WDLS 2011 - New York

About the World Diversity Leadership Summit

WDLS Mission Statement

Launched in 2004, the World Diversity Leadership Summit is an important gathering of senior corporate, government and non-governmental organization (NGO) officials, focused on the complex challenges and opportunities related to global diversity management.

The World Diversity Leadership Summit has five primary objectives:

To become the leading gathering of global diversity policy makers, experts and practitioners
To serve as a central source of global diversity strategy, best practices and application
To establish a global diversity collaboration network of policy makers, experts and practitioners
To explore cutting-edge global diversity research topics
To establish global diversity management as a core academic vocation

Previous WDLS Participants

The following organizations have sent speakers and participants to previous summits:

• AARP • Aljazeera International • American Cancer Society • Arrow Electronics • Association for Women’s Career Development in Hungary • Aviva • Black European Women’s Council • Boston Consulting Group • BP • Campbell Soup Company • Chicago Sinfonietta • Citigroup • Cleveland State University • Colgate-Palmolive • Confederation of British Industry • Cornell University • Dale Earnhardt, Inc. • Department for Work and Pensions, UK	• Deloitte • Diversity Works for London • Dublin Bus • EMC2 • ESC Rennes School of Business • European Commission • Enterprise Rent-a-Car • Federal Reserve Bank of NY • Georgetown College • Glovsky & Popeo • Google • Greater London Authority • Hewitt Associates • Hilton Hotels • HSBC • IBM • Jackie Robinson Foundation • John Deere • Johnson Controls • Johnson & Johnson	• KPMG • Kraft Foods • L’Oreal • Lufthansa • Major League Baseball • Medgar Evers College, CUNY • Merck • Merrill Lynch • McDonald’s • MGM MIRAGE • Mintz Levin • Monster Worldwide • Motorola • MTV Networks • Procter & Gamble • United Nations Global Compact • UNIFEM • National Urban League • Out and Equal • Rockwell Collins	• Shell • Sovereign Bank • Starbucks • Sun Microsystems • Shell • Sovereign Bank • Starbucks • Sun Microsystems • Sodexo • The Coca-Cola Company • The New York Times Co • Toyota • USA Swimming • US Department of Commerce • Upwardly Global • UNICEF • Visa USA • Walt Disney Parks and Resorts • Weyerhaeuser Company