2008 Ministerial Roundtable

2008 Ministerial Roundtable: Public/Private Sector Partnerships
Advancing Women’s Economic Opportunities

June 5, 2008 *** Hanoi, Vietnam

Program

The Ministerial Roundtable of the 2008 Global Summit of Women was made possible through the generous support of MICROSOFT and QIAGEN.

9:00-10:00 a.m.	Press Briefing
Presenters:	*Irene Natividad*, President, Global Summit of Women
	*Hon. Truong My Hoa*, Vice President, Vietnam
	*Tran Thi Thuy*, Vice President, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
	*H.E. Chantal Compaore,* First Lady, Burkina Faso
	Peer Schatz, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Qiagen (Germany)

10:15-11:15 a.m.	Best Practices I
Introduction:	*Irene Natividad*
Moderator:	*Hon. Dr. Jacqui Quinn Leandro*, Minister of Labor, Public Administration, and Empowerment, Antigua
Presenters:	*Gerri Elliott*, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft
	Patricia Francis, Executive Director, International Trade Center, UNCTAD (Jamaica) with
	Hon. Dr. Ing Kantha Phavi, Minister for Women's Affairs, Cambodia
	Peer Schatz, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Qiagen (Germany)

11:15-12:15 p.m.
Moderator:	*Hon. Farkhonda Hassan*, Secretary-General, National Council for Women (Egypt)
Presenters:	*Mayra Buvinic*, Sector Director, Women and Development,World Bank (Chile)
	*Hon. Huynh Thi Nhan*, Vice Minister of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (Vietnam)
	*Hon. Laura Albornoz*, Minister, Women’s National Service (Chile)

2:00-4:00 p.m.	Mini-Roundtables – Project Selection

The 2008 Global Summit of Women Ministerial Grant Awards are made possible by
Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Inc.

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