What do India, the United Kingdom and the United States all Have in Common on March 28?
Verizon is celebrating global diversity and inclusion on March 28 with its annual Global Women’s Summit. This exciting event, coming at the end of women’s history month, brings together a broad global audience, both live and through the power of our technology, for a day of thought provoking and engaging conversation.
Sessions will focus on the business case for inclusion, including the links between diversity, performance and innovation; the reality of experience for women in the workplace; and the importance of fostering an entrepreneurial spirit from both an individual and corporate perspective to enable innovation and business growth.
Key speakers at the event include:
- Cherie Blair, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women;
- Melinda Marshall, Centre for Talent and Innovation;
- Kathryn Nawrockyi, Opportunity Now, Project 28-40;
- Magda Yrizarry, Verizon’s vice president and chief talent and diversity officer.
At Verizon, diversity and inclusion means embracing differences including age, ethnicity, education, sexual orientation, work style, race, gender and more. When inclusion is a part of a company’s culture, as it is at Verizon, everyone benefits – customers, suppliers and employees.
Diversity and inclusion isn’t just a concept at Verizon. It’s an integral part of our business. Our inclusion culture drives everything from work force development and supplier relationships to economic development, marketing and philanthropy. And Verizon’s Code of Business Conduct clearly spells out what we expect from employees when it comes to valuing and respecting the diversity of others.
Our commitment to an inclusive culture begins at the top of our company, and executives work to promote inclusion within their organizations.
Find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here. We’ll be giving more information about the conference and its proceedings over the coming weeks. Watch this space! You may also follow and participate in the conversation on Twitter using #VZWomen2014.
