations. I am also an activist on diversity and equality in the digitalization sphere and help underrepresented groups to gain a voice in the process of creating the future.