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12th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting Port Douglas, Australia 25-27 June 2007 |
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OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome (PDF, 6KB)
Host of 2007 12th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting
The Hon Julie Bishop MP (Australia)
Minister for Education, Science and Training
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues
Official Opening (PDF, 14KB)
His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Australia)
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
Commentary
Report of the 2006 12th Women Leaders Network Meeting
Nguyen Thi Oanh (Vietnam)
Vice President, Vietnam Women’s Union
Presentations
Women Leaders Network: A Vision for the Future (PDF, 21KB) (PDF of slides, 1.3MB)
Andrina Lever (Canada)
President, Lever Enterprises
Co-Founder of WLN
The Women Leaders Network: Then and Now (PDF, 7KB)
Heather Ridout (Australia)
Chair, WLN 2007
Chief Executive, Australia Industry Group
PLENARY: CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN LEADERS
Keynote Speaker: The Hon Julie Bishop MP (Australia), Challenges for Women Leaders (PDF, 17KB)
Minister for Education, Science and Training
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Women’s Issues
Panel of APEC Women Leaders
The Hon Marjory Le Breton (Canada)
Leader of the Government in the Senate
Challenges for Women Leaders (PDF, 8KB)
The Hon Leanne Dalziel MP (New Zealand)
Minister of Commerce, Minister for Food Safety
Associate Minister of Justice
Women and Leadership (PDF, 7KB)
Mei-Yueh Ho (Chinese Taipei)
Chairperson, Council of Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan
The Hon Magdalene Toroansi (Papua New Guinea)
Minister for Women, Bougainville
PLENARY AND PANEL: GLOBAL CHALLENGES, FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HOW ECONOMIES ARE DEALING WITH ISSUES
Keynote Speaker: Amanda Ellis (USA)
Head, Gender Entrepreneurial Markets
International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Panel of Speakers
Large Corporations and Global Issues (PDF, 11KB) (PDF of slides, 400KB)
Vicki Gordon (USA)
Senior Vice President, InterContinental Hotels Group
Improved Economic Status of Women (PDF, 12KB) (PDF of slides, 322KB)
Sun-Hee Lee (Australia)
Director, AusAID
Gender Dimensions and Challenges of Labour Migration (PDF, 10KB)
Myrna T Yao (Philippines)
Chairperson, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
PLENARY AND PANEL: STRENGTHENING CAPACITY TO DEVELOP SKILLS TO MEET ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
Keynote Speaker: Catherine Livingstone (Australia), Women and Strengthening Capacity (PDF, 15KB)
Past Chairman, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Director, Telstra Corporation
Director, Macquaire Bank
Panel of Speakers
Ahn Yoon Jung (South Korea)
President, Korean Women Entrepreneurs
Nona S. Ricafort (Philippines)
Commissioner of Higher Education
Strengthening Capacity for Women Engineers (PDF, 35KB)
Dr Marlene Kanga (Australia)
National Committee for Women in Engineering, Engineering Australia
PLENARY AND PANEL: BUSINESS CHALLENGES TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
Keynote Speaker; Jillian Broadbent (Australia)
Director, Coca Cola Amatil
Director, Woodside Petroleum
Member, Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia
Panel of Speakers
Irina Gorbulina (Russian)
President, Russian Academy of Business
Business Challenges to Build Sustainable Futures (PDF, 10KB)
Chonchanok Viravan (Thailand)
President, BPW International
Bank of Asia
Lau Ka Shi (Hong Kong, China)
Member, Women’s Commission
Managing Director and CEO, Bank Consortium Trust Company Ltd
FORUM WITH APEC ECONOMIES: STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF BUSINESS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Chair: The Hon Justice Annabelle Bennett AO (Australia)
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Panel of Speakers
Strengthening the Capacity of Business to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change (PDF, 13KB)
Ziggy Switkowski (Australia)
Chairman, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Strengthening the Capacity of Business to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change (PDF, 11KB)
Sam Mostyn (Australia)
Group Executive – Culture and Reputation, Insurance Australia Group
Energy Diversity and Emerging Technologies (PDF of slides, 975KB)
Alison Terry (Australia)
Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, GM Holden Ltd
Judy Steward (Australia)
Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation
Liliana Rojero Luevnao (Mexico)
Executive Secretary, Immujeres
Ann Phua (Singapore)
Hemispheres Foundation
FORUM WITH APEC ECONOMIES: E-CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SMEs
Chair: Dr Patrice Braun (Australia)
Deputy Director, Centre for Regional Innovation and
Competitiveness, University of Ballarat
Lead Speaker: Tracey Fellows (Australia): ICT e-Capacity Building for SMEs (PDF, 20KB)
Managing Director, Microsoft Australia and New Zealand
Panel of Speakers
Micro Multinationals (PDF, 9KB)
Barbara Bauer (USA)
Past VP, Sun MicroSystems
e-Capacity Building for SMEs (PDF, 10KB) (PDF of slides, 144KB)
Chi Fen Wang (Chinese Taipei)
Director – Information Management Center, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Anne McKevitt (Australia)
Head, Ami-Group Enterprises
Dr Kio Chung Kim (South Korea)
Director, APEC Women’s e-Biz Center
Professor, Multimedia Science, Sookmyung Women’s University
WORKSHOP: WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Chair: Alison Terry (Australia)
Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, GM Holden Ltd
Session #1 Business opportunities for SMEs
Francine Whiteduck (Canada)
Whiteduck Enterprises
Datin Paduka Hajah Rokia (Brunei Darussalam)
Vice President, Women’s Business Council
Yong Won Yoon (South Korea)
CEO, Elion
Session #2: Business, rasing capital and trade formation
Bridging the financial gap to growth (PDF of slides, 2.9MB)
Diana Abruzzi (Australia)
International Women’s Federation of Commerce and Industry
Raising capital: the lessons learned (PDF of slides, 1.3MB)
Mavis Mullins (New Zealand)
Executive Director, The Poutama Trust
WORKSHOP: STRENGTHENING CAPACITY
Chair: The Hon Justice Dr Annabelle Bennett AO
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Sesson #1: Strengthening capacity through lifelong learning
The Hon Julie Bishop MP (Australia)
Minister for Education, Science and Training
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Women’s Issues
Women Leaders Paving the Way to a Mature Society (PDF, 39KB) (PDF of slides, 403KB)
Elena Fedyashina (Russia)
Executive Director, Committee of 20
Promoting Lifelong Learning for Women’s Self -Reliance (PDF, 4.5MB)
Kanda Vajrabhaya (Thailand)
Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security
Session #2: Networking and developing future entrepreneurs
Playing Pirates (PDF, 2.6MB)
Suzannah Vaughan (Australia)
Offshore Installation Manager, Australian FPSO Management
Maxine Westaway (Canada)
President, The International Alliance of Executive and Professional Women (TIAW)
Strengthening the Development of New Leaders: the Chilean Experience 2007 (PDF of slides, 254KB)
Luz Marina Gomez (Chile)
Asociacion de Mujeres Lideres – Chile
WORKSHOP: GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Chair: Sam Mostyn (Australia)
Group Executive – Culture and Reputation, Insurance Australian Group
Session #1: Impact of changing global conditions for micro and SMEs
Dato Hafsah Hashim (Malaysia)
Chief Executive, Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation
The Impact of Changing Global Conditions on Micro and SMEs in Vietnam (PDF of slides, 1.1MB)
Nguyen Thi Phuong (Vietnam)
Khanh Vinh Salt Company
Sjamsiah Achmad (Indonesia)
Indonesian Institute of Science
Session #2: Better business practices for micro and SMEs
Entrepreneurial Women and SMEs in Chinese Taipei (PDF of slides, 8.3MB)
Mei-Hsueh Li (Chinese Taipei)
Chief Secretary, Small and Medium Enterprise Administration
Patricia Foley Hinnen (USA)
Chairman, Microenterprise Development Corporation
Better Business Practices for Micro Businesses and SMEs (PDF of slides, 4.5MB)
Dr Petmanee Daowieng (Thailand)
Manager, Office of SMEs Promotion
WORKSHOP: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Chair: Dr Patrice Braun (Australia)
Deputy Director, Center for Regional Innovation and
Competitiveness, University of Ballarat
Session #1: ICT and women’s entrepreneurship
Dr Yong Ja Kim (South Korea)
Executive Director, Asian Pacific Women’s Information Network Centre (APWINC)
Professor, Consumer Economics, Sookmyung Women’s University
Steps to the Global Value Chain (PDF of slides, 139KB)
Dr Lorna Wright (Canada)
Association Professor of International Business, Schulich School of Business, York University
Irene Boey (Singapore)
Datamining
Session #2: How technology assists business
For the Elimination of the Gender Gap in the Economy (PDF, 52KB)
Masako Hiramatsu (Japan)
Head, Cable Person’s Inc.
Cho Jung Ah (South Korea)
Director, Gyeonggu Women’s Development Centre
How ICT Assists Now and in the Future in Chinese Taipei (PDF of slides, 3.6MB)
Mei-Li Tsai Hsiao (Chinese Taipei)
Director, Taiwan Fixed Network
CLOSING PLENARY
Closing Speech
Head of 2007 12th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting
The Hon Julie Bishop MP (Australia)
Minister for Education, Science and Training
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Women’s Issues
Reports from Workshops
| Strengthening Capacity (9KB) |
The Hon Justice Dr Annabelle Bennett AO (Australia) |
| Information and Communication Technology (11KB) |
Dr Patrice Braun (Australia) |
| Women and Trade (9KB) |
Jenny Matthews (Australia) |
| Global Challenges (10KB) |
Sam Mostyn (Australia) |
| Women in Business (11KB) |
Alison Terry (Australia) |
Presentation of Recommendations (PDF, 9KB) (PDF of slides, 28KB)
Heather Ridout (Australia)
Chair of WLN 2007
Chief Executive, Australia Industry Group
Closing Ceremony and Handover to Peru, Host of 2008 13th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting
Summary Report (PDF, 17KB)
Programme (PDF, 63KB)
The Australian organizers of the Meeting provided copies of the following publications:
- Australian Government Office for Women, Better Conditions, Better Business: A report on carer and family-friendly provisions in Australian small and medium enterprises, Commonwealth of Australia, 2007. (PDF, 2MB)
- Australian Government Office for Women, Sensis Business Index Report: Special Edition, Commonwealth of Australia, February 2007. (PDF, 3.7MB)
- Australian Government Office for Women, Women and Exports: An export profile of Australia’s female-operated small and medium exporters, Commonwealth of Australia, 2007. (PDF, 4.2MB)
- Commonwealth of Australia, Women in Australia 07, Commonwealth of Australia, 2007. (PDF, 1.5MB)
- Commonwealth of Australia, Women in Trade: A Handbook for Women Going Global, Commonwealth of Australia, 2007. (PDF, 23.9MB)
Download all five publications here. (32MB)
