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GLOBAL WOMEN INVENTORS
& INNOVATORS NETWORK

25th Annual Anniversary
Conference, Study Visits & Gala Awards Ceremony

6 & 7 September 2023, Reykjavik, Iceland

An inspirational gathering of leading exceptional creative, inventive, and innovative women and male champions from across the globe

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Learn the views of the inventive and innovative minded on knowledge acquired, research and development as well as hands-on technologies that solve pressing global issues. This is an open and constructive dialogue based on real and practical experiences, while fostering a better understanding of the world’s best practices and policies that help with the advancement of many ingenious services, processes, and products.

In the world that we live in today, women across the world are taking action and finding solutions that matter where there are challenges, crises or a need to create a better quality of life. From the climate crises, to food shortage, health and well-being, energy and to creating a more sustainable environment, women are developing ground-breaking and novel concepts, projects, services and products that really matter.

This occasion is simply not a talk shop as ‘seeing is believing’. Apart from the conference, we provide the opportunity to meet some of the world’s changemakers, and award winning inventors and innovators. Join us on our study visits, and meet leading women and male champions with pioneering contributions, from various sectors and backgrounds.

The GlobalWIIN 2023 conference shall address the misconceptions, the consequences, the ethical concerns and the untapped opportunities concerning inventors and innovators. It shall also provide a great opportunity to acknowledge and recognise the many ground-breaking contributions, while assisting with building capacity, sharing knowledge that can lead to tremendous social and economic impact.

A not to be missed event as we tackle the importance of intellectual property, open innovation, digital technology, advancement of STEM, access to finance, product development, equity and commercialization, international trade partnership and the need for gender inclusivity.

We look forward to welcoming you including government officials, business owners, corporates, private and public sectors, civil societies, financial institutions and investors, the academia, the manufacturing industry, NGO’s and anyone interested in the progress of invention and innovation that builds a better world.

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE – DIARY DATE

Day 1	6 Sept 2023	Conference & Showcase Harpa, Reykjavik
Day 1	6 Sept 2023	Welcome Evening Reception Reykjavik City Hall, Iceland
Day 2	7 Sept 2023	Daytime Study Visits Hellisheiðarvirkjun & Lava Show
Day 2	7 Sept 2023	Awards Gala Dinner Ceremony Gamla Bio, Reykjavik

* This agenda may be subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control

Celebrate and gain a better understanding of the world’s best practices relating to intellectual property, access to finance, product development, manufacturing, equity and commercialization, international trade and all aspects covering the successful exploitation of viable innovative creativity

SOME OF OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

& PRESENTERS

THE FIRST LADY OF ICELAND

H.E. ELIZA JEAN REID

AMBASSADORS’ ADDRESS

H.E. BRYONY MATHEW

British Ambassador to Iceland at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

ROYAL GUEST OF HONOUR

HRH (Dr) AMB. OLUSEGUN ADEREMI

Oba Okunuola Osefaja Ajibike Atayero 1 of Aramoko Kingdom

SHEIKHA MARIAM BINT HAMAD AL KHALIFA

Founder and Vice Chairwoman, Bahrain Entrepreneurship Organization (BEO)

SPECIAL GUEST ADDRESS

JARTHRUDUR ASMUNDSDOTTIR

Head of Innovation & Technology • Business Iceland | Islandsstofa

HONORABLE MINISTERIAL ADDRESS

ÁSLAUG ARNA SIGURBJÖRNSDÓTTIR

Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation Iceland (TBC)

INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE

DR BOLA OLABISI FRSA

Founder & CEO, Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GlobalWIIN)

WELCOME ADDRESS

ELINORA INGA SIGURDARDOTTIR FRSA

President, European arm of GlobalWIIN (EUWIIN) & Vice President, International Federation Inventors Associations, Founder & Chair, KVENN Iceland.

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR JANICE DENONCOURT

IPAN Board Member, Associate Professor in Law, Founder and Director NLS Intellectual Property Research Group, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.

