APEC Women-Led Start-Up Accelerator Forum

18 November (Wed.) 

09:00–09:30

Registration

09:30–09:35

Opening Ceremony

Opening Video

09:35–09:40

Opening Remarks

09:40–09:45

Photo Session

09:45–10:30

• Keynote Speech- Empower Women, Empower Future

In this speech, the speaker will share her view on the current development and future prospect of women entrepreneurship. Experience and successful story will be share to inspire future generation of women entrepreneurs. In amidst of the pandemic this speech will be given online through live streaming

Speech I- United Nation’s Approach to Global Women Empowerment (09:45-10:00)

˙Ms. Kelley E. Currie, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues (United States) (TBC)

Speech II-Future Prospect for Women Entrepreneurship (10:00-10:30)

˙Ms. Eva Chen, CEO, Trend Micro (Chinese Taipei)

10:30–12:10

• Panel Discussion-Building Core Capacity in the New Era

In this session, women entrepreneurs, retailers and investors will discuss the importance of “Access to Market” and “Access to Capital” and how to construct the capacity within one’s company to obtain these accesses. The speaker will also focus on how digital capability of a company will affect their capacity in the post COVID-19 pandemic world of business. The session will be conducted through conference call between the panelists, and will be streamed online.

Moderator:

˙Dr. Jason Kao, Director, Southern Taiwan Program Office, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (Chinese Taipei)

Speakers：

˙Ms. Pei-Ti Hu, Deputy Director General, Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)

˙Ms. Ann Wong, President, J. S POWER CO., LTD. (Chinese Taipei)

˙Ms. Fei Yu, Head of Taiwan and Hong Kong, Facebook (Chinese Taipei)

˙Mr. Thang Huynh, Founder, InnoLab Asia (Viet Nam)

˙Mr. Rupert Cao, Deputy Dierctor - Trade & Investment, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei(TBC)

12:10-13:30

Lunch Break & Business Exhibition

13:30–15:00

Women Entrepreneurship Accelerator Demo Day

Women entrepreneur participants will be given an opportunity to introduction of themselves, including their career and their successful experience and difficulties in a demonstration pitch.

15:00-15:10

Short Break

15:10-16:10

Women Entrepreneurship Accelerator Demo Day
Women entrepreneur participants will be given an opportunity to introduction of themselves, including their career and their successful experience and difficulties in a demonstration pitch.

˙Ms. Jane Li, Head of Channel Sales, Taiwan & Hong Kong, Google (Chinese Taipei)

˙Ms. Revital Shpangental, CEO/founder, Anemone Ventures (Chinese Taipei/ Israel)

˙Ms.Teresa Yang, Senior Advisor, K.T. Li Foundation for Development of Science and Technology. (Chinese Taipei)

16:10-16:20

Award Ceremony & Photo Session

16:20-16:30

Ending Remarks