Mastering Diversity Conference

Mastering Diversity Conference Bernie Davies MASTERING DIVERSITY & INCLUSION CONFERENCE & AWARDS WALES

⏳ 12 DAYS TO GO!Wales is coming together. Will you be in the room?On 10 September, communities, businesses, educators, a...
30/08/2026

⏳ 12 DAYS TO GO!

Wales is coming together. Will you be in the room?

On 10 September, communities, businesses, educators, advocates, public services, young people and leaders will gather in Cardiff for the Mastering Diversity Conference 2026.

Eight interactive Zones. Powerful speakers. Lived experience. Practical learning. Meaningful connections—and conversations capable of becoming action.

We are proudly partnered with Vodafone Business, our Joint Headline Sponsor and Exclusive Telecommunications Partner, alongside our loyal Joint Headline Sponsor, Leigh Day.

A huge thank you to our conference and Zone sponsors:

🔸 NatWest
🔸 Hugh James
🔸 Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
🔸 Howell’s School, Llandaff
🔸 Transport for Wales
🔸 Team Wales
🔸 Cardiff Life Magazine
🔸 WCS Agency
🔸 VodafoneThree Discovery

And to our brilliant Mastering Diversity Ambassadors: thank you for sharing the message, reaching into your communities and helping us bring more voices into the room. You are part of the heartbeat of this movement.

🎟️ FREE TO ATTEND
📅 Thursday 10 September 2026
⏰ 9:00am–4:00pm
📍 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff

Register through the link in our bio.

Come with your voice. Leave with new possibilities.

We Go Together or Not at All™.

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📢 KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT!We are thrilled to welcome Ammar Akhtar, Founder and CEO of Finalrentals, as a Keynote Sp...
24/08/2026

📢 KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT!

We are thrilled to welcome Ammar Akhtar, Founder and CEO of Finalrentals, as a Keynote Speaker at the Mastering Diversity Conference 2026.

Ammar’s journey is one of courage, enterprise and global ambition—building an international car-rental technology company from its Cardiff headquarters and demonstrating what determined, purpose-led entrepreneurship can achieve.

🏆 Ammar received the 2025 Mastering Diversity Business Champion Meritorious Award.

🏆 Finalrentals is also the Head Judge and Sponsor of our 2026 Community Champion Award, recognising those creating trust, opportunity and belonging across our communities.

Join us to hear the real story behind the growth: the risks, lessons, resilience and leadership that glossy success stories often leave on the cutting-room floor.

📅 10 September 2026
🕘 9:00am–4:00pm
📍 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff
🎟️ FREE—advance booking required.

Book through the link in our bio or visit:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986076061965

With heartfelt thanks to our Conference Sponsors:

Leigh Day, Vodafone Business, NatWest, Hugh James, Commonwealth Games Team Wales, Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust, Howell’s School Llandaff, Transport for Wales, Cardiff Life Magazine and WCS Agency.

Thank you also to Final Rentals for supporting our 2026 Awards.

And to our brilliant Ambassadors:

Ammar Akhtar, Caroline Smith, Mubarak Ali, Nisha Harichandran, Nicola Noél, Benedicta Ademola, Kieran Jones, Dr Tipswalo Day, Jessica Shipman and Naheed Ashraf.

Your voices are helping us build more than a conference. We are building an ecosystem for lasting change.

We Go Together or Not at All™.

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24/07/2026

🎥✨ Our amazing Strategic Partners – NatWest Cymru!💜

It was a pleasure catching up with Emma Baynton and Nathan Martin from NatWest Cymru during our Mastering Diversity Community Activation at St David's Cardiff yesterday.

Hearing about the exciting developments taking place across Wales was inspiring, and we're proud to have NatWest continuing their partnership with us.

Please join me in congratulating the team and thanking them for their ongoing commitment to building a more inclusive Wales. 👏

We're delighted that NatWest will be co-hosting our Business Zone alongside Hugh James at the Mastering Diversity Conference 2026.

Come and be part of the conversations, the connections and the collaborations that are shaping the future.

📅 Mastering Diversity Conference 2026
📍 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff
🗓️ 10 September 2026

🎟️ Book your FREE place
🔗 Link in bio or visit www.masteringdiversity.com

Together, we're proving that the strongest partnerships don't just sponsor change—they help create it.

We Go Together... Or Not At All.💜

Credits: Angelika Jasnos

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22/07/2026

🎥 Two young women. Two powerful voices. One conversation that stayed with us. 💜

As we prepare for tomorrow's Community Activation outside SEPHORA, St David's Cardiff, we're sharing this moving conversation with two young women who wished to remain anonymous—but absolutely wanted their voices to be heard.