CHAIR, INDEPENDENT JUDGING PANEL

MARK SHEAHAN

President, Inventors & Patentees Association (IPI) British Library Inventor in Residence

MARGRÉT VILBORG BJARNADÓTTIR

GlobalWIIN Overall Platinum Winner 2019 & Founder and Chairwoman of PayAnalytics

HEKLA ARNADOTTIR

Founding Partner at Crowberry Capital | Board Member, Iceland

GUEST OF HONOUR

ALIREZA RASTIGAR,

President, International Federation of Inventors’ Associations, (IFIA) Iran

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

HANNA BIRNA KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR

Chair & Co-Founder of the Reykjavik Global Forum / Senior Advisor UN Women / Former Minister & Mayor Reykjavik, Iceland

CHAIR OF PLENARY SESSION:

CAELIA BRYN-JACOBSON

Partner, Kilburn & Strode LLP, United Kingdom

DR NUHA ABUYOUSEF

Ophthalmologist &Inventor of a Medical Device, Jordan

TASNIM AL DAWUDI & SALMA AL SIDAIRI

GlobalWIIN Diamond Winners 2021 Co-Inventor of Eco friendly OBM, & Chemical Engineer, OMAN

GUDRUN S B FRANSDOTTIR

Inventor, Plaster Plug Iceland

ANAND KANNAN

Avas Digitech International Pvt. Ltd, India

ALLISON MAGES

Head, IP Commercialization Section, IP for Business Division, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector, WIPO, Switzerland

CHAIR OF PLENARY SESSION:

FERYAL ABDULLAH NASS FRSA

Founder and Chairwoman of Bahrain Entrepreneurship Organization (BEO)
World Business Angels Investment Forum High Commisioner and Bahrain Office Country Director

SHEIKHA NABILA SALMAN SABAH AL-SALEM AL-SABAH,

Head of Ibtikar Initiative at Al Saad Foundation & the Middle East arm of GlobalWIIN (MEWIIN), Kuwait

DR FRANCESCA GRIPPAUDO

President Italian Women Inventors & Innovators Network (ITWIIN) &Prof. Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Italy

THORBJÖRG JENSDOTTIR

Founder & CEO of IceMedico Ltd, Iceland

PROF. DR FAUZIAH AHMAD

President Asian Pacific Women Inventors & Innovatoes Network Malaysia

KANE KRAMER

Inventor of the digital audio player and Director, British Inventors Show, United Kingdom

LILJA BJÖRK EINARSDÓTTIR

Bank manager, LANDSBAKINN

ENGR DR DAVID ABU OZIGI

Retired Director, SMEDAN, Abuja, GLOBALWIIN Ambassador Nigeria

ÅSA MAGNUSSON

Inventor, Quicksave& Europe’s (EUWIIN) Female Inventor of the Year 2011, Sweden

OLAYINKA FAYOMI

Group Chairman, Foreign Investment Network (FIN), & Investment Consultant Nigeria

CHAIR OF PLENARY SESSION:

ZANA S ASTON

CIO/Managing Partner, Emrys Consulting, Croatia / United Kingdom

ASTA RAAMI

PhD, Doctor of Arts | Intuition Research | Author, Speaker, Educator & Designer | Founder @INNERVERSITY, Finland

BOSE AGBESANWA FRSA

Author of ‘Raising Champion Children’ & Committee Chair at Rotary Club of Stratford, United Kingdom

PAULA GOULD

Founder of Float and Gather ehf& Co-Founder, WomenTech, Iceland

SAADIA LAKEHAL

CEO Founder, Emperia Industries Connect Inc., Canada</[>

MODERATOR

SUDHA SINGH

Equity & Inclusion Champion; Podcast Host: The Elephant in the Room; Chair PRCA EIAC; Founding Member PRCA(REEB), India / United Kingdom

MODERATOR

PAULA BOLANLE SOFOWORA,

Mary Joel founder and Author & Barrister, United Kingdom

MADELEIN MKUNU

President, Leading Women of Africa (LWA), President of the Africa arm to GlobalWIIN – (PAWIIN), Visionary Entrepreneur & International Gender & Business and Training Consultant, South Africa

DR. JENNY LIND ELMACO FRSA

Regional Coordinator, EURAXESS Worldwide, Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, Southeast Asia, NCP of the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, Vice President Asia Pacific arm of GlobalWIIN (APWIIN),- Philippines

CO-CHAIR OF PLEANARY SESSION:

DR. HANAN EL BASHA

Founder, The Business Doctor & The Global Businesswomen | Senator – WBAF | Managing Director of Institute GCC| Empowering Business Strategist | Accredited SME Consultant, Egypt / Qatar

CO-CHAIR OF PLENARY SESSION:

RAGNHEIDUR MAGNUSDOTTIR

Co-Founder of Nordic Ignite, Iceland

CASE STUDY:

