View the 2023 Agenda

• Sunday, April 23
• Monday, April 24
• Tuesday, April 25

• Sunday, April 23

  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

    Food Truck Area

    BRIDGE Board of Directors Lunch
    
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

    Game Room by Pool

    BRIDGE Board of Directors Meeting
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    Playa Vista Lawn Area

    Cocktails
    
  • 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM

    Playa Vista Lawn Area

    Welcome to BRIDGE 2023
  • 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM

    Tent on Plaza
  • 7:45 PM - 9:15 PM

    Tent on Plaza

    Sunday Dinner
    
  • 8:45 PM - 8:55 PM

    Tent on Plaza

    BRIDGE Stories
    
  • 9:15 PM - 10:00 PM

    Firepits

    Open Bar

    In partnership with:

    
    
  • 9:15 PM

    Firepits

    Firepits and S’mores
    

• Monday, April 24

  • 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM

    Tent on Plaza

    Breakfast

    In partnership with:

    
    
  • 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    BRIDGE Board of Directors Chair Welcome
  • 9:10 AM - 9:20 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    BRIDGE Welcome
  • 9:20 AM - 9:50 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 1: Keynote Fireside Chat: Debunking the Myths that Hold us Back from Building Inclusive Workplaces
  • 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 2A: How to Build Inclusion as a Business Practice
  • 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 2B: How do you Build an Inclusive Workplace, Workforce and Marketplace
  • 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    BRIDGE Stories
    
  • 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

    Outside Tides Ballroom

    Refreshment Break

    In partnership with:

    
    
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 3: What does Inclusion mean for the Most Unincluded?
  • 12:00 PM - 12:10 PM

    Tides Ballroom

    BRIDGE Stories
    
  • 12:10 PM - 12:40 PM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 4: Talent is Universal. Opportunity is Not
  • 12:40 PM - 12:50 PM

    Tides Ballroom

    BRIDGE Stories
    
  • 12:55 PM - 1:55 PM

    Playa Vista Lawn Area

    Lunch

    In partnership with:

    
    
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

    Shore & Reef

    Workshops Part 1

    • Shore

      Workshop 1: Attracting the next generation of diverse talent through skills-based hiring, on the job learning and equitable experiences

      Participate in an interactive discussion led by a group of industry experts on what it means to build inclusive workforces for the next generation. We will explore how adapting to the needs of a purpose-driven gig economy is absolutely paramount in this moment. The next generation of diverse leaders is pushing for community, cultural competency, and a change in how we invest in skills-based hiring, on the job learning and creating equitable access to experiences and advancement opportunities that support their DEIB initiatives.

      Facilitated by:

      

      Elise James-DeCruise
      Chief Culture and Community Officer
      

      

      Ziad Ahmed
      Head of Next Gen
      United Talent Agency

      

      Maia Ervin
      Marketing Executive, UTA’s Next Gen Practice
      United Talent Agency

      In partnership with:

      

    • Reef

      Workshop 2: Media Responsibility, Democracy and the 2024 Elections

      Participate in this workshop for an interactive discussion on how media responsibility efforts can support credible and reliable news content that attracts diverse, engaged and attentive audiences looking for information about our country’s most contentious human rights issues and as we approach another potentially divisive election cycle. We will also dig into brand safety and suitability protocols that inadvertently block diverse-created content from being monetized, and the challenge for diverse-owned publishers in navigating fraud and other issues in the the media supply chain.

      Facilitated by:

      

      Lou Paskalis
      Chief Strategy Officer
      

      

      Louis Jones
      Senior Fellow
      

      In partnership with:

      
  • 2:50 PM - 3:00 PM

    Outside Shore & Reef

    Refreshment Break
    
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

    Shore & Reef

    Workshops Part 2

    • Shore

      Workshop 3A: What does BRIDGE stand for?

      The BRIDGE acronym is made up of Belonging, Representation, Inclusion, Diversity the G is the Gap and E is Equity. Even though these terms are used daily there is no industry standard of their definitions. In this facilitated workshop by DEI OGs you will get the opportunity to input into how we define these constructs before BRIDGE launches them as an industry standard. Group 1a will focus on B for Belonging, R for Representation and I for Inclusion

      Facilitated by:

      

      Jonita Wilson
      Former Chief Diversity Officer
      

      

      Elise James-DeCruise
      Chief Culture and Community Officer
      

      In partnership with:

      

    • Reef

      Workshop 3B: What does BRIDGE stand for?

