What can we do within the tech community in Europe to encourage diversity and inclusion in our businesses? This question is more relevant than ever and there is a lot of work and efforts that can be done. In June we hosted a webinar focusing on this topic – and now it’s time for a follow up discussion.

To dig deeper into the topic of diversity and inclusion, we invite you to an expert panel live from Epicenter Stockholm with our favourite host Ellen Bjerkehag. Don’t miss this interview with Alexandra Pascalidou, Suzan Hourieh Lindberg, Barakat Ghebrehawariat and Roger Dupé where we’ll focus on solutions and hands on measures you as a company can do to ensure you actively work with diversity and inclusion.

Meet the panel

Alexandra Pascalidou
Alexandra is an award-winning media personality and human rights fighter. She has during the years worked as a journalist, TV- and radio host/producer, author, speaker, moderator, playwright, actress and goodwill-ambassador advocating for democracy, diversity and equality. Alexandra is a praised lecturer and motivational speaker within culture, politics, media, global trends and inspiration. Her passionate and visionary approach inspires and empowers people to act. She has a unique way of conveying her message and move her listeners.

Suzan Hourieh Lindberg
Founder and CEO at The Social Few, Scandinavia’s only insight-based diversity growth – and soon to be Diversity Tech – company. With a background of both statistics, communications, business development and tech, Suzan is determined to spread data informed knowledge in order to create awareness regarding market and societal imperfections based on lack of diversity in perspectives. With that, she has developed methods such as inclusive infrastructure and perspective density measurement.

Barakat Ghebrehawariat
An entrepreneur with communication as a compass and democracy as a driving force. He is better known as the Democrat agent. Barakat is a lecturer, adviser and educator with long experience of working with inclusion and equality from a communication perspective. Today, he runs the Democracy Team change agency and is a hard-working lecturer, process leader and expert advisor. Barakat also sits on the board of Orten.io, is a member of the board of trustees of the National Museum and a member of the Reach for Changes advisory board.
Barakat has dual degrees in political science and journalism at the core. He is currently reading the Master’s program in Global Media Studies.

Roger Dupé
The first black male model from Sweden, Roger Dupé is today internationally renowned and has worked for brands like Kenzo, Vogue, Jean-Paul Gaultier, GQ, Acne Studios, and Björn Borg.
In 2016, Dupé became historic as the first black model to front the exclusive Rolls-Royce brand. Now he has released his book, The reluctant model, in which he describes his journey into modelling and fight for equality.