ABOUT THE
CONFERENCE
After two successful editions, the 3rd Malta Diversity & Inclusion Charter Conference returns – bigger, bolder, and more action-driven than ever. Join us at The Xara Lodge for a day of insightful discussions, practical strategies, and meaningful networking, all focused on promoting genuine diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond. Learn from industry experts, share best practices, and connect with like-minded professionals committed to building a more inclusive society. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a movement that turns dialogue into action. secure your ticket today and help shape the future of D&I in Malta. This years conference title
Memories from 2025 Conference
CORE Platform
CORE Platform is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, debating, raising awareness of, and advancing the principles of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), serving as a platform for dialogue and knowledge-sharing among its members, associates, civil society, and other stakeholders at both national and international levels. CORE Platform developed and initiated the Malta Diversity & Inclusion Charter, acts as its national coordinator, and officially represents Malta on the EU Platform of Diversity Charters – an EU-level platform managed by the European Commission that brings together 27 national Diversity Charters (representing over 17,500 signatories and 17 million employees) to exchange best practices and inspire effective diversity and inclusion policies across Europe. Additionally, CORE Platform is the National Partner for CSR Europe in Malta – a leading European sustainability organization that helps over 10,000 professionals and corporate members turn sustainability into business value, navigate EU regulations, and drive collective action through peer networks, summits, and policy engagement.
Mission & Vision
The Malta Diversity and Inclusion Charter Conference, scheduled for May 2025, is driven by a clear and comprehensive set of objectives that aim to not only raise awareness but also actively promote and instigate meaningful change in the realms of diversity and inclusion (D&I). With the participation of approximately 200 Professionals, including esteemed stakeholders and advocates, these objectives underscore the event’s significance and its potential to catalyse transformative action.
Our Values
CORE Platform revolves around 3 main pillars. Creating Awareness, Collaboration, & Training. We strive to attain these goals through multiple local and International projects in collaboration with a number of International public and private partners. The Malta Diversity & Inclusion Charter is one of these projcets.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Gege Gatt is a digital entrepreneur, an IT-Law specialist, and an experienced Director serving on a number of company boards.
Professional Roles and Affiliations
He’s passionate about AI, digital ethics, transformation, culture and strategy. Gege is a TEDx speaker, a lecturer, and specialist examiner at the University of Malta. He has won the UK’s Enterprise Awards in 2024, the 2024 Malta International Business Awards, and the UK’s healthcare HSJ Awards 2025.
He is the CEO of London-based company EBO.AI, an Artificial Intelligence platform which is disrupting the customer engagement industry through data. His work has been covered by IDC, USA Today, Forbes, Japan Times, the Telegraph, the FT and others. He’s a Director at ICON: a software development company serving markets in central Europe. He is an Executive Board Member of the Malta IT Law Association which promotes awareness of IT law issues around privacy and cybersecurity.
Gege has been appointed by the World Health Organisation as an academic reviewer of its digital Health Information System strategy. Gege also served as the Chairman of Beacon Media Group which is a multi-platform media service including online and offline channels and which operates the news brand ‘Newsbook’ and 103FM.
He is a regular contributor to IT publications and academic papers, and a frequent speaker at business and technology conferences. He has co-authored a book on Digital Psychology and 6 papers on digital marketing. Pro bono, Gege acts as a Board Member on the Vatican’s initiative on technology and well-being in Rome: Humanity 2.0 for which he also mentored the first ever Vatican Hackathon.
Activism, feminism, criticism
Emma Holten (b. 1991) is the author of the 2024 book Deficit, which has sold more than 50.000 copies in Denmark and is sold for publication in 10 countries. She has delivered numerous keynotes across Europe and in the US, and she gives talks at educational institutions, organisations and businesses.
She has started to write bi-monthly pieces for a Danish newspaper, also published in media in Norway, Sweden and Italy.
She is on the board at Digitalt Ansvar, and is a board member at Blaagaard Teater. She sat on the European Institute of Gender Equality Experts Forum as an expert in feminist economics, and is on Human Rights Watch’s advisory committee on Women’s Rights. In 2023 she was appointed as advisor to the government’s investigation of power in Denmark.
