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Pre-Summit Global Roadshow – Riga: Courage in Leadership

May 22 (CEST) @ 09:30 - 13:00
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Courage in Leadership

Leadership isn’t about titles—it’s about the courage to challenge the status quo, make bold decisions, and lead with integrity in times of uncertainty.

Join us for Courage in Leadership, where key stakeholders from the public, private, and civil society sectors will engage in a solutions-driven dialogue on what it takes to lead with conviction in today’s rapidly evolving world.

As Latvia and countries across the world navigate shifting socio-economic, political, and business landscapes—alongside rapid advancements in technology and AI—how do we chart a path forward?

Tentative Overarching Discussion Themes

  • Leadership for the Future
  • Investments
  • AI & Tech
  • Diversity & Inclusion

This in-person event will feature interactive roundtable discussions, keynotes, and a panel discussions to foster actionable insights and cross-sector collaboration.

Hosted by Diversify, the Riga Investment and Tourism Agency, and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Riga.

📍 Date: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Time: 10.00 – 13.00 EET (Doors open at 09.30 EET)
📍 Location: Riga, Latvia (Details TBA)
🎟️ Free to attend – Register below!

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This event is part of the Diversify Summit roadshow, a global initiative leading up to the Summit on October 24 in Norway. Diversify Summit is a premier conference where leaders connect, innovate, and tackle urgent societal and workplace challenges under the theme Courage in Action.

To deepen engagement, we’re hosting roadshow events worldwide, bringing together local and global stakeholders.

Upcoming stops include the Netherlands (April 24), Latvia (May 22), Germany (June), the U.K., South Africa, Nigeria (July), and more.

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Organizers

Diversify

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Riga

Riga Investment and Tourism Agency

Chisom Udeze

Founder of Diversify, Diversify Consult, HerSpace & The Annual

Chisom is an Economist, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Strategist, and a 3 times founder of impact driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission, The United Nations, ExxonMobil and The Economist Group. Chisom is analytical and a data enthusiast. She is passionate about interrogating the cross-sectoral relationship between society’s inhabitants, resources, production, technology, distribution and output. She efficiently and effectively unlocks complex systems, interprets data, forecasts socio-economic trends and conducts research.

Having lived and worked in 7 countries across 3 continents, she is highly adaptable to different circumstances and people, and thrives in uncertain environments.

As the founder of Diversify and Diversify Consult, Chisom and her team work with companies, institutions, governments and civil society to develop sustainable DEIB strategies and embed measurable diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and society. In addition, in 2022, Diversify launched the Diversify Nordics Summit, the largest conference in the Nordics that gathers cross-sectoral stakeholders to amplify DEIB in the Nordics and beyond.

In 2020, she founded HerSpace, a diverse and inclusive co-creation community for all genders, with particular focus on women and non-binary people. In 2022, HerSpace launched HerTech, Women in Tech incubator, for women-led companies, with a focus on the inclusion of diverse founders. 

Chisom is a thought-leader in DEIB and a passionate advocate for mental health and wellness. She writes often on DEIB and justice related topics, some of her work is published on Forbes.

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