Women in Green Tech - Boosting Female Entrepreneurship

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

10:05 - 10:15 Welcome, Cabinet Director for Dan Dragan, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Energy in Romania, Elena Popescu

10:15 - 10:25 Welcome from the Deputy Head of Mission at The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bucharest, Ms. Elin Widsteen

10:25 - 10:45 State of Play in Europe and the Upcoming Call for Women in Deep Tech, Theresa Neuhauser, Manager Communications - EIT Manufacturing, Women TechEU

10:45 - 10:55 State of play Romania, Hildegard Brandl, Entrepreneur and Architect, Vice-President, CONAF

10:55 - 11:05 State of play in Norway, Thomas Egger Sørensen, Director of Department for Special Assignments, Innovation Norway

11:05 - 11:10 Wrap up

Moderator: Magnar Ødelien, Director of the EEA and Norway Grants, Innovation Norway 

11:25 – 11:30 Intro to the EEA and Norway Grants and female entrepreneurship

11:30 – 11:40 Women in Energy, Harpa Pétursdóttir, Founder, Women in Energy, Iceland

11:40 – 11:50 Open Call for Female Entrepreneurs in Poland, Mikołaj Gan, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP)

11:50 - 12:00 Gender Equality in Business, Effie Kotsiopoulou, Project Co-ordinator, Women On Top, Greece

12:00 – 12:10 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

12:10 – 12:30 Q&A discussion

13:30 – 13.45 Wingate – a community of female entrepreneurs in Hungary, Moldova, Norway, Serbia and Romania, Christina Chiriac, President of the National Association of Entrepreneurs (ANAA) and the National Confederation for Women's Entrepreneurship (CONAF), Viorica Puscas, Wingate Project Manager, Romania and Moldova

13:45 – 14:00 Women and AI, Paulina Chotrova, President and Founder of Women in Deep Tech, Bulgaria

14:00 – 14:15 Iceland Innovation Week, Guðfinna Valgeirsdóttir, Marketing Director at Iceland Innovation Week

14:15 - 14:30 Women Investment Network, Angela Holter, Angel Investor, Founder and Chair of the Board, WIN – Women Investors' Network, Norway

Moderator: Mihai Stefanescu, Senior Advisor, Innovation Norway

14:35 – 14:45 Originis, Roxana Margan, Founder & Co-CEO

14:45 – 14:55 Meta Education, Ruxandra Cord, Co-founder the CoRD

14:55 – 15:05 Synaptiq, Diana Andritchi, Co-founder & CBO

15:05 – 15:15 SpeakQuest, AnaMaria Onica, Co-founder & CEO

15:15 – 15:25 Lam’On, Gergana Stancheva, Co-founder

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

• Georgiana Pogonaru, Honorary Consul at the Consulate of Iceland in Romania

• Oana Ozmen, Member of the Chamber of Deputees, Secretary of the Industry Committee and Raporteur of the Hydrogen Group

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

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

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