Conference: Negotiated plans for inclusion and equality in companies of LGTBI groups
2025-02-28 11:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Berlin) | CEOE HQ, C. Diego de Leon 50, Madrid, Spain
Format: Hybrid (in-person and online)
Language: Spanish

It is an open day, with no limit on participation and free, as it is subsidized by the Servicio Publico de Empleo Estatal SEPE, designed to help companies in the process of negotiating the measures planned to comply with the new regulation regarding Law 4/2023. It will feature the participation of REDI and its associates Cuatrecasas, Enagás, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Telefónica and Uría Menéndez.
Contents
Act No. 4/2023 of 28 February, for the real and effective equality of trans persons and the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI persons.
Comparative regulations about other countries in our environment.
The development of the Law Regulation: the different proposals in the negotiation between the social partners.
Negotiated applications in companies through collective bargaining.

ITB Berlin Convention: LGBTQ+ Business Summit: Shifting Landscapes of LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Business Environment
2025-03-06 | ITB Berlin – LGBTQ+ Pavillion Hall 4.1, Messegelände Berlin, Messedamm 22, Berlin, 14055, Germany
Format: In-person
Language: English
A discussion on the evolving landscape of LGBTQ+ inclusion in the business environment.
Speakers include:
Scott W. Thornburg (Senior Director, Sojern, USA), Javier Leonor (Diversity & Inclusion Consultant), Annette Pampel (Senior Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, Germany), Roman Samotny (Head of Communication, Inakosť, Slovakia) – Facilitated by Pavel Šubrt (Co-founder, East meets West & European LGBTIQ Chamber of Commerce, Austria)

LGBTI Diversity and Inclusion in the Company – Online Training Launch
2025-03-12 | Online
Language: Spanish
Format: Online
Launch of online courses on LGBTI diversity and inclusion in companies, in response to new legal regulations (Royal Decree 1026/2024). The courses provide essential training for companies with more than 50 employees.
Speaking Representatives of:

REDI
ALKU GESTION DE FORMACION, S.L

Motivational Drives for a More Inclusive Organizational Culture
2025-03-25 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Language: Italian
Format: Online
About:
The Management Drives™ method helps understand motivational drives, fostering engagement, productivity, and inclusivity. Management Drives is a model for analyzing people’s motivational drives and the relational dynamics of groups, useful for building a more inclusive organizational culture.
In this seminar, our members Andrea Saracini and Norbert Grillitsch will explain the Management Drives method to us and how it can be used to guide the processes of personal and team change and to transform styles of leadership and organizational culture. Let’s find out together how the expertise of motivational drives can help professional development or teamwork.
Speakers:
Andrea Saracini (Coach ICF ACC & ACTC, professional counselor)
Registration: EDGE Members only

EDGE Annual Assembly
2025-04-05 15:00 - 20:00 | Spazio 78, Viale Sarca 78, Milan
Language: Italian / English
Format: In Person and online
About: Reserved for members and partners for strategic discussions and networking.
Reservation: EDGE members only.

LGBTI Diversity and Inclusion in the Company – Online Training Launch
2025-04-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Madrid
Language: Spanish
Format: Online
About: Launch of online courses on LGBTI diversity and inclusion in companies, in response to new legal regulations (Royal Decree 1026/2024). The courses provide essential training for companies with more than 50 employees.
Speakers: REDI & ALKU GESTION DE FORMACION, S.L Representatives
Registration: REDI members and externals under contacto@redi-lgbti.org
Ticket cost 100% subsidized through FUNDAE.

MICRO-AGGRESSIONS, MACRO-DAMAGE: The Impact of Words on the Workplace
2025-04-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Madrid
Language: Italian
Format: Online
Live Meet Equal Talks 2025: DEI in lotta
The goal of the “Equal Talks 2025” , organized by ADCI (Italian Art Directors Club), is to make the world of communication and work increasingly inclusive and aware .
The “Equal Talks” take place online , are free and dedicated to the current crisis of DE&I policies , the importance of words in the workplace and the representation of people with disabilities in communication briefs. Focus on the power of language in the workplace and its role in inclusion.
Speakers:
Enrico Buongrazio (Strategist, EDGE Board Member), M. Silvia Spinelli (Medical Manager, VP EDGE), Moderator: Laura Venuti (Creative Director, EDGE)

Registrations under: info@edge-glbt.it

EPBN - WISE Role Models Award Ceremony
2025-05-09 17:00 - 19:30 | Copernicus Science Center Warsaw, Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20, Warszawa, 00-390, Poland
Language: English
Format: In-Person (Invitation only)
Celebrating outstanding LGBTIQ individuals advancing workplace equality. The ceremony honors inspiring role models and takes place on Europe Day.

