In 2018 Google for Startups launched the ‘Diversity & Inclusion Award’ to honour a partner hub whose D&I initiative has made “significant impact to advance and support under-represented founders” which be scaled across the global network.

Dogpatch Labs was selected for this award in recognition of Diversity in Tech Week 2018. As part of this award, we received sponsorship to develop the Inclusive Hubs Playbook to share key learnings about D&I best-practice and resources for running diversity programmes.

This year, rather than host another full week of events in the capital, we have decided to take Diversity in Tech Week on the road to four of Ireland’s leading startup hubs – Republic of Work; Ormeau Baths; Ludgate Hub and Portershed.

This initiative will help us to share best practice and learnings across the four provinces of Ireland, making the whole of Ireland a more inclusive place for entrepreneurs.

At this hands-on workshop team members from Ludgate Hub and Dogpatch Labs will come together to explore how a hub can operationalise diversity and inclusion best practices. Dogpatch Labs will use the Inclusive Hubs Scorecard they developed as part of the Inclusive Hubs Playbook, to help hubs benchmark themselves and consider the breadth of D&I as it applies to startup hubs.

*Open to Ludgate team members only.

Lugdate | Postponed until further notice

‘Inclusion through education’ specialist Shoutout will lead a workshop to enhance our understanding of LGBTQ+ experiences and understand how small things can make a big difference for LGBTQ+ members. This is great opportunity for those unfamiliar with theories on gender and sexuality or LGBT terminologies to ask questions in an open and respectful environment.

*Open to Ormeau Bath community members only. 

Ormeau Baths | Postponed until further notice

We are bringing designers and meetup organisers from Galway’s grassroots tech community together to share knowledge on how to design inclusive experiences. Attendees will come away with greater insight into inclusivity, and come away with an ‘inclusive events toolkit’ for their meetup community.

Portershed | Postponed until further notice

An intimate, carefully curated evening event where 100 leaders and change agents will engage in dialogue based workshops focusing on the practicalities of becoming an effective “Ally” to accelerate a culture of inclusion in their workplace.

Republic of Work | Postponed until further notice