19 November 2024
Bucharest, Romania
Strada Negustori 16
at "The Villa"
Women in Green Tech - Boosting Female Entrepreneurship
Agenda
10:00 – 11:00 Plenary
Moderator: Rannveig S. Gimse, Programme Director, Romania and Bulgaria, Innovation Norway
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome from the Moderator
10:05 – 10:15 Welcome from the Norwegian Ambassador to Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova, HE Ms Hilde Svartdal Lunde (TBC)
10:15 – 10:35 State of Play in Europe and the Upcoming Call for Women in Deep Tech, Theresa Neuhauser, Manager Communications - EIT Manufacturing, Women TechEU
10:35 – 10:45 State of play in Romania, Hildegard Brandl, Entrepreneur and Architect, Vice-President, CONAF
10:45 – 10:55 State of play in Norway, Thomas Egger Sørensen, Director of Department for Special Assignments, Innovation Norway
10:50 – 11:00 Wrap up
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:20 Panel 1 – EEA and Norway Grants Support to Female Entrepreneurs
Moderator: Magnar Ødelien, Director of the EEA and Norway Grants, Innovation Norway
11:15 – 11:25 Intro to the EEA and Norway Grants and female entrepreneurship
11:25 – 11:35 Women in Energy,Harpa Pétursdóttir, Founder, Women in Energy, Iceland
11:35 – 11:45 Open Call for Female Entrepreneurs in Poland, Mikołaj Gan and Wioleta Dreksy, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP)
11:45 – 11:55 Gender Equality in Business, Effie Kotsiopoulou, Project Co-ordinator, Women On Top, Greece
11:55 – 12:05 The Gender Equality Programme in Portugal and Promova, Maria Mineiro, Head of the National Focal Point, and Joana Marteleira, Coordinator, Commission of Citizenship and Gender Equality, Portugal
12:05 – 12:20 Q&A discussion
12:20 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:10 Presentations
13:30 – 13.45 Wingate – a community of female entrepreneurs in Hungary, Moldova, Norway, Serbia and Romania
13:45 – 14:00 Women and AI, Paulina Chotrova, President and Founder of Women in Deep Tech, Bulgaria
14:00 – 14:10 Iceland Innovation Week, Guðfinna Valgeirsdóttir, Marketing Director at Iceland Innovation Week
14:10 – 15:10 Success Stories from Women Business Founders
Moderator: Mihai Stefanescu, Senior Advisor, Innovation Norway
14:15 – 14:25 Originis, Roxana Margan, Founder & Co-CEO
14:25 – 14:35 Meta Education, Ruxandra Cord, Co-founder the CoRD
14:35 – 14:45 Synaptiq, Diana Andritchi, Co-founder & CBO
14:45 – 14:55 SpeakQuest, AnaMaria Onica, Co-founder & CEO
14:55 – 15:10 Lam’On, Gergana Stancheva, Co-founder
15:10 – 15:25 Coffee Break
15:25 – 16:30 Panel 2 – Final Reflections and the Way forward
Moderator: Rannveig S. Gimse, Programme Director, Romania and Bulgaria, Innovation Norway
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Manuela Horvath, Head of Strategy and Institutional Relations Department, Hidroelectrica, Romania
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Angela Holter, Angel Investor, Founder and Chair of the Board, WIN – Women Investors' Network, Norway
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Theresa Neuhauser, Manager Communications - EIT Manufacturing, Women TechEU
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Thomas Egger Sørensen, Director of Department for Special Assignments, Innovation Norway
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Q&A and discussion with the panel and the audience