JOIN US FOR
INDIA'S FIRST & BIGGEST LGBTI JOB FAIR, CONFERENCE AND MARKETPLACE
It's time for us to RISE, again!
The biggest congregation of changemakers for workplace inclusion, the largest pool of LGBTI talent, the most diverse Marketplace of
LGBTI entrepreneurs from across India
February 22 at The LaLiT, New Delhi
Limited tickets available. Reserve your seat now for our flagship event.
Lets RISE & GROW
The Rising
Time: 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM
RISE Conference will feature educational opportunities, including: Keynotes, Plenaries (CXO, CHRO, Embassy, Countries' DNA of Inclusion, The SOGIE World, Mental Health, Rainbow Parents), 5 Masterclass & Breakouts, Movie Screening and more, featuring prominent LGBTI and Ally leaders.
This edition will have over 1,000 attendees, including executives, Employee Resource Group members, Human Resources, and Diversity & Inclusion professionals and other experts, who would network & share strategies and best practices to create workplaces that are inclusive of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions (SOGIE).
5 Masterclass & Breakout
Time: 4.30PM to 5.30PM (Parallel sessions)
- Masterclass: Channels of Influence by Open For Business
- Masterclass: Workplace Equality Index by Stonewall
- Breakout: Diversity is a TEAM sport
- Breakout: Leading the Way to an Inclusive Future
- Breakout: Movie Screening & Conversations
We Are Hiring!!
Time: 11.00AM to 4.00PM
Companies: Taking one step forward towards inclusion. Recognizing true potential of LGBTI Talent pool
Job Seekers: Build the career you deserve and do it where you belong! Join an inclusive workplace today
Empowering Businesses
Time: 12.00PM to 5.00PM
A platform to spotlight 20 LGBTI owned Small & Medium businesses across India.
Purpose:
- Create awareness about entrepreneurship as alternative livelihood
- Supplier Diversity for companies
- Consortium of LGBTI owned businesses
- Corporate Social Responsibility
#RiseAndGrow
Experience the magic of RISE, the highest happiness quotient when you are authentic self!
Highlights
Meet global changemakers:
CXO, CHRO, D&I Heads, Civil Society Leaders, Embassies,
ERG, Parents, Educational Institutions, Film and Theatre
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What to expect - Brain Spa & More
NATIONAL SPEAKERS
ATTENDEES
SPONSORS
&
HIRING ORGANIZATIONS
PRE SCREENED CANDIDATES
INTERNATIONAL
SPEAKERS
MASTERCLASS
&
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
MOVIE SCREENING
&
STREET PLAY
LGBTI OWNED BUSINESSES
(MICRO/ SMALL)
Agenda
9.30am to 5.30pm, The Lalit, New Delhi
- For Conference - 8.30am to 9.30am
- For Job Fair - 10.30am onwards
- Opening: Tony Tenicela (Global Leader, Marketplace Diversity & Workforce Engagement Services, IBM)
- Business: Ritu Bhati (Managing Director – Human Resources, Accenture Operations, India)
- Guest of Honor: Leanne Macmillan (Director - Global Programmes, Stonewall UK)
- Tim E (EVP & Managing Counsel, International, American Express)Olfert De Wit (Chief Operating Office, HSBC Singapore)
- Pavan Vaish (Head of Central Operations (Rides) India & SA, Uber)
- Keshav Suri (Executive Director, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group & Founder - Keshav Suri Foundation)
- Sourav Majumdar (Editor, Fortune India) - Moderator
- Priya Singh (Head HR, Lowe's India)
- Sumit Sabharwal (Head HR, Fujitsu)
- Rupesh Tripathi (Head of People, KPMG)
- Richa Singh (Head - L&D, and Diversity, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group) - Moderator
- H.E. Nadir Patel (High Commissioner for Canada to India)
- Dilip Chenoy (Secretary General, FICCI)
- Zainab Patel (Director - D&I, KPMG)
- Anjali Gopalan (Founder, Naz Foundation)
- Vedica Saxena (Program Director, Tagore International School)
- Shivraj Parshad (Founder - Brevis Consulting) - Moderator
- Aly-Khan Rajani (Counsellor/ Head of Advocacy & Public Affairs, High Commission of Canada to India)
- H.E. Federico Salas Lotfe (Ambassador of Mexico in India)
- Varun Khanna (International Partnerships & Outreach, Pride Circle) - Moderator
- Faraz Ansari (Writer & Director - Sheer Qorma & SISAK (Film), Director/ Producer - Futterwacken Films)
- Priya Malik (Actress - Sheer Qorma, Poet/ Storyteller, Bigg Boss Season 9 Contestant)
- Sridhar Rangayan (Director, Producer, Writer & Founder - KASHISH MIQFF)
- Poonam Saxena (Editor, HT & Co-Author of Karan Johar's Memoir - An Unsuitable Boy) - Moderator
- Ashok Venugopal (Director - Product, Wysa)
- Amita Karadkhedkar (Vice President, Citibank)
