Summit Proceedings
May 27, 2004 (Thursday)
Opening Ceremony
Speakers: Irene Natividad, Summit President
. Lee Myung Bak, Mayor of Seoul
. Chung Gyu Hwang, President and CEO, Semiconductor Business, Samsung Electronics
May 28, 2004 (Friday)
Plenary Sessions
The Women of Asia: A Profile B McKinsey Report
Speakers: Dominic Barton, Managing Director, McKinsey & Company/Asia Pacific
The Dynamic Korean and Asia-Pacific Market: Opportunities and Challenges
Speakers: David Richardson, Regional Director, TNS (Korea)
Women’s Leadership in Economic Development: Best Practices
Speakers: From the Moroccan Delegation
Ann Sherry, CEO, Westpac New Zealand and Group Executive, Westpac Banking Corporation (Australia)
Luncheon Program: Report from Ministerial Roundtable
Welcome: Siaou Sze Lien, Senior Vice President, Hewlett-Packard Services Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Ministers: Eun-Hee Chi, Minister of Gender Equality (Korea)
Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Planning (Mozambique)
Breakout Sessions
Effective Negotiation Skills
Speakers: Ok Nim Chung, Professor, International Relations & the U.N., Sun Moon University (Korea)
. Beverly Suek, Business Owner & CEO of the Women’s Enterprise Centre of Manitoba (Canada)
Innovative Financing for Women Entrepreneurs
Speakers: Siv Hellen, Vice President, Nordic Investment Bank (Norway)
. Nhlanhla Mjoli-Mncube, Mjoli Development Group (South Africa)
. Simone Desjardins, Senior Vice President, Business Development Bank of Canada
. Whajoon Cho, Managing Director, Office of Financial Management, Korea Telecom
Preparing Women for a Technology World
Speakers: Sabina Nawaz, Senior Director, Talent Engagement And Succession Planning, Microsoft (USA)
. Suzanne Alfs, Chief Information Officer, GTZ and President-elect, TIAW (Germany)
. Shinae Chun, Director, Women’s Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor (USA)
. Kio Chung Kim, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Centre, Sookmyung University (Korea)
. Sandy Walsh, Manager, Marketing Communication Cisco Asia-Pacific (Singapore)
Health Care and the Busy Professional
Speakers: Dr. Safaa el Baz, Assistant Minister of Health (Egypt)
Innovative Marketing Through the Web
Speakers: Amany Asfour, President, Egyptian Businesswomen’s Association (Egypt)
. Sungyee Yoon, Vice President, Communication Intelligence TF, Business Development Team, SK Telecom
. Lew-Chew Tan, Vice President, Business and Enterprise Imaging & Printing,Hewlett Packard Imaging & Printing Group, Asia Pacific (Japan)
Using Technology to Grow Your Business/Professional Organization
Speakers: Sharon Baylay, Regional General Manager, MSN ICAN (United Kingdom)
. Mi Young Han, President, Korean Women Inventors Association (Korea)
. Antoinette Ruegg, President, Business/Professional Women International (Switzerland)
Growing the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs
Speakers: Do-Yoon Byun, President, Seoul Women’s Foundation (Korea)
. Hanan Aboul Azm, Director, Women’s Business Centre, National Council of Women (Egypt)
Finding an eMarket for Microenterprise Products
Speakers: Zeinab Safar, Professor of Mechanics (Egypt)
. Eun-Ah Lee, CEO, Bobos Company (Korea)
. Martina Vahlhaus, Program Manager, GTZ (Germany)
May 29, 2004 (Saturday)
Breakout Sessions
The Do’s and Don’ts of Franchising
Speakers: Soon Jin Kim, CEO, Nolboo Company, Inc. (Korea)
Preparing Microentrepreneurs for the Mainstream Market
Speakers: Khurshid Zafar Haque, Minister for Women (Bangladesh)
. Young Sim Kim, CEO, Yoojin Parts Sales Co., Ltd. (Korea)
Going Global: Challenges and Opportunities
Speakers: Nancy V. Gomez, President, Eve-olution Foundation (U.S.A.)
. Kaye Crippen, Principal, Asian Markets Research B The Americas (U.S.A.)
Women and Corporate Boards
Speakers: Kyung Yoon, Vice Chair, Heidrick & Struggles (USA)
Successfully Weathering Business Downturns
Speakers: Maryles Casto, President, Casto: The Travel Company (U.S.A.)
. Michelle Garnaut, Owner, M Restaurant (Hong Kong)
. Young Shil Heo, President, Great Performance Company (Korea)
Intellectual Property: Protecting Your Products and Services
Speakers: Bettina Goetzenberger, President, European Women in Management & Development (Belgium)
. Ella Cheong, Chairman of the Board, Ella Cheong Spruson & Ferguson (Singapore)
. Yoon Sun Cho, Kim & Chang Law Office (Korea)
. Soh-Keng Tan, Vice President, Managed Services, HP Services Asia-Pacific (Singapore)
Effective Communication Skills: Marketing Yourself
Speakers: Veronique Beltz, Career & Communications Coach, (Germany)
. Mikah Lee, Managing Director, Launch Pad Red (Canada)
Work/Life Balance and Child Care
Speakers: Catherine Norton, Director, Norton Consulting Group (Australia)
. Paula de Sutter, Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. State Department (USA)
Luncheon Program: Leading With Technology
Panelists: Pansy Ho, Managing Director, Shuntak Holdings (Hong Kong, S.A.R.)
. Dounia Taarji, Director General, CDVM (Morocco)
. Siaou Sze Lien, Senior Vice President, Hewlett Packard Services (Singapore)
Plenary Sessions
Media’s Role in Depicting Women’s Economic Progress
Speakers: Yoshimi Nagamine, Deputy Editor, News Analysis & Commentary, Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan)
Joanne Lee, President, Star Communications (Korea)
Corporate Best Practices: Creating a Level Playing Field for Women
Speakers: Maud Pagel, Vice President, Human Resources, Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
. Amina Benkhadra, Director General, ONAREP/BRPM (Morocco)
. Katie Spearritt, Manager, Diversity and Inclusion, Asia-Pacific, Hewlett Packard (Australia)
. Sungjoo Kim, President, Sungjoo International (Korea)
Closing Ceremony
Bruce Coventry, Vice President – NAFTA World Engine (USA)
In Ja Hwang, Assistant Mayor of Seoul