Business programme
The seating of participants in the halls for the business programme will follow social distancing, in compliance with the approved sanitary and epidemiological requirements. If seating is full, access to the hall will be restricted. We kindly ask you to be receptive to these prevention measures. The health and safety of the Forum participants, guests, and staff are top priority for the organizers of EAWF 2021.
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Oct 14, 2021
I. Forum opening ceremony – plenary session
Women: A Global Mission in a New Reality
II. The Women’s Mission to Shape a New Agenda for Peace and Trust
Briefing by the spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on current foreign policy issues
MARIA ZAKHAROVA — Director, Information and Press Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Spokeswoman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Open session
Women20 (W20). The Role of Women in Restoring Stability
What are the W20’s priorities, including as part of Italy and Indonesia’s presidencies in 2021 and 2022 respectively? What can the group offer in terms of outreach programmes to help women play a greater role and enjoy equal opportunities in a world undergoing full digitalization? What can be done to consolidate the efforts of international organizations, governments, business communities, and members of the public in order to provide greater economic opportunities to women?
ELENA MYAKOTNIKOVA — Advisor to the CEO of Sibur LLC, Vice-Rector for Sustainable Development, Synergy University
VICTORIA PANOVA — Russian W20 Sherpa; Vice President for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU); Adviser to the Director, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies; Member, Russian International Affairs Council
MICHIKO ACHILLES — Japanese W20 Sherpa
NARNIA BOHLER-MULLER — Head, South African Delegation to W20; Executive Director, Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
JESSICA NATALIA WIDJAJA — Head, Indonesian Delegation to W20
ANDREA GROBOCOPATEL — Argentine W20 Sherpa; President, Resiliencia SGR; President, FLOR Foundation
EMINE SARE AYDIN YILMAZ — Faculty member, Department of International Relations and Political Science, Istanbul Commerce University
CHIARA CONDI — Co-Chair of the French Delegation to the Women's Twenty (W20), Founder and President of Led By HER
VIRGINIA LITTLEJOHN — Co-chair of US delegation to W20; Founder and President, Quantum Leaps
KANG MINAH — Professor, Public Administration, EHWA Womans University; Korean Delegate to W20
ELENA PERYSHKINA — Director, AIDS Infoshare Fund; Co-Chair, Russian CSOs Working Group for G8 and G20
PAM RAJPUT — Indian W20 Sherpa; Chair, Working Group on Inclusive Decision Making, G20; Founder, BRICS Feminist Watch
MARTINA ROGATO — Italian W20 Sherpa, Italian G20 Presidency (2021)
GÜLDEN TÜRKTAN — Turkish W20 Sherpa; Founding President, W20; Member, Presidential Council, KAGIDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey); Chair, International Women’s Forum Turkey (IWF Turkey)
ANA FONTES — Founder, Women Entrepreneurs Social Network; Head, Brazilian Delegation to W20
KUMUJU HA — Sherpa of the Republic of Korea, Co-Chair of the Korean W20 Delegation, Vice President of Kyobo Life Insurance Co., Ltd
Plenary session – interparliamentary dialogue
The Women’s Mission to Shape a New Agenda for Peace and Trust
In recent years, female leaders have played an increasingly central role in fostering international cooperation, ensuring peace and security, addressing new challenges and threats, and working towards critical socioeconomic and humanitarian objectives.
Substantial experience has been amassed with regard to improving the status of women and promoting them as decision makers. Collaboration on these matters has taken place between nations, parliaments, and international organizations. In order to move away from political posturing and work to restore and build trust in the world, it is essential to increase female participation in discussions on current global issues.
What can – and indeed, must – change in the parliamentary agenda for sustainable development and stability in a world facing new political, economic, environmental, and social challenges? What can female leaders do to address pressing issues affecting peace and trust? What are governments doing to improve the status of women? What successful experience exists of female politicians, entrepreneurs, and non-profit leaders working together to promote peace and trust?