- Gaurav Pramanik (Writer, Columnist, Teacher. Tweeted about discrimination at Tech Mahindra)
- Jason Arland (Dancer, Performer, Model)
- Mohul Sharma (F&B Associate, The Lalit)
- Lush Monsoon (Drag Queen & Lawyer) - Moderator
- Koushumi C (A Single Woman Who Adopted An Intersex Child)
- Dr. Veena Rangnekar (78 Years Old Mother of a Gay Son)
- Air Cmde (Dr) Sanjay Sharma (Retd) (Parent of a transgender daughter)
- Shambhavi Saxena (Writer, Youth Ki Awaaz) - Moderator
- Drew Keller (Global Program Director, Open For Business)
- Masterclass: Channels of Influence - Drew Keller
- Masterclass: Workplace Equality Index - Leanne Macmillan
- Breakout: Diversity is a TEAM sport - Sunita Gyanchandani, Ruchira Garg, Harsha Ravikumar, Vasudha
- Breakout: Leading The Way To An Inclusive Future - Venkatraghavan, Prachi Rastogi, Chetan Agarwal
- Breakout: Movie Screening & Conversations - Sridhar Rangayan, Shobhna S Kumar, RJ Jassi, Rishu
Tickets
Job Fair
(10:00am to 4:00pm)
FREE
- Lunch & Hi Tea
- Resume Upload
- Access to Job Fair
- Access to Marketplace
- Skill Building Workshops
NOTE: Only for LGBTI Job Seekers
Conference
(9:30am to 5:30pm)
INR 7999
- Keynotes
- Plenary (CXO, CHRO, Embassy, Countries' DNA of Inclusion,
Mental Health, The SOGIE World, Rainbow Parents)
- 5 Masterclass & Breakouts
- Movie screening & Street Play
- Lunch & Hi-Tea
- Access to Marketplace
Limited offer, early bird of 10% on the Conference tickets only till 7 February, 2020
Speakers
H.E. NADIR PATEL
High Commissioner for Canada to India
H.E. FEDERICO SALAS LOTFE
Ambassador of Mexico in India
LEANNE MACMILLAN
Director - Global Programmes
Stonewall
TONY TENICELA
Global Leader
Marketplace Diversity
&
Workforce Engagement Services, IBM
DREW KELLER
Global Program Director
Open For Business
TIM. E
EVP & Managing Counsel,
International
American Express
OLFERT DE WIT
Chief Operating Officer
HSBC Singapore
HSBC
ALY KHAN RAJANI
Counsellor / Head of Advocacy & Public Affairs, High Commission of Canada to India
AMITA KARADKHEDKAR
Vice President
Citibank
ANJALI GOPALAN
Founder
Naz Foundation
ASHOK VENUGOPAL
Director - Product
Wysa
CHETAN AGARWAL
Senior Technical Writer
VeriFone
DILIP CHENOY
Secretary General
FICCI
FARAZ ANSARI
Writer & Director
Sheer Qorma
& SISAK (Film)
Director/ Producer
Futterwacken Film
GAURAV PRAMANIK
Writer, Columnist, Teacher
HARSHA RAVIKUMAR
Software Engineer
&
Lead ERG GLEAM
India
RJ JASSI
Radio Jockey
BIG FM
Jason Arland
Actor & Model
Keshav Suri
Executive Director, THE LALIT SURI HOSPITALITY GROUP;
Founder, Keshav Suri Foundation
Koushumi Chakraborti
Senior Lead - Compensation and Benefits, Infosys BPM Limited
Lush Monsoon
Drag Artist & Lawyer
Mohul Sharma
F&B Associate
PAVAN VAISH
Head of Central Operations (Rides)
India & South Asia
Uber
POONAM SAXENA
National Weekend Editor, HT
&
Co-Author of Karan Johar's Memoir
-An Unsuitable Boy
PRACHI RASTOGI
Diversity & Inclusion Leader
IBM
India South Asia
PREETI CHAUDHARY
Founder
LinkedIn Local India
&
Venture Partner
Ah! Ventures
PRIYA SINGH
Head HR
Lowe's India
PRIYA MALIK
Actress
Sheer Qorma,Poet/ Storyteller
RICHA SINGH
Head - Learning, Development & DiversityThe Lalit Suri Hospitality Group
RITU BHATI
Managing Director Human Resources Accenture OperationsIndia
RUCHIRA GARG
Director, India Employee Resource Center & Business Partnering,Adobe
RUPESH TRIPATHI
Head of People
KPMG
AIR CMDE (DR) SANJAY SHARMA (RETD)
Rainbow Parent & Transgender Activist
SHARIF RANGNEKAR
Author
Straight to Normal
SHAMBHAVI SAXENA
Writer
Youth Ki Awaaz
SHIVRAJ PARSHAD
Founder
Brevis Consulting
&
Former Broadcast Journalist
SHOBHNA KUMAR
Producer,
Publisher Queer INK
SOURAV MAJUMDAR
Editor
Fortune India
SRIDHAR R
Director, Producer,
Writer & Founder
KASHISH MIQFF
SUMIT SABHARWAL
Head HR
Fujitsu
SUMIT PODDAR
Group Product Manager
Intuit India
SUNITA GYANCHANDANI
Diversity & Inclusion
Lead, Hindustan
Unilever
VARUN KHANNA
Researcher
(SDG 2030)
Formerly with UN
VASUDHA AGARWAL
Regional D&I Lead,
Asia Pacific,
McKinsey & Co
DR. VEENA RANGNEKAR
Rainbow
Parent
VEDICA SAXENA
Project Director
Tagore International School
Vasant Vihar
VENKATRAGHAVAN
Director - Employee Relations & Policies
Accenture India
ZAINAB PATEL
Director
Diversity & Inclusion
KPMG
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KPMG
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Marketplace Workshop Sponsor
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Industry Partner
Radio Partner
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PR Partner
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