ChangeNOW 2021

WOMEN FOR CHANGE

May 27th - 6:00 pm (CEST)

Women for Change

Program of sessions

May 27th - 4:00 pm (CEST)

HeForShe Summit

UN Women’s HeForShe initiative is an international platform that engages global leaders to accelerate the progress of gender equality. The HeForShe Summit convenes celebrities, world leaders, global CEOs and academic heads to share their Proven Solutions that aim to solve some of today’s biggest gender issues. Follow the agenda here: heforshe.org/summit

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May 27th - 3:00 pm (CEST)

Digital Equity For All

Women can and must play an integral part in driving innovation forward! As part of the Women in Tech Global Movement, we work towards bridging the gender gap worldwide. Today we share with you a glimpse into our ecosystem and our work to empower women through education, networking, business opportunities and much more.

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SESSIONS

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Women for Change

Garance Aulagne (ChangeNOW, Partnerships & Speakers Manager)Shabana Basij-Rasikh (School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA), Co-founder and President)Kamal Hassan (Loyal VC, Managing Partner)Naz Kawan (A Beautiful Mess, Founder)Zoe Kinias (INSEAD, Academic Director, INSEAD Gender Initiative and Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour)Yumiko Murakami (OECD, Head of Tokyo Center)Julien Pellaux (UN Women, Chief of Executive Office)Wingee Sampaio (Cartier Women's Initiative, Global Program Director)Lavina Sequera (Soil of India, Founding Member)Christine Svarer (HERproject / BSR , Director)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

HeForShe Summit

UN Women’s HeForShe initiative is an international platform that engages global leaders to accelerate the progress of gender equality. The HeForShe Summit convenes...

Vahan Agopyan (University of São Paulo, President)Ahmad Alhendawi (World Organization of the Scout Movement, Secretary-General)Sébastien Bazin (Accor, CEO)Isabel Berwick (Financial Times, Editor, Work & Careers)Anita Bhatia (UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability, DED)Jean-Laurent Bonnafé (BNP Paribas, CEO)Henri Bruxelles (Danone, Chief Operating Officer, End-to-End Design to Delivery)Bruce Cleaver (De Beers Group, CEO)Fernando Desouches (New Macho, Director)Anastasios Economou (YPO, Chairman)Carl Foulkes (North Wales Police, Chief Constable)Feridun Hamdullahpur (University of Waterloo, President)Geri Horner (Singer-songwriter, author and businesswoman)John J. DeGioia (Georgetown University, President)Alan Jope (Unilever, CEO)Paul Kagame (President of Rwanda)Dr. Shruti Kapoor (Sayfty, Founder & CEO)Ömer Koç (Koç Holding, Chairman)David M. Velazquez (Pepco Holdings, President & CEO)Seiichi Matsuo (Nagoya University, President)Maurie McInnis (Stony Brook University, President)Kalliopi Mingeirou (UN Women, Chief, EVAW)Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (UN Women, Executive Director)Bob Moritz (PwC, Global Chairman)Taylor Nicole Rogers (Financial Times, Business Reporter)Sauli Niinistö (President of Finland)Simon Pegg (Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter & Producer)Nick Read (Vodafone, CEO)Antoine Sire (BNP Paribas, Head of Company Engagement)Kevin Sneader (McKinsey & Co., Global Managing Partner)Jes Staley (Barclays, CEO)Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (President of Iceland)Jean-Pascal Tricoire (Schneider Electric, Chairman & CEO)Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister of Canada)Sim Tshabalala (Standard Bank Group, CE)Paul Wainaina (Kenyatta University, Vice Chancellor)Annette Young (The 51 Percent, Host)

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Digital Equity For All

Women can and must play an integral part in driving innovation forward! As part of the Women in Tech Global Movement, we work towards bridging the gender gap...

Carine de Meyere (Women in Tech, CCEO)Sarah Evans (Well Aware, Founder)Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (4th President & 1st female President of the Republic of Croatia)Hwalani Mabaso (Women in Tech South Africa, Board member)Nadia Mannell (Women in Tech, Chief Experience Officer)Ayumi Moore Aoki (Women in Tech® and Social Brain®, Founder and CEO)Mafunase Ngosa Malenga (Women in Tech, Zambia Country Director)Melissa Slaymaker (Women in Tech, South Africa Country Director)

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