SANDRA WHITTLE

inventor of ‘MyKORI’. Pelvic Floor Resistance Trainer and Massage Tool, Women’s Health Physiotherapist at Soma Therapies, United Kingdom

MODERATOR:

EIJA PESSINEN

Chair, Quin Finland Association, & European arm of GlobalWIIN (EUWIIN) Overall Platinum Award Winner 2009, Finland

PEREZ OCHIENG

Award Winning Director, SACOMA INNOVATIVE FOODS United Kingdom

LAUFEY GUDMUNDSDOTTIR

Director of ON’s Geothermal Exhibition / Project Manager, MPM/ Executive Coach and newly elected chairman of FKA Suðurlandi

FIDA ABU LIBDEH

Founder, GEOSILICA Iceland

SANDRA MJOLL JONSDOTTIR BUCH

GlobalWIIN European Overall Platinum Award Winner (EUWIIN) 2017, Co-Founder, Platome

RAGNHILDUR AGUSTSDOTTIR and JÚLÍUS INGI JONASSON

Inventors & Creators of the LAVA SHOW

PROGRAMME HOSTS

PROGRAMME HOST

GAYNOR MORGAN

Vice President, European arm (EUWIIN) of GlobalWIIN, CEO, C&G Medicare Ltd & Pessary Consultant. BELGIUM

PROGRAMME HOST

LOLA OWOLABI FRSA

Founder & Director Proudtobeme

PROGRAMME HOST

SIGRIDUR HRUND PETURSDOTTIR

Chairman, Félag Kvenna Atvinnulífinu, FKA – Association of Women Entrepreneurs

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Day 1

CONFERENCE & SHOWCASE

NORDURLJOS, HARPA

Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre
Austurbakki 2, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Day 1

EVENING RECEPTION

REYKJAVIK CITY HALL

Tjarnargata 11, 101 Reykjavík

Day 2

STUDY VISIT

HELLISHEIÐARVIRKJUN

(The Geothermal Energy Exhibition)
ON Geothermal Exhibition at Hellisheiðarvirkjun
816 Ölfus, Iceland

Day 2

AFTERNOON STUDY VISIT

LAVA SHOW

Fiskislóð 73, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Day 2

EVENING GALA DINNER AWARDS CEREMONY

GAMLA BÍÓ

Ingólfsstræti 2a, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

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PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE – DIARY DATE

Day 1	6 Sept 2023	Conference & Showcase Harpa, Reykjavik
Day 1	6 Sept 2023	Welcome Evening Reception Reykjavik City Hall, Iceland
Day 2	7 Sept 2023	Daytime Study Visits Hellisheiðarvirkjun & Lava Show
Day 2	7 Sept 2023	Awards Gala Dinner Ceremony Gamla Bio, Reykjavik

* This agenda may be subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control

H.E. ELIZA JEAN REID

FIRST LADY OF ICELAND

Madam Reid is the First Lady of Iceland through her marriage to Icelandic Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. Before becoming First Lady she co-founded the Iceland Writers and was a freelance writer for multiple Icelandic magazines and Editor of the Icelandair Stopover. She was previously Editor for Icelandair’s in-flight magazine, a staff writer at Iceland Review, and has been published in Monocle, The Globe and Mail, and several other newspapers and magazines. She is a Patron of several organizations in Iceland, including the United Nations Association Iceland. She is also a Goodwill Ambassador for SOS Children’s Villages Iceland. She is active in promoting the issue of gender equality, penning a popular oped in the New York Times and delivering a TEDx talk on the role of the First Lady.

JARTHRUDUR ASMUNDSDOTTIR

Head of Innovation & Technology at Business Iceland

An ambitious, driven, and creative person with 20 years’ experience in operations, business development, marketing, sales, strategy and innovation, and team leadership. She served for nine years as a CEO, MBA from Reykjavik University, and has a BSc degree in Business Administration, and a diploma degree as a Certified Board Director, from University of Iceland.She has a proven track record of delivering business results and works with CEOs and Boards to create new growth opportunities. Her key interest lies in innovation, social and humanitarian affairs.

ÁSLAUG ARNA SIGURBJÖRNSDÓTTIR

Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and InnovationIceland

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DR BOLA OLABISI FRSA

Bola is the Founder & CEO of the Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GlobalWIIN), and a past vice-president of the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAWE),She is a Knowledge Transfer Specialist in Innovation, Trade Development & Investment, Intellectual Property Awareness as well as Diversity & Inclusion.

