Signatory Event 2024

Signatory Event 2024 - The major diversity and inclusion event of the year

The Signatory Event is the occasion when we officially welcome our new members, have time to mingle with each other and listen to inspiring speakers.

This year's theme: Where are we heading?
We explore the changing workplaces of the future where technology, generations, diversity, skills, green and digital transitions, remote/hybrid working, work-life balance, etc. play a major role. How can diversity and inclusion be tools to meet the challenges and create new opportunities in a changing world of work?

Speakers:

Adrian Imani Herdies & Ryan Caruana founders and Marx Mukaru head coach Johanneshov FF
Johanneshov Football Association, JFF is a football team created by young people, for young people!
They were founded in October 2023, with the ambition to create an inclusive team for all who share their vision; to be and act as positive role models for other young people, offer a meaningful occupation and spread the message among peers. JFF offers free football to all young people who share our vision - they want all young people who want to play football to be able to do so, without social or financial barriers.

The founders, coaches and players are all between 15-17 years old. During the first autumn, they have worked with both hard and soft values; both building a culture and pride among the players but also with issues such as technique and discipline.

Anna Bergholtz, Entrepreneur, journalist and driver Unique Power
Anna has 20 years of experience as a journalist and lecturer, with expertise in inclusion and disability. She has, among other things, been a presenter for funk I P1, made several radio documentaries and also become known as Sweden's first blind film reviewer. She now runs Unique Power - professionals in functional diversity, a community that works to ensure that everyone's skills and perspectives are utilised and seen as an asset.
Recently, Anna was honoured with the Shes Next female entrepreneur award from VISA.

Daniel Bodén Ethnologist, PhD Associate Professor Södertörn University
Daniel is a Lecturer & Researcher in Ethnology, researching changes in working life with a focus on workers' lived experiences. In recent years, he has studied the perception of artificial intelligence, robotisation and surveillance in different sectors of working life.
Daniel has recently published a book entitled "From gruel clock to minute hunting: monitoring and managing work from day labour to gig economy".

Jason LaTorre Ambassador,  Embassy of Canada in Sweden
Jason was appointed as Ambassador of Canada to Sweden in September 2021. Prior to his appointment, he served as Chief of Staff to Canada's Deputy Minister of International Trade from 2019 to 2021.
During his career, he has served abroad as Senior Trade Commissioner at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C. (2015 to 2019), Senior Trade Commissioner in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2007 to 2010), and Trade Commissioner in Singapore (2003 to 2006).
Between his assignments abroad, he held a variety of management positions at Global Affairs Canada headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, during which he championed new trade programmes and policies aimed at strengthening Canada's global competitiveness.

Monika Magnusson, from Apotek Hjärtat
Monika is the CEO of Apotek Hjärtat. She has spent her entire professional life developing the pharmacy industry in various managerial roles and is the first pharmacist to be CEO of a large Swedish pharmacy chain. She is passionate about making people feel as good as possible and developing their full potential - something that is expressed in her communicative and inclusive leadership.

Sven Hagströmer, entrepreneur, founder Allbright and Avanza and co-founder The Ministry of Narrative, Järva Week, Raoul Wallenberg Academy. 
Sven is involved in various social projects, including Arbetsmäklarna at Tensta upper secondary school, where he helps young students get in touch with the business world and get jobs. He has employed some of them at Avanza Bank, and he believes that Swedish companies are a little too slow to take on people from other cultures. He is one of the initiators of Berättarministeriet, which opens and runs writing workshops in areas with high unemployment. The issue of gender equality is also something he has often spoken out about and is committed to. In 2011, he founded the AllBright Foundation to work for greater equality in the business world to give women and other groups greater opportunities for influence and careers. He is also the lead funder of the organisation.

The activity is a hybrid variant where members can choose between physical or digital participation. Non-members can only participate digitally.

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The Signatory Event is organised together with

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Program

14:00-15:00 Registration and mingle*

15:00-17:00 Live broadcast

17:00-18:00 After dinner with snacks*.

* Only for Diversity Charter Sweden members.