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Register now to the ASEAN-Japan Insights Series Webinar 4 Breaking Barriers: Women Entrepreneurs in Innovative and Sustainable Businesses in ASEAN and Japan on 10 Sep, 15:00-16:30 JST

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The ASEAN-Japan Centre invites everyone to the webinar, “Breaking Barriers: Women Entrepreneurs in Innovative and Sustainable Businesses in ASEAN and Japan”.

Tuesday, 10 September 2024
15:00-16:30 GMT9 | 14:00-15:30 GMT8 | 13:00-14:30 GMT7
Zoom webinar
English with simultaneous Japanese translation

About the ASEAN-Japan Insights Series

The Series aims to be a relevant and leading information sharing platform in the region on ASEAN-Japan matters. It will be a hybrid, bilingual (English and Japanese) webinar series that will regularly feature hot topics in ASEAN and Japan and facilitate information sharing and knowledge sharing among industry, academia, governments, and enterprises within the region.

Introduction

The webinar “Breaking Barriers: Women Entrepreneurs in Innovative and Sustainable Businesses in ASEAN and Japan”, organized as part of the ASEAN-Japan Insights Series 2024, aims to explore the challenges and needs of ASEAN and Japanese women entrepreneurs in tech and innovation landscape, how women can participate meaningfully in the economic development of ASEAN and Japan in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The discussions will contribute to the upcoming roundtable of Young Women Entrepreneurs in ASEAN and Japan in November 2024 to be organized by the Centre.

Registration is free and on a first-come first-served basis.

Registration link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L8FJygXLSbChYlDGmhVHVg

Programme as of 14 August 2024

15:00-15:02 Introduction to the ASEAN-Japan Insights

Katrina Navallo, PhD
Programme Manager, Research and Policy Advocacy Team, ASEAN-Japan Centre 
15:03-15:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Kunihiko Hirabayashi, MD, PhD
Secretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre
15:16-15:25Special Talk on Women’s Participation in Tech

Speaker: Oranuch Lerdsuwankij, Co-founder and CEO of Techsauce 
15:26-15:35Presentation 1: Gender Diversity Challenges in Japan’s Startup Ecosystem
15:36-16:25 Panel Discussion on Ecosystem Actors Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in ASEAN and Japan 
 
Panel Discussion and Open Forum
1. Oranuch Lerdsuwankij,
  Co-founder and CEO of Techsauce 
2. Amor Maclang,
  Co-Founder, International Digital Economy Association (iDEA) and Digital Pilipina
3. Asia Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) (TBC)
4. Representative from the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (TBC)

Moderator:
 Agnes Surry,
  Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist, Asian Development Bank Institute
16:30Wrap up and end

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