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Supported By:  2024 Global Summit of Women Women: Energizing Economies of the Future What the Summit Offers  Inspirational role models from every continent among our impressive roster of over 80 present- ers;  Ample networking opportunities at breakfasts, lunches, and receptions throughout the event;  Information on doing business in Spain and the European Union;  Insight into women driving business growth as consumers and business leaders;  Numerous sessions to help ‘grow’ your leadership skills, your business, and your network… and more!… and more! 2024 Global Summit of Women Summit Features Under the High Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain Pre-Summit Roundtable for Women Government Ministers on best practices in public/private sector partnerships for advancing women’s economic opportunities; Plenary sessions which cover Regional and Global Megatrends that impact economies around the world; Discussion Forums with Male CEOs In-Kind Sponsors: and Women CEOs; Creative tips from women entrepreneurs succeeding in the OFFICIAL AIRLINE global economy; Skills-building in Leadership and Entrepreneurial Development as Partners: Media Partner: well as navigating Workplace Issues.  Meet some of the Business leaders participating in the 2024 Global Summit of Women CARME ARTIGAS IRENE NATIVIDAD SALMAN AMIN Co-Chair, UN AI Ad- President, Global Global CEO, Pladis KOBKARN MARIA DOLORES visory Body, Former WATTANAVRANGKUL MARIO RUIZ- Summit of Women Group (UK) DANCAUSA Sec. of State for Dig- Chair, Toshiba Thailand; TAGLE (USA) CEO, Bankinter italization (Spain) Vice Chair, Thai Cham- CEO, Iberdrola (Spain) ber of Commerce Spain (Spain) (Thailand) JORG BURZER MARIE HELENE Management Board ANTOLIN REYBAUD BRENDA HARVEY Member, Mercedes- Board Director, General Manager, Indus- Benz AG (Germany) Iberdrola (Spain) trial Technology, IBM ALTAGRACIA GOMEZ BEATRIZ CORREDOR SIERRA (USA) SILVIU POPOVICI Board Chair, Red Board Chair, PEO CEO, PepsiCo Electrica (Spain) Group (Mexico) Europe SUNG JOO KIM MIRIEM BENSALAH Chair and Chief Vision- CHAQROUN ESTHER SORIANO ary Officer, MCM CEO, Oulmes, CEO, Saint-Gobain MARIE-JOSE NADEAU Groupe Holmarcom Group (South Korea) PATAMA Solutions (Spain) NURIA GARCIA Board Director, Engie (Morocco) CHANTARUCK Regional President, (Canada) Managing Director, EMEA, MetLife Accenture Thailand (Spain) (Thailand) HELENA HERRERO OMAR HATAMLEH CEO, HP Southern GAMZE CIZRELI Chief Advisor on JULIE LINN TEIGLAND Europe, Middle East Founder & Chair, Big- Artificial Intelligence, EMEIA Area Managing and Africa (Spain) Chefs (Turkey) NASA (USA) Partner, EY (Germany) ISABEL TOCINO MARIA EUGENIA BISCAROLASAGA CORONADO Vice President and Managing Director, Board Member, Naturgy Foundation Grupo Santander (Spain) (Spain) KITTY CHANEY-REED BARBARA MARTIN CARMINA DRAGOMIR MARINA SPECHT Chief Leadership, Cul- COPPOLA Managing Dir., Hungary, CEO, McCann World- ture & Inclusion CEO, Decathlon Bulgaria, Romania, Slo- group (Spain) Officer, IBM (USA) (Spain) vakia, MetLife (Romania) ANDIE ZHANG ELISE MAIOLINO Global Product Man- Global Head of Wom- ager, Collaborative en’s Safety Policy, Robotics, ABB Uber (Canada) (Switzerland) SALAM ATOUI MONICA ANDRES ANGELA MACKAY ENRIQUE POLO DE LARA General Counsel, EY Managing Director, EVP for Europe, Yara Spain Country Leader, Spain, International (Spain) MENA (Lebanon/UAE) Financial Times (UK) Salesforce (Spain)  Meet some of the Government leaders participating in the 2024 Global Summit of Women HON. TERESA RIBERA Third Deputy Prime Min- ister and Minister for H.E. VO THI ANH HON. JOSE LUIS HON. ISABEL DIAZ Ecological Transition XUAN MARTINEZ-ALMEIDA AYUSO (Spain) Vice President, Mayor of Madrid President, Community Vietnam of Madrid MURIEL PENICAUD HON. ANA REDONDO Former Minister of Labor; HON. MARIE-THERESE GARCIA HON. MAYRA Minister for Equality Board Director, Manpower ABENA ONDOA HON. SEETHA JIMENEZ (Spain) Group, Galileo Global (France) Minister for Women’s ARAMBEPOLA Minister for Women (Dominican Republic) Empowerment Minister for Health (Cameroon) (Sri Lanka) HON. KANTHA PHAVI H.E. DR. MAITHA Minister for Women’s HON. CYNTHIA AL-SHAMSI HON. ANNE RABBITTE HON. TINEE FURBERT Affairs (Cambodia) FIGUEREDO Minister of State Minister for Minister for Youth, So- Minister for Women (UAE) Disability (Ireland) cial Development and (Paraguay) Seniors (Bermuda) HON. SOFIA VOULTEPSI Deputy Minister for HON. IEVA VALESKAITE KATRINA FOTOVAT HON. ZEFI HON. MARILENA Migration (Greece) Deputy Minister for the Senior Official, Office of DIMADAMA EVANGELOU Economy and Innova- Global Women’s Issues Secretary-General for Deputy Minister for tion (Lithuania) (USA) Equality (Greece) Social Affairs (Cyprus) HON. MARIA VANESSA BROWNE Minister for Housing and HON. DELIA Urban Renewal (Antigua HENRYKA DOMINGO-ALBERT BOCHNIARZ PATRICIA ESPINOSA and Barbuda) JONINA BJARTMARZ Former Sec. of Foreign Former Minister for TORRES Former Minister for Affairs (Philippines) Trade (Poland) Former Undersecre- Environment (Iceland) tary of Labor (Mexico)  2024 Summit Program Women: Energizing Economies of the future SUMMIT VENUE: RIU HOTEL PLAZA ESPANA, MADRID, SPAIN SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, and FRENCH May 8, 2024 (Wednesday) 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. SUMMIT REGISTRATION May 9, 2024 (Thursday) 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. SUMMIT REGISTRATION 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. GOVERNMENT LEADERS FORUM: Public/Private Sector Partnerships Advancing Economic Opportunity for Women and Girls (session is open only to government ministers) 3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m. DOING BUSINESS IN SPAIN AND THE EU 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. OPENING CEREMONY 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. WELCOME DINNER May 10, 2024 (Friday) 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. NETWORKING BREAKFAST 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. GLOBAL AND REGIONAL MEGATRENDS 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. MALE CEO FORUM: “PROMOTING WELL-BEING IN A TIME OF TRANSFORMATION AND UNCERTAINTY” 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. FIRESIDE CHAT I : CWDI REPORT ON WOMEN BOARD DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF LARGEST ENERGY COMPANIES GLOBALLY 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. LUNCHEON PROGRAM: WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FORUM 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS I * FINANCIAL STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENT PLANNING FOR WOMEN * ENTERPRISE-BUILDING ACROSS BORDERS * MENTOR FORUM I (limited to first 40 registrants) 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS II * DEVELOPING VISIBILITY INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY * YOUTH FORUM * MENTOR FORUM II (limited to first 40 registrants) 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. GLOBAL WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP AWARDS GALA DINNER May 11, 2024 (Saturday) 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST SESSION: WELLNESS OF THE PROFESSIONAL “YOU” 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. WOMEN CEO FORUM: MEASURING THE GENDER DIVIDE 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. POWERING GROWTH INTO THE NEW ECONOMY 11:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m. FIRESIDE CHAT: THE ETHICS OF AI 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. LUNCHEON PROGRAM: CITIES AND WOMEN 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS III * WOMEN ON BOARDS FORUM: LEADING COMPANIES IN CHANGING TIMES * CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE: SCALING UP WBEs FOR GROWTH * MENTOR FORUM III: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP (limited to first 40 registrants) 4:15 p.m.—5:45 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS IV * COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY * MENTOR FORUM IV (limited to first 40 registrants) 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. CLOSING PROGRAM: COMBATTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. CLOSING DINNER  Summit Registration Register Online at www.globewomen.org (Click to Global Summit of Women) Registration Type Registration Rate Corporate (for participants from large corporations) 1000 Non-profit, NGO, government, and small business 700 Spouse / child (admittance to evening events only) 400 Please Note: The listed fee amounts are per delegate. Fee amounts are in EUROS (€) for delegates based inside the European