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WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS GLOBAL FORUM WPL SUMMIT 2017
“WE CAN DO IT!”
28-30 NOVEMBER 2017 REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
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IN COOPERATION WITH
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DRAFT (20.10.2017) PROGRAMME WPL GLOBAL SUMMIT 2017
IN CO-OPERATION WITH
THE PARLIAMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ICELAND
WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS GLOBAL FORUM (WPL)
SUMMIT 2017 “WE CAN DO IT!“
28-30 NOVEMBER 2017
HARPA CONCERT AND CONFERENCE CENTRE
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
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OVERVIEW
Women political leaders from around the world convene at the WPL Global Summit 2017, entitled We
Can Do It! Iceland is the global champion of equality between women and men. The WPL Annual Global
Summit 2017 – titled, "We Can Do It!" – applauds the political action of Iceland, which demonstrates
that gender equality does not have to remain a theory, but can become reality. In this spirit, the WPL
Annual Global Summit provides the forum for exchange on best practices around the globe: of
leadership, legislation and political agenda-setting that creates results. The WPL Global Summit presents
a unique opportunity for participants to discuss global challenges, exchange best practice, and to take
part in political dialogue that reflects the influence and worldwide perspectives of today’s female
decision-makers. This year’s WPL Global Summit is co-hosted by the Government and the Parliament of
Iceland. Other partners are the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL), Harvard University, the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United Nations, and the World
Bank. WPL thanks its corporate supporters.
The venue of the WPL Global Summit 2017 is the Harpa Concert and Conference Centre in Reykjavik.
International Institutions such as the U.N. and the Council of Women World Leaders are an integral part
of the WPL Summit 2017.
WPL is pleased to welcome the Council of Women World Leaders, the network of women Presidents and Prime Ministers, to WPL. The Council will convene its members on the occasion of the WPL Global Summit.
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TUESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 17:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
VENUE: BESSASTADIR
Hosted by Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland
Welcoming Remarks: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland
18:30-19:15 “HOW WOMEN LEADERS CHANGE THE WORLD” VENUE: VERÖLD - HÚS VIGDÍSAR HOSTED BY: VIGDÍS FINNBOGADÓTTIR, PRESIDENT OF ICELAND (1980 - 1996)
Welcoming Remarks:
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland (1980 - 1996)
Opening Dialogue:
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union (2012-2017) Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999-2008), Administrator of the UNDP (2009 -2017) Silvana Koch-Mehrin, President of WPL
WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 07:30 Arrival and registration of participants VENUE: HARPA CONVENTION CENTER
09:00-9:30 OPENING SESSION VENUE: HARPA CONVENTION CENTER. ROOM: SILFURBERG
OPENING REMARKS BY:
▪ Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir, Speaker of Althingi ▪ Silvana Koch-Mehrin, President of WPL ▪ Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister of Foreign Affairs Iceland
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9:30-10:15 KEYNOTES - WE CAN DO IT – A NEW NARRATIVE FOR LEADERSHIP VENUE: HARPA CONVENTION CENTER. ROOM: SILFURBERG
WE CAN DO IT: WOMEN WORLD LEADERS
Dalia Grybauskaite, President of Lithuania and Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders
WE CAN DO IT: EXPORTING THE ICELANDIC WAY Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister of Iceland WE CAN DO IT: WOMEN WIN – THE UN GLOBAL GOALS Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General
10:15-10:30 WPL AWARD TO VIGDÍS FINNBOGADÓTTIR The world’s first ever elected woman Head of State, President of Iceland (1981-1996), and Founding Chair of Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
10:30 -10:45 WPL AWARDS TO WOMEN PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS
Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania, Chair of CWWL
Marie- Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia
Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil (2011-2016)
Joyce Banda, President of Malawi (2012-2014)
Atifete Jahjaga, President of Kosovo (2011-2015)
Tansu Çiller, Prime Minister of Turkey (1993-1996)
Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada (1993)
Mari Kiviniemi, Prime Minister of Finland (2010-2011), OECD Deputy Secretary-General
Luísa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004-2010)
Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999-2008)
Beatriz Merino Lucero, Prime Minister of Peru (2003)
