July 13th, 2016
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Speakers
UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Representative to Turkey
Educator, Writer and Social Animator; Co-Founder, the White Ribbon Campaign and Senior Fellow, Instituto Promundo
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and Consequences, Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights Human Rights, The United Nations
Best-Selling writer and Founder The Voices and Faces Project, USA
Chairperson, Sabancı Holding, Turkey The 60th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine
International Bestselling Author, Turkey
GE Aviation Director of the Middle East,Turkey
Board Member,Akfen Holding; Associate Member of the Board, Turkish Industry & Business Association, Turkey
Business Entrepreneur and Adjunct Professor, American University of Kuwait
Founder and Managing Director of Ashoka Turkey
Managing Partner MENA Region, Resysta Building Material JLT, Founding President Soroptimist International Club Gulf-Dubai, UAE
Director of Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum , Turkey
Italian Judge; Former Registrar of the International Criminal Court (The Hague)
Trainer, Corporate Coach, AkademistA, Turkey Local Committee Communication Officer, SI Convention 2015
DuPont Turkey Managing Director, Turkey
Rector, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
President of Turkish Industry and Business Association, Turkey
Founder of Community Volunteers Foundation, Turkey
Programme Director, Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland, UK
Advisory and Management Consulting Services, UK Past President Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI)
Senior Programme Director, Soroptimist International of the Americas
Professor of Management, Sabancı University, Turkey
Therapist, New Zealand
Chief Executive Officer, Sinopec- Addax Petroleum Foundation Corporate Head of Communications and CSR, Addax Petroleum
Vice President, Business Development and Sales, Battelle, USA
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor President, Soroptimist International of the Americas, USA
De Franciscis, Maria Elisabetta
President Electm 2013-2015, Soroptimist International of Europe
Chief Executive Officer, AIM Consulting, The Netherlands
Rector of Kültür University, Turkey
Consultant for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Researcher and Author on Gender issues in Asia, Singapore
Clinical Hypnotist, Guided Meditation Expert, Member of American National Guild of Hypnotists, Writer, Turkey
President, Avocats Sans Frontières, and substitute Judge at the Juvenile Court of Geneva, Switzerland
Board Member, Erdem Holding; Legal Advisor, Turkish Airlines, Turkey SIE Assistant Programme Director 2013- 2015; Chair, SI Convention 2015 Istanbul
Associate Professor of Management and Strategy at Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
Senior Vice President, First Republic, Turkey
Human Rights Expert; Member of the Committee for Prevention of Torture at CoE, Turkey
Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Nigeria
Expert, Criminology and Forensic technologies, Canada; and Programme Director, Soroptimist International of the Americas
Immediate Past President, Soroptimist International of the Americas
International President 2013-2015, Soroptimist International
Assistant Programme Director, Violence and Conflict Resolution, Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland
President, Soroptimist International of South West Pacific, New Zealand
Founder of b-fit; Entrepreneur of the Year (2013) by Schwab Foundation, Turkey
President, Health Care International inc. and Human Rights Commissioner, Ministry of Justice, Japan
Global Vice President, Intel New Technologies, Turkey
Director and Chair of Trustees, Cambodia Child's Dream, UK
Programme and Advocacy Officer, Soroptimist International of Europe
Head, Gender and Equality, The Council of Europe
Storyteller, Writer, Art Therapist and Trainer
Federation Programme Director, Soroptimist International South West Pacific
Lawyer, Legal advisor to Embassies and Special advisor to the Ministry of Justice, Portugal
SI Vista, CA, Soroptimist International of the Americas
Executive Director & CEO, Soroptimist International of the Americas
Banker, Handelsbank, Denmark President, Soroptimist International of Europe
Senior Executive, Irish Health System, Ireland President Elect, Soroptimist International of Republic of Ireland
Lecturer on Women's Rights at Yeditepe University, Turkey
Lawyer and Activist, Cameroon Recipient of the 2014 Amnesty International Award
Director, "A Cup of Turkish Coffee", Turkey
Member of the Board, Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi
President of KAGIDER (Turkish Women Entrepreneurs Association); Managing Partner, directComm, Turkey
SME Banking Marketing Manager, Garanti Bank, Turkey
Country Leader, Ernst & Young, Turkey
Vice President of International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW), Turkey
Founder, "Connect" Woman and Child Wefare Organization, Pakistan
Chair of the Management Board, Mahatma Education Society, India
Lawyer Past President of Soroptimist International of Italy
University of Law, Chester, UK
International Programme Director, Soroptimist International
Director, Economic Empowerment, Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland
President & CEO, Buddi Tree Pte Ltd, Soroptimist International South West Pacific, Malaysia
Researcher and Bestselling Author on Islamic Philosophy, Turkey
Senior Lecturer, Technical University of Bucharest, Romania
Associate Professor of Economics, Department Chair, Bilkent University
General Secretary, Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGİDER)
Executive Director, Soroptimist International of Europe, Switzerland SI Convention Director Programme and Planning
SI President Elect, Director of International Programmes, Westland High School, New Zealand
President, Vodafone Foundation Turkey; External Affairs Director, Vodafone Turkey
Founder of Distance Education Center at Okan University, Turkey
Ashoka Fellow Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Mikado Consulting, Turkey
President, Women for Water Partnership (WfWP), The Netherlands
President, Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI)
Chief Empowerment Officer, Natural Language Solutions, Germany
President 2011-2013, Soroptimist International
Communications Manager, Soroptimist International, Cambridge
General Counsel, The UN Global Compact, New York
England, UK
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Singapore