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Thursday, June 5 |
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9:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m. |
Pre-Summit
Ministerial Roundtable: “Public/Private Sector
Partnerships: Advancing Girls and Women’s Economic
Opportunities” |
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Sponsored by Microsoft, Qiagen |
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1:30 p.m. –
4:30 p.m. |
Pre-Summit
Session: Doing Business in Vietnam |
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VietXo
Cultural Palace |
Sponsored by Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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5:30 p.m. –
7:00 p.m. |
Opening
Ceremony |
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H.E. Mr.
Nguyen Tan Dung,
Prime Minister of Vietnam |
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Hon. Truong
My Hoa,
Former Vice President, Vietnam |
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Tran Thi Thuy,
Vice Chairperson, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and
Industry |
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Irene
Natividad,
Summit President (USA) |
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H.E.
Chantale Compaoré,
First Lady, Burkina Faso |
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Angela
Titzrath-Grimm,
Vice President, Daimler (Germany) |
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Sponsored By: Daimler |
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8:00 p.m. –
10:00 p.m. |
Welcoming
Reception and Dinner |
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Hanoi
Convention Center |
Sponsored By: Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
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Friday,
June 6 |
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Plenary Sessions |
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9:00 a.m. -
10:30 a.m. |
An Economic
Profile of Asia-Pacific Women: Release of MasterCard
Worldwide Index of Women’s
Achievement 2008 |
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Presenter:
Georgette Tan, Vice President, Communications,
Asia/Pacific, Middle East, Africa, MasterCard Worldwide
(Singapore) |
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‘Values’
Profile of Asia Pacific Women |
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Presenter:
Xiaoyan Zhao, Senior Vice President and Director, Global
Research & Consulting, Gfk Roper (USA) |
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Megatrends
Affecting World’s Economies |
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Presenters: |
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Ana Escobedo Cabral,
U.S. Treasurer |
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Sungjoo Kim,
CEO, MCM Ltd. (South Korea) |
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10:30 a.m.-
12:00 p.m. |
Report from
the Ministerial Roundtable:
Public/Private Sector Partnerships in Advancing Women’s Economic
Progress |
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1:30 p.m. –
2:30 p.m. |
Program: “Growing
Enterprises in Asia: A
Dialogue with
Women Entrepreneurs” |
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Moderator:
Marilyn Johnson, Vice President, Market Development, IBM |
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Maria Teresa Kasuga Osaka,
Director-General, Kay
International
(Mexico) |
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Wendy
Simpson,
Chairman, Westray Engineering
(Australia) |
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Nguyen
Thanh Phuong,
Chairperson and Founder,
Viet Capital Fund Management and Viet Capital Securities Company
(Vietnam) |
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Sponsored by:
IBM |
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Breakout Sessions |
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3:00 p.m.-
4:30 p.m. |
Entrepreneurial Track: Failure and
Second Chance |
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Moderator:
Elizabeth Padmore, Board Director, Stargate
Capital (U.K.) |
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Panelists: |
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Aysha
Budastour, Managing Director, Kuwait
Bruchner General Contracting Company (Kuwait) |
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Pacita Juan,
President, Figaro Coffee Company
(Philippines) |
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Nguyen Thi
Mai Thanh, CEO & President, REE
Corporation (Vietnam) |
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Safina Rahman,
Chair, Pidim & Managing Director, Lakhsma Sweater Ltd.