Aminata Touré, Prime Minister of Senegal (2013-2014)
Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010-2012)
Jennifer Smith, Prime Minister of Bermuda (1998-2003)
Paula Cox, Prime Minister of Bermuda (2010-2012)
Maria Liberia Peters, Prime Minister of Netherlands Antilles (1984-1986, 1988-1994)
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland (2009-2013)
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10:45-11:00 FAMILY PHOTO
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-13:00 PLENARY SESSION - A CHANGING GLOBAL ORDER? RETHINKING POLICIES OF PEACE, SECURITY, AND
DEFENCE
VENUE: HARPA CONVENTION CENTER ROOM: SILFURBERG
SPEAKERS: ▪ Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia ▪ Dato Noraini Ahmad, Member of Parliament from Malaysia, Chairperson of
Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians ▪ Sophie Katsarava, Chairperson of Foreign Relations Committee, Parliament of Georgia ▪ Mary-Ann Etiebet, Executive Director, MSD for Mothers ▪ Zainab Bangura, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict (2012 - 2017) CHAIRED BY: Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:30 PLENARY SESSION – THE WAY FORWARD: LIVING DIGITAL? VENUE: HARPA CONVENTION CENTER ROOM: SILFURBERG
SPEAKERS: ▪ Clare Akamanzi, Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Development Board ▪ Alison Kay, Global Vice-Chair of Industry, EY ▪ Jessica Tan, Member of Parliament of Singapore ▪ Seema Kumar, Vice President of Innovation, Global Health and Policy Communication,
Johnson & Johnson Moderated by: Matthew Bishop, The Economist 15.15-15.30 – Concluding Remarks ▪ Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK
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16:00-18:00 POLICY FOCUS SESSIONS
“A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN POLITICS” IN COOPERATION WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY
▪ Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada (1993) ▪ Aminata Touré, Prime Minister of Senegal (2013-2014) ▪ Esabelle Dingizian, Third Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag, Sweden
Chaired by: Victoria A. Budson, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
“SUSTAINABILITY FIRST - LIVING TODAY AS IF IT WERE TOMORROW” ▪ HILDA HEINE, PRESIDENT MARSHALL ISLANDS
▪ MAIREAD MCGUINNESS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ▪ LAURA LOPEZ, DIRECTOR, UNFCCC ▪ BIRKIR HÓLM, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ICELANDAIR ▪ GYLFI SIGFÚSSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE EIMSKIP
“LABOR MARKET INCLUSION – POWERED BY DIGITAL” ▪ Inara Murniece, Speaker of the Saeima, Parliament of Latvia ▪ Andreja Potocnik , Member of the Committee of the Regions, EU ▪ Virginia Raggi, Mayor of Rome MODERATED BY: JANE DUDMAN, THE GUARDIAN
“ALL YOU NEED IS STEM” ▪ Danielle Brulebois, Vice President of the National Assembly of France ▪ Maria Liberia Peters, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1984-1986, 1988-
1994) ▪ Mazin Jumaah, President of Royal University for Women, Bahrain ▪ Volatiana Pauline Randrianasolo, Chair of the Committee of Youth and Sports,
National Assembly of Madagascar ▪ Marieme Jamme, Founder, IAmTheCode
CHAIRED BY: ZEGER VERCOUTEREN, JOHNSON & JOHNSON
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“RAPE: A WEAPON OF WAR” IN COOPERATION WITH UN WOMEN ▪ PURNA SEN, UN WOMEN DIRECTOR OF POLICY ▪ ATIFETE JAHJAGA, PRESIDENT OF KOSOVO (2011-2015) ▪ MARA MARINAKI , EEAS PRINCIPAL ADVISER ON GENDER ▪ JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, LIBERIA ▪ ARNA GRÍMSDÓTTIR, CHAIR OF THE ICELANDIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF UNWOMEN MODERATED BY: MIRIAM ELDER, SECURITY EDITOR FOR BUZZFEED
“MOTHERHOOD HAS NO BORDERS ” ▪ MARIE-LOUISE COLEIRO-PRECA, PRESIDENT OF MALTA ▪ XAVIER PRATS MONNÉ, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY, EUROPEAN
COMMISSION ▪ MARY-ANN ETIEBET, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MSD FOR MOTHERS MODERATED BY: KATJA IVERSEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF WOMEN DELIVER
19:00-21:30 CULTURAL DINNER Venue: Hafnarhusid – the Art Gallery of Reykjavik
Hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland
Remarks by Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister of Iceland Silvana Koch-Mehrin, President of WPL
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THURSDAY, 30 NOVEMBER MASTER OF CEREMONY: LAURA LISWOOD, CWWL
09:00 VIDEO MESSAGES
09:15-10:45 PLENARY SESSION – MAKE TRADE, NOT WAR VENUE: HARPA CONVENTION CENTER ROOM: SILFURBERG
SPEAKERS
▪ Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union (2012-2017) ▪ Arancha González, Executive Director, International Trade Center ▪ Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, SEGIB ▪ Viviane Reding, Member of the European Parliament
MODERATED BY: HALLA TOMASDOTTIR, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN ICELAND 2016 AND FOUNDING
MEMBER OF REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY
