Please find below a summary of the conference programme. Each of the
elements are linked to their respective speeches, presentations and
reports (where available). PROWESS
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Training Day (click here to visit the training day page)
Opening Plenary:
Welcome: Kiki Maurey, PROWESS Conference Facilitator
Opening Comments: Derek Mapp, Chairman, emda; Tricia Dinan, Chair, PROWESS
and Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions and Deputy Minister for Women and Equality
Plenary:
Changing Our Enterprise Culture
Speakers: Dr
Rebecca Harding, The Work Foundation; Kevin Steele, Enterprise Insight;
Lynne Franks, Founder of SEED and Virginia Littlejohn, President and
CEO, Project Tsunami
Plenary: Policy into Practice
Speakers: The Honourable Sarmite Bulte, Member of Canadian Parliament; Kate Harre, Small Business Service; Prof Monder Ram, De Montfort University and Lars Nyberg, Swedish Development Agency
Closing Session:
PROWESS Flagship Awards for Best Practice in Women's Enterprise Support presented by Tracy Betts, Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest. Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Women's Enterprise Development presented by Steve Michell, Small Business Service Women's Enterprise Unit and Mumtaz Bashir, Manchester Employer Coalition.
Closing comments: Erika Watson, Executive Director, PROWESS
