{"id":6767,"date":"2016-12-02T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T22:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/globalsummit\/?page_id=6767"},"modified":"2018-02-02T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T20:26:50","slug":"november-30-2016-no-ccxlix","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/globalsummit\/november-30-2016-no-ccxlix\/","title":{"rendered":"November 30, 2016; No. CCXLIX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNo. CCXLIX;\u00a0November 30, 2016
\nTHIS ISSUE’S HIGHLIGHTS:<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/strong>I. MALE CEOs AT 2017 GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN
\nII. MEET MARITA CHENG: YOUNG ROBOTICS ENTREPRENEUR FEATURED AT 2017 TOKYO SUMMIT<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/strong>III. CEOs VALUE TECHNOLOGY OVER PEOPLE,STUDY FINDS
\nIV. NUMBER OF WOMEN HEADS OF STATE DECLINING<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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I.\u00a0MALE CEOs AT 2017 GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Over 1,000 women leaders in business and government from over 70 countries are planning to join the 2017 Global Summit of Women in Tokyo, Japan on May 11-13, 2017.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 As it has for the past 26 years, the Summit continues to focus on solutions in increasing women\u2019s economic empowerment globally, while providing skills-building sessions and establishing networks of women leaders in business and government.<\/p>\n

In addition to the rich array of women CEOs and executives presenting throughout the Summit program, the 2017 Summit features a Male CEO Forum<\/em><\/strong> focusing on \u201cLeading Diversity from the Top.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 In the plenary session to be moderated by Financial Times Publisher Angela Mackay, <\/em><\/strong>Summit attendees will hear from male panelists including Sodexo’s Sunil Nayak <\/em><\/strong>(India), President of Corporate Services Asia;\u00a0 Technip’s Arnaud Pieton <\/em><\/strong>(France), President of the Asia Pacific Region;\u00a0 Metlife Asia\u2019s President and CEO Christopher Townsend <\/em><\/strong>(U.K.); and Shiseido’s President and CEO Masahiko Uotani<\/em><\/strong> (Japan).<\/p>\n

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These corporate leaders bring a background of successfully implementing initiatives which have resulted in greater gender diversity in their senior management and throughout their workforce.\u00a0\u00a0 For instance, Shiseido, a Japanese cosmetics company, is a pace-setter in Japan with four women serving on their board of 12.\u00a0 Nayak of Sodexo has been an outspoken advocate for the need for more women in leadership positions and under his leadership, Sodexo Asia and India received numerous awards for their diversity initiatives.\u00a0 Technip, a leader in the energy industry headquartered in France, has made gender diversity a key strategic priority company-wide, while Metlife\u2019s Townsend has emphasized the value of diversity to the company\u2019s bottom line.<\/p>\n

For more information on the 2017 Global Summit of Women, including Summit Registration, Hotel Information, Summit Program, and Travel to Tokyo, please visit www.globewomen.org\/globalsummit<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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II. MEET MARITA CHENG: YOUNG ROBOTICS ENTREPRENEUR FEATURED AT 2017 TOKYO SUMMIT<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"2\"\u201cDo you know what it\u2019s like not to be able to hug someone or to be able to hold a toothbrush or to pick up a fork to eat your meal comfortably?\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s a question that led a remarkable young Australian inventor and entrepreneur Marita Cheng, Founder and CEO of 2Mar Robotics<\/em><\/strong>, to create a robotic arm that enables disabled people to have a more normal use of an artificial limb.\u00a0 Her company also developed a telepresence robot, which allows children with cancer to \u2018attend\u2019 school even while confined to a hospital bed.<\/p>\n

Cheng and her partners at 2Mar Robotics invented the robotic arm to benefit people with quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy and other conditions by allowing them to perform tasks such as opening doors, turning on switches, pouring drinks, taking medicine or drawing pictures, among other uses.\u00a0 For Cheng, engineering is about creating products that help people cope with life\u2019s difficulties.<\/p>\n

In addition to growing this company, Cheng is also an advocate for women in technology.\u00a0 Noticing the low number of women in her engineering classes, she gathered her fellow engineering students and started going to schools to teach girls robotics as a way of encouraging them to enter engineering.\u00a0 She created Robogals<\/em><\/strong>, which she has expanded throughout and outside Australia, reaching over 55,000 girls from 11 countries.\u00a0 Marita is both a commercial and social entrepreneur, whose pluck and creativity will be shared at the Global Summit of Women in Tokyo, May 11-13th<\/sup>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Join Cheng and other inspiring women at the 2017 Global Summit of Women in Tokyo. Registration is open at www.globewomen.org\/globalsummit<\/a><\/p>\n

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III.\u00a0CEOs\u00a0VALUE TECHNOLOGY OVER PEOPLE, STUDY FINDS<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"A recent global study of 800 CEOs leading multinational corporations conducted by Korn Ferry reveals a startling lack of focus on the value of people in their companies, while putting a higher value of technology <\/em>and tangible assets as priorities in their strategy for future growth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Key findings of the survey include:<\/p>\n