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WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPO 2022

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Masterclasses

Learn from leading speakers and their experiences

Panels

Join discussions with thematic experts

Workshops

Join, interact and get guidance in strategic areas for your business growth

Inspiring Stories

Get inspired by the powerful stories of women entrepreneurs from Europe and Central Asia Region

Elena gorgan - Entrepreneur from moldova
"To succeed, women entrepreneurs need more learning opportunities, simplified legal procedures and a proper platform to promote and sell their products”
Vivia Gurgenishvili - Entrepreneur from Georgia
"Women entrepreneurs should have access to more financial resources and information by, as we, women are able to do much more than what we usually do on a regular basis”
Esra Üzel Yüncüler - Entrepreneur from Türkiye
"Women entrepreneurs need more funding, underpinned by financial literacy. We need awareness-raising on the importance of women’s entrepreneurship. Not only for ourselves, but also for men.”

Masterclasses

Learn from leading speakers and their experiences

Workshops

Join, interact and get guidance in strategic areas for your business growth

Inspiring Stories

Get inspired by the powerful stories of women entrepreneurs from Europe and Central Asia Region

Panels

Join discussions with thematic experts

Our speakers

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Dritan Mezin

Dritan Mezini is the founder and managing partner of DM Consulting Services (www.dm-consulting.biz) in Albania and Kosovo

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Tamta Gvelesiani

Innovation and startup ecosystem builder

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Yuliya Konstantinovna Yakupbaeva

Director of GPI-lab, Partner of GPI Grou

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Anel Shakenova

Founder and CEO of FINAGERS Educational platform https://www.finagers.com/

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Aziza Shuzheyeva

President of Non-profit organization “TECHNOWOMEN”

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Alexander Wiese

Managing Director, Global Head Blue Economy & Food Finance

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Heather Matson

Executive Director, Global Head Gender, Diversity & Inclusive Finance

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Nato Chakvetadze

Nato Chakvetadze is a founder, entrepreneurship education consultant, and startup ecosystem builder.

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Hande Sözmen

Advisory Services, Director, PwC Türkiye

Event Schedule

Master Of Ceremonies

Opening ceremony

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

10:00 am

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10:40 am

Anita
Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Deborah
Chief Operating Officer, Mary Kay Global
Ali
Chair of the Board, Yildiz Holding
Barbara
Director, Gender & Economic Inclusion, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Alia
Regional Director, UN Women Europe and Central Asia
Get inspired: Stories of successful women entrepreneurs

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

10:40 am

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11:25 am

Asetila
Founder of Koestinger Consulting, Albania
Nino
Founder of My Nanny and Edumentors, Georgia
Aida
Western Balkans Green Woman Entrepreneur of the year, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tulin
Agricultural Marketing Tabit Founder / Social Entrepreneurship Specialist GIS Mentor
Aizhan
Talisman Hotel, Ex Vice Mayor Of Bishkek, Eco Activist
General management and strategic planning: How to improve?

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

11:40 am

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1:10 pm

Esra
Senior SME Advisor, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Berna
Senior Banking Expert Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gemeinnützige GmbH International Advisory Services
The art and practice of effective virtual networking

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

12:50 pm

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1:20 pm

Alisa
Lawyer, Scrivener Notary, Public Speaker and Author
Speed networking

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

1:20 pm

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1:40 pm

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How to grow: Ways to access loans, investments and other forms of financing

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

1:40 pm

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3:00 pm

Sona
Business Development Director, CIVITTA AM
Reshaping female entrepreneurship through digitalisation and innovation

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

3:00 pm

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4:00 pm

Jonas
Manager of the fund for early-stage investments
Strategic partnerships matter for business growth – exploring gender responsive procurement

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

3:00 pm

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4:00 pm

Astrid
Founder at SheSupplies
Yesim
Secretary General of Kagider
Meral
Partnerships Manager, Women Entrepreneurship Accelerator, UN Women
Elizabeth A.
Elizabeth A. Vazquez is the CEO and Co-Founder of WEConnect International
Expo booths by women entrepreneurs

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

4:00 pm

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5:00 pm

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Opportunities in recovery - Fireside chat

Thursday, November 17, 2022

10:00 am

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10:30 am

Larissa
Founder of the weaving atelier Vandra Rugs LLC, Entrepreneur, Ukraine
Supporting entrepreneurship in times of crisis - Focus on Ukraine

Thursday, November 17, 2022

10:30 am

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11:30 am

Åsa
Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
Anna
Executive Director of the European Business Association of Ukraine
Iryna
Executive Director of the Ukraine Investment & Trade Facilitation Center
Anna
Director of the practice of consultancy services for the public sector, PwC Ukraine
Financial technologies (FinTech) explained

Thursday, November 17, 2022

11:40 am

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12:40 pm

David
Head of Capital Markets for TheXchange (Gibraltar), Managing Director at Feature Capital Partners (Hong Kong)
Exploring new markets and establishing strategic partnerships with new buyers

Thursday, November 17, 2022

12:40 pm

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1:40 pm

Ecem
Investment Director, Yıldız Ventures, Gözde Tech Ventures
Arda
General Secretary & Board Member of TURKONFED
Speed networking

