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 |
| 15:16-15:25 | Special Talk on Women’s Participation in Tech Speaker: Oranuch Lerdsuwankij, Co-founder and CEO of Techsauce |
| 15:26-15:35 | Presentation 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 |
| 16:30 | Wrap up and end |
