IE Business School’s IEOut Student Club Presents “The Best Way Out”

On June 29^th, IE Business School's student-led LGBTQ+ organization IEOut, will host its annual conference LGBT@Work.  This year’s theme is “The Best Way Out” and the event will bring together leading LGBT professionals from around the world to present their industry and company best practices, share personal journeys, and discuss what it means to be LGBTQ+ in the workplace today.

Speakers include:

• Vincent Doyle, Author of  Making Out in the Mainstream – GLAAD and the Politics of Respectability; Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and Academic Director of the Master in Visual Media, IE School of Communication
• Sadiq Gilliani, SVP Lufthansa and a Financial Times Top 100 OUTstanding Business Leaders
• Imran Khan, Creative Agency Lead at Google
• Shelly McNamara, Vice President, Human Resources of P&G Global Health & Grooming and Corporate Functions
• Pauline Park, Chair of New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy and a 2012 “Most Influential Asian LGBT Icons”
• Brian Rolfes, Global Head of Recruiting for McKinsey and Company Co-Founder of GLAM (GLBTQ at McKinsey)

A full agenda can be found here: https://www.ielgbtatwork.com/agenda

“LGBT@Work is the longest running LGBT Work Conference in Europe and we aim to promote  awareness, free exchange of ideas, and unique networking opportunities for the LGBTQ+ community here at IE and beyond,” said Michelle Raymond, IE Business School PhD Candidate and IEOut Club President, “Companies, individuals and professionals from a wide range of industries attend our conference each year to share ideas and learn from one another – and it is this diversity which is essential when it comes to understanding LGBTQ+ issues.”

This year is a particularly special LGBT@Work conference as it coincides with Madrid’s hosting of World Pride 2017, a historic event that brings more than three 3 million people and associations from around the world to the city in celebration of diversity and equal rights.

The IEOut student club has been active since 2006 and counts approximately 250 members.  In addition to the annual conference, the group’s activities include open forum discussions with business leaders and industry experts, partnership with Madrid’s first youth LGBTQ+ shelter home, monthly social events, documentary screenings highlighting LGBTQ+ issues around the world, and information booths at campus wide events to promote LGBTQ+ awareness amongst students and faculty.  Recently, the IEOut Club presented the IE Gold Medal to former US Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, James Costos, in recognition of his support to the LGBT Community.