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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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"There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives. There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country."

Hillary Rodham Clinton