(Bangladesh) |
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Sponsored By Stargate Capital |
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Microenterprise Track : Expanding Microenterprise
Global Business Opportunities |
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Moderator:
Nancy Gomez, President, Eve-olution
(France) |
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Panelists: |
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Patricia Francis, Executive
Director, International Trade Center, UNCTAD (Jamaica) |
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Hon. Dr. Ing
Kantha Phavi,
Minister for Women’s Affairs (Cambodia) |
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Ph
PPheanuroth Sisowath,
Khmer Silk Village (Cambodia) |
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Pham Thi
Thu Hang,
Vice Chair, Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council, Vietnam Chamber
of Commerce and Industry |
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Leadership
Development Track: Taking Risks:
Building a
Strategy
Around Your Career |
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Moderator:
Lisa Mitchell, Vice President, International, Wells Fargo Bank
(USA) |
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Panelists: |
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Patricia Harris, Vice President
and Chief Global Diversity Officer, McDonalds's (USA) |
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Sungjoo Kim,
CEO, MCM Ltd. (South Korea) |
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Sponsored By:
IFC GEM Program, World Bank Group |
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Issues
Track: Engaging Young Women and Girls
in
Entrepreneurship |
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Moderator: Ludy Green, President and
Founder, Second Chance Employment |
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Panelists:
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Yvonne Boice, President, Fugazy
International (USA) |
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Doan Thi Huu
Nghi,
President, Hiep Hung Group; President, Women’s Network, Hanoi
Young Entrepreneurs (Vietnam) |
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Suzi Dafnis,
National General Manager, Australian Businesswomen’s Association |
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Elena
Fedyashina,
Executive Director, Committee of 20
(Russia) |
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4:30 p.m. –
6:00 p.m. |
Entrepreneurial Track: Growing From
Start-Ups:
Innovative
Financing |
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Moderator:
Herta von Stiegel, Executive Chairman, Stargate Capital
Investments (U.K.) |
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Panelists: |
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Amanda Ellis,
Lead Gender Specialist, World Bank Group Gender Action Plan
(Australia) |
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Victoria
Kisyombe,
Founder, Sero Lease and Finance Ltd. (Tanzania) |
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Sponsored by
Stargate Capital |
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Leadership
Development Track : Making Your
Network
Work Internally and Externally |
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Moderator:
Quynh Trang Phuong Nguyen, Head of Mekong Project
Development Facility, IFC/World Bank Group |
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Panelists:
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Tess Mateo,
Director,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (USA) |
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Sandi Thomas,
General Manager, APAC Communications
Microsoft |
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Sponsored by
IFC-GEM Program, World Bank Group |
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Issues
Track : Valuing Work and Women:
Closing the
Pay Gap |
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Moderator: Ursula
Schwarzenbart, Director, Global Diversity, Daimler (Germany) |
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Panelists:
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Juliana Oyegun,
Director of Diversity, World Bank |
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Linda Hallman, Executive Director, American Association of
University Women (USA) |
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Janet Matton,
Vice President, Sales Operation, IBM Asia Pacific (USA) |
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4:30 p.m. –
6:00 p.m. |
Special
Session: YOUTH FORUM |
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Moderator:
Irene Natividad, Summit President |
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Panelists:
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Lynn Tan,
Vice President & General Manager, McDonald’s China |
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Marie Laure
Charles,
Director General, Thales Argentina, Chile, Peru (France) |
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Vu My Lan,
CEO, Aon Vietnam |
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8:00 p.m. -
10:00 p.m. |
Global Women’s
Leadership Awards and Gala Dinner |
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Host:
Irene Natividad, Summit President (USA) |
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Welcome:
Maud Pagel, Senior Executive Vice President
&
Chief Diversity Officer, Deutsche Telekom (Germany) |
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Award Presentations |
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Global Women’s
Leadership Award: Hon. Luisa Diogo,Prime Minister,
Mozambique |
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Vietnam’s
Women’s Leadership Award: Hon. Truong My Hoa, Former Vice
President, Vietnam |
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Entrepreneurship Award:
Mitsumasa Kawai,President,
General Engineering Co. (Japan) |
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Entrepreneurship Award:
Tran Thi Thuy
Vice Chair, VietnamChamber of Commerce and
Industry |
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Sponsored By:
Deutsche Telekom
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Saturday, June 7 |
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Plenary Sessions |
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9:00 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
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Corporate
Social Responsibility: Best Practices
NEW! Click to see
VIDEO
from this forum |
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Moderator:
Dong Ruiping, Vice President and Director of External
Affairs, ITT China |
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Panelists:
Peer M. Schatz,
Chairman & CEO, Qiagen (Germany) |
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Johan
Raslan,
CEO, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Malaysia |
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Hon. Elizabeth
Thabethe,
Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry (South Africa) |
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Sponsored by
ITT |
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10:30 a.m. –
12:00 p.m. |
Women CEO
Forum: Opportunities in the Asia-Pacific Region
NEW! Click to see
VIDEO from this forum |
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Moderator:
Margaretta Noonan, Executive Vice President and Chief
Administrative Officer, Hudson Group (USA) |
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Panelists:
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Dang Thi
Hoang Yen,
Chair & CEO, Tan Tao Investment Company (Vietnam) |
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Yasmin Mahmoud, Managing Director,
Microsoft Malaysia |
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Dong Mingzhu,
President, GREE Electric Appliances (China) |
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Ann Sherry,
CEO, Carnival Australia |
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Sophia Tong,
General Manager, IBM Taiwan |
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Yukako Uchinaga, CEO, Berlitz
International (Japan) |
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Sponsored by
Hudson Group |
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1:30 p.m. –
2:30 p.m. |
Luncheon
Program: Consequences of Success:
Impact
on Women’s Health |
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Moderator:
Leslie Mays, Vice President of Diversity, Pfizer (USA) |
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Panelists:
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E. Allan Gabor, Regional Vice
President, Pfizer Worldwide Pharmaceuticals (USA) |
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Linda
Alexander,
Vice President of Women’s Health, Qiagen (USA) |
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Dr. Helen
Chan, CEO, Vitagreen International Inc.
