ABOUT AWLS
Launched in 2016, AWLS has emerged as a credible platform that provides leaders—women and men—an opportunity to celebrate the journeys of successful women leaders and exchange ideas on how to develop and nurture women leaders to achieve a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable growth. It also provides leading organizations to showcase their exemplary work in DEI and thus promote their brand, especially for talent. Participants have an excellent opportunity to network, find mentors, and make new connections.
A recent assessment report by UN Women is titled “The World is failing girls and women” and estimates the need for an additional USD 360 billion in investment per year to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment by 2030. As for women in corporate leadership, the current situation reflects both progress and persistent challenges. While there has been an increase in women's representation in corporate leadership, disparities persist, with women still underrepresented in top executive positions and boardrooms. The global gender pay gap remains a concern, and women often face challenges in achieving equal pay. Women-led startups are growing, but obstacles in accessing funding persist. With the advent of GenAI, society is at the cusp of a massive transformation. Another big technological change is advances in Robotics. When AI meets robotics, big changes will follow. Established businesses will be transformed. New businesses will emerge. Some say that more than 50% of current jobs may not exist. Which jobs will survive? How would this affect women in the workforce? What can leaders do to promote gender parity as they embrace GenAI and Robotics.
AGENDA
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08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast and Networking
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09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Welcome Remarks
By Quest Group
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09:10 AM – 09:30 AM
Keynote Address GenAl & Robotics
Your Jobs vs. The Bots
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09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Panel 1 - Successful women leaders’ journeys
Moderated panel conversations with successful women leaders, followed by Q&A
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking break
Moderator:
DR CJ Meadows - The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, SP Jain
Whikie Liu - Director, Capital Market Strategy, Swift
Storm Dalati - COO, Property, Standard Chartered Bank
Oluchi Ikechi - D'Amico-Partner, Ernst & Young Parthenon
Antoinette Louis - VP, TA, Mastercard
Michele Lim - APAC Head, Circle One by UBS
Moderated panel conversations with successful women leaders followed by Q&A.
- Navigating success, overcoming key challenges, discovering & engaging with mentors
- Advice to their ‘younger self’ and to emerging women (and men) leaders
- Key learning from pandemic years & how it has changed them and prepared for future
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11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Corporate Presentation
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11.20 AM- 12:30 PM
Panel 2: Glass ceiling or sticky floor?
Exploring Intersectionality in DEI – what is holding back women leaders?
How are Boards and CEOs empowering the next generation of female leaders? -
12.30 PM – 14.00 PM
Networking Lunch
Becoming Your Best Ambassador
An interactive session on personal branding -
14.20 PM- 15.10 PM
Panel 3: Gender Pay Gap
How are companies effectively identifying and closing pay disparities?
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15:10 PM – 15:30 PM
Corporate Presentation
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15:30 PM – 16:00 PM
Networking Coffee Break
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16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
Panel 4: GenAl: Impact on women leaders?
Key challenges and strategies for navigating the evolving tech landscape
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16:50 AM - 17:10 AM
Corporate Presentation
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17:10 PM - 17:15 PM
Closing Remarks
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11.20 AM- 12:30 PM
Panel 2: Glass ceiling or sticky floor?
What is holding back women leaders and what are senior leaders doing to empower young women leadersModerator:
Sanjeev Chatrath - Partner, Financial Services, EY
Dr. Sandhya Karpe - Leader: Asia Human Capital Center & Program Director: Asia DEI Council, The Conference Board
Choo Oi San - Country Leader, WTW
Andy Postlethwaite - SVP, BASF
Mahalakshmi Srinivasan - CEO APAC, Indicia Worldwide
Khatija Aslam - CEO & Founder, MOXY
Conversations with senior business leaders on how they personally propose/plan to promote and nurture women leaders followed by Q&A.
- Role of women leaders in driving growth & resurgence
- Women as effective business leaders, championing decisions amidst divisive opinions
- Experiments and successes in supporting women talent
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12.30 PM – 14.00 PM
Networking Lunch
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2.00 PM- 14.20 PM
Managing stress – an interactive session
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14.20 PM- 15.10 PM
Gender Pay Gap How are companies finding and fixing this.
Facilitated session on perspectives and tools for effective professional networking.
Group activity led by the facilitator to utilise the networking and ice-breaker tools in smaller roundtable groups followed by learnings debrief -
15:10 – 15:30
Corporate Presentation
Moderator:
Nitin Goil - Senior Advisor - Asia Pacific,NeuroLeadership Institute
Kaustav Chakhravarthy - CHRO, Hoya Vision Care
Ryme Dembri – Ex-Head, Leadership, Talent & Culture, ASM
Soumee De - Workforce Advisory | Partner, People Advisory, EY
Moderated panel session with HR and D&I Heads on building workforce of the future with a gender-lens approach, followed by Q&A.
- Upskilling and supporting women to create an inclusive leadership
- Bringing back women leaders
- Managing the gender pay-and-opportunity gap
- Navigating expectations on D&I – quick wins or long-term reforms?
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15:30 – 16:00
Networking Coffee Break
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16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
PM Funding for women founders Challenges they face and how to overcome
This workshop will highlight how the language can create and sustain biases and how to overcome.
Participants will discuss the case studies shared in their tables and share their findings, -
16.50 PM- 17.10 PM
Corporate Presentation
Moderated panel session with sustainability, D&I and change / transformation leaders,
- Role of talent diversity in sustainability solutions
- Evolving organisation roles and opportunities
- Green skills – looking at talent differentl
- Importance of sustainability and purpose for sourcing and retaining
- Changing the way, we drive performance and results
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17: 10 PM- 17.15 PM
Closing Remarks
By Quest Group
OUR PARTNERS
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Silver Partner
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Associate Partner
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Community Partner