ELINORA INGA SIGURDARDOTTIR FRSA

is the founder and Director for Royal Natural Snack. She was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. She is married and the mother of four children. She has a B. Sc. degree in Geology but she is also a registered nurse and a licensed schoolteacher. Since 1997 she has been Chairman of the Icelandic Federation of Inventors. She is the founder and Chairwoman of KVENN (Women Inventor’s Association in Iceland

PROF. DR. MOHD MUSTAFA AL BAKRI ABDULLAH

Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia

MARK SHEAHAN

President, Inventors & Patentees Association (IPI) British Library Inventor in Residence

Mark is anhighly experienced inventor with specialism in the process of taking an invention from idea to a finished product. With a special time slot at the British Library, Mark providesadvice on various areas from protecting your idea, licensing it to others or designing and manufacturing the product yourself.

DR. MARGRÉT VILBORG BJARNADÓTTIR

GlobalWIIN OverallPlatinum Winner 2019&Founder and Chairwoman of PayAnalytics

Dr.MargrétVilborgBjarnadóttir, Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics at the University of Maryland and Founder and Chairwoman of PayAnalytics, specializes in operations research methods using large scale data; her research centers around data driven decision making, combining optimization modeling with data analytics. In health-careDr.Bjarnadóttir specializes in decision modeling using EMR and claims data. Her recent papers include: “Aiding the Prescriber” which focuses on risk modeling for improved opioid prescriptions and “Predicting Colorectal Cancer Mortality” which utilizes EMR and Cancer Registry data to build decision support tools. Examples of other applications include drug surveillance design, practice patterns and patient targeting. Dr.Bjarnadóttir has consulted with both health care start-ups on risk modeling using health care data as well as governmental agencies such as a central bank on data-driven fraud detection algorithms.

HEKLA ARNADOTTIR

Founding Partner at Crowberry Capital | Board Member, Iceland

ALIREZA RASTIGAR

President, International Federation of Inventors’ Associations, (IFIA) Iran

Alireza is an Iranian inventor, author, and recipient of numerous national and international awards. He is the President of the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations, a non-profit organization founded in 1968, and founder of the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival. Alireza has authored six books on innovation filed.He was elected as IFIA President in November 2014 and after re-elections remains the current President. Rastegar has also led seminars at other international innovation events in nations including Turkey, Croatia, China, Germany, Switzerland, Malaysia, Thailand, Kuwait, South Korea, Hong Kong, and India.

HANNA BIRNA KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR

Chair & Co-Founder of the Reykjavik Global Forum / Senior Advisor UN Women / Former Minister & Mayor Reykjavik, Iceland

Hanna is the Senior Advisor on Women’s Leadership at UN Women. She is also the Chair of the Board of the Women Political Leaders (WPL). She was active in Icelandic politics for many years, both in the national Parliament and local government. She is the former Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Parliament and former Minister of the Interior in Iceland. Before getting elected to Parliament, she was the Mayor of Reykjavík, the Pres the City Council and chaired several committees and organisations for the City of Reykjavík. She is also the former Vice Chair of the Independence Party in Iceland; the former deputy Secretary General of the party and the former Secretary General of its Parliament, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Iceland in 1991. After that, she received a Master of Science in International and European Politics from the University of Edinburgh (1993).

CAELIA BRYN-JACOBSON

Partner, Kilburn & Strode LLP, United

Caelia’s over 20 years’ experience in the patent profession is grounded in her strong technical background. Following her physics degree at Oxford, Caelia went on to research her doctorate by studying magnetic interactions at low temperatures. Caelia’s patent portfolio has evolved to reflect her passion for physics and covers a range of technologies including aeronautics and aerospace, energy and power management, cooling systems, telecoms, thin film technology, and software.
From strategic drafting to focused prosecution, Caelia’s extensive experience enables her to provide clear, commercially astute advice throughout every stage of the patenting process. Caelia specialises in contentious post grant proceedings, with her considerable knowledge in this area leading to a reputation for successfully defending patents in EPO opposition and appeals work.