Eco- nomic Area and Switzerland, and in USD ($) for delegates from the rest of the world. The Summit Registration Fee includes the three-day conference, all meals from evening of May 9 to closing on May 11, simultaneous interpretation from and into English, Spanish and French for all sessions, and all program materials. Madrid Hotel Accommodations Located in the heart of Madrid’s bustling historic and shopping district, the Official Hotel and Venue for the 2024 Summit is the Riu Plaza España – Ma- drid, the site for all Summit meetings. Special rates are available for Summit delegates as follow: * Deluxe Room: 199 Euros+10% VAT (approx US$232 inclusive of taxes and fees) Rooms are limited and delegates are urged to make reservations as soon as possible. The link to reserve at the special rate will be sent following receipt of your Summit Registration. POST-SUMMIT TOUR TO WORLD HERITAGE CITIES Continue your Summit networking on an exclusive 3-day tour to Toledo and Segovia for delegates from May 12-14 for only 590 Euros, inclusive of hotels, meals, transport and guides. • Explore Toledo, a 1,000 year old city rich in history and beauty and a heritage of coexistence and toler- ance of the three cultures –Jewish, Christian and Muslim; • Visit the city of Segovia with its great architectural and cultural wealth, where you will see the impres- sive Roman aqueduct, the Romanesque church of San Sebastián, and various palaces. • Visit La Granja, the Royal Palace and its magnificent gardens, in the small town of San Ildefonso. And more! For more information and to register — https://globewomen.org/globalsummit/2024-post-summit-tour/  Summit Global Members AMMJE (Mexico) FCEM — Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises du Monde Femmes Ingenieurs (France) Icelandic Association of Women Business Owners and Entrepreneurs—AUDUR (Iceland) International Federation of Business and Professional Women KAGIDER — Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey Lithuanian Business Women’s Network (Lithuania) Mongolia Women’s Association (Mongolia) National Association of Women Business Owners – NAWBO (USA) Philippine Women’s Economic Network (Philippines) Reseau des Femmes d’Entreprises du Congo—REFEC (DR Congo) Vietnam Women Forum in Europe WeLead (Vietnam) International Partners AFE Colombia African Alliance for Women’s Empowerment African Women Empowerment Program (AWEP) Namibia Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan Association Femmes and Leadership (Tunisia) Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business and Professional Women of Croatia Cercle Interelles (France) Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs of India (India) Egyptian Business Women’s Association Emirates Women’s Business Council (UAE) Filipina CEO Circle (Philippines) FinanciElles (France) Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghana) Reseau des Femmes Chefs D'entreprises du Gabon—REFEG (Gabon) House of Women (Namibia) Ladies Circle Cameroon Lidere (Latvia) Mongolian Women Employment Support Foundation (MWESF) (Mongolia) National Chamber Women Network Greece NAWEM—National Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Malaysia PRODHAFE (Cameroon) RAFRO Horizon (Cameroon) Union of Business Ladies (Georgia) Women of Africa — Benin, Cameroon, France and Senegal Women Entrepreneurs Business Council (Fiji)  Global Summit of Women International Planning Committee Irene Natividad, Chair, International Planning Committee; President, GlobeWomen Research and Education Institute Kimberly Admire, President, Admire Impact; Former Denise Evans, Former Vice President, Diverse Partner Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Development, IBM (USA) Officer, SAIC (USA) Sakie T. Fukushima, President, G&S Global Advisors (Japan) Rohini Anand, CEO, Rohini Anand LLC; Former Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Global Siv Hellen, Former Chief Compliance Officer, Nordic In- Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo (USA) vestment Bank (Finland) Umran Beba, Partner, August Leadership; Former SVP, Sung Joo Kim, Chair and Chief Visionary Officer, MCM Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer, PepsiCo Holdings AG (South Korea) (Turkey) Tess Mateo, Managing Director, CXCATALYSTS (USA) Jonina Bjartmarz, CEO, Iceland Europe Travel