Serbian American Womens Leadership Network International Conference on Womens Leadership

Agenda
Belgrade, 9 11. March 2012 The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Trg Nikole Paia 13
Friday, March 9, 2012
17:00 -18:00 Registration

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18:00 - 19:00 Official Ceremony and Reception Academic Choir Obili, Academic Cultural Artistic Society University of Belgrade Branko Krsmanovi Conductor: Darinka Mati Marovi Dr Slavka Drakovi, Executive Coach, President, Serbian Unity Congress Serbia Prof. dr Slavica uki Dejanovi, Speaker, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia H. E. Mary Burce Warlick, the United States Ambassador to Serbia Mirjana Samardija, President, Serbian Unity Congress U.S. Elizabeth Sullivan, Senior Policy Advisor, Office on Global Women's Issues, United States Department of State

GRAND HALL
19:00 20:30 Cocktail and Cultural program

Saturday, March 10, 2012

9:00 10:00 Registration 10:00 11:45

SMALL PLENARY HALL

GENERAL SESSION: WOMENS LEADERSHIP IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Official opening: Tihomir Stani, Moderator Prof. dr Slavica uki Dejanovi, Speaker, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / The need to strengthen the network of women leaders Zaida Arguedas, Deputy Executive Director, League of Women Voters / A conversation among women: our role as activists Nida Gelazis, Senior Program Associate, European Studies at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars / Womens Leadership in Serbias EU Accession Petra Blass Rafajlovski, former Vice President in German Bundestag, Senior Political Advisor for South Eastern Europe / Strategies to enhance womens participation in decision making Mirjana Samardija, President, Serbian Unity Congress / The role of women from Diaspora in the development of Serbian American relations: Potential of womens leadership network Nataa Vukovi, MP, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / The influence and role of women in the parliamentary life of Serbia Jelena Trivan, MP, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Participation of Women in political life Milica Delevi, Director, EU Integration Office, Government of the Republic of Serbia / Participation of women leaders in the process of European integration in Serbia Dijana Vukomanovi, Research Associate, Institute for Political Studies and Vice-President, the Socialist Party of Serbia / Strengths and Weaknesses of Women`s Leadership in Serbian Politic Anita McBride, Former assistant to president George W. Bush and chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush, Senior Counselor, APCO / Womens Role in Politics and Leadership
11:45 12:15 Coffee break 12:15 13:00 Break out working sessions / Room 1 / Room 2 / Small Plenary Hall

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PANEL 3: WOMENS LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Moderator: Ana Drakovi Maleevi Biljana Chroneos-Krasavac, Advisor to Executive Director, World Bank / The Main Messages of the World Development Report 2012: How gender equality matters for development Ariuna Namsrai, Senior Vice President, APCO Worldwide / Womens role in business

PANEL 1: WOMENS LEADERSHIP AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION AND EDUCATION

Moderator: Aleksandra Drecun Prof. dr Zorica Panti, President, Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston / Innovation through Partnerships of Higher Education and Businesses

PANEL 2: WOMENS LEADERSHIP AND SECURITY

Moderator: Suzana Vasiljevi Sonja Licht, President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence / Role of women in changing security paradigm Prof. dr Tanja Mievi, State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Serbia / Women in Security Sector New Capacity
www.ksusrbija.org www.sawln.org

Katarina Petrovic, Program Manager, Innovation fund, Serbia / From research to innovation challenges, opportunities and what we can do together Ivana Gaanski, Researcher and project leader, R&D Center for Bioengineering / BioIRC, Serbia & Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Columbia University, USA Stem cell research in Serbia need for collaboration Aleksandra Drecun, Director, Center for the Promotion of Science of the Republic of Serbia / Women in science

Jennifer Millerwise Dyck, Former director of public affairs at the CIA, Senior Vice President with APCO / Womens role in security issues Mr Svetlana urevi Luki, Research Associate, Institute of International Politics and Economics and Deputy President of the Forum for International Relations, Belgrade / Womens networking in security-related professions

Ana Drakovi Maleevi, Director, Government and Public Sector at Telenor Serbia / The position of women employed in public and private sector from a personal perspective Ioana Belu, Managing Director, Asian Cooperation Enterprise / Cross-culture business cooperation success formula empowering women is fundamental Dr Jasmina Kneevi, Director, BelMedic Clinic / Women in entrepreneurship in Serbia a case study; perspectives of cooperation between Serbia and U.S.

13:00 15:00 Lunch break

/ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

RESTAURANT

15:00 16:30 Continuing break out working sessions / Room 1 / Room 2 / Small Plenary Hall

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PANEL 3: WOMENS LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Moderator: Ana Drakovi Maleevi Mr farm. spec. Tatjana ipeti, Director, Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Serbia / The role of women in creating a new system of values Jelena Stojanovi, Director, Marketing sector, Telekom Serbia

PANEL 1: WOMENS LEADERSHIP AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION AND EDUCATION

Moderator: Aleksandra Drecun Prof. dr Mirjana Drakuli, Professor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences / Faculty of Organizational Sciences in the American educational space

PANEL 2: WOMENS LEADERSHIP AND SECURITY

Moderator: Suzana Vasiljevi Suzana Vasiljevi, PR Director Srbija ume and former Chief of the Bureau for communications, Ministry of interior of the Republic of Serbia / Human trafficking and domestic violence as grounds for strengthening the economic security of women

DISCUSSION AND PANEL CONCLUSIONS

DISCUSSION AND PANEL CONCLUSIONS

DISCUSSION AND PANEL CONCLUSIONS

16:30 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 18:00 /

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GENERAL SESSION: WOMENS LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT STYLES, CHARACTERISTICS, PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES
Moderator: Jasmina T. Boulanger Dr Slavka Drakovi, President, Serbian Unity Congress Serbia and Executive Coach / Women and leadership impact of power and expectations Patricia Zemple, Associate Director, Program Review Division, The U.S. Office of Government Ethics / The problem of corruption and the role of women as leaders in changing the system as well as values in society as a way of erasing corruption Hedvig Morvai Horvat, Executive Director, European Fund for the Balkans / What it Feels Like for a Girl? Women and Social Change Fionn Zarubica Lemon, Managing Partner at Costume and Textile Collection Care / The New Meaning of NOW Jasmina T. Boulanger, Attorney at Law / The challenges of doing business with clients of different cultures and leadership styles

Sunday, March 11, 2012

10:00 12:00

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WOMEN REACHING OUT: CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Mirjana Samardija, President, Serbian Unity Congress, Conclusions presenter from General session: Womens Leadership in Politics and Government Aleksandra Drecun, Director, Center for the Promotion of Science of the Republic of Serbia, Conclusions presenter from Panel 1: Womens Leadership and Scientific Cooperation and Education Suzana Vasiljevi, PR Director Srbija ume and former Chief of the Bureau for communications, Ministry of interior of the Republic of Serbia, Conclusions presenter from Panel 2: Womens Leadership and Security Ana Drakovi Maleevi, Director, Government and Public Sector at Telenor Serbia, Conclusions presenter from Panel 3: Womens Leadership and Economy and Entrepreneurship Jasmina T. Boulanger, Attorney at Law, Conclusions presenter from General session: Womens leadership management styles, characteristics, perspectives and challenges Gordana Plamenac, CEO Managing director, National Tourism organization Serbia Tourism potential of Serbia 12:00 Belgrades sights seeing tour optional