THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ECONOMY AND INNOVATION

SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND BEST PRACTICES
WINGATE FORUM – HYBRID EVENT

9.00-9.20 Arrival

9.20-9.30 Welcome Speech Eszter Szabó, President of Women Business Angels, Hungary

9.30-9.45 Key speaker on ‘Women supporting women in business’ Veronika Spanarova, Executive Director, Citibank Europe (TBC)

9.45-10.45 Introduction of the WINGATE project – introduction of its partners, key features and lessons learnt

10.45-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-12.00 Policy round table discussion. The situation of women active in business (business opportunities and financing, Impact of crisis, entrepreneurship) Moderator: Renata Anna Jaksa, Women Business Angels Association

12.00-13.00 Networking lunch

13.00-14.00 Panel 1. Women Business Angels – Introduction of Norwegian, Serbian, Polish, French and Hungarian Business Angels (Hybrid) Moderator (TBC): Peter Csillag, Angel Investor, President of the Board, Hungarian Business Angel Network

14.00-14.15 Coffee break

14.15-15.15 Panel 2. Introducing projects and initiatives supporting women entrepreneurs and investors / Q&A session Participants (TBC): HETFA Research Institute, EIT Food, MIR Foundation, SEED Foundation, Impact Hub Budapest Moderator: Eszter Szabó, WBA Hungary

15.15-15.30 Closing remarks

19.00 Networking dinner

Location: Novotel Budapest City & Budapest Congress Center Alkotas utca 63-67, (TBC) and online