BPW Germany Meeting together with the 9th BPW Danube Net Businesswomen Forum 6 9 November 2014 in Regensburg, Germany Power. Success. Prosperity. Women Creating a New Europe Female Entrepreneurship and Women in Business with Regard to the Strategy of the European Union Europe is growing together! Women are demonstrating this forcefully, successfully and with lasting effect. Women from the Danube region are presenting their companies and innovative, cross-border projects of sustainable business management for a new Europe of economic stability and justice. EU- representatives explain the political goals of the EU s Danube strategy for the promotion of women in all areas of the economy and report how women are actively contributing to growth and prosperity in Europe across all borders. The BPW Danube Net, the network for professional women in the Danube region, reaching from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary to the western and eastern Balkan states and Turkey, has since 2006 been a living example for a Europe experienced in real life. With this joint meeting of BPW Germany and the BPW Danube Net, the women express their commitment to a Europe where togetherness, cooperation and dialogue are priorities. This congress in Regensburg, the beautiful city on the Danube, offers women from Germany and the Danube region a unique chance to experience pure European WomenPower. Participants will be able to exchange ideas and make business contacts with successful and savvy businesswomen in all professions and branches of industry, as well as attending men. Speeches, presentations, panels, B2B talks and intercultural environments promise an exciting and diverse program and interesting international encounters. We look forward to meeting you in Regensburg!
Preliminary Program Thursday, 6 November 2014 16:00 Get Together: BPW Regensburg meets BPW Germany and BPW Danube Net: Individual tours organised by BPW members Regensburg Meeting Point: Salzstadel Brückstraße 2 93047 Regensburg Venue Alumneum Am Ölberg 2, 93047 Regensburg Friday, 7.11. Venue Alumneum, Regensburg 08:00 09:00 Registration 09:00 09:30 Opening of the Forum Welcome speeches by: Ms. Henrike von Platen, BPW Germany President Ms. Alida Perkov PhD, BPW Danube Net Chair, BPW Croatia Club Pula President Ms. Ingrid Asche, BPW Club Regensburg President 09:30 10:00 Key Note Speech: Women Creating a New Europe Dr. Sabine Herlitschka, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Infineon Technologies Austria AG 10:00 11:00 "Supporting the Competitiveness of Enterprises" Speeches: 11:00 11:30 BREAK 1. Introduction from a Policy Level Ms. Dijana Beziak, M.O.D Assistant Minister, Republic of Croatia, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts 2. Projects and Political Goals of the European Union Strategy: Germany and Croatia Coordinating the Priority Area 8 : Competitiveness of enterprises Speeches by: EU Danube Strategy PA8 Coordinators: Ms. Dragica Karajić M.Sc., Croatia Mr. Hans-Peter Herdlitschka PhD, Germany 3. Presentation of Best Practices by BPW Signing up the Memorandum of Understanding between BPW Danube Net and BPW Turkey, Alida Perkov Chair BPW Danube Net and Ipek Isbitiren, General Secretary of BPW-Turkey
11:30 12:30 Space for Taking Part: Experiencing Europe In various ways we will live to see our perception of Europe and share our experiences Dialogue Process : Europe Area for freedom in a discussion without judgmental thinking instead of contradicting each other: we will deal jointly with the fears, anxieties, prejudice, intolerance connected to the right trans-national freedom of movement in Europe" Ms. Anne Holler-Kuthe, Update-Coaching, Ms. Ruth Mößmer, ars regina consulting Experiencing Intercultural Differences "Bridges for Better Understanding": Like the danube bridges we will virtual build bridges to connect our cultures Ms. Conny Montague, Montague Training Intercultural Trainer und Coach Experiencing the prosperity of Europe s values The values of Europe - enjoy the experience of Europe s cultural diversity Ms. Viviana Kagerer, Coach Ms. Agatha Mysona-Pokora, Coach The Experience of Implicit Knowledge - Management Constellation Exploring Options and Boundaries of New Europe for Women in Business Referring to our perception and implicit knowledge, we will explore individual and collective steps toward the vision of a new Europe