Speaker: Charlene
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Charlene Liu was born in Malaysia and has lived in the US, Singapore, and China.  She is an engineer, community leader, social entrepreneur, and diversity, equity & Inclusion (DEI) advocate. Charlene graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and received a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University.  She has 20+ years of working experience in the Semiconductor & Electronics and Solar industries, ranging from design, engineering, manufacturing, project management to sales and marketing.  She has experience with events, corporate innovation, and management consulting at PwC and Deloitte.  She was the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) APAC and Portfolio at Arcadis. Charlene has almost 20 years of community leadership, commercial event management, and DEI advocacy experience.  In 2009, she co-founded ShanghaiPRIDE, an annual festival run by volunteers that promotes LGBT+ inclusion, in 2014 Q-Events, an event management company, in 2016 Ladies Who Tech, a social impact community for women in STEM, and in 2019, Diversity & Inclusion Consulting DNIC (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore), a consultancy which helps corporations build a more inclusive culture.  She also served as an Executive Board Member, Women Representative of ILGA Asia.  In 2024, she led Asian Pride as Chief Pride Officer and became co-founder of DNIC EU based in the Netherlands. In 2014, she and team ShanghaiPRIDE were awarded Shanghai Hero by Time Out Shanghai, and in 2018, Best Event Organizer in East China by Huodongxing. At this moment, Charlene is embarking on a full-time journey to make the world more inclusive.