Registration for the 2024 Dive In Festival, the leading global event promoting diversity and inclusion in the business sector, is now open. The annual festival, scheduled for 24 – 26 September, will host over 130 hybrid events across a record breaking 48 countries, allowing participants worldwide to engage in real-time.

This year’s festival will feature prominent speakers, including five-time Olympic Champion, Laura Kenny and Maro Itoje, professional rugby player for Saracens and the England national team. Also speaking are Jelena Dokic, former world number four tennis player and resilience advocate; Xavier Ramey, CEO of Justice Informed; and Tracey Gendron, author and global speaker on age bias. With the festival expecting more participants than ever before, Dive In continues to expand its global impact, engaging professionals across the Americas, South Africa, Singapore, and beyond.

The 2024 theme, ‘A Sustainable Future: The Next 10 Years,’ focuses on cultivating inclusive cultures that drive innovation and address global challenges, particularly within the insurance industry. Reflecting its commitment to professional development, Dive In will once again offer Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited events through the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), allowing attendees to apply their participation towards annual CPD/Continuing Education (CE) hours.

Dive In remains at the forefront of discussing relevant D&I topics, with this year’s agenda exploring wider topics including neurodiversity, ageism, gender equality, the impact of AI, sustainability, and mental health resilience in the workplace. Social mobility will also be a key focus, with countries like Mexico, the USA, and New Zealand leading discussions on this critical issue.

To further engage industry professionals, Dive In has introduced the ‘Nominate My Manager’ campaign, celebrating individuals who have made outstanding contributions to fostering D&I in their workplaces. The campaign will honour leaders in four categories: Advocacy and Leadership, Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, Communication and Engagement, and Innovation and Collaboration.

Supporting the festival’s theme, the ‘CEO Talking Heads’ campaign has also been launched, emphasising the importance of D&I in driving innovation and tackling global challenges such as cybersecurity, global health, AI, and climate change. This initiative features CEOs from a range of Global Festival Partners, highlighting the critical role of leadership in promoting D&I.

Mikir Shah, Founder and CEO of Africa Specialty Risks, commented, “2024 marks our first year as a Dive In Global Festival Partner, and we are excited to champion diversity and inclusion within the African business sector. With five African countries participating— Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Africa—our involvement underscores the continent’s growing commitment to D&I.”

Angela Flaherty, Partner at Clyde & Co, remarked, “We are proud to join Dive In as a Global Festival Partner for the first time. A diverse workforce and an inclusive culture are vital for our success, and we are committed to making D&I a priority. After observing the festival’s growth and impact over the years, we knew this was an initiative we wanted to support.”

This year there are 32 confirmed Global Festival Partners Supporting Dive In, Africa Specialty Risk, AIG, Aon, Arch Capital Group, Aviva, AXA, Axis Capital, BMS, Chubb, Clyde & Co, CNA, Everest, Fidelis Insurance Group, Gallagher, Guidewire, Howden, Kennedys, KPMG, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Lloyd’s, Lockton, Markel, Marsh McLennan, Munich RE, MS Amlin, RenaissanceRe, RGA, Scor, Sompo, Swiss Re, Tokio Marine Kiln and WTW.