Australia’s sporting elite will feature at this year’s Dive In festival, a global event encouraging positive diversity and inclusion change in the insurance industry.

Registration opened last week. More than 150 events will take place across at least 40 countries as a combination of in-person, virtual and hybrid sessions will be held worldwide on September 27-29.

Featuring locally are AFL Brownlow Medal Winner and former Australian of the Year Adam Goodes, Australian Women’s Rugby 7s player and Olympic gold medallist Ellia Green, and former Socceroo Craig Foster.

Now in its eighth year, the 2022 theme is Building Braver Cultures, allowing everyone to express themselves authentically in a welcoming workspace.

Register and find full details about events and speakers here.

Following are local Dive In session details:

27th September

9:30 - 10:30 NZDT (in person), Real Talk about Walking The Walk (15 Customs Street West, Toroa Room, PWC Tower Auckland). Sponsored by: Dual, Kennedys Law

10:00 - 11:00 NZDT (online/in person). Generalising Generations – addressing ageism in multigenerational workplaces (OGenerator - Tuhono Room , HSBC Tower, Ground Lobby, 188 Quay Street, Auckland). Sponsored by AIG Insurance New Zealand, Diversity Works, Marsh, Wotton + Kearney

08:30-09:30 AWST (online). Building Inclusive Company Cultures. Featuring Tasneem Chopra, a cross-cultural consultant. Sponsors Gilchrist Connell and NIBA WA

12:00 - 13:30 AEST (in person) Disability ≠ (does not equal) inability (Hilton Sydney, 488 George St). Sponsored by Steadfast

13:30 - 14:30 AEST (online) Building braver cultures. A fireside chat with AFL Brownlow Medal Winner and Australian of the Year Adam Goodes and Diversity Council Australia CEO Lisa Annese

17:00 - 19:00 AEST (in person), Hidden Disabilities: Neurodiversity in the workplace, (Clyde & Co Offices, Level 15/333 George St, Sydney)

September 28

08:30 - 10:00 (online and in person). Disability ≠ (does not equal) Inability, Crown Towers - River Room, level 1, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank Victoria). Sponsor Steadfast

10:00 - 11:00 AEST (online). Building braver cultures - stories and lessons from out of industry. Australian Women’s Rugby 7s player and Olympic gold medallist Ellia Green will share experiences of inclusion in elite levels of sport

12:00 - 13:00 (online). Out of sight but not out of mind: the hidden disability journey, Sponsored by The Gutsy Group

13:30 - 14:30, (online). Invisible Women. Is the ‘new normal’ helping or hindering women or considering diverse lived experiences? Sponsored by Sparke Helmore Lawyers

15:00 - 16:30, (online/In person). Putting the "Neuro" into Diversity (Marsh Sydney, One International Towers Sydney, 100 Barangaroo Ave) Sponsored by AIG Australia, DXC Technology, Marsh Australia

16:30-18:30, (in person). Why wellbeing matters in the workplace (Museum of Contemporary Art, 140 George St, The Rocks, Sydney). Sponsored by Allied World Assurance Company, Insurtech Australia, BMS Risk Solutions

September 29

09:00 - 10:00, (online) R.E.S.P.E.C.T: Find out what it means to teams. Sponsored by HDI Global, Lockton Australia

11:00 - 12:00, (online/in person). In conversation with Craig Foster and Anyier Yuol (Level 29, 123 Pitt St, Sydney) Sponsored by Kennedys Law, DUAL Asia Pacific

14:00 - 15:00, (online), Building Better Cultures – practical steps in the workplace. Sponsored by Pride In Law

15:30 - 17:00, (online/in person): Workplace flexibility for the modern family (42/2 Park St, Sydney). Sponsored by Berkshire Hathaway

17:00 - 18:30 (online/in person) Inclusive comedy night with comedian Lizzy Hoo: Under the Microscope: Are Micro-Aggressions Really so "Micro"? (Level 25, 8 Chifley Square, Sydney). Sponsored by Aon Australia, Barry Nilsson Lawyers, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance