Excellence in Management of Small Businesses: The Jasmine Conference for Promotion of Jewish and Arab Businesswomen

Wednesday, December 12, 2011

The Sharon Hotel, Herzliya Pituach

Schedule

8:30 Registration and Gathering

9:30 Opening: Kiram Baloum, Director of Jasmine, CJAED

9:40 Greetings:

Helmi Kittani, Executive Director, CJAED

Michael Mertes, Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel

9:50 Status Report on Women-Owned Small Businesses:

Comparing the Situation in Israel, Europe and the United States
Ofra Strauss Strauss Group Chairperson and President of Jasmine

10:30 Recorded Lecture:
Melanne Verveer, United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues

10:40 First Panel: What Organizations Support Women Who Own Small Businesses and What Roles Do They Play?

Moderator: Yael Winner, Editor of Leisure Section, Calcalist

Participants: Ran Kiviti, Israel Small and Medium Enterprises Authority, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor

Hagit Rubinstein, Manager of Micro-Businesses Area, Koret Foundation

Vered Swid, Director of the Prime Minister’s Office Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women in Israel

Representative of business sector

Questions & Answers: with audience participation

11:45 Personal Testimony - Cybil Goldfeiner, Founder and CEO of Comme Il Faut

12:15 Session 2: Excellence in Life - Stories of Excellence by Women in Business Management

Participants: Sigal Kotler Levi, Sabon

Vida Mashur, Alsonara newspaper

Yullia Gal, Founder of Yullia Gal Spa Express |

Maya Efrati, Founder and CEO of Elya Recycling Ltd.

13:15 Lunch

14:00 Return to Plenum: Raffle and prizes to conference participants

14:15 Professionally Facilitated Discussions to Identify Needs of Women with Small Businesses - Session Designed for Women who Own Small Businesses

16:15 Discussion wrap-up

Raffle and prizes

16:30 Conference Conclusions and Closing

Conference moderator: Journalist Eman Kassem Sliman