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Catalyst Awards

Join us virtually or in New York City for a transformative learning and community-building experience dedicated to championing inclusive workplaces for women.

  • Venue

    New York Hilton Midtown and online

  • Date

    11 March 2025

  • Time

    8:00 AM ET - 
9:30 PM ET

About the experience

Designed to inspire and empower DEI and HR leaders, this conference brings to the stage visionary leaders and trailblazers driving systemic change across industries worldwide. This year's conference theme, “The Diversity Dividend: Elevating women, transforming workplaces," highlights the power of integrated diversity and inclusion practices to create high-performing workplaces, unlock new levels of productivity, and prepare organizations for what’s next. 



See the agenda

  • 2,000

    in-person and virtual attendees
  • 7+

    hours of actionable programming
  • 40+

    expert speakers

Who attends?

This is more than an event – it's where you can celebrate trailblazing gender equity initiatives and join a community of thousands building a more equitable future for all.

  • HR leaders: Gain strategies for building human-centered equitable workplaces.
  • Business leaders and companies: Attract top talent as a leader in workplace inclusion.
  • Diversity and inclusion practitioners and advocates: Access resources and build connections.


Explore speakers

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Congratulations to all the past Catalyst Award winners since 1987!

 

Catalyst Award winners lead a community of forward-thinking organizations that are developing new and innovative ways to advance gender equity and strengthen their organizations.

 

Read about the 2025 winners

Sponsors

We thank our Leading for Equity and Inclusion donors for their generous support of our work in this area.

Convening Sponsor

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Presenting Sponsor

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Platinum Sponsor

  • catalyst-web-image-logo-external-edward-jones

Gold Sponsors

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  • catalyst-web-image-logo-external-sanofi

Silver Sponsor

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Bronze Sponsors

Dow
Merck
Shell USA, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Catalyst Awards Conference & Celebration?

The Catalyst Awards Conference & Celebration is the premier gender equity conference and awards event for advocates of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This year’s event will highlight the transformative power integrated DEI practices have to create high-performing workplaces, unlock new levels of productivity, and prepare organizations for what’s next.

 

The Catalyst Awards Conference will be hybrid, which means there will be both an in-person component and a virtual component. The Celebration Dinner is in-person only.

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Catalyst Award attendees gain SHRM credits.

Catalyst is recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and authorized to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.