The 8th Businesswoman Day conference 2016

]The participation of businesswomen Egypt with 21 businesswomen Alexandria annual conference

the 8th Businesswoman Day conference 2016.

Draft Agenda

09:00 – 10:00 Participants registration

10:00- 11:30 Opening Session

Dr. Ragaa Abdo– President, Alexandria Business Women Association.

Opening speech – Declaring CSR Unit Achievements.

Mrs. Cornelia Sperling, German Association of Women Business Owners VDU, Board of VDU

International Team.

The Partnership Project between VdU and Businesswomen Associations in the MENA Region

Mr. Adam P. Saffer, Ph.D. -Chief of Party, USAID’s Strengthening Entrepreneurship and

Enterprise Development (SEED)

Mr. M. Tareq Tawfik, Vice Chairman Federation of Egyptian Industries FEI. (tbc)

Mr. Ahmed El-Wakil – Chairman, Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce FEDCOC.

Strengthen partnership between the government and non- governmental sectors to promote

economic growth.

Governor of Alexandria (tbc)

Prof. Dr. Abla Abdel-Latif, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council for Economic

Development ; Executive Director and Director of Research, The Egyptian Center for Economic

Studies

Role of Partnership in achieving economic development of small and medium enterprises.

H.E. Ghada Wally – Minister, Ministry of Solidarity (tbc)

Small and medium enterprises financing mechanisms.

Reaching alternative financing mechanisms and insure optimum use.

H.E. Yasser El-Qady – Minister, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. (tbc)

Role of information technology in promoting partnership and networking.

Open discussion

11:30 – 12:30 1st Session: Networking in the MENA region to encourage entrepreneurship (Panel

discussion)

Representatives of MENA businesswomen associations talk about partnership-experiences

(Algeria, Germany, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt)

Key Note Speaker- US expert (best practices on networking business women)

12:30 – 13:00 Coffee Break

13:00 – 14:30 2nd Session: 3 Parallel workshops

1st: Role of partnership and networking in Achieving CSR success (SEED-FEI)

2nd: Supporting Young Female Entrepreneurs and Start-ups in Egypt.

 Ms. Ulrike Jung, Co-founder of Candyfarm.

 Ms. Stephanie Dettmann, Undgretel Co.

 Ms. Mariam Hazem, co-founder of Re-form Studio. (TBC)

3rd: Entrepreneurship programs/projects: Qualifying Startups.

14:30 – 15:30 3rd session: Health Session “Staying Healthy for Life”