Ms. Henriette Katharina Lingg, Coaching and Facilitation Interactive Dance Performance Dance your Europe Ms. Alexandra Karabelas tanz_denken, Dance-Dramaturgist 12:30 13:00 Business Speed Dating 13:00 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 15:00 Parallel Thematic Meetings, Presentations and Workshops: Best Practice of Successful Models Workshops 1F 6F Please choose your favorite workshop for the registration form 1F: B2B Matchmaking Business and Open Space for Networking 2F "Intercultural Awareness as a Personal Competence Factor for Business in Europe" Ms. Conny Montague, Montague Training Intercultural Trainer und Coach 3F Women Entrepreneurship Empowerment through developing Mini - Clusters in the Danube Region Ms. Alida Perkov PhD, Senior Adviser, Chamber of Commerce Pula, Croatia
4F Cultural Business in the Danube Region Ms. Regina Hellwig-Schmid, Project Manager, Founder of Donumenta, a crossbording Culture and Exibition Project, Women of Europe in 2004 for her engagement for a peaceful Europe shows her experiences with cultural business projects along the Danube 5F Entrepreneurial Learning a Key Competence Approach: Ms. Efka Heder, Director, Senior Education Expert, Croatia introduces the projects of South East European Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (SEECEL) - empowering women. 6F Presentation of the Activities of the Danube-Office Ulm/Germany with Special Regard to Sustainability in Mobility and Tourism: Business Opportunities for Women in the Danube Region Ms. Sabine Meigel, Director Donaubüro Ulm 15:00 15:30 Break 15:30 16:00 Wrap-up of Workshops and Closure 1st day A Market-Place of Conclusions 19:00 20:30 Reception at the Historic City Hall of Regensburg Oberbürgermeister Joachim Wolbergs Saturday, 8.11 Venue Alumneum, Regensburg 09:30 09:45 Welcome and Introduction Ms. Marion Volk, BPW Danube Net Vice Chair Ms. Giuseppina Seidita, BPW Standing Committee Chair - Projects 09:45 10:15 10:15 11:00 Female Entrepreneurship it s an Economic Imperative Speech by: Ms. Madi Sharma, Madi Sharma European Economic and Social Committee Women s progress in Leadership Make a Difference Which Progress Is Needed in Politics? Panel Discussion: Ms. Madi Sharma, Madi Sharma European Economic and Social Committee Ms. Henrike von Platen, BPW President Germany Ms. Arzu Özyol, BPW 2 nd VP United Nations Ms. Ecaterina Mitariu, BPW President Club Arad, Romania 11:00 11:30 BREAK
11:30 12:30 Promoting Empowerment, Knowledge, Culture to Build a Prosper Europe Panel with speeches by: Ms. Alida Perkov PhD, BPW Danube Net Chair, BPW Croatia Club Pula President Ms. Lisa Unger-Fischer, CEO Europaeum, University of Regensburg Ms. Christa Kirchmair, BPW Austria President 12:30 13:30 LUNCH 13:30 14:30 Best Practice of Successful Models Parallel thematic meetings, presentations and workshops: Workshops 1S -6S 1S B2B Matchmaking Business and Open Space for Networking 2S "EU Danube Region - Civil Society and Institutional Capacity, Peter Langer General Coordinator, Council of Danube Cities and Regions 3S Die gewollte Donau / The wanted Danube, Carmen Stadelhofer, Academic Director a.d., Institute for virtual and real learning in the area of adult education at Ulm University; presenting a project along the Danube, in which thousands of people of all ages were involved. 4S "To Promote Culture and Tourism, People to People Contacts tbd 5S Excurse to the BPW Hanse Net Ms Ulrike Bauer, BPW Hanse Net Coordinator, BPW Club Bremen, Germany 6S BPW Cross Border Project in the Danube Region presented by Ms. Elke Ahrens, PhD, BPW Club Stuttgart, Germany 14:30-15:00 Wrap-up of Workshops 15:00 15:30 Country Presentation for 10th BPW Danube Net Businesswomen Forum 2015 Closure Ms Henrike von Platen, Ms Alida Perkov PhD, Ms. Ingrid Asche, Ms. Marion Volk 15:30 16:00 Coffee & End of the Day 19:00 Gala Dinner and Candle Light Ceremony Hotel Maximilian
Sunday, 9th November 2014 10:00 Sightseeing tours organized by BPW Regensburg 11.00 - Sightseeing tours ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The BPW Danube Net is a network for business women with the objective to bring together decision-makers and female entrepreneurs and professionals of this region to exchange know-how and best practices and to introduce to the participants the business and development opportunities of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR).