GEO Week 2023

The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Subgroup of the GEO Programme Board supports the strategic aim of developing GEO as an institution that provides a fair, supportive and encouraging networking environment that insures that equality, diversity, and inclusivity are fully considered, addressed, and embedded within GEO activities and decisions.

To that end, the EDI subgroup and GEO Secretariat encourage diversity and inclusion in GEO Week plenary sessions and side events.

Meet, greet, and discuss

The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Subgroup of the GEO Programme Board invites you to an informal “meet, greet, and discuss” diversity dialogue on Tuesday, November 7, at 10:00 AM, in the Bluebell room at the Cape Town International Conference Centre 2. We welcome all who are interested in advancing GEO’s goals for equity, diversity and inclusion. Topics include Indigenous engagement, gender gaps, and youth engagement. Room to be announced. Bring your own coffee; breakfast snacks will be provided.

We recommend that session organizers:

1. Include conveners and speakers from multiple countries and institutes, preferably with a diverse representation of GEO-member countries;
2. Have conveners and speakers from different career stages, including at least one early career speaker (but not only early career); and
3. Include conveners and speakers that represent more than one form of gender identity.