DR NUHA ABUYOUSEF

Ophthalmologist &Inventor of a Medical Device, Jordan

Nuhais a Jordanian doctor withan invention, shattering stereotypes and demonstrating that women can pursue both a career in science and have a family. She is a GlobalWIIN Award winner for her invention active lazy eyelid sticker- created to help Bell’s Palsy patients regain control over their paralyzed upper and lower eyelids. The condition’s characteristic droopiness or stiffness affects only one side of the face, leading to an unbalanced look, irritating dryness in the eye, and even potential cornea loss in the long-run. By engineering a wearable device that harmonizes with the individual’s look, skin tone, and eye-shape, Nuha’s project employs two microchips and electromyography (EMG) sensors to mimic the regular eyelid movement and restore function – without an invasive surgical procedure. Nuha’s innovation offers a less invasive surgery alternative for Bell’s palsy patients. Particularly, young patients can benefit from a more optimized experience when faced with sensitive eye surgery.

TASNIM AL DAWUDI & SALMA Al SIDAIRI

GlobalWIIN Diamond Winners 2021 Co-Inventor of Eco friendly OBM, & Chemical Engineer, OMAN

Eng. Tasnim al–Dawudi and Eng. Salma al-Sudairi.are R&D Engineers at MB Petroleum Services LLC in Oman. They are inventors of a new OBM made from pure oil extracted from date pits and waste cooking oil, for use as raw material in the oil and gas industry. OBM is one of two types of liquid drilling fluid used during the extraction of oil and gas from underground. Water-based mud, the second type of liquid drilling fluid, is commonly used because it is cheaper, but the high reactivity between water and mud prolongs the extraction process. In contrast, OBM is more effective but is not widely used owing to its high cost. Tasneem and Salma created a solution by bringing a low-cost product with the same properties as OBM which is also environmentally friendly, owing to its natural origin.

GUDRUN S B FRANSDOTTIR

Inventor, Plasterplug, Iceland

Gudrun is the inventor of Plasterplug – a time-saving wall repair method for drywall. It is an actual repair solution that restores a drywall almost to its former state unlike traditional cosmetic repairs. The end result is a perfectly finished flat surface, which can be drilled same as new walls. Gudrun won the silver award in 2009of the EUWIIN Innovation Awards – the European arm to GlobalWIIN.

ANAND KANNAN

Anand has 25 years of marketing experience ranging from Print, Media, Engineering & IT.

He works in the area of innovation management,where his focus is on Incubator, startups, corporate in providing full spectrum.

The work is from ideation to commercialization where the team provides one to one mentoring on product development, customer experience with assistance in the complete funding journey.

ALLISON MAGES

Head, IP Commercialization Section, IP for Business Division, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector, WIPO, Switzerland

Allison Mages is the Head of the IP Commercialization Section, in the IP for Business Division, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Building on her experience as an intellectual property attorney for a Fortune 500 company and an inventor, her team empowers enterprises, innovators, and creators to maximize their potential through the creation and commercialization of IP. She has worked with more than 50 countries to develop their legislative frameworks and support businesses through their creativity and ingenuity.

FERYAL ABDULLAH NASS

High Commissioner & Bahrain Country Director at World Business Angel Investment Forum & President, Bahrain Entrepreneurial Organisation (BEO), Executive Director, Nass The Group, Bahrain

Feryal Abdulla Ahmed Nass is one of the leading Bahraini Entrepreneur, Interior Designer, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, leading Ma Maison Interiors, Design District Trading W.L.L. and Artland Interior, a Division of The Nass Group. She began her journey over 25 years ago, through her family-owned business – Nass The Group, which was established more than 50 years ago. Not satisfied, and in pursuit of higher achievements, she established her own independent business in 1999 – Ma Maison Interiors, and today proudly owns and operates 3 different establishments.

SHEIKHA NABILA SALMAN SABAH AL-SALEM AL-SABAH

Head of Ibtikar Initiative at Al Saad Foundation & the Middle East arm of GlobalWIIN (MEWIIN), Kuwait

DR FRANCESCA GRIPPAUDO

DR. THORBJÖRG JENSDOTTIR

Founder & CEO of IceMedico Ltd

IceMedico Limited is an Icelandic company founded in 2008 by Dr.ThorbjörgJensdottir who has +15 years of experience in the functional confectionary sector. She is the lead scientist behind the research and product development of the HAp⁺ technology. She devoted her studies to the erosive potential of acidic foodstuffs and has a vision to improve the world’s oral health. IceMedico holds the patent for a unique oral technology called HAp⁺ that promotes oral health with effective saliva stimulation. This led to her development of the acidic but non-erosive oral care product. HAp⁺ is now recommended by the Icelandic Dental Association, clinically tested and patented worldwide.