LYUBOV GLEBOVA — Senator, Russian Federation; First Deputy Chair, Federation Council Committee on the Rules of Procedure and Parliamentary Governance
KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV — Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council
EKATERINA LACHOVA — Chairman, Women's Union of Russia
ENNI ADAMS — Vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale de la République du Malawi
ANNA AKOPIAN — Wife of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, initiator of the movement "Women for Peace"
TERESA MARIIA AMAREIE BOUÉ — Secretary General of the Federation of Cuban Women
GIULSHAT ASYLBAEVA — Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic for Economic and Fiscal Policy
MISHEL BACHELET — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Former President of the Republic of Chile
SESILIIA BOTTÍNO — Deputy, former President of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
TATIANA VALOVAIA — Director of the United Nations Office at Geneva
IRINA VLAKH — Bashkan (Head) of the Administrative Territorial Unit of Gagauzia of the Republic of Moldova
MAIIA VUKICHEVICH — Member of the Assembly of Montenegro
NATALIA GÉRMAN — Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia
FATMA VIDADÍ GYZY IYLDYRYM — Member of the Committee on Science and Education of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan
KHILOLBI DZHUMAKHON KURBONZODA — Head of the Committee on Women and Family Affairs under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
MARIIA LVOVA-BELOVA — Member of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy
SILVANA LOPES MOREIRA DE ABDÓ — Spouse of the President of the Republic of Paraguay
TATYANA MOSKALKOVA — Human Rights Commissioner of the Russian Federation
NADEZHDA REMÍ — Member of the Regional Council of the Ile de France region of the National Rally Party, France
LIAZZAT ZHANYLYSKYZÝ SULEIMEN — Deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Chairman of the National Commission for Women Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
DAMDINSURENGÍIN UNURBORÓL — Member of the State Great Khural of Mongolia
NGUEN FYONG NGA — Chairman of the Union of Friendship Societies of Vietnam (in the rank of Minister)
DESPÍNA KHADZIVASÍLIU-TSOVÍLIS — Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
TARIA KHALONEN — Former President of the Republic of Finland
MU GYON KHAN — Member of the Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea on Trade, Industry, Energy and Support of Small and Medium Enterprises
ALIA EL-YASSIR — Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, UN Women
Presentation of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance
The alliance seeks to implement multilateral cooperation projects aimed at consolidating and strengthening its role in the global economic agenda.
The alliance’s areas of focus include the development of innovation, healthcare, food and environmental security, an inclusive economy, the creative industries, and tourism.
What has been achieved in the alliance’s first year? What is the role of the female entrepreneurial community in overcoming the economic crisis and putting the globe back on the path to economic recovery? What recommendations is the alliance prepared to put forward to the BRICS nations in terms of strengthening the role of women-led businesses?
VASILY PUSHKOV — Director of International Cooperation, Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency
LEBOGANG ZULU — Chairperson, South African Chapter, Women’s Business Alliance; CEO, AV Light Steel; CEO, AV Group of Companies
ANNA NESTEROVA — Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Rus Trade
GRAZIELLE PARENTI — Chairperson, Brazilian Chapter, Women’s Business Alliance; Global Director for Institutional Relations, Brazil Foods; President, Brazilian Food Industry Association (ABIA)
SANGITA REDDY — Chairperson, Indian Chapter, Women’s Business Alliance; Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals; Former President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
NATALYA STAPRAN — Director, Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
GALINA VOLKOVA — Director General, Orthomoda orthopedic footwear manufacturing enterprise
BERTHA DLAMINI — President, African Women in Electricity and Power, Republic of South Africa
OLEG MIRONENKO — Executive Director, National Organic Union
ELENA CHASHCHINA — Chief Executive Officer, Techno LLC; Co-owner, EPOTOS Group
III. The Women’s Mission to Come Together for a Healthy Future
Strategic session
The Women’s Mission to Come Together for a Healthy Present and Future
What role and opportunities exist for women to shape a healthy future? What initiatives put forward by women and women-led non-profits – including during the pandemic – should be developed further? In what ways can experience be employed when creating robust and effective healthcare systems? What new health-preserving technologies, mechanisms, and approaches to promoting healthy lifestyles are most effective? What role should international cooperation play in efforts to achieve specific aims?
