| June 28, 2003 (Saturday): | Colloquium on Women’s Economic Development in the Arab States |
| June 29, 2003 (Sunday): | |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Enhancing Women’s Economic Development Zoulikha Nasri, Conseiller de Sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI (French) |
| 10:00 a.m .- 11:00 a.m. | Business Opportunities in Morocco and the Region Neveen El Tahri, Chair, ABN/AMRO Securities (English) |
| 11:00 a.m. – Noon | Social and Economic Profile of Women in the Region Yasmina Baddou, Secretary of State, Delegate to the Minister of Employment, Morocco (French) Randa Abdou, Managing Director, Marketing Mix (English) |
| Breakout Sessions | |
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Ministerial Perspectives: Preparing Women for the 21st Century Workforce Luisa Diogo, Minister of Planning and Finance, Mozambique (English) |
| Innovative Ways of Accessing Credit for Women-Owned Enterprises Sithembiso Nyoni, Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development (English) |
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| Developing Effective Negotiation Skills Alice Dear, Vice President, Africa Millennium Fund (English) |
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| 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | “Growing” an Effective Business and Professional Women’s Organization Antoinette Ruegg, President, Business and Professional Women International (English)Carmen Villahizan, President, AMPEA (Spanish)Nasreen Awal Mindoo, President, Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (English) |
| Developing a Global Market for Microenterprise Products Fattouma Benabdenbi, Former President, ESPOD (French)Beatriz Segni, Pte Asociación Argentina de Empresarias/ ASEM Secretaria de Relaciones Internacionales /SRI de la Asociación Latinoamericana de diseño/ ALADI (Spanish) |
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| June 30, 2003 (Monday): | |
| Breakout Sessions | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Your Business and Information Technology: Protecting Your Enterprise in a “Virtual” Market Zeinab Safar, Technical Advisor, National Council For Women, Cairo, Egypt (English) |
| Successfully Weathering Business Downturns and Failures Gisèle Rufer, Executive Chairman DELANCE SA (English) |
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| Managing Health Challenges for the Double-Burdened Woman Amany Asfour, President, Egyptian Businesswomen’s Association (English)Jonina Bjartmarz, Member of Parliament, Iceland (English) |
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| Growing Microenterprises into the Mainstream Market Joan Uy, Head of the Marketing Management Group of the Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producers Association, Philippines (English) |
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| 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Holding On To Your Products & Ideas: Intellectual Property Meriem Kabbaj, Director of Communication and Development, Sochepresse (Morocco) (French)Nafissa Belcaid, Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (French) |
| Developing the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs Pamela George, Board of Directors, Junior Achievement International (English) Maite Fandos Payà, Directora del Institut Català de la Dona (Spanish) |
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| The Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS Clara Bohitile, Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Sport and Culture (English) |
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| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Luncheon Program: “Extending Technology’s Reach: Opportunities and Challenges” Ghita Lahlou, Director-General, Phone Assistance (French) |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Corporate Best Practices: Creating a Level Playing Field for Women Sung Joo Kim, President, Sung-Joo International, Inc. (English) Mary Jo Jacobi, Vice President of External Affairs, Shell International (English) Amina Benkhadra, Director-General ONAREP-BRPM (English) |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Closing Ceremony Najima ThayThay Rhozali, Secretary of State, Literacy and Informal Education, Morocco (French) |