10:45-11:15 COFFEE BREAK 11:15-12:00 KEYNOTES-WE CAN DO IT: A NEW NARRATIVE FOR LEADERSHIP VENUE: HARPA CONVENTION CENTER ROOM: SILFURBERG
WE CAN DO IT: WOMEN’S RIGHTS – HUMAN RIGHTS FRANS TIMMERMANS, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EU COMMISSION WE CAN DO IT: WOMEN AS EMERGING LEADERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
AMAL AL QUBAISI, SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT OF U.A.E WE CAN DO IT: WOMEN AS THE NEXT EMERGING MARKET MARI KIVINIEMI, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF OECD
12:00-13:00 LUNCH: “ICELAND: THE GLOBAL CHAMPION OF GENDER EQUALITY”, HOSTED BY ÞORSTEINN
VIGLUNDSSON MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND EQUALITY , ICELAND REMARKS BY : FRIÐA RÓS VALDIMARSDÓTTIR, CHAIR OF ICELANDIC WOMEN´S RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
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THORGERÐUR EINARSDÓTTIR, PROFESSOR GENDER STUDIES PROGRAMME, UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND
13: 00-15:00 POLICY FOCUS SESSIONS
“ACTION! HOW TO TURN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INTO REALITY” ▪ Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999-2008), Administrator of the UNDP
(2009 -2017) ▪ Nurhayati Ali Assegaf, Member of the House of Representatives Indonesia ▪ Ragna Árnadóttir, Vice-President LANDSVIRKJUN, Minister of Justice of Iceland (2009-
2010)
▪ Cornelia Schmidt Liermann, Member of Parliament, Argentina ▪ Achim Steiner, Administrator of the UNDP
“HEALTHY WOMEN – HEALTHY ECONOMIES” ▪ Diane Gashumba, Health Minister of Rwanda ▪ Paula Cox, Prime Minister of Bermuda (2010- 2012) ▪ Ines Strenja-Linic, Member of Parliament, Croatia ▪ Asaolu Tunji John, Chairperson on Social Affairs and Health Cluster Committee, African
Union
“WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW” ▪ Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010- 2012) ▪ Augusto Lopez Claros, Senior Fellow at the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at
Georgetown University ▪ Linabelle Ruth R.Villarica, Member of the House of Representatives, Philippines ▪ Chiara Corazza, Managing Director at Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society
“BOLD SOCIAL POLICIES” IN COOPERATION WITH THE OECD ▪ Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir, Partner Capacent Gallup Iceland ▪ Linda Lanzillotta, Vice- President of the Italian Senate ▪ Jennifer Smith, Prime Minister of Bermuda (1998-2003) ▪ Susana Balbo, W20 Sherpa and Member of Parliament, Argentina ▪ Lilian Timveos, Member of Parliament Zimbabwe
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“ROOTS OF POWER: PROPERTY RIGHTS” IN COOPERATION WITH THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ▪ Luísa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004-2010) ▪ Tsveta Karayancheva, Member of Parliament, Bulgaria ▪ Senator Marcela Guerra, Member of the Senate of Mexico, President of ParlAmericas ▪ Lakshmi Sundaram, Executive Director of Girls Not Brides
“SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING” ▪ Crystal Patterson, Facebook
15:00-17:00 STATEMENTS BY NATIONAL DELEGATION LEADERS 17:00- 17:20 A CONVERSATION WITH
VIOLETA BULC, EU COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT LISA WITTER, CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF APOLITICAL, US ASSITA KANKO, SENIOR SPECIAL ADVISOR WPL, BELGIUM/BURKINA FASO
MODERATED BY RYAN HEATH, SENIOR EU CORRESPONDENT AT POLITICO
17:20-17:30 CLOSING REMARKS AND CALL TO ACTION
▪ Hanna Birna Kristjansdóttir, Chair of the Executive Board, WPL ▪ Laura Liswood, Secretary General CWWL ▪ Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir, Speaker of Althingi
17:30-18:30 FAREWELL RECEPTION Venue: Althingi, Parliament of Iceland
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
VENUES
Bessastadir, the Official Residence of the President of Iceland Bessastadavegur, Alftanes, Iceland
Veröld, the House of H.E. Vigdis Finnbogadottir Brynjólfsgötu 1, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland Harpa, Convention Center Austurbakki 2, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
HOTELS
Please see separate document
CONTACT
Email: [email protected]
Phone number: +32 27 33 13 44
Website: www.wplsummit.org
SOCIAL MEDIA
The WLP Annual Global Summit will be reported on WPL's social media channels. For live updates as they happen, please follow @WPLGlobalForum on Twitter. For additional updates, follow @WPLGlobalForum on Facebook and @WPLGlobalForum on Instagram. These platforms also provide an opportunity to engage in discussions online. We encourage you to support WPL’s summit by spreading the message about the significance of female leadership and using the hashtag #WPLsummit.
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CONFERENCE PARTNERS
CO-HOS TS
PARTNERS
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
PRIME SUPPORTERS
SUPPORTERS
FRIENDS
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ICELANDIC NON-GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS
ICELANDIC BUSINESS PARTNERS
ICELANDIC BUSINESS SUPPORTERS