Speakers

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Padmasini Dayananda, Global Head of Outreach - Volunteering
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Padmasini heads ESG Outreach- Cognizant's volunteering led Social Impact Program that focusses on supporting inclusion in tech and increasing community impact by engaging volunteers across its global locations. Creating opportunities that instill a sense of purpose and social impact in the communities.
She has given the program the much needed momentum to focus on social digital empowerment; delivering digital education to a spectrum ranging from primary schools, youth employability initiatives, STEM development and pro bono services to various charities, advising them on how they can use digital capabilities to service their beneficiary better.
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Neil Edwards, Senior Manager, Purpose and Inclusion

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Neil Edwards is a Executive coach working at the intersections of leadership, teams & relationships, well-being, and diversity.
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Bea boccalandro, Author, Do Good At Work - President, VeraWork

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Bea Boccalandro helps companies ignite purpose for every team member. She is a purpose / CSR / ESG advisor and author of "Do Good at Work: How Simple Acts of Social Purpose Drive Success and Wellbeing" (New York: Morgan James Publishing, 2021), which Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant named a top book and Midwest Book Review recommends as a “life changing, life enhancing read.”. Bea is also a founder and president of VeraWorks, a global firm that helps companies with job purposing and corporate social responsibility (CSR)