This is a past event. Registration is closed. View other German Chamber of Commerce in China - Shanghai events.
Shiyin Cai (Founder of Dialogue in the Dark)

Shiyin Cai

Founder of Dialogue in the Dark

After the encounter with Sabriye Tenberken who founded the blind school in Tibet, Shiyin was inspired and started working as a volunteer advisor for the blind school. She then worked as COO for Dialogue social enterprise in Hamburg in 2010 and moved back to China in 2012 to found the “Dialogue in the Dark” social enterprise China which has expanded to Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu and Shenzhen focusing on changing the stereotype and discrimination against marginalised people in mainland China." Dialogue in the Dark" is now employing 60 blind employees and employees with hearing impacts in the organization. SInce it's start, over 200,000 people in mainland China have experienced the darkness.

She is an active Marathon runner and also serves as the Deputy Dean for Chinese Ancient ceramics art college at Ningbo university, and the Chairperson for her family foundation managing three private museums.

Marina Kalnitski (Moderator) (Director Training & Development of Taicang Inclusion Factory)

Marina Kalnitski (Moderator)

Director Training & Development of Taicang Inclusion Factory

Marina Kalnitski is a social activist focusing on the empowerment of individuals with disabilities through education, skills development and occupation; she specializes in projects that are focusing on the inclusion of the “other” back into the society. Marina co-manages the first industrial workshop in China which provides respectful and dignified employment for individuals with intellectual and mental impairments. Marina conducts CSR training and is a public speaker raising awareness for the rights of people with disabilities. In addition, Marina is a Disability Equality Facilitator and an Inclusion Consultant for companies and enterprises that wish to become more tolerant, diverse & inclusive. Formerly, Marina coordinated a unique integration program for young adults with intellectual disabilities and later founded and managed a language training center for children with learning disabilities. ***Inclusion Factory is based on the philosophy that people with disabilities can and want to be productive members of society.