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