11:00 AM How Your LGBTQ+ Business Can Work with Big Companies (Even If You’re Small) LaMecia Butler, Program Manager, Meta Global Supplier Diversity, Graham Nolan, Co-Chair, Storytelling & Partnerships, Do the WeRQ Co-Chair, Logan Wick, CEO, OutBranding, Abigail Stason.

12:00 PM ASHLEY BRUNDAGE | Author of Empowering Differences will show you the 4 steps to impact change with an interactive live tech demo to track how empowered people are by their differences.

1:00 PM DR. STEVE R. YACOVELLI | Award-winning author and speaker Dr. Steve Yacovelli (a.k.a. “The Gay Leadership Dude®”) shares his strategies for being a Consciously Inclusive Leader within any workplace and beyond. From how to THINK IN about our own unconscious biases to SPEAKING UP when someone disparages any group to ACT OUT and strategically look for ways you can make your workplace more inclusive, you’ll leave this talk with immediate steps to make the world just a bit more inclusive.

2:00 PM BLACK TIE DINNER BRAD PRITCHETT | For forty years Black Tie Dinner has provided support to non-profit organizations becoming the largest LGBTQ+ fundraising event in the country. Learn about their humble beginnings, how they attract attendees and celebrity talent from around the country, and plans for the future.

3:00 PM BREAK

4:00 PM HRC | There is a lot on line— between Bathroom Bills, Drag Bans, Book Bans, Gender Affirming Care Bans, it is now more important than ever to make your voice heard. Join us for a powerful conversation with HRC thought leaders on why voting in this next election cycle is paramount for equality. =

5:00 PM DYLLÓN BURNSIDE | Live Interview with POSE and American Horror Story breakout star, Dyllón Burnside. A young creative talent with a story of his own that you won’t want to miss.

6:00 PM LEEANNE LOCKEN & STEVE KEMBLE | The importance of allyship in today’s culture and political climate cannot be undervalued or ignored especially when your loved ones are under attack.

7:00 PM TILL NEXT YEAR

10:00 AM DOORS OPEN

11:00 AM DR CARLTON LIVE INTERVIEW | How Gastrointestinal Doctor and Social Media sensation become a consultant to The White House and CDC during the Monkey Pox Outbreak

12:00 PM TIMOTHY BARDLAVENS | Product Equity: Representing The Fullness of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community in Digital Products

Rarely do product teams deeply consider the lived experiences of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and how their identities intersect with race, gender-identity, physical & cognitive disability, mental health, financial wellbeing and other areas that create barriers to accessing digital products. These barriers extend well beyond a moment in time, but can permeate throughout a life of feeling unseen, unheard and unsupported.

In this session, you will learn strategies to towards product equity - a journey that requires consistent and persistent work toward humanizing the experiences of historically underinvested and marginalized communities, especially the 2SLBGTQIA+ community. It’s not always the “feel good” process. It’s often thankless, resulting in disillusion, burnout, and compassion fatigue. But with buy-in, structural support, clear goals, and a little optimism, the potential for impact and innovation is endless.

1:00 PM MATT SKALLERUD PANEL DISCUSSION | Marketing to the Rainbow. Founder of Pink Media discusses Authentic Marketing Practices Corporate Allies can use for Effective Advertising.

2:00 PM Naomi Green KEYNOTE ADDRESS | DEI Expert, Acclaimed Speaker, & Transgender Activist will discuss Fact vs Fiction: The Truth about the Transgender Community and Why We Need Allies to Help Tell Our Stories

3:00 PM Filmmaker/Director ANDY VALLENTINE & NICO TORTORELLA discuss new film The Mattachine Family

4:00 PM Advocatechannel.com presents: The Evolving Landscape of LGBTQ+ Media Panelists include Michel J Pelletier (Equalpride), Jay Roeker (iHeart Media), Leo Cusimano (Dallas Voice)

5:00 PM ANTONI POROWSKI COOKING DEMONSTRATION | Food & Wine Expert, Author and Cast-member of Emmy Award-Winning Netflix Show Queer Eye, Antoni Porowski will conduct a live cooking presentation followed by Q&A.

6:00 PM UNLEASHED LGBTQ+ HAPPY HOUR | Enjoy cocktails and mingle among other LGBTQ+ thought leaders and professionals.

7:00 PM BILLY EICHNER LIVE INTERVIEW | Star of the Largest-budget Gay Rom-Com, Bros- Billy Eichner will discuss his Career from Comedian to Leading Man.

8:00 PM Gay Country Music Sensation KAMERON ROSS

11:00 PM CLOSE

2:00PM Zach Herrin LIVE INTERVIEW | In a sport that is inherently conservative this NASCAR stock-racer never let any obstacle keep him from living Out & Proud!

3:00PM Stacey Stevenson KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Award-winning Speaker, CEO and mother of 2 discusses Family Equality and growing up LGBTQ+ in the Rural South

4:00PM Indya Moore LIVE INTERVIEW | How a black-transgender actor navigated Hollywood to become a force with Emmy Award-Winning Show Pose and most currently becoming the new face of Saint Laurent Cosmetics

5:00PM DANIEL FRANZASE LIVE INTERVIEW | “She Doesn’t Even Go Here!” Mean Girls breakout star discusses playing iconic, openly gay, teenage character, Damian— and what it means to him 20 years later.

6:00PM Jayzen Patria Lead With Your Brand! Are You Coffee Or Are You Starbucks?  Apple, Starbucks, & Nike. The LGBTQ community loves brands! Learn the 5 steps to Lead With Your Brand to your next career breakthrough by refining your winning, super-premium brand using a real marketer’s toolkit.

7:00PM BRIAN SIMS LIVE INTERVIEW | Former Penn. State Representative and Managing Director for Out Leadership will discuss his experience working in government as gay man in a turbulent political climate

8:00PM Sister Helen Holy STAND UP COMEDY An acclaimed character of evangelical satire and brilliant comedic improve. Careful if you’re in the front rows.

8:30PM Cassandra Cass DRAG PERFORMANCE

10:00PM CLOSED FOR DAY