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Program Agenda



 

Invest for the Future

Day One – Thursday, November 8


Airport pick-up all day
   
13:00 - 18:45 Speaker and Participant Registration
   
19:00 - 22:00   Welcome Reception & Dinner, Marriott Hotel  
   
  Remarks from:
Daria Gołębiowska-Tataj, President, Vital Voices Poland
Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, The Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment, Poland

Representative from U.S. Embassy to Poland
Melanne Verveer
, The U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
Hillary Rodham Clinton, The U.S. Secretary of State, video message
   


Day Two – Friday, November 9

   
07:30 - 08:45 Breakfast
   
  Conference Day Moderator:
Daria Gołębiowska-Tataj Ph.D. President, Vital Voices Poland
   
09:00 - 09:15 Conference Business Session/Logistics
   
09:15 - 10:30 Panel 1: Women Driving Economic Growth: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities
   
 
Jolanta Kwa"7;niewska
President, "Communication Without Barriers" Foundation, Former First Lady of Poland, Poland
Katarzyna Pisarska, Ph.D.
Director, European Academy of Diplomacy, Poland
Sanja Popovic-Pantic
President, Association of Business Women of Serbia, Serbia
Chryso Charalambous Christodoulou
CEO, Digipro Computer Consultants, Cyprus
   
10:30 - 10:45 Introduction about Facebook and Social Media Zagreb School of Economics and Management
   
10:45 - 11:05 Coffee Break
   
11:05 - 12:15 Panel 2: Access to Financial Services
   
 
Barbara Nowakowska
Managing Director, Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Poland
Nela Belevic
CEO, Uniqa Insurance, Montenegro
Janna Astreika
CEO, Infocenter BY, Belarus
   
12:15 - 13:00 Speed Networking Sessions
   
13:00 - 14:00 Networking Lunch
   
14:00 - 14:45 Mini Market
   
14:45 - 15:40 Panel 3: Networking, Mentoring, Strategic Partnerships
and the Role of Associations
   
 
Dorota Dabrowski
PExecutive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, Poland
Zhanna Tarasevich
Director, Business Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers named after Prof. M. Kouniavski, Belarus
Danai Bezantakou
Chairwoman, I-For-U Greek Mentoring Network, Greece
   
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
   
16:00 - 17:15 Break-out Session 1: Sector Specific Challenges and Strategies for Success
   
  a. Agro/Food/Manufacturing
b. Art/Design/Fashion/Trade
c. Consulting/Legal/Finances/IT
d. Health/Tourism/Environment
   
19:15 Board Bus to Dinner
   
19:30 Networking Dinner, Belvedere Restaurant, Royal Łazienki Park




Day Three – Saturday, November 10


   
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
   
  Conference Day Moderator:
Prof. Sylwia Sysko-Romańczuk
Warsaw University of Technology Business School, Poland
   
08:30 - 09:45 Panel 4: Cross-Border Business Expansion
   
 
Sylwia Bilska
Executive Director, Marketing Central and Eastern Europe Avon Cosmetics, Poland
Natalia Yakovleva
Director, Agency “Expert-Plus”, Ukraine
Mirlinda Kusari Purrini
Executive Director, SHE-ERA Women Business Association, Kosovo
Nelli Sedrakyan
Director, Nelli Travel LLC& Sedrakyan’s Guest House, Armenia
   
09:45 - 10:05 Coffee Break


10:05 - 11:20 Panel 5: Leadership in Your Company, Community and the Region: Women as Policy Advocates


 
Panel Moderator:
Danuta Moon
Wife of the US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Agnieszka Bilińska
CEO, Vital Voices Poland, Poland
Mariana Turcan
Executive Director, Creative Development Association, Moldova
Lyudmila Petina
Chairwoman, Women’s Independent Democratic Movement, Belarus
Ia Tabagari
Director, Georgian Incoming Tour Operators Association
Georgia
   
11:20 - 11:30 Group Photo
   
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
   
11:45 - 13:00 Break-out Session 2: Warsaw Declaration: Women in Action – Plan for the Next Steps. Country Delegation Roundtables.
   
  a. Ukraine
b. Belarus
c. Moldova
d. Other countries
   
13:00 - 14:15 Farewell Launch


  At the beginning: Closing Remarks by Marc Ostfi eld, PGI Offi ce Director
Airport drop-off provided for participants



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