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Join the Greater Houston Partnership for the fourth annual Houston DiverseCity Summit, an inspiring gathering dedicated to advancing talent as a key driver of the business success and future growth of the Houston region. This event underscores the importance of human capital as the cornerstone of ensuring a vibrant, inclusive and competitive workforce.

Inclusive leadership and workplace culture are essential for companies that aspire to excel, yet many organizations find inclusion challenging to achieve. The Summit will offer insights to help you get practical in your approach to advancing inclusion, driving change and delivering better results.

2024 Key Summit Themes Include:

• Navigating changing contexts and discovering ways to evolve your approach
• Activating middle management to improve culture and results
• Developing talent strategy to recruit, retain, and advance underrepresented talent pools
• Creating a more human-centric workplace culture
• Discovering how inclusion acts as a driver for innovation and enhanced performance

Who Should Attend: 
DiverseCity Summit brings together a dynamic group! Attendees include: C-level executives, Vice Presidents, and Directors of Talent Management, Human Capital, Inclusion, as well as professionals and practitioners responsible for Talent Acquisition, HR, Organizational Culture, Leadership Development, Employee Engagement, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Learning and Development.

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Summit Attendee Registration & Networking

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Opening Plenary
Working Together: Increasing Inclusivity in the Workplace

Renowned industrial-organizational psychologists Mikki Hebl and Eden King will offer a timely, science-based roadmap to empower companies and leaders to champion inclusion with confidence and clarity. They will describe the demographic shifts projected in the U.S. and the evidenced-based practices across the employment cycle for attracting, selecting, and retaining employees. Hebl and King will share cutting-edge research from their recent book and offer scientific evidence that leads to fairer treatment, better business results and actionable strategies.

•  Mikki Hebl, Professor of Psychology and Management – Organizational Behavior, Rice University   
•  Eden King, Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Rice University 

 

Engage in two dynamic sessions designed to foster innovation and collaboration.

9:15 - 10:25 a.m. | Breakout Session #1

10:35 - 11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session #2

 

Noon - 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon
Unleashing Innovation and Breakthrough Business Results through Inclusive Teams

While innovation continues to be the top priority in the face of accelerating disruption, organizations have yet to fully crack the code on how to make it happen. CEOs across all industries declare that a key ingredient for greater innovation is collaboration across cross functional teams with a diverse set of skills, backgrounds, and expertise. Yet companies are falling short of effective implementation as leaders, managers, and employees admit they are not collaborating well across their differences.

In this keynote and live Q&A, Korn Ferry’s Global DE&I and ESG Strategist Andrés Tapia will explain how diverse and inclusive teams enable businesses to profitably ride the waves of disruption.

• Keynote Speaker: Andrés T. Tapia, Senior Partner – Global DE&I and ESG Strategist, Korn Ferry

 

Breakout Session Speakers Include:

• Alveda Williams, Ph.D, Chief Inclusion Officer, Dow
• Anita Martin, Vice President, Human Resources, Houston Texans
• Carolyn Benton Aiman, SVP, Chief Compliance & Risk Officer, Sempra
• Denise Hamilton, Author, Consultant, and Founder and CEO WatchHerWork
• Doug Lawson, President, South Region, CommonSpirit Health
• Fernanda Anzek, Managing Director, HR Operations, Insperity
• Jamila M. Brinson, Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Counseling Practice, Jackson Walker LLP
• Jessica Britton, Principal, Human Capital, Deloitte Consulting LLP
• Holly Price, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
• Kelly Kleinkort Montes, Executive Director, US, Catalyst
• Lori Knowles, CHRO, Memorial Hermann 
• Marian Cabanillas, Health Plan CEO, South Texas UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas
• Michelle Liberatore, Senior Program Manager, Responsible Business, Verizon
• Nick Nelson, Senior Vice President of Corporate Purpose, Edelman
• Tammi Wallace, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber 
• VanNhi Nguyen, VP, Community Engagement, JPMorgan Chase

Breakout session topics and more speakers to be announced in coming weeks!