They spoke honestly about race, equality and belonging, comparing life in the Welsh Valleys with the experience of living in the capital.

Their words are honest. Thought-provoking. Hopeful. Challenging.

✨ Watch and be informed.
✨ Watch and be moved.
✨ Watch... and become part of the change.

The conversations we have on our streets become the conversations that shape our conference, our communities and, ultimately, our future.

Join us at the Mastering Diversity Conference 2026.

📅 10 September 2026
📍 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff

🎟️ Free tickets:
www.masteringdiversity.com

💜 Because every voice matters.

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21/07/2026

🎥Why do organisations keep coming back to support Mastering Diversity?

Because when we work together, we create more than events... we create opportunities, stronger organisations, and communities where everyone can belong.

A huge thank you to Sarah Jones, CEO of FinTech Wales, for her continued partnership and for sharing why FinTech Wales believes in the Mastering Diversity mission. Your support over the years has helped us bring together leaders from every sector to have courageous conversations that lead to meaningful action. 💜

Every partnership. Every conversation. Every voice matters.

🎬 Watch Sarah's story and discover why collaboration is one of the greatest catalysts for lasting change.

Then join us as we continue building a Wales where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are woven into the fabric of our organisations and communities.

📍 Mastering Diversity Conference 2026
🏛 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff
📅 10 September 2026

🎟️ Your ticket is FREE
Book today via the link in our bio or visit:
www.masteringdiversity.com

Together, we don't just imagine a better future...
We build it.

💜 See you in Cardiff.

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20/07/2026

🚑 Why They Return. 💜

For the third year running, Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust is proudly sponsoring the Mastering Diversity Conference.

In this video, Kathryn Cobley shares why this partnership matters and the impact it continues to have on their organisation.

Real change happens when organisations come together with a shared purpose—to create healthier, fairer and more inclusive communities for everyone.

A huge thank you to Kathryn and the entire Welsh Ambulance Services team for believing in our vision and continuing this journey with us.

🎥 Watch the video.
💬 Share your thoughts.
🎟️ Then join us on 10 September at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

Book your FREE place via the link in our bio.

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10/07/2026

🇺🇳 DELIVERING A FULL STATEMENT AT THE UNITED NATIONS 🇺🇳

Dreams become reality one step, one conversation and one act of courage at a time.

A few years ago, TechCeFaCos Group invited me to become their Patron and Main Representative to the United Nations because they believed our shared vision and our thoughtcleadership deserved a global platform.

That conversation led to the creation of the Global Empowerment & Inclusion Summits in Geneva.

Since then...

✨ 6 visits to the United Nations

✨ 4 UN visits in 2026 alone

✨ 2 Global Empowerment & Inclusion Summits

✨ Participation at CSW70

✨ And now delivering a full statement at the United Nations High Level Political Forum in New York.

The flights were never the achievement.

The impact was.

In 2025, our Summit discussions became an official UN Statement.

In 2026, our Summit produced a Joint Communiqué that was published and taken to the High Level Political Forum.

Then came the invitation.

We showed up.

And I stood before Member States to deliver our collective voice.

This belongs to everyone who has walked this journey with us. To the TechCeFaCos youth, women and partners in the global south.
To the youth in Gembu State
Those in Cameroon
Nigeria

To our partners.

To our delegates.

To our speakers.

To our sponsors.

To Wales.

To every person who believes that collaboration creates lasting change.

🎥 Watch until the end...

It's worth it.

Thank you Emmanuel Sevidzem Liynyuy, Mfikela Jean and Samuel for trusting me and partnering with Mastering Diversity.

❤️

08/07/2026

Making Interventions at the UN High Level Political Forum🇺🇳

Addressing the Esteemed Panel on Powering Green Growth: Inclusive Solutions for Energy and Industry through Agro Value Chains- SDG 7 SDG9 amd SDG 17 with the Council for Palm Oil Producing Countries...

What a privilege to say the names of TechCeFaCos Group and Mastering Diversity in the High Level Political Forum at the United Nations New York.

Grateful that the Executive Director of the World Bank did not make short thrift of what he admitted was a difficult question. I just felt it needed to be answered. I know it is a question that needs to be considered with intent.

More opportunities for conversations that create questions that lead to careful thought and meaningful action continue at the 4th Annual Mastering Diversity Conference 2026👇

Join us.

📅 Mastering Diversity Conference 2026

📍 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff

🗓️ 10 September 2026

🎟️ Book your free place:
www.masteringdiversity.com

07/07/2026

Daily Musings- Day 1

What a joy to speak to Mara from the UAE living in New York, attending university and showed up to support her very impressive dad who works for the UN and does major great works globally.

as we hear her take on gender.

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