Partner- ship; Former Minister of Environment, Iceland Cindy Pace, Vice President, Chief Global Diversity and Inclusion Officer, MetLife (USA) Henryka Bochniarz, Chair, Polish Confederation of Pri- vate Employers, Poland Muriel Penicaud, Former Minister of Labor, France; Senior Advisor, Bain Capital; Board Director, Man- Margarita de Cos, Board Member, WWF Spain powerGroup, Galileo Global Alice Dear, Former U.S. Executive Director, African De- Ursula Schwarzenbart, Former HR Executive, Mercedes- velopment Bank Benz Group AG (Germany) Delia Domingo-Albert, Senior Advisor, SGV/Ernst & Ann Sherry, Chancellor, Queensland University of Tech- Young; Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Philippines nology and Former Chair/CEO, Carnival Australia Patricia Espinosa Torres, Advisor, Companies + Happy; Anna Wu, Chair, Competition Commission of Hong Kong Former Undersec. of Labor, Mexico SAR 2024 Spain Host Committee CHAIR: Margarita de Cos Blanco, Board Member, WWF VICE CHAIR: Gloria Lorenzo Jorge, VP Product Development, Oracle; Co-Founder WA4STEAM Maria J. Alonso, CEO, QALEON; Marie Helene Antolin Reybaud, Vice Chair, Grupo Antolin; Sara Bieger, CEO, Franco-Spanish Chamber of Commerce; Mariola Cabas, Co-Founder, WA4STEAM; Concepción Dancausa, Former Minister for Family Youth and Social Policy, Madrid Govt.; Maria Dolores Dancausa Trevino, CEO and Managing Director, Bankinter; María Eiguizaguirre Comendador, Director of Communi- cation and Participation, RTVE; Rosa Maria Garcia Garcia, Board Chair, Exolum; Elena Gil, Chief Strategy Officer, Zelenza; Laura G. Mole- ro, President, ApD; Mar Hurtado de Mendoza Crespo, VP, Global Sales & Marketing, IE University; Sonia Juárez Boal, CEO and Partner, Rodio Consulting; Pilar Jurado, Opera Singer, Composor and Conductor; Julia López Fernandez, VP & General Manager, AMEX Spain; Guillermina Mekuy, CEO, Diversity and Development; Ana Muñoz, Non Executive Corporate Board Director; Mariola Pina, Board Chair, CEO, and Founder, Getting Greener; Miren Polo de Lara Busca, Board Member & Sr ICT Consultant, Nadiesolo; Gerardo Seeliger, Presi- dent, Madrid Open City; Isabel Tocino Biscarolasaga, Vice President and Board Member, Grupo Santander; Albert Triola Espigule, SVP & Country Leader, Oracle Spain; Nuria Vilanova Giralt, Founder/President, Atrevia TO: HON. SIGNE RIISALO 1100 G ST. NW, STE. 700 MINISTER OF SOCIAL PROTECTION, ESTONIA WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005 PHONE: (202) 835-3713 FR: Ms. Irene Natividad, Summit President, Global Summit of Women WEBSITE: WWW.GLOBEWOMEN.ORG E-MAIL: [email protected] ***************************************************** SUMMIT PRESIDENT Dear Hon. Minister, Irene Natividad ADVISORY BOARD I am pleased to invite you to the 2024 Global Summit of Women and its Kimberly Admire Former EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Ministerial Roundtable hosted by Madrid, Spain on May 9-11, 2024. As it has done for SAIC (USA) the past 33 years, the Summit provides a forum for exchanges on what works in Rohini Anand advancing women’s and girls’ economic progress. I would welcome your participation CEO, Rohini Anand LLC; Former Senior Vice President, Global Chief Diversity Officer, in the discussions to share the progress you are leading for women and girls in Estonia. Sodexo (USA) Umran Beba Partner, August Leadership; Former President, The Summit’s Ministerial Roundtable takes place on Thursday, May 9th from 9 Asia Pacific and SVP, Chief Global Diversity and a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Riu Hotel Plaza Espana in the heart of Madrid, where the focus Engagement Officer, PepsiCo (Turkey) will be on Public/Private Sector Partnerships advancing economic opportunities for Jonina Bjartmarz CEO, Iceland Europe Travel Partnership; and women and girls. Former Minister for Environment (Iceland) Henryka Bochniarz I would welcome your presenting a policy or project wherein government, Chair, Polish Confederation of Employers (Lewiatan) (Poland) business or civil society has collaborated to improve women’s or girls’ economic lives. Margarita de Cos All the projects presented will put together in a portfolio to share with other Ministers Board Member, WWF Spain some best practices that they can possibly foster in their respective countries. In the Alice Dear past, those Ministers attending