Diversify Summit 2025 - Courage in Action
2025-10-24 07:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Oslo) | Thon Congress Gardermoen, Balder allé 2, Gardermoen, 2060, Norway
Courage in Action is a rallying call to lead with boldness, challenge the status quo, and turn vision into transformative change.
It’s about more than bravery—it’s about acting on convictions, pushing boundaries, and creating tangible change. Together we step beyond comfort zones and move from dialogue to decisive action for a more inclusive, innovative, and sustainable future.
Join us in redefining what’s possible, one courageous step at a time.
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The Diversify Summit is a premier global conference, offering a unique platform for leaders to connect, innovate, and address urgent global, societal, and workplace challenges.
Renowned as the most intersectionally inclusive conference in Europe, it presents a vital opportunity to deepen your knowledge, expand your network, and cultivate meaningful, lasting partnerships.
Since our inception in 2022, we have been committed to driving positive, measurable impacts in organizations and communities, empowering leaders and individuals to catalyze lasting transformation.

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The Performance of Wellness: Who is self-care for?
2026-04-08 12:00 - 13:00
Restore: A Conversation Series by Chiije in collaboration with Diversify

We are surrounded by the language of self-care. Rest. Boundaries. Healing. And yet, many of us are still exhausted.
Somewhere along the way, wellness became something we perform. Curated routines. Aesthetic rituals. Language that sounds right, but often sits on top of lives that are anything but well.
So this is not another conversation about how to optimise your self-care routine. This is a pause. A deeper look.

Who is self-care actually for?
What happens when care becomes performance?
And what does it mean to care for yourself honestly, in a world that often rewards the appearance of being well more than the reality of it?

This conversation invites us to sit with the tension. To question what we have normalised. And to return to something more real, more grounded, and perhaps, more confronting.
This is a digital event and free for all to attend.
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Speakers:

Chisom Udeze
Chisom is an award-winning economist, leadership strategist, and founder of multiple companies working at the intersection of power, leadership, and systems change. For almost two decades, she has worked with senior leaders across Fortune 500 companies, scale-ups, philanthropies, and global nonprofits, helping them diagnose and solve the leadership dysfunction that keeps their organisations stuck. Chisom designs and advises on organisational structures where productivity is optimised and clarity and dignity are non-negotiable. Her Three Clarities framework focuses on how Identity, Context, and Power intersect in leadership. Her approach is diagnostic, not prescriptive. She helps leaders understand what’s actually wrong before trying to fix it.
She is also the founder of Chiije, and lover of all things clean and sustainable for everyday living. She is intentional about protecting her mental health and wellbeing, and a mother of two remarkable children. You can read more about Chisom here, and how Chiije came to be here.
Ruthie Semere
Ruthie is a business developer, entrepreneur, and ICF-accredited leadership coach with over 12 years of international experience in digital media and business development. Since 2017, she has coached individuals, entrepreneurs, and companies globally in self-leadership and success creation. Ruthie is also the co-founder of Women of Color in Biz, a network that champions women of color entrepreneurs.
As a trilingual daughter of Eritrean immigrants with experience in navigating two cultures, Ruthie’s biculturalism has shaped her ability to deeply understand people from all walks of life. This unique perspective allows her to hold a global and inclusive mindset that resonates across diverse backgrounds. She holds a master’s degree in International Management from King’s College London and hosts the podcast Zanta on personal development.

Book Launch: Radical Justice - Building The World We Need
2026-04-16 17:30 - 19:30 | Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3, Oslo, Oslo, 0157, Norway
What does it take to build a future rooted in freedom, dignity, and equality when the world feels like it’s moving in the opposite direction?
Across the globe, we are witnessing the rise of authoritarian politics, widening economic inequality, and a climate crisis at breaking point. The scale of injustice can feel overwhelming. In moments like these, it’s easy to feel powerless.
But what if change doesn’t start “out there”?What if it starts with us?
In her new book Radical Justice, international human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow offers a powerful and practical guide for strengthening the movement for freedom and equality for all. Drawing on decades of legal and activist work, she shows how each of us—within our own spheres of influence—can take meaningful action toward systemic change.
Inspired by anti-racist and social justice thinkers such as Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Angela Davis, Radical Justice moves beyond despair and into action. The book explores concrete pathways including strategic litigation, digital rights, reparations, and climate justice, while inviting readers to learn, reflect, and act in a society that often tells us change is impossible.

