LEAD Network Conference 2022, October 13 & 14, Paris
LEAD Network Conference 2022, October 13 & 14, Paris.
There was an atmosphere of great energy and excitement as our members were reunited in Paris for the 10th anniversary LEAD Network Conference – the first oneto be held in person in three years. The event attracted a record number of 2000 participants, either present in Paris or connected online.
Welcoming people from the stage at the Palais des Congrès in Issy les Moulineaux were Sharon Jeske, Executive Director of LEAD Network and Veronika Pountcheva, Chair of LEAD Network’s Advisory Board. “Today’s participants represent 131 companies and 61 nationalities,” said Veronika. “Our dream of a gender equal industry is becoming a reality.”
Hosted by the France Chapter of LEAD Network, the conference had as its theme ‘Doing not Trying: Lead through Inclusion’. The emphasis was on creating change through bold, practical action, at the level of the individual, the company and the industry as a whole.
Sharon Jeske described the progress made from the very first conference, held in 2013 and attended by 60 people in a small hotel room with flipcharts, to the current milestone of an organization with 16,000 members from across Europe, 20% of them men. She welcomed LEAD Network’s newest Partner companies: Bayer, L’Oréal, Campari Group, Cargill, Criteo, Diageo, GXO, Pernod Ricard, Stanley Black and Decker, Boots, Duracell, Ingredion and Manor. “They share our vision and will enrich our exchange of leading practices,” she said.
Thank you to all the on-site and online participants, to our foundation partners for making this event possible, to The Coca-Cola Company for their sponsorship of our Networking Celebration Event and to all the speakers and moderators that made this event a very memorable one!
If you attended the Conference, you can rewatch the plenary sessions and visit the D&I Marketplace by accessing the Conference Platform: https://leadnetwork.vfairs.com/en/login (until November 14, 2022).
We hope the conference gave you great energy, satisfaction and that you will have fond memories of your participation.
We look forward to seeing you next year in Dusseldorf on October 12 & 13, 2023.
Photo credit to Philippe Barbossa.