DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN DEVELOP YOURSELF THIS JULY
Join us for a series of 45-minute info sessions —plus post-session networking time— with the IDD’s 2026 Developing Across Differences Learning Lab & Community Week expert faculty members — all leading courses at our 5th annual advanced training and community event this 6-10 July 2026.
Learn about their courses and how you can benefit from them, then join us in Groningen, NL for an exceptional professional development and community experience with colleagues from around the world.
Join us for a series of 45-minute info sessions —plus post-session networking time— with the IDD’s 2026 Developing Across Differences Learning Lab & Community Week expert faculty members — all leading courses at our 5th annual advanced training and community event this 6-10 July 2026.
Learn about their courses and how you can benefit from them, then join us in Groningen, NL for an exceptional professional development and community experience with colleagues from around the world.
DARLA DEARDORFF is the chairholder of the UNESCO Chair of Intercultural Competences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, a research fellow at Duke University’s Social Science Research Institute, and the founder of the World Council on Global and Intercultural Competence. Darla specializes in cross-cultural scholarship and training, assessment and evaluation, teacher/ faculty preparation/development, and curriculum internationalization. Darla leads the EDUCATING GLOBAL-READY GRADUATES course.
NADINE BINDER Psychologist, lecturer, trainer, researcher and certified coach Dr. Nadine Binder specializes in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, psychological safety, intercultural communication and global leadership, and mental health awareness. Nadine leads the PSYCHOLOGICAL & SOCIAL SAFETY TODAY course and co-leads the OVERCOMING DIVERSITY OPPOSITION course.
ANNELIE WAMBEEK is an independent trainer and consultant specialized in the intersection between the DEI and intercultural fields with a focus on inclusion and belonging. With a background spanning communications, sociology, international relations, and finance across Europe and Asia, Annelie is an emerging leader in the field: she currently sits on the boards of SIETAR Europa and SIETAR Netherlands. Annelie co-leads the OVERCOMING DIVERSITY OPPOSITION course.
NENE MOLEFI is a South Africa-based DEI expert and co-author of the Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmarks (GDEIB). She is known for helping corporations and government entities around the world transform their organisational culture, successfully diversifying their senior leadership and promoting greater equity and inclusion. Nene leads the GDEIB METHOD course.
MAJA NENADOVIĆ A political education, formal debate coach and human rights trainer, Dr. Nenadović has worked for over 20 years with both those who use discriminatory and hate speech rhetoric—and those who are targeted by it—to create a field-tested methodology for defusing and redirecting inflammatory encounters. Maja leads the TRANSFORMING CONFLICT course.
NENE MOLEFI is a South Africa-based DEI expert and co-author of the Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmarks (GDEIB). She is known for helping corporations and government entities around the world transform their organisational culture, successfully diversifying their senior leadership and promoting greater equity and inclusion. Nene leads the GDEIB METHOD course.
MICHAELA CARRIÈRE In addition to her role as Program Coordinator for the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Groningen/Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Michaela Carrière is the Lead Trainer and Head of the Intercultural Communication Section responsible for developing intercultural competence both within and outside the University. Michaela leads the BRIDGING DIFFERENCES course.
MAI NGUYEN Currently based in Australia but with deep ties to the Netherlands, Dr. Mai Nguyen is an expert and independent consultant widely known for bridging intercultural communication and neuroscience in organizational settings, and making these complex concepts accessible to practitioners in academic and corporate settings alike. Mai leads the APPLYING NEUROSCIENCE course.
MILTON BENNETT Thanks to his four decades of seminal contributions —including the groundbreaking Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS)— intercultural development holds a core position within the greater Differences field. Dr. Bennett continues to innovate and has recently introduced a new instrument designed to assess and support organizational-level intercultural competence. Milton leads the THE DMIS AT FORTY and THE RELATIONAL ROOTS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION courses.
HOSTS
MELISSA LILES is Founding Director of the Institute for Developing Across Differences (IDD). For over two decades, she has enjoyed working closely with those who help bridge differences – including education authorities, nonprofit and corporate practitioners, as well as trainers and academic experts – in 60+ countries. She co-leads the organisation of the annual European DAD.
NNADINE BINDER Psychologist, lecturer, trainer, researcher and certified coach Dr. Nadine Binder specializes in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, psychological safety, intercultural communication and global leadership, and mental health awareness. In addition to co-organising the DAD as partner at the Institute for Developing Across Differences, Nadine leads the PSYCHOLOGICAL & SOCIAL SAFETY TODAY course and co-leads the OVERCOMING DIVERSITY OPPOSITION course.
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Still deciding which courses might be right for you this July in the Netherlands?
Learn more about the 2026 European Developing Across Differences Learning Lab & Community Week (6-10 July).