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Event ... by Betaworks Studios Betaworks Studios ... June 18, 12:00PM to 2:45PM EDT Next Wave: Listen & Respond - How Business Must Be Part Of The Solution
Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
JUN 18, 2020 Next Wave: Listen & Respond - How Business Must Be Part Of The Solution by Betaworks Studios Log in Sign up Next Wave: How Business Must Be Part of the Solution June 18, 12:00PM to 2:45PM EDT 35 people attending Description Schedule Speakers About Next Wave: How Business Must Be Part of the Solution Hosted by WSJ \| Barron's Group & Betaworks Studios Events of the past weeks have highlighted an urgent need for diversity conversations to change gear and purpose. Understanding the dynamics of racial inequality and injustice, and taking action to redress them must become a priority for businesses. As employers, leaders, creators and advertisers, we have a responsibility to ensure our work and our workplaces are genuinely inclusive, to understand bias, to hire and promote diverse talent and to recognize bias and privilege. It is time to listen, grow our understanding and act. This event will bring together leading thinkers on racial dynamics, bias and diversity to talk about education and understanding. Join The Wall Street Journal \| Barron's Group and Betaworks Studios for the next edition of the Next Wave series. Schedule ------------ Today 12:00PM–12:30PM · Stage Fireside Chat: Baratunde Thurston and Raakhee Mirchandani Baratunde Thurston and raakhee mirchandani ------------ Today 12:30PM–1:00PM · Stage Fireside Chat: Lee Hawkins and Edward Roussel Lee Hawkins and Edward Roussel ------------ Today 1:00PM–1:30PM · Stage Fireside Chat: Margaret Heffernan and Phillipa Leighton-Jones Margaret Heffernan and Phillipa Leighton-Jones ------------ Today 1:30PM–2:00PM · Stage Fireside Chat: Adrianne C. Smith and Darrell Kirton Darrell KirtonAdrianne Smith -------------------------------------------- Speakers Edward Roussel Edward Roussel Chief Innovation Officer, Dow Jones ------------ raakhee mirchandani raakhee mirchandani Editorial Director for Diversity and Inclusion, Barron's Group at Dow Jones ------------ Phillipa Leighton-Jones Phillipa Leighton-Jones Editor At Large, The Trust WSJ\|Barron's Group ------------ Lee Hawkins Lee Hawkins Reporter, The Wall Street Journal and Author ------------ Adrianne Smith Adrianne Smith Global Director of Inclusion and Diversity, WPP ------------ Baratunde Thurston Baratunde Thurston Writer, Activist, and Comedian ------------ Margaret Heffernan Margaret Heffernan Entrepreneur, CEO and Writer ------------ Darrell Kirton Darrell Kirton Senior Editor, WSJ Custom Content Hosted by Next Wave: How Business Must be Part of the Solution © Copyright 2020. All Rights Reserved. Product Why Hopin Case studies Knowledge base Status Company About Hopin Our mission Careers Blog Legal Terms and conditions Privacy policy Community guidelines Follow us Actions and Detail Panel Register Event Information Join The Wall Street Journal \| Baron's Group and Betaworks Studios for the next edition of their Next Wave series: Listen & Respond. About this Event Events of the past weeks have highlighted an urgent need for diversity conversations to change gear and purpose. Understanding the dynamics of racial inequality and injustice, and taking action to redress them must become a priority for businesses. As employers, leaders, advertisers in positions of great societal power, we have a responsibility to be part of the anti-racism solution, to ensure our workplaces are genuinely inclusive, to understand bias, hire and promote diverse talent and use our power to break down the structures that allow racial injustice to prevail. It is time to listen, grow our understanding and act. This event will bring together leading thinkers on racial injustice, bias and diversity to talk about education and solutions, with the aim of sending our audience away with clear plans on how we as businesses fulfill our vital role in the solution. Speakers: Baratunde Thurston: Writer, Activist, and Comedian Margaret Heffernan: Entrepreneur, CEO and Writer Adrianne C. Smith: Global Director of Inclusion and Diversity at WPP Plus more to be announced.

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