PROF. DR FAUZIAH AHMAD

President Asian Pacific Women Inventors & Innovatoes Network Malaysia

KANE KRAMER

Inventor of the digital audio player and Director, British Inventors Show, United Kingdom

LILJA BJÖRK EINARSDÓTTIR

Bank manager,LANDSBAKINN

LiljaBjörk is a mechanical and industrial engineer from the University of Iceland and has completed a master’s degree in financial engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA.Between 2008 and 2016, Lilja managed the operations, asset management and asset recovery of the old Landsbanki Íslands, LBI ehf., in London. From 2005 to 2008 she was an expert and later manager at Landsbanki Íslands hf. in London and was, among other things, responsible for the day-to-day operations and development of support departments. Previously, LiljaBjörkworked at the consulting company Marsh & McLennan from 2003 to 2005 and worked on projects for the Ford car manufacturer as an expert in the preparation of plans and risk models for the insurance sector and financial management.

ENGR DR DAVID ABU OZIGI

Retired Director, SMEDAN, Abuja, GLOBALWIIN Ambassador Nigeria

ÅSA MAGNUSSON

Inventor, Quicksave& Europe’s (EUWIIN) Female Inventor of the Year 2011, Sweden

Asa invented Quicksaveafter understanding how tough and dangerous it is to save Lives and that the professional lifesavers need better and easier-to-use lifesaving products! Quicksavehas now progressed into becoming a Swedish company Quicksave AB – a developer and manufacturer of innovative rescue equipment in association with professional rescue departments. Quicksave’s line of products are made by professionals for professionals for safer and more effective rescue operations in water. Åsa Magnusson has won multiple awards for her inventions such as ’The European Female Inventor of the Year’ and Bronze Price in ’Seoul International Invention Fair’.

OLAYINKA FAYOMI

Group Chairman, Foreign Investment Network (FIN), &Investment Consultant Nigeria

Olayinka Fayomi is an investment consultant and Group Chairman of Foreign Investment Network (FIN), a UK publishing and consulting firm that publishes the foremost investment FIN Magazine, translated in English, Chinese, French and published globally.

Mrs. Fayomi is an accomplished result driven professional with over 30 years’ experience in the public, private and not for profit sectors inside and outside of Africa.She was a pioneer management staff of Nigerian Investment Promotion commission (NIPC) and climbed through the ladder to the position of a Director before she voluntarily retired.She has been a consultant with various multinational concerns on development projects in different countries in the areas of Oil and Gas, Infrastructure, Construction, Aviation, Agriculture, etc. She has promoted financing of oil and gas assets and also facilitated Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to many African countries.

Mrs. Fayomi founded the Nigeria Diaspora Investment Network, her capacity building activities with youth and women groups earned her a global recognition from the Financial Standard Newspaper and GC4W as the ‘Most Dynamic Nigerian Female in Diaspora’ and ‘Global Women Champion for Leadership in Business and Entrepreneurship in America’ respectively among others.She also founded the African Youth & Women Empowerment Network, an NGO dedicated to capacity building, entrepreneurship & empowerment of youth and women in Africa.

ZANA S ASTON

An executive MBA holder and award-winning champion of digital technologies including Cloud Native, AI/IoT/Data, Cyber Security, Decentralised Finances and Circular Economy. An outstanding track record of senior leadership, innovation, executive reporting and C-suite advisory support resulting in successful delivery of business-critical multi-million-pound enterprise projects/services and rapid career progression.

Recently, a founder of Emrys Consulting (emrys.group) offering full stack, innovative technology services and products to growing businesses including IaaS, SaaS, PaaS for AI/IoT, AgriTech, FinTech and Cyber security, globally.

Zana is a President of the Supervisory Board of Scalable Global Solutions and acts in the capacity of the Advisory Board member for some startups/SMEs. As a vocal champion of the use of technology to create new opportunities for women, Zana is Charing WIT interest group with European Women on Boards and its an Advisory Board Member of WIT Global Movement, Croatian chapter.

Zana is an active networker and belong to various Clubs and Interest groups such as City Livery Club, London, European (EWOB) and UK women on Boards, World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), WIT Global Movement and the Institute of Directors, London where she is on an Advisory Board for Finance and Fintech interest group.

