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Black Tie International:
The Role of Business in Empowering Women



 

Lauren Bush Lauren, speaking wih  Mrs.Rosaline Menga, from Cameroon representing the World's Union of Catholic Women's Organization (WUCWO) and the Association For the Promotion of Women and Children (APWAC)

The Role of Business
In Empowering Women
Photos by: BlackTieMagazine/GMK

Lauren Bush Lauren, Chief FEEDer and Co _Founder, FEED Projects,
Venketachalam Krishnan, Chief of Operations, UN Office of Partnership

 Rebecca Scharfstein, Aunna Wilson, Arielle Wilson, Lauren Bush Lauren, Tiffany Tong, Ashley Eberhart, Megan Partridge.

Fiona Dawson, Lauren Bush Lauren, Janet Salazar

Sheryl Wudunn, Pulitser Prize Winning Journalist

Andrea L. Taylor, Director of North America Community Affairs
 Microsoft Corporation

Charlotte Oades, The Coca-Cola Company's Global Director,
Women's Economic Empowerment

 Jane Wurlans, Founder and Owner of Dermalogica and
 The International Dermal Institute

 Helen Diaz, Jacqueline Wales, Shirley Madher

Pamela P. Flaherty, President and Chief Executive Officer of Citi Foundation & Director Corporate Citizenchip of Citi,
Nadereh Chamlou, Senior Advisor to the Chief Economist of Middle East and North Africa, World Bank

Denis Gilhooly, Tas Dossal

Becky Straw, Co-Founder and Chief Adventurist for the Adventure Project,
Kassidy Brown, Crystal Chen

Becky Curtis

Amir Dossal, Elena Bertusi

 Sarah Zipkin, Jim Barood, Mara Bolis

Fiona Dawson, Renee Kuriyan, Director of Social Impact in Intel Corporation's Corporate Responsibility Office, Janet Salazar

Benita Sing, Peggy Wallace

United Nations Office for Partnerships and
the US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center Forum
The Role of Business in Empowering Women

Opening Remarks
Al Martinez-Fonts, Executive Vice President, US Chamber of Commerce (@chamberBCLC)
Roland Rich, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships (@Unpartnerships)

10:25 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Keynote Remarks:
A Call to Action to Partner with UN Women

Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, Inter-Governmental Support and Strategic Partnership Bureau, UN Women (@UN_Women)

10:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Women and Financial Inclusion:
A panel discussion about opportunities for
cross sector collaboration to advance financial inclusion, and the innovative ways
Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, international organizations, and NGOs are
enhancing financial inclusion of women
 around the world.

Jane Wurwand, Founder and Owner, Dermalogica
(@Dermalogicajane @dermalogica)

Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy
Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN Department ofEconomic and Social Affairs (@ThomasStelzer)

Pam Flaherty, CEO, Citi Foundation and Director of
Corporate Citizenship, Citi (@citi)

Nadereh Chamlou, Senior Advisor to the Chief Economist ofMiddle East and North Africa,
 World Bank (@WorldBank)

Moderator: Talya Bosch, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility,Western Union (@WesternUnion)

12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Closing of the Morning Session:
Introduction: Venketachalam Krishnan, Chief of OperationsUN Office for Partnerships (@Unpartnerships)

Lauren Bush Lauren, Chief FEEDer and
 Co-Founder, FEEDProjects
 (@LaurenBushTweet @FEEDProjects)

12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Networking Break and Transition to Lunch

1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Opening of the Afternoon Session:
Introduction: Phyllis Meyer, Assistant Vice President of GlobalMarketing Partnerships and Alliances,
Dun & Bradstreet (@DnBUS)

Presentation of The Cartier Women's Initiative Awards:
Olivia Lazare, Project Leader , Cartier Women's Initiative Awards(@Cartier)

2:00 p.m.- 2:50 p.m.
Opening of the Afternoon Session
Introduction: David Chavern, Chief Operating Officer, US Chamber of Commerce (@uschamber)

Sheryl WuDunn, Author, Half the Sky (@WuDunn)

2:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Women and Innovative Entrepreneurship: A panel discussion about innovative ways Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, international organizations, and NGOs create enabling environments for women to thrive as entrepreneurs.

Andree Simon, President, Women for Women International (@AndreeSimon @WomenforWomen)

Renee Kuriyan, Director of Social Impact, Corporate Responsibility Office, Intel Corporation (@Intel_CSR)

Becky Straw, Founder and Chief Adventurist, Adventure Project (@beckystraw @Ad_VenturePro)

Charlotte Oades, Global Director, Women's Economic Empowerment, The Coca-Cola Company (@CocaCola)

Moderator: Andrea Taylor, Director of North American Community Affairs, Microsoft Corporation (@msftcitizenship)

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Women and the Supply Chain: A panel discussion on the role of Fortune 500 companies, international organizations, and NGOs in creating opportunities for women to participate in commerce through inclusive and transparent supply chains.
Sarah Thorn, Senior Director, International Trade, Walmart (@Walmart)

Conor French, Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Indego Africa (@Indego_Africa)

Denise Yunkun, Director of Alliance and Acquisition, FedEx (@fedex)

Kevin Cassidy, Communications and External Relations Officer, International Labour Organization (@ilo)

Moderator: Hugh C. Welsh, President and General Counsel, DSM North America (@DSM)

5:30 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.
Closing Session

Roland Rich, Executive Director, UN Office of Partnerships (@Unpartnerships)

Al Martinez-Fonts, Executive Vice President, US Chamber of Commerce (@chamberBCLC)