The second Dive In festival for Diversity & Inclusion in Insurance has opened registration for its 2016 program that will take place this year over three days from Sept. 27 – 29.

The multi-award winning festival is an initiative of Inclusion@Lloyd's, the group that provides strategy and governance on D&I best practice to the Lloyd's Market. This year's festival theme is “Risk & Opportunity: Don't Get Left Behind.”

The first festival was so successful that Dive In has gone U.K.-wide and international. York, Bristol, Manchester and Chatham will be hosting Dive In United Kingdom events alongside nine other countries that will stage more than 22 of their own Dive In-branded events in and around the festival: Australia, Bermuda, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland and the U.S.

For the U.S. locations, the ABSOLUTE INCLUSION Conference from the Business Insurance Diversity & Inclusion Institute, will host a free Dive In event in Chicago on the afternoon of Sept. 28. An event will be held in New York, and in Columbus, Ohio, the Gamma Iota Sigma conference for young talent in insurance will also be affiliated with Dive In.

The companies market is also getting involved this year, extending the festival campaign reach to more than one million people, making Dive In unique as an international, sector-wide, concurrent D&I festival event.

A mobile app that makes it easy to register for events and is packed with relevant content has been designed for iPhone and Android devices. The app supplements online registration at the festival website.

The app may be downloaded from Google Play (Android) or from the App Store (iPhone).

The festival message, which is stitched through all event content, is that the insurance sector needs to be future fit and ready to reap the bottom line business benefits of a more inclusive workplace culture. This year's themes have been expanded to include families and carers and multi-generational workplaces alongside last year's subject areas: gender, multicultural, LGBT and workability. From the stress of caring for aging parents to making the most of family time, a broader range of themes this year will ensure that everyone will find the program relevant.

In London, there will be sessions to tempt even the busiest managers including rugby international Ben Cohen on being an effective ally, cricketer Nasser Hussain on the strengths of multicultural team diversity, author and former political aide Alistair Campbell on coping with depression, and author Claire Balding on leveling the playing field as a jockey and sports presenter. A list of events in other locations is available on the app and online.

Dive In is an initiative of Inclusion@Lloyd's, a strategic collaboration between the Corporation of Lloyd's, IUA, LIIBA and the Lloyd's Market Association. It was launched in 2015 and has picked up multiple awards as a Diversity Champion and for Employee Engagement.

Key sponsors for 2016 include XL Catlin, Aon, Aspen, MS Amlin, Willis, Beazeley, JLT, Liberty, Markel, Novae, Travelers and KPMG as global partner with many more organizations from the Lloyd's and Companies markets and their suppliers offering financial support, providing venues and organizing events.

All events are open to anyone who works in the insurance industry; they can attend free of charge with prior registration.

For more information, please contact divein@gongcommunications.com.