WTO PUBLIC FORUM 2016

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The Working session proposed at the WTO Public Forum 2016 "Building the case of SDGs: what's in for women engineers & scientists? A call to act!" will discuss concrete actions and plans towards inclusive trade for half of our population worldwide! The panel 3 discussion moderated by the International Network Women Engineers and Scientists – INWES – shall also identify and review possible solutions to address the digital gender gap in technology trade, trading for development, development governance, opportunities, leadership and content, entrepreneurship, so to achieve quicker and more efficiently the SDG agenda.

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• Yvette Ramos, Eng.-MBA, INWES member of the Board of Directors, Présidente Swissengineering Geneva, Switzerland
• Kong-Joo Lee, Prof., President of the INWES, South Korea
• Sylvia Kegel, Ing. Dr., treasurer DIB & Chairwoman of 3 companies in Energy & ICTs, Germany
• Olga Cavalli, PhD, Eng., ISOC Board of Trustees Member and Academic Director of the South School on Internet Governance, Argentina
• Valerie Agberagba, Eng., Vice-President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations,  WFEO, Chair of WIE- Women In Engineering, APWEN,  Nigeria,
• Ewa Okoń-Horodyńska, Prof.zw. Dr hab. Katedra Ekonomii IEiZ UJ  Krakow, Poland
• Sangeeta Wij, Eng., Chair of WISE-India, Women In Science & Engineering, India
• Roseni Dearden, Eng., Member of the Board of the INWES, United Kingdom
• Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli, Eng.VP Women in Nuclear UK, Board member of Society of Satellite Professionals SSPI