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Global Summit of
Women 2008
Hanoi,
Vietnam ** June 5-7, 2008
"women AND asia: driving the global economy"
* PROVIDED a Forum on Doing Business with Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry * PROVIDED a Forum on Doing Business with Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry * RAISED record $33,000 for victims of natural disasters in China and Myanmar from nearly 1,000 delegates from 72 countries * RAISED record $33,000 for victims of natural disasters in China and Myanmar from nearly 1,000 delegates from 72 countries
The Prime Minister of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Tan Dũng, welcomed delegates to the Doing Business with Vietnam Forum. Here, he addresses delegates at the Summit's Opening Ceremony. Seated, from left: Summit President Ms. Irene Natividad and Angela Titzrath-Grimm, Vice President, Daimler AG. Delegates at the Doing Business with Vietnam Forum. The Forum offered advice for the many Summit delegates interested in doing business with the newest 'Asian Tiger'. Summit delegates at the Opening Ceremony Hon. Ma Xiuhong, China's Vice Minister of Commerce
acknowledges the generosity of Summit participants (Xinhua Photo) Global Summit of Women's Special Guest speaks at the Opening Ceremony: H. E. Chantal Compaoré, First Lady, Burkina Faso
* PROVIDED a Forum on Doing Business with Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Prime Minister of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Tan Dũng, welcomed delegates to the Doing Business with Vietnam Forum. Here, he addresses delegates at the Summit's Opening Ceremony. Seated, from left: Summit President Ms. Irene Natividad and Angela Titzrath-Grimm, Vice President, Daimler AG.
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Video of
Global Summit of Women Sessions
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Hear from Top Women CEOs
at the 2008 Global Summit of Women
CEO Forum
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Corporate leaders speak
about
Corporate Social Responsibility
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Microsoft's
VP for Public Sector, Ms. Gerri Elliott, speaks about
the Ministerial Roundtable and its importance.
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* RECOGNIZED and awarded MiniGrants to Ministers from Antigua, Mexico and South Africa for Best Practices in Public/Private Sector Partnerships * RELEASED New MasterIndex of Women's Advancement by MasterCard at the 2008 Summit * RELEASED GfK Roper Public Affairs' "Asian Women in the Global Economy: Rising Opportunities and New Dynamics" * WELCOMED a New Partner to the Summit's Global Consortium of Women to End Cervical Cancer: InterAmerican Commission of Women of the OAS * ENCOURAGED NETWORKING among Summit Delegates
Best Practices Award Winners reporting on their projects at the Plenary session: From left: Hon. Elizabeth Thabethe, Hon. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro, Ms. Gerri Elliot of Microsoft, and Hon. Patricia Espinosa Torres At Podium: Georgette Tan, Vice President, Communications Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa, MasterCard Worldwide Dr. Xiaoyan Zhao, Senior Vice President and Director,
Global Research and Consulting, GfK Roper Hon. Dr. Jacqui Quinn Leandro,
Minister of Labor, Public Administration and Empowerment, Antigua and Barbuda,
addresses Summit delegates. IBM raffled off a laptop at the Networking Breakfast; here, Laptop Winner Irina Arsentieva, President of Fund "Women's World Assembly" and President of BPW Moscow with Marilyn Johnson of IBM and Summit President Natividad
* RECOGNIZED and awarded MiniGrants to Ministers from Antigua, Mexico and South Africa for Best Practices in Public/Private Sector Partnerships
Best Practices Award Winners reporting on their projects at the Plenary session: From left: Hon. Elizabeth Thabethe, Hon. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro, Ms. Gerri Elliot of Microsoft, and Hon. Patricia Espinosa Torres
* Hear more from the
Ministerial Roundtable
* Learn more about the
Summit's Global Consortium of
Women to End Cervical Cancer
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Click here for
Hon.
Dr. Quinn Leandro's Statement
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Full Report delivered by Georgette Tan at the 2008
Global Summit of Women
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Full Report delivered by Dr.
Xiaoyan Zhao at the 2008
Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam
Global Summit
of Women Leadership Award and Entrepreneurship Awards
* SALUTED Outstanding Individuals who Promote Women's Progress Global Women's Leadership Award Vietnam Women's Leadership Award
H.E. Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique, accepts the Global Women's Leadership Award from Summit President Irene Natividad H.E. Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique, accepts the Global Women's Leadership Award from Summit President Irene Natividad H.E. Truong My Hoa, former Vice President of Vietnam accepts the Vietnam Women's Leadership Award from Summit President, Irene Natividad; Ms. Maud Pagel (center) represents Deutsche Telekom, sponsor of the Gala Dinner. Women's Leadership Award Winners
* SALUTED Outstanding Individuals who Promote Women's Progress
H.E. Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique, accepts the Global Women's Leadership Award from Summit President Irene Natividad
* SALUTED Outstanding Individuals who Promote Women's Progress 2008 Summit of Women Entrepreneurship Award 2008 Global Summit of Women Entrepreneurship Award
Entrepreneurship Award winner Mr. Kawai with young Vietnamese women entrepreneurs supported by his company. Entrepreneurship Award winner Madame Tran Thi Thuy, Vice Chair of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry accepts her award at the Gala Dinner.
* SALUTED Outstanding Individuals who Promote Women's Progress
Entrepreneurship Award winner Mr. Kawai with young Vietnamese women entrepreneurs supported by his company.
What the Delegates are Saying...
"It was my first time at the
Summit and I was very deeply impressed by the
highest profile of the participants,
professionalism and talent of the presenters,
wonderful atmosphere of creativity and
enduring feeling of sisterhood.
Everything was very well organized and thought
through to make it the most memorable event of the
year."
-Elena Fedyashina, Executive
Director, The Committee of 20, Russia
"I think it was a unique
experience to meet the Asian women and see the
community moving forward. Even women who thought
that they should not be part of a "women's event"
felt very lucky and valued to participate."
-Ursula Schwarzenbart, Director
of Global Diversity Office, Daimler AG, Germany
More
from 2008 Summit delegates
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t and I was very deeply impressed by the
highest profile of the participants,
professionalism and talent of the presenters,
wonderful atmosphere of creativity and
enduring feeling of sisterhood.
Everything was very well organized and thought
through to make it the most memorable event of the
year."
-Elena Fedyashina, Executive
Director, The Committee of 20, Russia
"I think it was a unique
experience to meet the Asian women and see the
community moving forward. Even women who thought
that they should not be part of a "women's event"
felt very lucky and valued to participate."
-Ursula Schwarzenbart, Director
of Global Diversity Office, Daimler AG, Germany
"I think it was a unique
experience to meet the Asian women and see the
community moving forward. Even women who thought
that they should not be part of a "women's event"
felt very lucky and valued to participate."
-Ursula Schwarzenbart, Director
of Global Diversity Office, Daimler AG, Germany
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