Speakers
The conference documentation will be available on the European Directory of Women and ICT and the ECWT platformKeynote Speakers
| Neelie Kroes Vice President, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda  | |
| Dalia Grybauskaite  » see bio President of Lithuania  | |
| Zoltán Cséfalvay » see bio Minister of State for National Economy  | |
| Maria Elżbieta Orłowska  » see bio Secretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland  | |
| Edit Herczog » see bio Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Board of Governers, European Internet Foundation  | |
| József Pálinkás President of Hungarian Academy of Sciences  | |
| Sophie Cluet » see bio Head of Strategy for Research and Innovation, Ministry for Higher Education and Research, France  | 
Moderator
Irene Kamberidou » see bio
Assistant Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Women in technology - The Future of Europe!
Jan-Erik Sundgren » see bio
Senior Vice President of Volvo AB, Member of the European Roundtable of Industrialists Initiative - The ERT Initiative
Elizabeth Pollitzer » see bio | » view presentation
Director Portia Ltd. - The First European Gender Summit
Anna Blechingberg » see bio | » view presentation
ALFA Role Modell Office, Norway - Ent3R: so what? - So everything!
BREAKOUT SESSION 1
| Scene-setter: | Jivka Ovtcharova » see bio | » view presentation Professor Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMI, Germany  | 
| Challenger: | Valéria Csépe » see bio Deputy Secretary General of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences  | 
| Contributors: | Gabriella Béni Consultant, Cisco Networking Academy, Hungary  | 
| László Drajkó General Manager, Microsoft Magyarország Ltd, Hungary  | |
| Lale Duruiz Dean Of Engineering, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey  | |
| Alexa Joyce Development Manager, European Schoolnet, Senior Corporate, Belgium  | |
| Béla Kardon Head of Department, Ministry of National Resources, Hungary  | |
| Thorsten Leimbach Project Manager, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany  | |
| Clementina Marinoni Head of HR Project Promotion and Development, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Italy  | |
| Samia Melhem Senior Operations Officer, The World Bank Group  | |
| Ferenc Pongrácz Chief Operation Officer, IBM Hungary Ltd., Hungary  | |
| Claudine Schmuck Directeur Associé Global Contact, France  | 
BREAKOUT SESSION 2
| Scene-setter: | Joachim Schaper » see bio | » view presentation Head of AGT Research and former SVP SAP Research EMEA  | 
| Challenger: | Besma Kraiem  » see bio Head of Business Development Portugal Telecom, Portugal  | 
| Contributors: | Elke Anklam Director of the JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Italy  | 
| Brigitte Baumann CEO, Go Beyond Ltd, Switzerland President of EBAN, Belgium  | |
| Myriam Diocaretz  Chair in Humanism in the Digital Society, Tilburg University, The Netherlands  | |
| Flavia Franconi Full Professor of Pharmacology, University of Sassari, Italy  | |
| Øystein Johannessen Chief Strategy Officer, Cerpus Ltd, Norway  | |
| Fiorella Operto President, Scuola di Robotica, Italy  | |
| Maria Sangiuliano Researcher and Project manager for the Venice City Council, Italy  | |
| Lívia Simon Sarkadi Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary  | |
| Maria von Schanz,  Head of Unit, Transportation Grant, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, Sweden  | |
| Gábor Szabó Rector, University of Szeged, Hungary  | 
BREAKOUT SESSION 3
| Scene-setter: | Sasha Bezuhanova » see bio | » view presentation Director Public Sector CEE , Hewlett Packard  | 
| Challenger: | Petra Püchner » see bio | » view presentation Managing Director, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany  | 
| Contributors: | Nyonga Rugumayo Amundsen Managing Director/CEO, Global Consultancy, Norway  | 
| Brigitte Baumann CEO, Go Beyond Ltd, Switzerland  | |
| Jelena Godjevac Switzerland  | |
| Malinka Koparanova Senior Social Affairs Officer and Gender Focal Point, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland  | |
| András Lőrincz Senior Researcher, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary  | |
| Piroska Szalai  Professional Director, Lifelong Learning Hungary Foundation, Hungary  | 
BREAKOUT SESSION 4
| Scene-setter: | Mechthilde Maier  » see bio | » view presentation Head of Group Diversity Managment, Deutsche Telekom, Germany  | 
| Challenger: | Natalie Lotzmann » see bio Director Health and Diversity, SAP, Germany  | 
| Contributors: | Marion Esch Scientific Diretor MINTiFF/ Femtec, Technical University Berlin, Germany  | 
| Isabelle Flory Director Strategic Initiatives & Public Sector, Intel Corporation, France  | |
| Marion Johanssen Managing Director, Confederation of Baden-Wuerttemberg Employers Associations, Germany  | |
| Robert Hamrén Programme Manager, VINNOVA, Sweden  | |
| Ildikó Herenyik  Technology Development Manager, GE Hungary Kft. Healthcare Division, Hungary  | |
| Malgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska Vice President, CEPIS, Poland  | |
| Gyöngyi Katona  Senior Hr Manager, Nokia Komárom Ltd, Hungary  | |
| Hugo Lueders High-level Advisory of the ECWT, Belgium  | |
| Elizabeth Pollitzer Director, Portia Ltd, United Kingdom  | |
| Verena Schmidt  Senior Specialist on Gender Equality and Working Conditions, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary  | |
| Britt-Marie  Söderberg Torstensson President- Manager, Winnet Sweden, Sweden  | |
| Rosalie Zobel Chair of the High-level Advisory of the ECWT, Belgium  | 
BREAKOUT SESSION 5
| Scene-setter: | Kirsti Kierulf » see bio | » view presentation Nordic Director, Innovation, Learning and Technology, Accenture AS, Norway  | 
| Challenger: | Thomas Friis Konst » see bio Vice President. European Regional Economic Forum (EREF)  | 
| Contributors: | Balázs Ablonczy  Managing Director, SAP Hungary Kft., Hungary  | 
| Edina Heal  Manager, Google Country, Hungary  | |
| Kathrin Mahler Walther Member of the Board, EAF, Femtec.Inc., Germany  | |
| Vilma Misiukoniene EU Affairs Manager, INFOBALT, Lithuania  | |
| Nancy Pascall Nancy Pascall Policy Officer, European Commission, DG INFSO  | |
| Inés Sánchez de Madariaga Director Women and Science Unit, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain  | |
| Graham Walker Government Director, UK Digital Champion, United Kingdom  | 
Wrap up - Recommendations for A new European action-plan
| Eva Fabry, Director of the ECWT » see bio | |
| Session 1 | Valéria Csépe, Deputy Secretary General of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | 
| Session 2 | Besma Kraiem, Head of Business Development Portugal Telecom, Portugal | 
| Session 3 | Petra Püchner, Managing Director, Steinbeis-Europa Zentrum, Germany | 
| Session 4 | Natalie Lotzmann, Director Health and Diversity, SAP | 
| Session 5 | Thomas Friis Konst, Vice President. European Regional Economic Forum (EREF) | 
| Concluding remarks | Zoran Stancic, Deputy Director General of DG INFSO | 
Next steps:
| Kirsti Kierulf, Nordic Director of Innovation, Learning and Technology, Accenture AS | » view presentation | 