Holten has translated Chris Kraus’ collection of essays Where Art Belongs (2021), Silvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch (2023) and Melissa Broder’s novels The Pisces (2022) and Milk Fed (2023) into Danish.
She holds a BA in Comparative Literature (2011) and an MA in Modern Culture (2017), both from The University of Copenhagen, with exchanges at Barnard and Uppsala Universities. She lives in Copenhagen.
Honourable Rebecca Buttigieg is a Maltese female politician currently serving as the Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality within the Office of the Prime Minister focusing on social policy, equality, and LGBTQ+ rights.
Worked closely with Minister Owen Bonnici on reforms, including Malta’s Gender Equality Strategy 2023–2028 and LGBTQ+ rights advancements.
Career and Political Involvement
Before her parliamentary tenure, Buttigieg gained experience at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and served as a Policy Officer at Malta’s Permanent Representation to the European Union during Malta’s EU Council Presidency in 2017. She later worked as a spokesperson for the Ministry for Economy and the Ministry for Home Affairs, National Security, and Law Enforcement. In her role as Parliamentary Secretary, she has been instrumental in advocating for social reforms, including the evaluation of cannabis legislation, discussions on euthanasia, and the promotion of LGBTIQ+ rights. She has also supported amendments to abortion laws to provide greater clarity and peace of mind for women facing pregnancy complications
Recognition
In January 2025, Buttigieg was named a European Young Leader by Friends of Europe, acknowledging her contributions to promoting equality and social reform in Malta.
Academically
Buttigieg holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Malta. She furthered her studies with a Master of Science in Global Crime, Justice, and Security from the University of Edinburgh in 2015.
Workshop
Joseph K. Muscat is a Malta-based neurodiversity consultant, trainer, and coach who draws on his own lived experience to support neurodiverse adults in the workplace.
Diagnosed with Visual Motor, Visual Perception, Working Memory, and Dyslexia challenges, Joseph turned years of personal struggle into a mission to create systemic change.
He spent over two decades as a professional photographer and entrepreneur after earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University and studying at Humber College in Toronto. After relocating from Canada to Malta in 2014, he pivoted into project management and business development — and by 2018, faced with the limits of available support for neurodiverse adults, he developed his own Seven-Step Transformative Management Methodology (SSTMM).
Today, through his consultancy, Joseph offers corporate training, coaching, speaking engagements, and inclusive workplace consulting — helping organisations unlock the potential of neurodiverse employees and empowering individuals to thrive on their own terms.
Panel Discussions
Training
Empowering Diversity & Inclusion Champions
At CORE Platform, we are committed to supporting the signatories of the Malta Diversity & Inclusion Charter by providing relevant training and resources to drive meaningful change.
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🔹 Lead the Change – Be part of a growing network committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in Malta.
Register today and take the next step in your D&I journey!
AGENDA.
| Time | Desciption |
|---|---|
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration & Welcome Coffee |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Opening Remarks by Helga Ellul, President of CORE Platform |
| 09:10 - 09:20 | Mission & Vision by Julian Dingli CEO CORE Platform |
| 09:20 -10:05 | Keynote: Maria Alexiou – “The Voluntary European Standards for SMEs” |
| 10:05 - 10:50 | BUSINESS Panel Discussion |
| Panel includes ; APS BANK, PANTA GROUP, EASYJET ENGINEERING, P CUTAJAR Ltd | |
| Moderator - Peter Jan Grech - CEO / Founder BRNDWGN Host UNBRANDME Podcast | |
| 10:50 - 11:05 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:05 - 12:05 | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS Panel |
| Panel Includes: INSTITUTE OF TOURISM STUDIES, MCAST, SFWS | |
| LED by THE HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTORATE | |
| 12:05 - 13:05 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:05 - 13:50 | Keynote ; Nathan Farrugia |
| 13:50 - 14:00 | Intervention by Rebecca Buttigieg, Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms & Equality |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Commitment Ceremony |
| 15:00 -15:10 | Closing Remarks |