Award winner and speaker, Zana has recently received the Women in IT Diversity and Inclusion Networking of the Year award by Women in IT Summit & Awards Series, UK and it’s nominated for an Honorary award this September in Iceland for Women in Innovation and Tech. Company/client portfolio of FTSE 250 and FTSE 500 organisations includes financial institutions, managed services, government, legal and retail.

ASTA RAAMI

PhD, Doctor of Arts | Intuition Research | Author, Speaker, Educator & Designer | Founder @ INNERVERSITY, Finland

Asta is an intuition Researcher, Keynote speaker, Educator and Author and has defended her PhD Thesis on the development of intuition in creative processes in 2015 (Aalto University Media Lab, Finland). Astahas for worked 15 years altogether in the academic field in various teaching and R&D positions. She has written several books on the use of intuition as a factor in expertise and the general skills of work life, as well as on harnessing the potential of intuition in visionary and radical innovations. In Finland, intuitive information is acknowledged in the national curriculum, and in relation to this Asta educates principals and teaching staff in integrating intuition in pedagogy at the University of Helsinki.

Her most recent international publications are:

Raami, A. (2019). Solving the Impossible – How to harness three diverse intuitions in teams.
In J. Liebowitz (Ed.), Developing Informed Intuition for Decision Making. Taylor & Francis.

Raami, A. (2018). Towards solving the impossible problems.
In J. W. Cook (Ed.), Sustainability, human well-being and the future of education (pp. 201–233). London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Towards Solving the Impossible Problems pdf

Raami, A. (2015). Intuition Unleashed. On the application and development of intuition in the creative process.
Aalto University. Doctoral Dissertation.

Intuition Unleashed pdf

BOSE AGBESANWAFRSA

Author of ‘Raising Champion Children’ & Committee Chair at Rotary Club of Stratford, United Kingdom

Bose Agbesanwa is an Educational Consultant, International Speaker and Author with over 30 ???? years’ of accomplishing capacity building initiatives with the primary role of developing children with self-control and responsible behaviour to thrive in the global world.She founded RCCI in 2018 with a specific focus to support and improve the lives of less privileged and vulnerable children based on my ethos “Every Child is a Champion so release the unharnessed potential” Bose continues to build environments that reach out to communities within the United Kingdom and West Africa with plans for further outreach to other countries across the globe. Her main aim is to provide a helping hand to families and the wider society in raising children in a loving, disciplined, and well-balanced home environment. Her work focusses on building attributes that demonstrate attitudes and mindsets needed for achieving a positive and triumphant society. Bose has gone on to invest in simple capacity building and age-appropriate techniques that are targeted at parents, teachers, and communities by empowering them through relevant quality education initiatives which include innovative health care and entrepreneurial skills.

PAULA GOULD

Founder of Float and Gather ehf& Co-Founder, WomenTech, Iceland

Paula Gould is the founder of Float and gather ehf., an international go-to-market and growth strategy consultancy. She is also a Speaker and MarComm executive. She previously served as Head of Brand & Communications at Men&Mice (acqu. by Stefnir SÍA III), CMO at Greenqloud (acqu. by NetApp), Board Member at CLARA (acqu. by Jive Software) and Principal at venture capital firm Frumtak Ventures, where she led international growth, brand and marketing initiatives internationally.

SAADIA LAKEHAL

CEO Founder, Emperia Industries Connect Inc., Canada

SâadiaLakehal is a microbiologist passionate about innovation and has a rich experience of more than 25 years in business development in the industrial sector. She focuses on the industry of the future which aims to be smart, sustainable, inclusive and connected to socio-economic, human, environmental and technological issues.Very active on four continents specially in MENA and Africa, SâadiaLakehal aims to promote empowerment and support women in manufacturing and agribusiness in digital transformation. She launched the Global Women in Industry 4.0 Summit and the Women in AgTech Summit to energize female leadership in the era of the fourth revolution and to give voice to women who have a crucial role to play in the development of sustainable and smart world.

