WEF UK 2021 – THEME
Welcome & Opening Plenary Building Resilience and Opportunities within the Commonwealth Nations by Empowering Women to Drive Growth
Day One 12TH June 2021
SATURDAY – PLENARY SESSION 1
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER | HOSTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 AM | Welcome & Opening Plenary Building Resilience and Opportunities within the Commonwealth Nations by Empowering Women to Drive Growth |
Invited Dignitories Harbeen Arora Seema Malhotra MP Bob Blackman MP Virendra Sharma MP Lord Dolar Popat Lord Rami Ranger Dr Lilly Gunasekar – HCI London |
Krishna Pujara Sue Curr Anita Goyal |
| 12PM | THE FEMALE ALL INCLUSIVE ENERGY Raising the bar to uplift and rebuild businesses and society healing post the COVID downturn- London showing the way to all |
Mayor of Ealing – Cllr Munir Ahmed Mayor Enfield, Cllr Sabri Ozaydin Cllr Nitin Parekh – Former Mayor Harrow Cllr Kana Naheerathan – Former Mayor of Brent Denise Mortimer Julie Paulston Favour Onabanjo |
Lady Mohini Kent Shashi Gossain |
| 1PM | Role of women across sectors in driving growth – women breaking out of old norms and glass ceilings |
Mayor of Newham Cllr Fiaz Chandni Vora Dr Anita Caprice Manon Bradley Eileen Bild Neera Bhatnagar Sarah Calcutt |
Anita Goyal Love Oheni |
| 2PM | Social Media & OTT- a big Monster or an opportunity for greater Knowledge, engagement and change |
Avnish Goyal Mar Introinni Ruqya Khan Sarita Sabharwal Manish Tiwari Caroline Namugabe Maya Gudka |
Kumar Rakesh Amit Dubey |
| 3PM | Women leading the way for the new era- challenges posed and way ahead with inclusion, equity, security and opportunity for all |
Anita Goyal Vinay Gulati Dianeth Vasquez Adesh Gupta Geovana Martines Deepti Devi Dr Ruby Bakshi Khurdi |
Shivani Srivastava Radhika Rajendran |
| 4PM | Quality Education, Good Mental Health and Well-being – key drivers to Community Development and Nations |
Anita Nota, Shreyya Shett, Sofia Nordgren, Cherian Wilson, Lavina Mehta, April Griffith, Minnku Buttar |
Anita Goyal & Krishna Pujara |
| 5PM | Giving voice to the voiceless: for a more equitable world |
Sangita Pandey, Alakananda Das, Dhwani Jain, LeTysha Montgomery, Dr Karen Johnson, Naetha Uren, Cherannisa Roach |
Vinay Gukati & Shivani Srivastava |
Day Two 13TH June 2021
SUNDAY – PLENARY SESSION 2
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER | HOSTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 AM | Welcome & Opening Summary – Global Speakers Opportunities for women from across the world to do business with UK – Inspirational Role Models |
Nishma Gosrani Rekha Rana Maggie Webber Dr Ajay Desai Jagat Shah Dr Yvonne Thompson Joginder Kumar |
Krishna Pujara Sue Curr |
| 12PM | Identifying opportunities for growth in the new digital , social media world – new ways, new products, new marketing, new working |
Rexford Sam, Mellissa Tong, Dr Georgette Fraser Moore Meenakshi Sharma Sonali Shah Aastha Singhania |
Manish Tiwari Shashi Gossain |
| 1PM | Promoting Wellbeing & Alternative Therapies |
Lady Mohini Kent Noon Nina Keshani Ruchi Phool Priyanka Kumari Geetanjali Bhatia Juliet Bora Makhapilla Kamu Palan Khusbu Jain |
Lady Mohini Kent Noon Love Oheni |
| 2PM | Innovation & Sustainable Development for Economic Progress and Wellbeing- adaptability and flexibility in the new age |
Rashmi Rai Mantha Dr Munish Jindal Amit Dubey Devipriya Khanna Shalni Arora Aradhana Trivedi Priyanka Raheja |
Manish Tiwari Sonali Shah |
| 3PM | Combating Violence Against Women |
Susan Ball Roger Cheetham Savita Bansal Rev. Joslyn Farray Pierce Monisha Mahajan Suman Walia Ambika Sampat |
Krishna Pujara Rashmi Rai |
| 4PM | Giving & Philanthropy: Women Exerting a Greater Cultural Influence |
Lady Kishwar Desai |
Vinay Gulati Shivani Srivastava |
| 5PM | Global Leadership – can women fill the gap with their unique abilities |
Virginia Rivera, Trusha Lakhani, Zoey Gold Petrak Nancy Juneja Carole Stone Vidya Roger Purnima Voria |
Shashi Gossain Sangita Pandey |