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 With this joint convention of BPW Germany and the BPW Danube Net, the women express their commitment to a Europe where togetherness, cooperation and dialogue are priorities. 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, is a living example for lived Europe since 2006. 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, panel discussions, B2B dialogues and intercultural spaces promise a varied program and exciting international encounters. We look forward to meeting you in Regensburg! Henrike von Platen, BPW Germany, President Alida Perkov, BPW Danubenet, Chair Ingrid Asche, BPW Club Regensburg, President
Program Thursday, 6th 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 Friday, 7th November 2014 Venue Alumneum, Am Ölberg 2, Regensburg Over all moderation: Marion Plank, Club Regensburg 8:00 9:00 REGISTRATION 9:00 9:30 Opening of the Forum Welcome Speeches by: Henrike von Platen, BPW Germany President Alida Perkov PhD, BPW Danube Net Chair, BPW Croatia Club Pula President Ingrid Asche, BPW Club Regensburg President 9:30 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 Speeches: Supporting the Competitiveness of Enterprises Introduction from a Policy Level Dijana Beziak, M.O.D Assistant Minister, Republic of Croatia, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts 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: Dragica Karajic M.Sc., Croatia Hans-Peter Herdlitschka PhD, Germany 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 11:00 11:30 COFFEE-BREAK
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 Anne Holler-Kuthe, Update-Coaching Ruth Mößmer, ars regina consulting Experiencing the prosperity of Europe s values The values of Europe enjoy the experience of Europe s cultural diversity Viviana Kagerer, Coach 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 Henriette Katharina Lingg, Coaching and Facilitation Experiencing Intercultural Differences Bridges for Better Understanding : Like the danube bridges we will virtual build bridges to connect our cultures Conny Montague, Montague Training Intercultural Trainer und Coach Interactive Dance Performance Dance your Europe 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 Conny Montague, Montague Training Intercultural Trainer und Coach 5F Entrepreneurial Learning a Key Competence Approach 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 Sabine Meigel, Director Donaubüro Ulm 3F Women Entrepreneurship Empowerment through developing Mini Clusters in the Danube Region Alida Perkov PhD, Senior Adviser, Chamber of Commerce Pula, Croatia 4F Cultural Business in the Danube Region 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 15:00 15:30 COFFEE-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, 8th November 2014 Venue Alumneum, Am Ölberg 2, Regensburg Over all moderation: Ruth Mößmer, Club Regensburg 9:30 9:45 Welcome and Introduction Marion Volk, BPW Danube Net Vice Chair Giuseppina Seidita, BPW Standing Committee Chair-Projects 9:45 10:15 Speech: Female Entrepreneurship it s an Economic Imperative Madi Sharma, Madi Sharma European Economic and Social Committee 10:15 11:00 Panel Discussion: Women s progress in Leadership Make a Difference Which Progress Is Needed in Politics? Madi Sharma, Madi Sharma European Economic and Social Committee Henrike von Platen, BPW President Germany Arzu Özyol, BPW 2nd VP United Nations Ecaterina Mitariu, BPW President Club Arad, Romania 11:00 11:30 COFFEE-BREAK 11:30 12:30 Panel with speeches: Promoting Empowerment, Knowledge, Culture to Build a Prosper Europe Alida Perkov PhD, BPW Danube Net Chair, BPW Croatia Club Pula President Lisa Unger-Fischer, CEO Europaeum, University of Regensburg Radka Stamenova, BPW Sofia, Bulgaria 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 14:30 15:00 Wrap-up of Workshops 15:00 15:30 Country Presentation for 10th BPW Danube Net Businesswomen Forum 2015 Closure Henrike von Platen, Alida Perkov PhD, Ingrid Asche, Marion Volk 15:30 16:00 COFFEE & END OF THE DAY 5S Excurse to the BPW Hanse Net Ulrike Bauer, BPW Hanse Net Coordinator, BPW Club Bremen, Germany 20:00 Gala Dinner and Candle Light Ceremony Hotel Maximilian 6S BPW Cross Border Project in the Danube Region presented by Elke Ahrens PhD, BPW Club Stuttgart, Germany Sunday, 9th November 2014 Sightseeing tours organized by BPW Regensburg Tour 1 at 10:00 Tour 2 at 11:00
Prices and Registration Our Partners Complete Conference Booking: Thursday Sunday The complete conference booking includes: Conference and Workshops Mayor Reception Gala Dinner Sightseeing Tour Early booking until 14 October 2014 complete Conferece without Gala Dinner Gala only Member 190 Member 150 60 Guest 220 Guest 180 60 Late booking from 15 October 2014 complete Conferece without Gala Dinner Gala only Member 230 Member 190 60 Guest 260 Guest 220 60 Registration online www.bpw-germany.de/aktivitaeten/bpw-conferenceand-danube-net-registration Our Sponsors
BPW Regensburg BPW GERMANY 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).