OutSummit Agenda 2019

8:15 – 9:00am:

Registration & Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15am

Welcome

9:15 – 9:30am

Opening Keynote: Victor Madrigal-Borloz

9:30 – 11:00am

Morning Plenary: Legal Battles – Advancing LGBTIQ Equality Through Courts*

11:00 – 11:30am

Coffee & Tea Break

11:30 – 12:45pm

Workshop Block A:

• On the Brink. Balancing Gender, Sexuality and Faith
• UN-Locked: Advances and Barriers in Advocating for Inclusion of SOGIESC
• Shattering the Invisibility of Trans and Intersex People in Traditional Media

12:45 – 1:45pm

Lunch

1:45 – 3:00pm

Workshop Block B:

• LGBTIQ Rights and Business: Symmetries and Challenges
• Tackling “Conversion Therapy” Globally. Voices of Survivors, and Strategies for Solutions
• Fighting for progress in times of backlash

3:00 – 3:30pm

3:30 – 5:00pm

Afternoon Plenary: Success Stories from the Frontlines

5:00 – 5:15pm

Afternoon Keynote: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

5:15 – 5:30pm

Closing Remarks: Jessica Stern

6:00 – 8:30pm

Reception: Dinner and dance party at Q Studios LIC