• Ascent is an initiative by PCMA to promote inclusion and diversity across the business events industry.
• Ascent seeks to empower those challenged by gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, or disabilities to find success in our industry.
• Ascent strives to motivate and to educate decision-makers on the business case and best practices for inclusive workplaces and events.
• We believe that greater inclusion across the industry will foster new voices to strengthen our leadership, our businesses, and our world.
• By working together toward inclusion and diversity within our workplaces and at the events we produce, we will enact meaningful social change.

Looking to make your next business event more diverse, inclusive, and welcoming? There’s no better place to start than with your speakers. We’ve hand-picked a few who may fly under the radar in the speaker circuit but raise the bar in making events more diverse — and way more interesting.