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European Women Forum - Berlin
Program and Panelists
10 years, 10 countries, 10 stories
Europäisches Haus, Unter den Linden 78, 10117 Berlin, Germany, December 9, 2014
Program
Part 1
14.00 – 15.00 Opening of the European Women Forum – Berlin: Welcome speeches
- Elke Büdenbender, Patroness of the event
- Manuela Schwesig, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
- Alastair Teare, CEO Deloitte Central Europe
- Bernhard Schnittger, deputy head of the Representation of the European Commission in Germany
- Jitka Dvořáková, General Manager, CZC.cz, Czech Republic
15.00 - 15.30: Deloitte SheXO Survey 2014 - results: Gender equality in business and EU accession
- Barbara Žibret Kralj, partner, Deloitte Slovenia
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break&networking
Part 2: Panels
16:00 – 16:05 Introduction: Women rights in Lithuania. Can the Baltics be a model to others?
- Laisvūnas Bartkevičius, Vice-Minister of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
16:05 – 16.45 Panel 1: How women made Europe stronger in the last 10 years? Moderator: Kerstin Plehwe.
- H. E. Elita Kuzma, Ambassador of Latvia to Germany
- Barbi Pilvre, Member of the Estonian Parliament
- Elena Kohútiková, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, VÚB Bank, Slovak Republic
- Tünde Fűrész, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry for Human resources in Hungary
- Martina Vuk, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Slovenia
- Vanda Jurseniene, Head of Equality Between Women and Men Division, Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Lithuania
- Renate Augstein, Head of Equality Division, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany
- Andrew Caruana Galizia, Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Malta to Germany
- Skevi Koukouma-Koutra, Member of the House Standing Commitee on Human Rights and on equal opportunities for men and women, Cyprus
16.45 – 17.25 Panel 2: Getting inspired by our personal stories. Moderator: Kerstin Plehwe.
- Iwona Georgijew, Partner, Deloitte Central Europe, SheXO and Diversity Leader
- Olga Humlová, CEO, HB Reavis, Czech Republic
- Dominika Natalia Bettman, CFO, Siemens, Poland
- Katrin Hattenahuer, Member of the Former Civil Rights Movement Leipzig, Germany
- M.Sc. Anja Strojin Štampar, Member of the Management Board, Pension Fund Management, Slovenia
- Ramona Pisal, President of The German Women Lawyers Association, Germany
- Katarina Kaszasova, Director General, Ministry of Finance, Slovak Republic
- Kristina Bohrrman, CEO, Solvenz Navigation, Germany
17.25 – 17.30 Closing Remarks