Women Social Entrepreneurship Conference 2017 日本初女性起業家による国際会議

*日本語での詳細は下にあります。Simultaneous translation will be provided.

Celebrating International Women’s Day, we invite you to Japan’s first Women’s Social Entrepreneurship Conference (W-SEC) on March 10th at Roppongi Academy Hills, Powered by Hitotsubashi University, MOFA Japan, UNRWA, ARUN and Academy Hills! Discover how women entrepreneurs are driving global innovation and growth. Meet some of the most exceptional and passionate female leaders from across the world. Join the celebration of movers and makers; designers and do-ers; local problem-solvers and global leaders.

Event duration: 19:00~21:30 JST
*The registration will be open from 18:30. Since check-in may require time, we advise you to arrive early.

Location: Roppongi Academy Hills

General Admission: ¥3,000 JPY
Student: ¥1,000 JPY
*Limited release of 100 tickets. No tickets will be sold on the day.

Program:
At Women’s Social Entrepreneurship Conference 2017, five women entrepreneurs will pitch to venture capitalists while offering up fresh insights into the social problems faced by their societies. When their homes were shattered by war, poverty and waste, they responded to a cause and a passion. These five incredible women entrepreneurs will present how they have crafted solutions to successfully tackle social problems and how they have built a career around it.

Speaker Lineup:
Febriarti Khairunnisa, Indonesia
Founder & CEO of Bintang Sejahtera
Finalist of ARUN's Cloud Social Investment Challenge 2016

Majid Almashharawi, Gaza
Founder & CEO of Green Cake
Grand Prize Winners of the Gaza Entrepreneurship Challenge 2016

Amal Abdelraof Abu Moailqe, Gaza
Founder & CEO of Sketch Engineering
Grand Prize Winners of the Gaza Entrepreneurship Challenge 2016

Yuriko Murakami, Myanmar
Representative of HerBEST
Grand Prize Winner of the Business Contest for Four Billion People 2016

Jennifer Shigoli, Tanzania
Founder & CEO of Malkia Investments Co & Ltd., Malkia Industries and TIM (Tanzania Institute of Manufacturing)
Winner of the Semi Grand Prize at the African Business Contest.

After pitches, five panelists will give tips to improve entreprenuers' business models and help them to look at their business from a different perspective. This would be followed by a interactive discussion with audience on the topic of ‘A New Way of Development Assistance to Developing Countries from Japan'

Panelist Lineup:
Dr. Seiichiro Yonekura, PhD at Harvard and professor at Innovation Research Center of Hitotsubashi University

Akihiro Seita, Director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Satoko Kono, Director of ARUN, a social investment platform that invests in the social entrepreneurs in the developing countries

Hirotaka Otake, President of JM Corp., a company specializing in building repair