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26Th April 2017 in Berlin Women20 Summit 24th – 26th April 2017 in Berlin AGENDA OVERVIEW Monday, 24. April 2017 14:45 – 17:15 Pre-Program Tunneltour 1 & 2 with BVG 19:00 – 22:00 Welcome Dinner Bertelsmann Hauptstadt-Repräsentanz, Unter den Linden 1 Tuesday, 25. April 2017 08:00 – 09:00 W20 Welcome Session Pavillon, Hotel Intercontinental, Budapester Straße 2 09:00 – 15:30 Conference Day 1 Hotel Intercontinental, Budapester Straße 2 15:30 – 17:30 W20 Working Session Pavillon, Hotel Intercontinental, Budapester Straße 2 18:30 – 23:00 Gala Dinner Deutsche Bank, Unter den Linden 13 – 15 Wednesday, 26. April 2017 08:30 – 11:00 W20 Working Session Pavillon, Hotel Intercontinental, Budapester Straße 2 11:00 – 18:00 Conference Day 2 Hotel Intercontinental, Budapester Straße 2 Please find a more detailed agenda on the following pages AGENDA Day 1 Monday, 24. April 2017 W20 Pre-Program Dress code: Casual Location Time Program Gendarmen- 14:45 – 15:45 TUNNELTOUR 1 with BVG markt (Shuttle) A guided discovery trip through the Berlin Metro System from U Bundestag U55 to U-Hauptbahnhof Gendarmen- 16:15 – 17:15 TUNNELTOUR 2 with BVG markt (Shuttle) A guided discovery trip through the Berlin Metro System from U Bundestag U55 to U-Hauptbahnhof W20 Welcome Dinner Bertelsmann Hauptstadt Repräsentanz Dress code: Business Casual Time Program 18:00 – 19:00 ACCREDITATION 19:00 – 20:00 WELCOME NOTES Karin Schlautmann, Bertelsmann Prof. Dr. Lars-Henrik Röller, German G20 Sherpa (tbc) Elke Ferner, Parliamentary State Secretary oft he German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Dr. Sigrid Nikutta, BVG 20:00 – 22:00 DINNER AGENDA Day 2 Tuesday, 25. April 2017 W20 Summit Hotel Intercontinental Dress code: Business Casual Time Program 07:30 – 08:00 ACCREDITATION 08:00 – 08:45 W20 NETWORK MEETING Pavillon 09:00 – 09:20 OPENING NOTE W20 Germany Chairs: Mona Küppers, President National Council of German Women’s Organizations (Deutscher Frauenrat) Stephanie Bschorr, President Association of German Women Entrepreneurs (Verband deutscher Unternehmerinnen) 09:20 – 10:00 W20 FOCUS ISSUES / Presentation of W20 focus groups W20 Working Groups Chair: Labour Market Inclusion Dr. Basmah Omair W20 Working Group Chair: Financial Inclusion Sucharita Eashwar & Anne Fulwood W20 Working Group Chair: Digital Inclusion – Virginia Littlejohn W20 Working Group Chairs: Strengthening the W20 Arancha González & Jennifer Bisceglie 10:00 – 10:15 Keynote Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany 10:15 – 11:15 PANEL I „Women Economic Empowerment – Chances for Growth and Sustainable Development“ Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth,Germany Mu Hong, Director-General, All-China Women's Federation Gülden Türktan, Women 20 President Turkey Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20 11:15 – 12:00 W20 STUDIES „The Effects of Digitalization on the Gender Equality in the G20 economies“ Dr. Alina Sorgner, Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) „What can be done to bridge the digital gender gap“ Franziska Kreische, Betterplace Lab 12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH 13:00 – 14:30 PANEL II „Inspring women: Scaling Up Women’s Entrepreneurship“ Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development and Honorary chair of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion Dr. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany Anne Finucane, Vice Chairwoman, Bank of America Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF Chrystia Freeland, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canada Ivanka Trump, First Daughter and Advisor to the President of the United States of America Juliana Rotich, BRCK Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, President and Chairwoman Trumpf GmbH 14:30 – 15:30 PRESENTATIONS of W20 Partners and Dialogue Process Events “Inclusion & Diversity” Julie Teigland, Regional Managing Partner for Germany, Switzerland and Austria, EY Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Women Political Leaders “WIP G20 Roundtable: Digitalisation: Policies for a Digital Future” Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Founder Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) “Women’s economic empowerment along the value chain. Statement by the Private Sector” Angelika Huber-Strasser, Head of Corporates, KPMG Dr. Ariane Reinhart, Member of the Board, Continental 15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK 16:00 – 17:30 W20 WORKING SESSION Pavillon W20 Gala Dinner Deutsche Bank Dress code: Formal wear Location Time Program Deutsche Bank 18:30 – 19:00 ACCREDITATION Lobby 19:00 – 19:30 WELCOME DRINKS & SEATING 19:30 – 20:00 WELCOME NOTES Deutsche Bank W20 Germany Chairs Atrium Sylvie Matherat, Deutsche Bank Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth 20:30 – 20:45 KEYNOTE Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel 23:00 END OF DINNER AGENDA Day 3 Wednesday, 26. April 2017 W20 Summit Hotel Intercontinental Dress code: Business Casual Time Program 08:30 – 11:00 W20 WORKING SESSION Final Refinements W20 Communiqué Voting Advocacy Strategies 11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH 12:30 – 12:45 WELCOME NOTE Mona Küppers, President National Council of German Women’s Organizations (Deutscher Frauenrat) Stephanie Bschorr, President Association of German Women Entrepreneurs (Verband deutscher Unternehmerinnen) 12:45 – 13:00 Video Message • Melinda Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 13:00 – 13:45 IMPULSES Digital Inclusion: Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20 Financial Inclusion: Natascha Beinker, Chairs Global Partnership Financial Inclusion Labour Market Participation: Dr. Annette Niederfranke, Director LO Representation in Germany 13:45 – 14:30 AWARD CEREMONY eSkills4Girls Hackathon Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Jacquelline Fuller, Director Google.org and the Google Foundation 14:30 – 15:30 PANEL III “How to lobby best for Women’s Economic Empowerment in the G20 and beyond“ Dr. Paola Subacchi, Chatham House Zhao Hongju, All Chinas Women’s Federation Marta Dassu, Aspen Institut Italy Dr. Astrid Skala-Kuhmann, Director GIZ B20 (tbc) Arancha González, International Trade Center 15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK & W20 Videos 16:00 – 17:15 PANEL IV: “Dialogue with Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel” W20 Delegates: Inez Murray, Chief executive officer Global Banking Alliance for Women Mmaki Jantjies (tbc) Sue Harris Rimmer, Fellow in Griffith Law School Sucharita Eashwar, Founder Catalyst for Women Entrepreneurs HANDOVER of W20 Communiqué & Foto 17:15 – 17:30 KEY NOTE Gala Díaz Langou, Social Protection Program Director CIPPEC, Argentina 17:30 – 17:45 Closing Mona Küppers, President National Council of German Women’s Organizations (Deutscher Frauenrat) Stephanie Bschorr, President Association of German Women Entrepreneurs (Verband deutscher Unternehmerinnen) .
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