TATYANA YAKOVLEVA — First Deputy Head, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of the Russian Federation
LORETTA GRAZIANO BREUNING — Founder, Inner Mammal Institute; Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay
CHIHARU WATANABE — Director, Japanese Society of Placental Clinical Medicine; Member, Japan Anti-Aging Medicine Association
YOSHIKAZU YONEI — Professor, Anti-Aging Medical Research Center, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
SIKA BELLA KABORÉ — Spouse of the President of Burkina Faso; Member, Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS
MARIE-LOUISE COLEIRO PRECA — Chair, Emanuele Cancer Research Foundation Malta (ECRFM)
OLGA KRIVONOS — Deputy Chief of Government Staff, Government of the Russian Federation
NGUYỄN THANH LONG — Minister of Health of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
SEVINJ FATALIEVA — Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on International Relations and Interparliamentary Relations, Milli Mejlis, Republic of Azerbaijan
VIKTOR FISENKO — First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation
ZSUZSANNA JAKAB — Deputy Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
Scientific and practical session
The World During and After the Pandemic: Are We up to the Challenge?
What can governments do to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? What industries and areas of research should be further developed to help prevent or repel potential epidemiological threats in the future? Where should efforts to prevent infectious diseases be directed? What forms of rehabilitation could prove to be effective? How should healthcare infrastructure, diagnosis methods, and treatment be transformed in line with today’s challenges?
TATYANA YAKOVLEVA — First Deputy Head, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of the Russian Federation
MELITA VUJNOVIC — Representative to the Russian Federation, Head of Office, World Health Organization Office in the Russian Federation, Serbia
ULVIYA TAPDIG GYZY GAMZAYEVA — Member of the Committee on Culture, Milli Mejlis, Republic of Azerbaijan
ELENA GULLENMAN — Board Member, Women's Committee of the Forum of Ethnic Organizations of Sweden; Clinical neuropsychologist, Anwar Clinic
OKSANA DRAPKINA — Director, National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
GALINA IZOTOVA — Deputy Chairman, Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
MARYANA LYSENKO — Chief Doctor, Moscow City Clinical Hospital No. 52
SOFIA MALYAVINA — General Director, National Priorities
ANASTASIA STOLKOVA — First Deputy Director for Development, Roscongress Foundation
NATALIA EDEL — Chief Executive Officer, Riviera Medical Centre
IV. The Women’s Mission to Achieve Digitalization and Economic Development
International mentoring session
Developing STEM Skills in a Digital World
What form does mentorship take in the exact sciences, technical fields, and engineering? At what stage of a young person’s career is mentorship important? What is the best way of selecting a mentor? What qualities should they possess? What are successful mentorship practices based upon? What best international practices could be adopted to form a methodological basis for mentorship?
VLADIMIR ARTISYUK — Adviser to the Director General, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation
MARINA BELYAEVA — Director, Department for International Cooperation, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation
MEERA VENKATESH — Independent International Expert; Former Director, Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), India
JANICE DUNN LEE — Acting CEO, Emeritus, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, USA
YEONHEE HAH — Professor, International Nuclear Safety School, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety; Former Head of the Division of Radiological Protection & Human Aspects of Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
TATIANA IVANOVA — Head, Division of Nuclear Science, Nuclear Energy Agency, OECD, France
WILLIAM D. MAGWOOD, IV — General Director, Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
NADEZHDA SALNIKOVA — Head, Business Development Department, OKBM Afrikantov
TATYANA TRENTYEVA — Deputy Director General for Human Resources, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation
Multilateral global dialogue
On New Opportunities for Women in the Digital Age
What can be done to get more women working in fast-growing industries? What new tech solutions and ways of developing and supporting women’s initiatives in the new reality exist? What initiatives to increase female participation in the digital economy could complement the UNIDO agenda?
