CIF Women Entrepreneurs’ Conference will create a friendly, non-judgmental platform for women entrepreneurs, both established and starting, to understand the ecosystem of women enterprise and avail of the opportunities available through official agencies and through the shared experiences. The purpose of the conference is to provide guidance to businesses owned and operated by visible minority women to benefit from the path-breaking policy announcements of the federal government to promote enterprise by women. The conference will be a two-day event; it will be for all women entrepreneurs with special focus on minority-owned businesses.
Program:
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Minister Mary Ng will inaugurate the program and deliver the keynote address
Special address by Almas Jiwani, Founder, Almas Jiwani Foundation
Panel discussions
- Start, Grow and Scale-up- Do’s and Don’ts
- Inspiring case studies of women owned companies
Post-lunch: Three workshops on the following topics
- Launching a woman-owned business, including introduction to federal government’s grants for women entrepreneurs
- Going Global – Opportunities and challenges
- Mentoring of women entrepreneurs
Thursday, 23 May 2019
- Selected speaker share experience in entrepreneurship
- Opening of registrations for women entrepreneurs to be members and to be mentees or mentors in this program
Download program for 22 May 2019 here:
