Women in Digital Assets Forum 2023
Women in Digital Assets Forum 2023
Tue, Jun 6, 2:30 PM
Abigail Kirsch at The Loading Dock • Stamford, CT
$95 - $195
Actions Panel
Urban Digital Women at CSW59
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Location
Millenium Hotel at ONE UN Plaza 1 United Nations Plaza at 44th Street & 1st Avenue 28th Floor - Riverside Meeting Room New York, NY 10017
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Description
“Urban Digital Women: Digitally empowering women for positive urban transformation.”
-A CSW59 best practices roundtable hosted by Metropolis, the City of Barcelona and the Brussels-Capital Region
On March 11, 2015 -- in conjunction with the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women and the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action -- Metropolis, the City of Barcelona and the Brussels-Capital Region have the pleasure of hosting a best practices roundtable on the topic of “Urban Digital Women: Digitally empowering women for positive urban transformation."
This unique event, co-chaired by Ms. Bianca Debaets, Secretary of State for Equal Opportunity of the Brussels-Capital Region, and Ms. Francina Vila, Councilor for Civil Rights and Women for the City of Barcelona and President of the Metropolis International Women Network, is an official side-event of CSW59 / Beijing+20 (2015) and will explore the following topics:
- Challenges facing cities and their women
- Challenges facing women, particularly in urban centers
- Opportunities for digitally empowering women to positively shape the urban landscape
A report on the proceedings of the best practices roundtable will be issued following the event.
Draft Agenda:
10:00-10:10 - Welcome Message
10:10-10:30 - Keynote Speech: Ms. Esther Roure Vila, Cisco, 2015 European Digital Woman of the Year (DLI)
10:30-12:15 - Panel Debate & Public Discussion:
- Panel Co-Chairs:
- Ms. Bianca Debaets, Secretary of State for Equal Opportunity of the Brussels-Capital Region
- Ms. Francina Vila, Councilor for Civil Rights and Women for the City of Barcelona and President of the Metropolis International Women Network
- Panel Members:
- Ms. Esther Roure Vila, Cisco, 2015 European Digital Woman of the Year (DLI)
- Ms. Wendy Vermoesen, Yambla, 2014 Young ICT Lady of the Year (Datanews - Belgium)
- Ms. Hyun Ock Cho, Assistant Mayor of the Seoul Metropolitan Government
- Ms. Cristina Blancafort, Project Manager Barcelona E-Government Department, Barcelona City Council & Project leader mobileID for the Municipalities of Barcelona
- Panel Moderator: Ms. Cheryl D. Miller, Founder & Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute
12:15-12:30 - Conclusions and Wrap-up: Ms. Cheryl D. Miller, Founder & Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute
Rapporteur: Ms. Valeri Rajkovcevik, Attaché, Brussels-Capital Region, International
Translation: English/Spanish/French