VERONIKA PESHKOVA — Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
MONICA CARCÒ — Expert on International Development and Gender Equality, W20, Italy
MARIE-LOUISE COLEIRO PRECA — Chair, Emanuele Cancer Research Foundation Malta (ECRFM)
MARIA KOLMAKOVA — Managing Project Director, Fashion Press LLC
MAYA MORSY — President, National Council for Women (NCW), Egypt
NATALIA MOCHU — Regional Director for CIS Region,International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
YANINA NOVITSKAYA — Managing Director, Cartier Russia, Ukraine and the CIS
VERA PODGUZOVA — Senior Vice President, Director of External Relations Directorate, Promsvyazbank
SELMA PRODANOVIC — Founder and CEO, 1Millionstartups, Austria
LYUBOV PSHENICHNIKOVA — Director of Strategic Partnerships Development, Mail.Ru Group
JANE SARGUS — Executive Director, Open World Leadership Members, US
FATOU HAIDARA — Managing Director, Directorate of Corporate Management and Operations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
LEILA HOTEIT — Managing Director and Senior Partner, BCG Dubai; Speaker at Woman Who Matters Forum, UAE
JACEK CUKROWSKI — Chief, Europe and Central Asia Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Strategic session
The Digital World: Growth Points and Opportunities for Women
In today’s labour market, workers possessing digital expertise have a palpable advantage. It is crucial for women to master new technologies and skills in order to compete on the labour market. The potential now exists for people to combine work with other areas of life, and to enjoy equal access to modern resources.
What needs to be done to increase female participation in high-tech and innovation-based industries? What educational reforms need to be made to teach digital literacy as an essential skill for the modern world? What will make leaders at post-digital companies stand out from those at other companies at a time when every business is actively investing in digital technologies? What will be the role of women in this regard? What can be done to help women in remote regions develop their digital skills and employ digital platforms for their businesses?
EKATERINA INOZEMTSEVA — Chief Executive Officer, Skolkovo Forum
SERGEY AVDEENKO — Head of Strategic Cooperation with State Authorities,Roche Moscow
BRIGITTE BAUMANN — Founder, Go Beyond Early Stage Investing, Switzerland
NATALIA GORDEENKO — Deputy Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus
ELINA ISAGULOVA — Vice President, Mail.ru Group
ASEL KENENBAYEVA — Deputy Minister of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic
SUZANNE MATRAY — Director for Communications with Authorities, Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe, US
SAMAIRA MEHTA — Chief Executive Officer, CoderBunnyz, US
VERONIKA NIKISHINA — Chief Executive Officer, Russian Export Center
VICTOR ORLOVSKY — Founder and General Partner, FortRoss Ventures
JULIA SOLOVIEVA — Managing Director, Google Russia
TATIANA SOROKINA — General Manager, IBM Russia
NADIA CHERKASOVA — Deputy President – Chairman of the Board, Otkritie Bank; Member of the Presidium, Chair, Committee for Development of Female Entrepreneurs, OPORA Russia
MAKSUT SHADAEV — Minister of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
V. The Women’s Mission to Achieve Social Transformation
Thematic session
Women Scientists and the Global Challenges of Our Time
What are the most promising areas of science in terms of future development? What international support programmes for female scientists are in place? Which international initiatives to develop the technologies, products, and services needed to improve people’s quality of life involve female scientists?
