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International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity and the race is on to build a more gender-balanced world – #BalanceforBetter
In celebration of International Women’s Day, this event will focus on the theme of Women in Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; it will showcase some of the extraordinary successes women in Wales have had over recent years, along with exploring the breakthrough’s being made in terms of gender equality, and some of the main challenges that still exist today that we can work together to address.
The event is open to all, free to attend, and includes the following line-up:
10.30 – 10.45 Welcome and Introduction to Athena Swan at Swansea University; Professor Hilary Lappin-Scott OBE, Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor
10.45 – 11.00 Laura Baker, Head of Product Management & New Product De-velopment, Tata Steel UK
11.00 – 11.15 Sarah John, Founder, Boss Brewery Co
11.15 – 11.25 Dr Geertje Van Keulen, Best Women in STEM Award Winner
11.25 – 11.35 Professor Catherine Thornton, Deputy Head of Swansea University Medical School
11.35 – 11.50 Victoria Bates, Healthcare Operations Director, Pfizer
11.50 – 12.05 Cari-Anne Quinn, CEO, Life Science Hub
12.05 – 12.15 Professor Shareen Doak, Swansea University Medical School
12.15 – 12.35 Speaker Q&A
12.35 – 13.25 Lunch and Networking
13.25 – 13.45 Julie James AM, Welsh Government
13.45 – 14.00 Fiona Spowers, Director, Riversimple
14.00 – 14.30 In Conversation with – Hannah Lamden, Finery Media & Canisha Chakadya – Phoenix Subscriptions
14.30 – 14.40 Professor Gwyneth Davies, Swansea University Medical School
14.40 – 14.55 Rayner Davies, A&R Cleaning Services
14.55 – 15.00 Closing Remarks; Professor Hilary Lappin-Scott OBE, Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor
15.00 Finish & Networking
Delivered in collaboration with Swansea University: LINC, The Morgan Academy, Athena SWAN, ION Leadership, CALIN, BEACON and colleagues across Swansea University.
Cost:Free
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WHEN:7th March 2019 –10:00 to 15:00 (GMT)
WHERE:Swansea – Civic Centre
