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Inclusive Communication Symposium 2024 by OIST's C-hub

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The Center for Professional Development and Inclusive Excellence (C-Hub) at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) is hosting an annual symposium on March 7 and 8, 2024. You can learn more and register for the event here.


Their annual symposium brings together bold ideas and innovative thinkers to delve into subjects that strengthen the capacity to foster excellence by promoting inclusivity. Each year, they have different themes on inclusion (e.g., inclusive mentoring in 2021, inclusive leadership in 2022) to encourage a wider audience to share their work, insights, and practice.


It is my absolute pleasure to be invited as a keynote speaker for the symposium next year! I hope to bring my perspectives on inclusion regarding neurodiversity. You can learn more about next year's speakers here.


Below is the description of the symposium from their webpage (https://groups.oist.jp/c-hub/inclusive-communication-symposium-2024):

Our 2024 theme, Inclusive Communication, creates a forum for considering the ways in which organizations and individuals can center equity and inclusion to enable maximally effective communication structures and practices to ultimately foster engagement, creativity, and wellbeing. Communication is a two-way process of understanding and being understood. Inclusive communication holds us accountable to our assumptions or biases that may exclude full participation and contribution. We will hear from keynote speakers who have been instrumental in breaking down barriers to fully participatory engagement. They will raise our awareness of what critical voices, data, and representations are erased when information is biased or access to participation is limited. Their work will inspire us to take action in our own roles and environments. We welcome attendees across Japan and internationally from the university, non-profit, and private sector, including but not limited to faculty, students, administrative staff, researchers, postdocs, and executives.









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