WiB: Women in Business Conference

8th Mar 2021 12pm - 4pm

This activity takes place online

About Women in Business (WiB)

WiB is a student-run organisation committed to empowering the next generation of female leaders. We aim to create opportunities for students, alumni, faculty staff and guest speakers from our external allies to collaborate and learn from each other's experiences.
We aim to help every conference member to be a better version of themselves, raise awareness on gender equality and enable the community to build a more inclusive environment

Conference Aims

• identifying, celebrating, and increasing visibility of women's achievements can help forge equality.
• strategic collaborations based on a foundation of shared purpose, trust and appreciation can impact positive change for women.
• worldwide awareness raising via meaningful narratives, resources and activity can help combat gender bias and discrimination to accelerate gender parity.

March the 8th is known globally as International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality.

This conference aims to demonstrate how gender barriers are, slowly but surely, being reduced or removed and better inclusivity and diversity in the workplaces the biggest goal that society strives to achieve. Diversity and inclusion in the workplace cause all employees to feel accepted and valued. When employees feel accepted and valued, they are also happier in their workplace and stay longer with a company. It goes without saying that the conference is open to people of all genders. We need men to attend and understand that they are part of the future story.

Do we still need an International Women's Day?

Yes! There's no place for complacency. According to the World Economic Forum, sadly none of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes, and nor likely will many of our children. Gender parity will not be attained for almost a century. There's urgent work to do - and we can all play a part.

Come join us to find out more.

Conference Overview

Women in Finance, Women in Technology, Women as CEOs/Business owners, Gender Pay Gap, Women in Competitive Sports and many more.

Strong female role models already working in the industry will be there to share their experiences with us, one of them is May Breisacher, Assistant Director from EY and Emily Wong, Account Director at Hill & Knowlton Strategies.

You will also get the chance to ask any questions by the end of the conference to all of the speakers.

Full Agenda

12:00-12:15 Welcome and Introduction
12:15-12:30 Emily Wong, Account Director, Hill & Knowlton Strategies
12:30-12:45 Marianny De Leon Lopez ‘Confidence and motivational coaching in the workplace’
12:45:13.00 Haley Young ‘Intersectionality’
13:00-13.15 Break 1
13:15-13:30 May Breisacher, Corporate Sustainability Lead, EMEIA Financial Services, Ernst & Young
13.30-13.45 Valerie Cehovica
13.45-14.00 Thaleia Vavanou ‘Business owner in a male dominated industry’
14.00-14.15 Selin E Ismetova ‘Women’s role in Business in Western vs Eastern society’
14.15-14.30 Mary Corbet ‘Professional Figure Skater in Finance’
14.30-14.45 Break 2
14.45-15.00 Dary-Anna Kuseva ‘Isolation of women in the workplace after starting a family’
15.00-15.15 Marissa Morgan ‘Discrimination of Women in the workplace, Gender Pay Gap, Entrepreneurship, Maternity.'
15.15-15.30 Zahra Ben Saied Hassine ‘Women in Technology’
15.30-15.45 Jose Ramon Bua ‘Unconscious Bias’
15.45-16.00 Q&A

BOOKING REQUIRED

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