WIP Webinar
2025-05-22 18:30 - 21:00 | Online
Language: Italian / English
Format: Online
EDGE’s webinar “Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is good for people, companies and sustainable development”, in collaboration with WIP. Discussion includes DEI’s role in economic growth, referencing the Inclusion and Development Report by Tortuga Think Tank.

"See the Rainbow" Auction
2025-05-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Via Gesú 5, Milano, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: In-Person
Charity photo auction by EDGE and Spazio Aperto Servizi, supporting Casa Arcobaleno, a project for LGBTQIA+ youth rejected by their families, run with the Municipality of Milan.

Queer Stage: Aperitif & Chat
2025-06-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Croisette Bar, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Language: Italian/ English
Format: In-Person
Social gathering among EDGE members

Pride Croisette – Talk: Rome Against Homolesbotransphobia
2025-06-04 21:30 - 23:00 | Mario Mieli Gay Culture Circle, Via Efeso 2A, Rome, 00146, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: In-Person
While waiting for a national law to intervene clearly to prevent and punish homolesbotransphobic acts of violence and protect victims, what space should cities occupy to create a culture of tolerance and respect, educate about coexistence, inclusion and protect victims of acts of violence?
Speakers:
Vincenzo Miri , President of the Lenford Network
Antonio Rotelli , Legalist
Roberto Dartenuc , President of ARCO
Mario Colamarino , President of the Mario Mieli Club
Lucia Urciuoli , EDGE President
Cristina Leo , Dragonfly Association
Alessia Crocini , President of Rainbow Families
Paola Corneli , President Agedo Rome

Corporate event: 'Seville, cradle of innovation and diversity'
2025-06-06 10:00 - 14:00 | Santa Clara Space, Calle Becas s/n, Sevilla, 41002
Language: Spanish
Format: In-Person
Organizers: REDI + Seville City Council
On June 6, we will celebrate the event ‘Seville, cradle of innovation and diversity’, the main corporate event of the celebrations of Diversity Month in the city and within the actions of the Corporate Pride of REDI. Co-organized by REDI and the City of Seville, this meeting will bring together institutional and business representatives to reflect on the role of companies as agents of social change.
Through various spaces for dialogue and participation, experiences, good practices and actions in the field of LGBTI diversity will be shared, with special attention to the current normative and social context.
The day will end with a networking cocktail.
Participants from Accenture España, Airbus, Heineken

SGLCC LGBTI+ Business Conference 2025
2025-06-10 12:30 - 17:00 | Malmö City Hall, Stortorget 4, Malmö, 21134, Sweden
Language: Swedish
Format: Hybrid

Learn how to create business value through inclusive branding and harness the power of an inclusive corporate culture. Bonus: Join the after-work networking at Moll Wendén Law Firm, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Speakers include: Micael Nord (Malmö stad), Kim de Jong, H.E., Deputy Ambassador at Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Sweden, Louise Dolck Strömberg (Axis Communications), Thomas Ogard (Moll Wendén Law Firm), Eva Loubani (Malmö Citysamverkan), Kajsa Blum & Carin Daal (Stena Fastigheter), Johan Östberg (Trädkontoret AB), Linda Persson (Best Western Malmö Arena Hotel), Matt Dabrowski (OutBritain & OutScotland),
Liselotte Andersson (SWEP), Peter Dahlen (AmCham Sweden – American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden), and Martin Sjögren (Randstad Sweden)

We Build Better event with Brico Depôt
2025-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Sala Equis, C. del Duque de Alba 4, Madrid, Spain
Language: Spanish
Format: In-Person
Sectoral conference organized by REDI’s partner Brico Depôt that focuses on LGBTIQ diversity in the field of reforms and construction, with unpublished data, first-person testimonies and a colloquium on inclusion, visibility and cultural change in one of the fastest sectors that is evolving. The construction sector, historically masculinized and full of clichés, is beginning to do work on its own structure. The construction agreement has been a pioneer in including a specific protocol against discrimination against the LGBTIQ collective; a firm step in a terrain where until recently there was no talk of diversity. Learn about the work in LGBTIQ diversity behind leading companies in a sectoral meeting that seeks to open a space for conversation, listening and commitment to move towards safer, more respectful and inclusive working environments in sectors still marked by a low representation of the collective.

