Calendar of Events

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Friday

08 October 2021

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 About the presentation: 

Questions of diversity and inclusion belong together with the issue of social responsibility. An organisation can demonstrate its commitment to its values by the way it treats its staff. It shows it by who it hires, who it promotes, and who really gets the visibility they deserve. In the session, we look at the benefits of having a diverse workforce and what gets in the way. We explore how unconscious assumptions and implicit biases impact organisational structures. We reflect on who is valued at work, and how to ensure that everyone has an equal chance to shine and be recognised. You will leave the session with new insights into how to build a more diverse, and inclusive workplace.

Bio Speaker:

Ruth Friedman is a trainer and executive coach. She specialises in DEIB (Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging), resiliency and leadership.
She is a certified professional coach accredited with the International Coach Federation. She is a specialist DEIB individual and group coach at BetterUp.
She also provides leadership coaching for diverse Fortune 500 companies through this coaching platform.
Previously Ruth managed and delivered a European level diversity education program. Her prior experience is in Project Management, Corporate IT and Training.
Her clients include the European Commission, the OSCE, Cartus Intercultural Services, among others.
Ruth is from the UK and has lived in Belgium since 2004

About PM Fair 2021:

For more than 20 years, PMI Belgium has held an annual congress, the ‘PM Fair’, where prominent speakers of national and international reputation are invited to share their experiences and recent developments and future trends in the field of project management. This popular event is attended by over 200 PMI members, sponsoring organizations and other enthusiasts of the project management profession.

Building on last year’s successful extension of the event to become the international Benelux PM Fair, we are pleased to announce the 2021 PM Fair with the participation of the chapters of Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Belgium. Going virtual enables us to extend the existing wonderful relationship among the different chapters and to expand our potential audience to over 2000 members. Last year’s event taught us that this was a successful cooperation which we want to maintain and improve. The circumstances did change in comparison with last year and that’s why we will approach this year’s event two-sided:

• Firstly, we plan central live online sessions for 4 days ( Monday through Thursday ).

• Secondly, We would like to invite our Belgian members to a live event on Friday the 08th October. The sessions in our main room will also be live streamed online (you can register for them) and on top of that we will have some interesting break out sessions for our people present in the venue (these sessions won't be live streamed or recorded) of course there will be lots of time to finally network again with friends and colleague project managers. Drinks, lunch and an evening reception are included (with respect to the covid measures in place at the time of the event). This year we welcome you in the Africa Museum located in Tervuren (easy access by public transportation and by car) 

The congress will be spread over an entire week, from Monday the 4th of October to Friday the 8th of October. We intend to organize two online sessions per day, the first one at lunchtime and the second one at early evening. This way we can maximise the possibility for our members to participate at the online sessions. We will close the congress on Friday the 8th of October with an in-person closing session.