(HongKong,
S.A.R.) |
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Sponsored by
Pfizer |
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Breakout Sessions |
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3:00 p.m. –
4:30 p.m. |
Entrepreneurial Track: Protecting Your
Brand: IT and
Beyond |
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Moderator:
Ann Sado, Vice President, GEWEL (Japan) |
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Panelists:
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Gay Gaddis, President and CEO, T3
(The Think Tank) (USA) |
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Katharine Bostick, Senior
Director, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft (USA) |
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Phan Thi Hoa, Chairman and General
Director,
South Trading & Bridge Highway Building Construction Company
Limited (Vietnam) |
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Sponsored by
Stargate Capital |
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Special
Summit Session:
How IFC/World
Bank Group Can Help You Grow Your Business |
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Panelists: |
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Natalie Africa,
Senior Program Officer, IFC Gender Program |
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Trang Nguyen,
General Manager, IFC MPDF
Standard Chartered Bank |
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Sponsored by
IFC GEM Program, World Bank Group |
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Leadership
Development Track : Doing Business in
Asia:
Avoiding Cultural Chasms |
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Moderator:
Maxine Westaway, President, TIAW – The International
Alliance for Women |
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Panelists:
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Jennifer
Low Yuen Fah,
Managing Director, Viet
Talent Company Ltd. (Malaysia) |
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Dan Thi
Lien Huong,
Director of Quoc Anh IEC (Vietnam) |
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Sponsored by
IFC-GEM Program, World Bank Group |
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Issues
Track : Realities of Work/Life Blend:
Case
Histories |
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Moderator:
Margarita de Cos, World Wildlife Fund (Spain) |
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Panelists:
Damayanti Vasudevan, Vice President, Global Diversity
and Inclusion, R.R. Donnelley (USA) |
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Taki
Fukumoto,
Vice President, Goldman Sachs (Japan) |
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Teresa Blat Gimeno,
Deputy Director, European Programs, Instituto de la Mujer, Spain |
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4:30 p.m. –
6:00 p.m. |
Entrepreneurial Track : Securing
Corporate Contracts: A
Corporate/SME
Dialogue |
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Moderator:
Gita Patel, Stargate Capital (U.K.) |
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Panelists: |
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Mary
McDaniel,
Vice President, Material and Corporate Sourcing, Fedex (USA) |
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Annie Wong,
Director of Manufacturing, IBM Asia Pacific (Singapore) |
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Sponsored By:
Stargate Capital |
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Microenterprise Track : New Financing
Models:
Microinvesting |
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Moderator:
Chonchanok Viravan, President, International Federation of
Business/Professional Women (Thailand) |
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Panelists: |
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Teresa
Ganzon,
Managing Director, Bangko Kabayan
(Philippines) |
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Siv Hellen,
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel, Nordic Investment Bank (Finland) |
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Le Thi
Thanh Hang,
Deputy General Director, Agribank (Vietnam) |
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Leadership
Development Track: How To Negotiate |
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Moderator:
Amy Ludwig Blyth, Senior Partner, Franklin Covey (USA) |
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Bertha Walker,
Senior Corporate Counsel,
Pfizer (USA) |
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Pham Thi
Loan,
Chairperson, Viet A Investment and Trading Corporation (Vietnam) |
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Sponsored By: IFC GEM Program, World Bank Group |
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Issues Track:
Breaking the Cycle of Trafficking
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Moderator:
Lori Forman, Asia Regional Director, Community Affairs,
Microsoft (Singapore) |
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Panelists: |
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Hon. Patricia Espinosa Torres,
Undersecretary of Labor (Mexico)
Trafficking (English)
Trafficking (Spanish) |
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Andi Bottner, Senior
Coordinator, International Women's Issues, U.S. Department of
State |
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Nguyen Thi
Tuyet Minh,
Deputy Director, Employers
Bureau, VCCI (Vietnam)
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Cecilia
Flores-Oebanda,
Director, Visayan Forum (Philippines) |
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6:15 p.m. –
7:15 p.m. |
Closing
Ceremony |
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Moderator:
Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women (USA) |
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A Global
Approach to Ending Cervical Cancer |
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Panelists: |
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Hon. Mr.
Nguyen Quoc Trieu,
Minister of Health, Vietnam |
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Hon. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro,
President, InterAmerican Commission on Women, Organization of
American States (Antigua) |
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Farewell from
Vietnam: |
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Tran Thi
Thuy,
Vice Chair, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
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Salute to 2009
Summit Host Country: |
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Hon. Laura
Albornoz,
Minister for Women, Chile |
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Sponsored by:
Qiagen |
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7:15 p.m. –
8:45.m. |
Closing
Reception |
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Sponsored by:
EMC |
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