have led various agencies ranging from Trade and Former Exec. Dir., African Development Bank Industry to Environment to Health and Education to Labor and Social Affairs. We expect Delia Domingo-Albert Senior Advisor, SGV /Ernst and Young; Former the 2024 Summit to attract a similarly diverse assembly of Ministers from all parts of Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Philippines) the world. Patricia Espinosa Torres Former Undersecretary of Labor, Mexico The Ministerial opens the 3-day Summit, whose theme – Women: Energizing Denise Evans Former Vice President, Diverse Partner Economies of the Future – showcases the key role of women in propelling economic Development, IBM Corporation (USA) recovery amidst an evolving landscape due to ongoing conflicts, climate change Sakie T. Fukushima challenges and shifting geo-political alliances. The Summit as a whole averages 1,000 President, G&S Global Advisors (Japan) participants from 60+ countries along with government officials such as yourself. Siv Hellen Chief Compliance Officer, Nordic Investment Bank (ret.) (Finland) I look forward to the possibility of meeting you and to hearing more about your Sung-Joo KIM initiatives. The following form is for your staff to outline briefly a project developed by Chair and Chief Visionary Officer, MCM Holdings AG (S. Korea) your Ministry, should you wish to share it with your peers at the Roundtable. In Tess Mateo addition, I have attached an overview of the Summit to give you a greater sense of the Managing Director, CXCatalysts (USA) high-caliber of leaders participating annually. Cindy Pace Vice President, Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, MetLife (USA) It would be an honor to have you join us at this global gathering. I hope to have Muriel Penicaud the opportunity to welcome you to the Summit in Madrid in May. Former Minister of Labor (France) p Ursula Schwarzenbart Human Resources Executive, Mercedes-Benz AG (Germany) Ann Sherry Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology; Former Executive Chair/CEO, Carnival Australia Global Summit of Women is a program of the GlobeWomen Research and Education Institute Anna Wu Chair, Competition Commission of Hong Kong  MINISTERIAL RESPONSE FORM PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADVANCE WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES: BEST PRACTICES Title of Program: __________________________________________________________________ Country: __________________________________________________________________ Submitted By: ________________________________________________________________________ Government Agency or Department: _____________________________________________________ Contact: Tel: ________________ Fax: _________________ Email: ____________________________ Private Sector Partner in this Program: ___________________________________________________ NGO Partner (if any): __________________________________________________________________ Date of Implementation: _______________________________________________________________ (Note: Project should be in progress with measurable results to date or recently completed.) Objective (Description of Project with short and long-term goals): _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Background: (Describe reasons for development of project and formation of private sector partnership) ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN 1100 G ST., NW; SUITE 700; WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA tel: 1-202-835-3713; fax: 1-202-466-6195; email: [email protected]; www.globewomen.org Implementation (Components of Project and methodology) Project Outcomes: Describe results and benefits to the lives of women and/or girls __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Project Challenges: What were the challenges encountered during the project’s implementation? _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Project Evidence: You are encouraged to attach any photos or videos taken of the project. PLEASE EMAIL TO [email protected] OR FAX TO 202-466-6195 prior to April 9, 2024. GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN 1100 G ST., NW; SUITE 700; WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA tel: 1-202-835-3713; fax: 1-202-466-6195; email: [email protected]; www.globewomen.org