      The BRIDGE acronym is made up of Belonging, Representation, Inclusion, Diversity the G is the Gap and E is Equity. Even though these terms are used daily there is no industry standard of their definitions. In this facilitated workshop by DEI OGs you will get the opportunity to input into how we define these constructs before BRIDGE launches them as an industry standard. Group 1b will focus on D for Diversity and E for Equity

      Facilitated by:

      

      Sandra Sims-Williams
      Chief Business Inclusion, Impact and Belonging Officer
      

      

      Judy Jackson
      President, JLC Ventures
      

      In partnership with:

      
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

    Shore & Reef

    Executive Sessions

    • Shore

      Session 1: CMO/Business Leader Session

      In this executive session facilitated by Randi Stipes, Deidre Small Landau and Mark Walker, we will explore the crucial role marketing and business leaders play in building an inclusive workplace and marketplace. In an open roundtable forum, we will discuss the differences between being an ally and an advocate, how you can build your own cultural comptency and the critial role your DEI leaders can have as partners. And we want to hear how BRIDGE can support you in all these efforts!

      

      Randi Stipes
      Chief Marketing Officer
      

      

      Deidre Smalls-Landau
      Former Chief Business Equity Officer
      

      

      Mark Walker
      Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO
      

    • Reef

      Session 2: CDO Session

      In this executive session facilitated by Tish and Lukeisha, we will explore how we are moving away from DEI as a pilosophy to inclusion as a business practice and what this means for DEI leaders. We will explore the crucial role you all play and your contributions to DEI as a business growth strategy and it impact to overall business outcomes.

      

      Wendy John
      Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion
      

      

      Lukeisha Paul
      Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
      
  • 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
    Open Time
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    Playa Vista Lawn Area

    Cocktails
    
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    Tent on Plaza

    Cultural Dinner

    In partnership with:

    
    
  • 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    Solarium Room & Firepits

    After Party, Firepits and S’mores

    In partnership with:

    
    

• Tuesday, April 25

  • 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM

    Tent on Plaza

    Breakfast
    
  • 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    BRIDGE Welcome Remarks
  • 9:05 AM - 10:05 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 1: Opening Keynote - The Critical Role of the CEO in Building an Inclusive Company
  • 10:05 AM - 10:15 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    Workshop 1 Feedback: Attracting the next generation of diverse talent through skills-based hiring, on the job learning and equitable experiences
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 2: Inclusion Matters in Content: How it Shapes our Memory and Life Experiences and Ensures Underrepresented Communities are Seen, Heard and Represented.
  • 10:45 AM - 10:55 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    Workshop 2 Feedback: Media Responsibility, Democracy and the 2024 Elections
  • 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 3: Multi-cultural Marketing is Marketing. Why Inclusive Media Buying just Makes Cents?
  • 11:25 AM - 11:40 AM

    Outside Tides Ballroom

    Refreshment Break
    
  • 11:40 AM - 12:10 PM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 4: Taking Matters into Your Own Hands: Achieving Racial Equity through Entrepreneurship
  • 12:10 PM - 12:20 PM

    Tides Ballroom

    Workshop 3A & 3B Feedback: What does BRIDGE Stand For?
  • 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM

    Tides Ballroom

    Session 5: Where the Change Happens: The Convergence between Diversity, Marketing and Business leaders
  • 12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

    Tides Ballroom

    Closing Remarks
  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
    Picnic Lunch
    
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    Activities

    • 
      Wine Tasting
      with Wachira Wines

      Join us for a #winesafari with the first Kenyan-American winery in the U.S.
    • 
      Kayaking
      in the Channel Islands Harbor

      Grab a kayak and adventure through the stunning beauty of the Channel Islands National Park where you’ll explore unparalleled natural wonders of the area.
    • 
      Surfboard Painting

      Join us to paint surfboards in partnership with More Than Conquerors Surf. The painted boards will be donated to the organization for their foster youth surfing program.

• Sunday, April 23
• Monday, April 24
• Tuesday, April 25