Women in Green Tech - Boosting Female Entrepreneurship

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

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

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

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

Moderator: Rannveig S. Gimse, Programme Director, Romania and Bulgaria, Innovation Norway

• Manuela Horvath, Head of Strategy and Institutional Relations Department, Hidroelectrica, Romania

• Angela Holter, Angel Investor, Founder and Chair of the Board, WIN – Women Investors' Network, Norway

• Theresa Neuhauser, Manager Communications - EIT Manufacturing, Women TechEU

• Thomas Egger Sørensen, Director of Department for Special Assignments, Innovation Norway

• Q&A and discussion with the panel and the audience