LILIYA GUMEROVA — Senator, Russian Federation; Chair, Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture
IRINA ABRAMOVA — Director, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Member, Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Sc. Econ; Professor
GINA EL-FEKY — Vice-President, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), Egypt
MARINA BOROVSKAYA — President, Southern Federal University; Corresponding member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Doctor of Economics; Professor
CATHERINE BRÉCHIGNAC — Permanent Secretary, French Academy of Sciences
YULIA GORBUNOVA — Russian Chemist; Specialist in Coordination and Supramolecular Chemistry; Main Researcher, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences; Doctor of Chemical Sciences; Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences; Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Vice-President, Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society
FABIOLA GIANOTTI — Nuclear Physicist; Director-General, CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research); Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, Italy
IRINA DONNIK — Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); RAS Academician
PARVIN ORKHAN GIZY KERIMZADE — Member of the Committee on Science and Education, Member of the Committee on Family, Women and Children, Milli Mejlis, Republic of Azerbaijan
SHAMILA NAIR-BEDOUELLE — Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO, South African Republic
GRIGORY TRUBNIKOV — Director, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences; Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
VALERY FALKOV — Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
TATYANA CHERNIGOVSKAYA — Head, Laboratory for Cognitive Studies; Head, Department of the Problems of Convergence in Natural Sciences and Humanities, St. Petersburg State University; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education; Doctor of Sciences in Biological Sciences; Professor
LUISA CIFARELLI — Former President, Centro Fermi; Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna
Strategic session
Social Change 2030: The Women’s Mission to Achieve Inclusive Sustainable Development
What changes can society expect to see in the coming years? What social issues should governments pay particular attention to in the new reality? What can be done to improve social policy with the goal of attaining inclusive sustainable development? How will digitalization and technological development impact employment policy and general income levels? What can international organizations offer governments looking to traverse a path to sustainable development? What can female entrepreneurs and representatives of non-profit organizations offer to help improve people’s quality of life?
OLGA BATALINA — First Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
AYUSH ARIUNZAYA — Mongolian Minister of Labour and Social Protection
HANA BRIXI — Global Director, Gender, The World Bank, USA
VANDA GAGIANO — Honorary President, Free State Women’s Agricultural Union, Republic of South Africa
KHIJRAN KAMRAN GYZY HUSEYNOVA — Chairperson of the Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Issues, Milli Mejlis, Republic of Azerbaijan
ELSA MARIA BARBER DIAS DOS SANTOS — Secretary of State Secretary for Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women, Angola
ANTON KOTYAKOV — Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
SILVANA KOCH-MEHRIN — Founder and President, Women Political Leaders Global Forum
SO YOUNG LEE — President, International Innovative Women Association; Executive Committee Member for Social Issues, Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT); Member of the Jury (2016–2020), Chair of the Jury (2016–2020), Republic of South Korea, APEC BEST Award
ELENA MARININA — Deputy CEO, Roscongress Foundation; Director, Innosocium Foundation
LILIA OVCHAROVA — Vice Rector, HSE University
INNA SVYATENKO — Senator, Russian Federation; Chairman, Committee on Social Policy, Federation Council, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
MARIANNA SHCHETKINA — Head, Minsk Office of Standing Committee of the Union State, Republic of Belarus
MIRJANA SPOLJARIC EGGER — Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations; Assistant Administrator, UNDP; Director, UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, Switzerland
PANY YATHOTOU — Vice President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Former Chairman of the National Assembly of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Business brunch
Science party
VI. Eco Programme
Scientific and practical session
Women as Leaders in the Circular Economy
What role do women play in promoting a resource-efficient economy and reducing risks? How are female entrepreneurs employing circular economy business models? What measures to support initiatives in this area are most effective, both at a government and corporate level?
JULIA RYZHOVA — Co-founder, Impact Capsule Research & Strategy Development Center
ALYONA YUZEFOVICH — Chief Sustainability Officer, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
NATALIA BENESLAVSKAYA — Head, Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection, IKEA
DENIS BUTSAYEV — General Director, Russian Environmental Operator Public Law Company
ALBINA DUDAREVA — Chairwoman of the Commission on Ecology and Environmental Protection of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
RAISA POLYAKOVA — General Director of KFC for Russia and the CIS
DIANA TOMAN — Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Arconic Corporation, USA
VALENTINA DISOSKA — President, Association of Business Women; President, National Platform for Women Entrepreneurship, Northern Macedonia
CHRISTINE CONCEPCION — President, Philippine Women’s Economic Network
SVETLANA LEVINSKAYA — Head, Finland’s Office of World Business Alliance of Russian-Speaking Women
FANJA RAZAKABOANA — President, Association of Women Entrepreneurs
Thematic session
The Role of Women in Solving Climate Challenges
What can be done to increase the number of women at organizations and associations involved in taking decisions on climate regulation? What forms of international cooperation between women on environmental matters are most effective? What can women do to impact the speed at which a green economy is built in their respective countries? What can be done to help women play a greater role in environmental research?
