CEO Gender Equality Conference

Monday 29 Apr 2019

Conférence / séminaire

Monday 29 Apr 2019

Chambre de Commerce 7, rue Alcide de Gasperi Kirchberg, 2981

The Future of Gender Equality in the Workplace


This conference targets CEOs, MDs, Country Heads, Board Members, HR Directors and Diversity Managers.

Program

08:00 - Registration

08:30 - Welcome & Introduction

  • Mathilde Hildenfeldt, Managing Director, Swedish & Nordic Chamber of Commerce, Luxembourg
  • Carlo Thelen, Director General, Chambre de Commerce du Luxembourg
  • Annika Hahn-Englund, Ambassador of Sweden to Luxembourg

09:00 - Keynote Speech

  • Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance, Luxembourg

09:30 - Testimony

  • Michel Wurth, Chairman, ArcelorMittal Luxembourg

09:45 - Panel 1 –  Sharing & Learning : Leaders’ Perspectives

  • From the working level to the boardroom (commitment from the top: executives and boards)
  • The key trends driving the evolution of equality
  • Investors demand for gender equality
  • Is gender equality today a nice thing to have or a business imperative?
  • The competition in the war for talent
  • Change in company culture as the key to gender equality in the workplace
    Moderator: Håkan Nyberg, CEO, New Pebbles and Mountains, Sweden

    Panelists:
    • Emma Navarro, Vice-President, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
    • Berit Behring, CEO, Danske Bank, Sweden
    • Manou Hoss, Managing Partner, Elvinger Hoss Prussen, Luxembourg
    • Nicollo Polli, CEO, HSBC Bank, Luxembourg
    • Geoff Radcliffe, Managing Director, Blackrock & Board Member, Luxembourg

10:30 - Break

10:45    Panel 2 –  Sharing & Learning : Leaders’ Perspectives

  • Women’s increased competitiveness as future leaders
  • Utilizing the largest pool of untapped potential will level the playing field for women at the same time
  • Gender equality and transparency as a mean to implement sustainable goal No.5
  • How to overcome the perceived lack of executive women?
    Moderator:
    Håkan Nyberg, CEO, New Pebbles and Mountains, Sweden

    Panelists :
    • Roger Havenith, Deputy CEO, European Investment Fund, Luxembourg
    • Charlotta Kvarnström, Partner, Nordic Interim Executive Solutions, Sweden
    • Åse Bergstedt, Chief Sustainability Officer, International, UK
    • Raymond Schadeck, Chairperson, Luxexpo The Box and ILA, Luxembourg

12:00 - Wrap up