Thursday, November 17, 2022

1:40 pm

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2:00 pm

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Mentoring - Consulting: Entrepreneurs' timesavers

Thursday, November 17, 2022

2:00 pm

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3:00 pm

Melek
Founder, Turkishwin
Selin
Founder, Kaptan’ın Ceviz Çiftliği
Bilge
Specialist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Gender inclusive data for entrepreneurial ecosystem players and data enthusiasts

Thursday, November 17, 2022

2:00 pm

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3:00 pm

Caroline
Machine-learning-design Researcher and Artist
Investor’s Perspective: Practical masterclass on what makes your business attractive to investors

Thursday, November 17, 2022

3:00 pm

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4:00 pm

Oltaç
Technology Investor
Investor's perspective - Why invest in women owned businesses?

Thursday, November 17, 2022

3:00 pm

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4:00 pm

Leah
Investment Director, Lighter Capital
Expo booths by women entrepreneurs

Thursday, November 17, 2022

4:00 pm

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4:50 pm

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Closing remarks

Thursday, November 17, 2022

4:50 pm

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5:00 pm

Alia
Regional Director, UN Women Europe and Central Asia

Our Satellite Events

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Moldova Expo 2022

100 women entrepreneurs from across Moldova showcased and sold their products at the Women’s Entrepreneurship Expo 2022 satellite event held in Chisinau on 24 and 25 September in the lead up

September 24, 2022

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September 25, 2022

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Georgia Expo 2022

UN Women Georgia hosted the first large-scale exhibition and sale of products and services made by women entrepreneurs on 1-2 October at the Expo Georgia Exhibition Center in Tbilisi.

October 1, 2022

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October 2, 2022

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Serbia Expo 2022

Over 160 women entrepreneurs from across Serbia and neighbouring countries gathered in Belgrade on 6-7 October to attend the Summit “Women’s Entrepreneurship – Connect to Create and Accelerate Your Business.”

October 6, 2022

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October 7, 2022

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Türkiye Expo 2022

Close to 80 women entrepreneurs from across Türkiye joined the Gender Responsive Procurement (GRP) Summit in Istanbul on October 21.

October 21, 2022

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October 21, 2022

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Kyrgyzstan Expo 2022

At the event, over 60 women entrepreneurs from all over the country presented their products to the public and met with potential investors.

November 1, 2022

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November 2, 2022

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Ukraine Expo 2022

More than 100 Ukrainian businesswomen, representatives of the private and public sectors, as well as academics, convened both in-person in Lviv and broadcast online.

December 16, 2022

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Our Women Entrepreneurs

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Deniz Atak

Latify is a reward-based brand promotion platform aimed at helping people to adopt healthy habits in a social and playful way, and earn prizes

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Vivia Gurgenishvili

DINO is producing educational and developmental toys and furniture to help parents raise mentally healthy children

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Yeskendir Akmaral

ADU24 is an online marketplace for goods and services, connecting manufacturers, SMEs and customers on one single platform

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Madina Sadirdinova

Sebet Market is platform connecting farmers to consumers in the city

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Nabot Dodkhudoeva, Saera Nazrishoeva

Pamir Gold is producing 100% natural and healthy snacks for people with healthy lifestyle

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Victoria Danila

Davitex Neo is creating clothes with sensors for premature newborns to obtain vital information for doctors in real time

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Olha Riznychenko

Friends of Brans is a full-scale marketing service agency for SMEs

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Ecemsu Varan

Biopols is creating a new generation of food storage technologies

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Fatma Aktaş

Esular is creating innovative water management technologies for efficient use of natural resources

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Aurora Piranej

Margjelo Filigran is a filigree jewelry production company creating exclusive and handicraft silver products


Investors/Jury

Vera Futorjanski

Founder & CEO of Beyond and Veritas Ventures

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Rauan Seifullina

An experienced venture capital investor and a deputy CEO of BGlobal Ventures

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Aziza Seifullina

An angel investor from Kazakhstan aiming to discover projects in energy sectors

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Aisalkyn Talasbekova

The Vice President of John Galt, the venture capital arm of the ololo group of companies

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Theresa Niederle

EBRD’s Principal Economist and Inclusive Policy Reform Lead in Turkiye

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Guri Koiava

Entrepreneur, startup mentor, and public speaker

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Our Mentors

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Nato Chakvetadze

A founder, entrepreneurship education consultant, and startup ecosystem builder.

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Dritan Mezini

The founder and managing partner of DM Consulting Services

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Laura Aldone

CEO of Global World Consulting Agency (Business and Investment Consulting Company)

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Ecem Altıok

Investment Director at Yıldız Holding & Yıldız Ventures & Gözde Tech Ventures

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Hande Sözmen

Advisory Services, Director, PwC Türkiye

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Alexander Wiese

Managing Director, Global Head Blue Economy & Food Finance

EXPO provides an interactive space for women entrepreneurs, investors and private sector representatives for networking and collaboration, peer learning, ideas generation, capacity building and business development

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