Rights, Community & Diversity HUB
2025-06-12 16:00 - 18:30 | LUISS Open Lounge of the Department of Law, Viale Pola 12, Rome, 00198, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: In-Person
Presentation of the Relationship between LGBTQIA+ Inclusion and Local Economic Development.
Opening speech: Emiliano De Blasio , Advisor for Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability – LUISS Guido Carli
Moderator: Patrizia Ferragamo , Professor of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, LUISS Guido Carli
Speakers:
Edoardo Messineo , Research Fellow in Methodology of Legal Science
Damiano Terziotti
Lucia Urciuoli , President of EDGE Association

10th International East Meets West Conferece
2025-06-13 | Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Language: English
Format: In-person and online
A full-day event held in Vienna, at the intersection of East and West, focusing on key themes of inclusive procurement and DEI shifts. Coincides with Vienna Pride 2025 (31 May – 15 June), with the Pride Parade on 17 June, featuring various virtual and on-site events.

Seeing the Rainbow – Exhibition Opening
2025-06-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Steam Factory, Atelier Cisterne - Via Procaccini 4, Milan, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: In-Person
Vedere l’arcobaleno is the photographic reportage promoted by EDGE, in support of Casa Arcobaleno, a Spazio Aperto Servizi project born in collaboration with the Municipality of Milan, which offers hospitality to young LGBTQIA+ people separated or discriminated against by their family of origin. The reportage is the result of a year of work alongside the people welcomed and the Casa Arcobaleno team. A journey of listening and sharing that has allowed us to convey, through images, the strength and complexity of their stories. The initiative was born with a dual objective: to raise funds for Casa Arcobaleno and to contribute to the diffusion of a culture based on respect, hospitality, and inclusion.

The Value of Diversity: Signing of the First LGBTI Protocol in the Department Store Sector
2025-06-16 13:00 - 17:00 | Hotel Bless, c/Velázquez, 62, Madrid, Spain
Language: Spanish
Format: In-person
Signing of Spain’s first LGBTI protocol in the department store sector covering 240,000 employees, followed by a talk on business transformation through diversity, with participation from ManpowerGroup.
Speakers: Ana Redondo (Minister of Equality), Representative from ManpowerGroup

TALEÑT
2025-06-19 15:30 - 18:00 | tba., Malmö, Sweden
Language: Spanish
Format: Hybrid
Organizers: REDI + TRIVU
Sixth edition of TALEÑT forum by TRIVU in cooperation with REDI. Gathers national leaders to discuss talent as a driver of transformation. Aims to explore how global changes affect talent and how to unlock new opportunities. Event is live-streamed.

Divercity Magazine #27 – Ecosystems
2025-06-20 17:00 - 19:00 | IKEA Porta di Roma, Via Casale Redicicoli 501, Rome, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: In-Person
Magazine launch with panel and aperitif
Participants:
• Fabio Bosatelli , Head of BESS Operational Excellence and Head of Automation and Robotics at Enel Green Power
• Vittorio Cogliati Dezza , Member of the Coordination of the Inequalities and Diversity Forum, former national president of Legambiente
• Laura De Dilectis , President and founder of Donne per strada and Viola
• Ivan Gardini , Market Manager of Ikea Rome
• Lucia Urciuoli , President of EDGE
Moderator: Tiziano Colombi , Co-founder Divercity Magazine.
Friday 20 June 2025, 5.00 pm
IKEA Porta di Roma , via Casale Redicicoli 501, Rome

