Change Dinner and Lunch

Hanover Region

This classic network meeting kicked off on 09.03.2023 with the "Change Dinner" - a network meeting with a special feature: each manager was accompanied by a junior manager of a different gender.

The evening was accompanied by two keynote speeches. The 40 or so participants had the opportunity to discuss the topics of diversity and inclusion in the company and to network in a relaxed atmosphere.

The composition of the tables was specifically designed to break down inhibitions and hierarchies and highlight different perspectives. PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH was a partner of the event.

Hanover Region

The second event took place on 07.02.2024 in the form of a Change Lunch. This time, the focus was on the diversity dimension "Ethnic origin & nationality".

In a cosy atmosphere and well catered for by Küfa- Küche für alle,companiescametogether to talk, exchange experiences and challenges and report on how the integration of employees from different backgrounds can be organized and anchored in the corporate culture.

The exchange was extended by a keynote speech from the Welcome Center on the integration of foreign workers and the Skilled Immigration Act.

Hanover Region

The keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Annika Schach from Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts focused on how companies can incorporate the opportunities offered by different employee backgrounds, reduce discrimination and write their own promotion stories. Afterwards, the participants discussed experiences from their institutions and companies over a delicious lunch, which was brought to us by the event and catering team of Juniver- Jugenderufshilfe Diakonie Hannover gGmbH .

At the Change Dinner, which this time took place in cooperation with Unternehmerverbände Niedersachsen e.V. (UVN) , we addressed the questions of how we can actively promote democracy in the context of diversity and how companies can take on concrete responsibility. The impulses provided by the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (Society for Civil Liberties ) and Project Together , which pointed out current threats to our democracy and showed concrete and exciting examples of how companies are already actively committed to democracy and diversity, taking responsibility and thus demonstrating it, were enriching and thought-provoking.

A very brief conclusion: "Change is possible!"