IRINA GAIDA — Director, Energy Centre, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO; Co-Founder, Women in Energy Association
ALEXANDER CHERNOKULSKY — Expert, Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
ELENA AKOLTSEVA — President, Baker Hughes Russia, CIS
DARIA GONCHAROVA — Chief Sustainability Officer, Polymetal International
ANGELINA DAVYDOVA — Director, German-Russian Office of Environmental Information
NATALYA DUKINA — Director for Property Management, Occupational Safety and Environment, Schneider Electric
KARIN KNEISSL — Member, Board of Directors, Rosneft
SHREERUPA MITRA — Executive Director, Indian Energy Forum
EKATERINA SALUGINA-SOROKOVAYA — General Director, International and Comparative Law Research Center
VII. Women in Agribusiness
Thematic session
Rural Growth Trends: Infrastructure and Amenities for Women
What needs to be done to ensure the continued comprehensive development of rural areas? What steps can be taken to stem the flow of people away from these regions? What can be done to improve living standards for women? What can be done to help women fulfil their ambitions in various sectors? What forms of support should be offered to women looking to implement business initiatives and rural development projects?
KSENIA SHEVELKINA — Director, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation
ELENA AVDEEVA — Senator, Russian Federation; Member, Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Government and Northern Affairs
NADEZHDA BEZBUDKO — Chair, Associated Country Women of Russia
VANDA GAGIANO — Honorary President, Free State Women’s Agricultural Union, Republic of South Africa
MAGDIE DE KOCK — World President, Associated Country Women of the World, South African Republic
PATRICIA ‘TISH’ COLLINS — CEO, Associated Country Women of the World, United Kingdom
ANASTASIA MIKHAILOVA — Head of Government and Public Relations, Cherkizovo Group
NICK NEWLAND — Policy & Communications Manager, Associated Country Women of the World, UK
Pitch session
Women Entrepreneurs in Agribusiness: Best Practices in International Cooperation and Outcomes of Cooperation
Which agricultural projects are encountering the greatest demand on the international investment market? How can international experience be employed to help boost female entrepreneurship in agriculture? What successful case studies exist of female entrepreneurs in agriculture changing perceptions of the sector over the past couple of years? What barriers are female entrepreneurs in agriculture encountering when presenting their projects on the international investment market, and how can they be overcome?
KSENIA BOLOMATOVA — Deputy Director General, United Grain Company
TATIANA DAMM — Deputy Director, German-Russian Agricultural Policy Dialogue
YELENA ZLENKO — Senator, Russian Federation; Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Agriculture and Food Policy and Environmental Management
YULIA KOROLEVA — Director of the Grain Quality Assessment Centre Federal State Budgetary Institution
NATALIA LI-CHANG-LING — Founder and Executive Director, Moscow Harvest
ELENA SARATTSEVA — Deputy Director for International Affairs, Russian Quality System
NATALIA CHERNER — Head of the ‘Global Agricultural Markets and Foreign Economic Activity in the Agroindustrial Complex’ Department, MGIMO
VIII. Cultural Programme
Reception hosted by Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Federation Council
October 13-15
Third Eurasian Women’s Forum Sideline Events
Signing of agreements on cooperation and the implementation of joint projects Public Talk with Thought Leaders (media studio) Fashion shows featuring collections by Russian designers incorporating folk themes and traditional crafts
The Digital Women’s Business Platform
The digitalization of the commercial sector is a global trend which is shifting the goalposts in the business world. The digital women’s business platform will incorporate video conferences, roundtables, and business dialogues, as well as meetings and interviews with famous entrepreneurs. The events will cover a wide range of topics. These will include the changing role of female business leaders, the impact new technologies and discoveries have had on doing business, new opportunities afforded by the digitalization of the financial sector, and much more.
Festival of Health and Beauty
• Lecture hall
A range of audio and video lectures by health and beauty specialists
• Master classes
• Exhibition of Russian health-preserving technologies
• Beauty zone for Russian manufacturers