Transforming the Financial World: Diversity and Inclusion as Added Value
2025-06-23 09:00 - 12:00 | COFIDES Auditorium, P.º de la Castellana 278, Madrid, Spain
Language: Spanish
Format: Hybrid

Co-organized by REDI and COFIDES, the event explores how diversity and inclusion add value in the financial sector. Includes a panel on D&I policies with Santander, HSBC, BBVA, and a keynote by Cristina Gabriel, BBVA’s Global Head of Diversity.
Speakers: Borja Sainz de Aja (President REDI), Ángela Pérez (President COFIDES), Cristina Gabriel (Global Head of Diversity BBVA), Ana Redondo (Minister of Equality)

ADCI Talk – Microaggressions, Macrodamages
2025-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Art Directors Club Milano, Via Thaon De Revel 21, Milano, 20159, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: Hybrid
What is the role of individual and collective awareness in recognizing them? How can we train ourselves to use a more inclusive and respectful language, without falling into guilt but promoting change?
EDGE discusses this in an open discussion between corporate skills, personal experiences and professional perspectives .
Speakers:
Enrico Buongrazio , Strategist and Member of the EDGE Board of Directors
Maria Silvia Spinelli , Medical Director and Vice President EDGE
Moderator: Laura Venuti , Creative Director and EDGE member
Registration: TBA, please reach out to EDGE by email.

LGBT+@Work 2025
2025-07-03 16:30 - 22:00 | IE Tower Madrid, P. de la Castellana 259, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, 28046, Spain
Language: English with Spanish translation
Format: In-Person
Europe’s longest-running LGBTIQ conference focused on leadership, authenticity, and diversity. Includes motivational talks, intergenerational panels, and networking.

See full agenda: https://www.redi-lgbti.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Agenda-LGBT-@WORK-Web.pdf

Apericlust-ER: DEI in Tourism
2025-07-04 17:30 - 19:30 | La Community 27, Bagno 27, Via Tintori 32/A, Rimini, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: In-Person
La Community 27, a historic Rimini beach resort, famous for having made inclusiveness the center of its proposal, promotes a discussion between tourism operators, the institutions of the Riviera Romagnola, and LGBTQIA+ associations on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people, and every form of minority victim of discrimination, as a distinctive factor and growth of the economy in general, in particular tourism.
5.30-6.30/7.00 pm: presentation of the Tortuga report by EDGE. Participants: Damiano Terziotti and Lucia Urciuoli with the operators of inclusive tourism
7.00-8.30/9.00 pm: aperitif with participants

For registration, reach out to the EDGE info email.

Monthly Aperitif Networking
2025-09-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Balloon Bar, Via Carlo Grabau 26, Rome, Italy
Language: Italian, English
Format: In person
Informal networking & updates on EDGE activities

Orgullo Cultural: Companies & Institutions
2025-09-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Language: Spanish
Format: Zoom
In the panel #OrgulloCultural for companies and institutions, organized by REDI’s partner myGwork – LGBTQ+ Business Community, and in which REDI collaborates as a Community Partner, you will be able to learn about ideas on how companies and institutions can help unite diversity and LGBTIQ inclusion in the workplace with culture.

REDI to Connect Employees: Diverse Skies
2025-09-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Madrid Planetarium, Tiermo Galván Park, Madrid, Spain
Language: Spanish
Format: In person
Experience a unique experience powered by Airbus and the RTCE community, where we will explore the skies and the historical milestones of the LGBTI community through an immersive projection that promises to surprise.

Philosophical Practice: Resistance & Power
2025-09-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Testaccio Area, Address sent after registration., Rome, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: In person
Group reflection on power, resistance, awareness; curated by Riccardo Basso
Register under info@edge-glbt.it before September 16, 2025.

Inclusive Spaces: Between Community, Business & Well-being
2025-09-21 17:00 - 18:00 | EuroLab Space, Piccolo Strehler Theatre, Largo Greppi 1, Milano, Italy
Language: Italian
Format: In-Person
The Talk, organized by Mix Festival in collaboration with EDGE, will be a lively dialogue between concrete experiences of openness free from stereotypes and discrimination, social planning, and personal growth.
Speakekrs: Enrico Buongrazio, Salvatore Aloe, Virginia Barbaro, Moderator: Jonathan Zenti
