An extensive discussion on empowering women for leadership roles is going to be held at Westin Hotel in the capital tomorrow.
The daylong event styled “Horlicks Women Leadership Summit 2014” is expected to be attended by representatives from large business organisations, higher educational institutes and various development agencies.
With the vision to empower and equip women to reach leadership positions in the various fields of professionalism, the summit is the first step in the ‘Inspiring Women in Leadership’ project.
The keynote sessions will be chaired by four leading women from various professional sectors.
Dr Fahima Aziz, vice-chancellor of Asian University for Women in Chittagong, will be addressing the event as the first keynote speaker with a speech titled “High Participation, Low Presentation of Women; Dangerous Demographics”.
Chief Executive of BELA Syeda Rizwana Hasan will lead the summit as the second keynote speaker and will be followed by the third speaker Naazneen Karmali, editor of Forbes India and a veteran business journalist.
The summit will feature Kathy Tracey, founder & managing director of the Learning Company Ltd, as the fourth keynote speaker.
Apart from keynote speeches, there will be three panel discussions.
The first panel discussion titled “Women of Tomorrow: Health & Psyche - Are We Doing Enough?” will address nutrition and health concerns of women in the society and will be moderated by Dr Abdun Noor Tushar.
The second will be moderated by Syeda Yasmin Rahman, chief people officer of Accenture, and the third by Nazim Farhan Choudhury, managing director of Adcomm Limited.
The summit has been organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum with title sponsor Women’s Holicks, hospitality partner the Westin Dhaka and associate partner RFL.