About the event
The evening will begin with an in-conversation with Nani Jansen Reventlow, moderated by Chisom Udeze, Executive Director of Diversify, followed by a panel discussion. Speakers include: Bjørn Ihler, founder and CEO of Revontulet and co-founder and director of the Khalifa Ihler Institute, Michelle Tisdel, Researcher at National Library of Norway and Curator of Black History Month Norway (Oslo), Winta Negassi, Board member of Haugerud I.F and Community and Youth Advocate.
At the event, Prismatic Pages will be selling copies of Radical Justice, and there will be an opportunity to have your book signed by Nani after the conversation.
Together, we’ll explore:

What “radical justice” means in today’s political and social climate
How individual and collective action can lower the threshold to change
Where responsibility, power, and possibility truly lie

This event is for anyone asking hard questions about the world we live in—and how we might build something better, together.
The event will take place at Sentralen in the Hvelvet hall.
Limited space available. Register to secure your spot.
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About the Author

Nani Jansen Reventlow is an international human rights lawyer. She is the founder of Systemic Justice, which advocates for marginalised communities through strategic litigation. Politico named her one of society’s great visionary tech leaders for her work on digital human rights. She has also been honoured with awards from Harvard, Oxford and Columbia Universities.
About the Speakers
Chisom Udeze (She/Her) is an accomplished Economist, Strategist, Investor, and Executive Director at Diversify with over two decades of experience leading impact-driven companies and actioning societal change. She serves on multiple boards, including as chair, and holds advisory roles across three continents.
Her global work spans seven countries and includes collaborations with organizations like the European Commission and Boston Consulting Group. Chisom champions democracy, sustainability, justice, and community driven and multi-stakeholder change-making.
At Diversify, Chisom and her team operate at the intersection of four main pillars: economic justice, health, migration and integration, and global inequality, using mediums including but not limited to entrepreneurship, research, investments and advocacy. She and her team also spearheads the Diversify Summit, a leading global conference on leadership, innovation, and sustainable change, bringing together diverse industry leaders and professionals.
A passionate advocate for mental health, Chisom enjoys tennis, reading, writing, and has published on Forbes.

Michelle A. Tisdel (She/Her) is a researcher and curator. She holds a doctorate in Social Anthropology from Harvard University (2006) and works as a researcher II at the National Library of Norway. Her research interests include cultural policy, anti-racism, and Afro-diasporic archives and cultural heritage. Tisdel has researched Afro-Cuban heritage in Cuban museums and the Afro-American artist and activist Ruth Reese in Norway. In 2020, Tisdel established Lift Every Voice, a documentation project about anti-racism in Norway. She is the curator of the Oslo-based project Black History Month Norway.
Winta Negassi (She/Her) is a board member of Haugerud I.F and a community and youth advocate.
Bjørn Ihler (He/Him) is the founder and CEO of Revontulet and co-founder and director of the Khalifa Ihler Institute.
Ihler is an internationally recognized expert in counterterrorism and threat intelligence. His work focuses on the international dynamics of adversarial networks and on combating the threats they pose. With a broad background, he builds bridges between technology, social science, diplomacy, and intelligence. Ihler has worked with tech companies, world leaders, governments, boards, and international organizations. He served as the inaugural chair of the Independent Advisory Committee to the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism from 2020 to 2022, facilitating joint efforts between diplomacy, academia, and the technology industry to counter the spread of online harms.
Ihler is affiliated with the Obama Foundation and has worked with Kofi Annan and his foundation. Ihler has also advised on and developed policy and efforts, among others, at the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the US National Security Council, the African Union, and the European Union. Ihler is a prominent public speaker, has given two TEDx talks, and written for well-renowned outlets such as the Guardian, Time, Project Syndicate, and Aftenposten.