SUDHA SINGH

Equity & Inclusion Champion; Podcast Founder &Host: The Elephant in the Room; Chair PRCA EIAC; Founding Member PRCA(REEB), India / United Kingdom

Sudha Singh, Founder of The Purpose Room, a consultancy advising businesses on equity & inclusion, resilience and sustainability & ESG communications strategy across geographies including UK and India. Her passion is supporting organisations interpret the ’S’in ESG and define their sustainability communications strategy.She has over 30 years’ experience counselled C-Suite of multinationals, governments, industry associations and NGOs across geographies including UK and India. Her expertise lies in building robust partnerships to manage complex thought leadership and crisis projects. She is a certified EDI trainer advising clients on creating measurable frameworks for culture change and diversity in leadership. Sudha has run(designed) programs/workshops/sessions for large multinationals and charities on organisational culture, women returners programme; effective communications for (diverse) leaders/managers.

PAULA BOLANLE SOFOWORA

Mary JoelFounder and Author& Barrister

Paula Bolanle Sofowora, is a barrister with a passionate interest in education, inclusion, diversity, equality, corporate social responsibility, social justice, and giving back to the community. While employed by Zurich Insurance (UK), a multinational insurer, in addition to providing her primary legal services, Paula was involved in several initiatives. She is most proud of two in particular: establishing and coordinating a lunchtime reading scheme at a local primary school in Tower Hamlets and establishing Zurich UK’s first multicultural employee resource group. Paula is married with two adult sons and, amongst other things, enjoys travelling, trekking, birdwatching, volunteering, reading, and writing. She has self-published six multicultural children’s books under Amlap Publishing and is in the process of publishing several diverse and inclusive children’s books under IjapaBooks , her new imprint.

MADELEIN MKUNU

Founder &President of Leading Women of Africa (LWA), President of the Africa arm to GlobalWIIN – (PAWIIN), Visionary Entrepreneur & International Gender & Business and Training Consultant, South Africa

Madeleinis aninternational gender and business strategist and Founder and President of Leading Women of Africa (LWA), one of the most influential businesswomen’s networks in Africa. She is a dynamic Management, MBA and development studies graduate, and plays a pivotal role on various national, regional and international platforms.As an International gender strategist with a focus on African women affairs, she specialises in policy design, gender advocacy and mainstreaming strategies in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) until 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the African Woman Decade, the Agenda 2063, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).

DR. JENNY LIND ELMACO FRSA

Regional Coordinator, EURAXESS Worldwide, Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, Southeast Asia, NCP of the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, Vice President for Asia Pacific of GlobalWIIN –Philippines

Dr. Jenny Lind Elmaco is the current Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association in Southeast Asia, an NCP of the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, Vice President for Asia Pacific of the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network, Board Member of the Association of Young Environmental Journalists (AYEJ) and Member of the Steering Committee on the UN of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International).She completed the Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies Program from the Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge. She also has a Masters in peace and security from the University of Innsbruck with an Austrian scholarship, in Global Studies from the University of Leipzig and Vienna on an Erasmus Mundus scholarship and an MBA with a specialization in Big Data and Business Intelligence from EAE Madrid and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos with a University grant as well. She earned her PhD in Peace and International Development with the highest honors (sobresaliente cum laude) from the Cátedra UNESCO de Filosofía para la Paz, Universidad Jaume in Spain.

DR. HANAN EL BASHA

Founder – The Business Doctor & The Global Businesswomen | Senator – WBAF | Managing Director of the Founder Institute GCC| Empowering Business Strategist | Accredited SME Consultant, Qatar

Dr. Hanan El Basha, The Business Doctor, is a Speaker, Trainer, and Strategist delivering keynote speeches and tailored training sessions on business growth, entrepreneurial mindset, and entrepreneurial wellness. Dr. Hanan is also the Co-Founder & CEO of The Global Businesswomen, the Managing Director of the Founder Institute GCC, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, Senator for Egypt with the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) and an Advisor with Loyal VC.

Dr. Hanan has 25+ years of professional experience, approximately 15 of those within small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and 11 years co-founding and running startups herself. She has a doctorate degree in International Business, specializing in sustainable growth of small- and medium-sized enterprises, an MBA in Marketing, is an Accredited Small & Medium Business Consultant, and is a Certified Integrative Health Coach.

RAGNHEIDUR MAGNUSDOTTIR

Co-Founder of Nordic Ignite, Iceland

Nordic Ignite is an angel investment firmthat invest at the earliest stages in ambitious founders in the Nordics and Baltics. They are vertical agnostic but prefer to invest in sectors where the Nordics have a competitive advantage, deep knowledge, and strong infrastructure. They intend to bridge the existing funding gap in early-stage capital in the Nordics & Baltics by providing capital to start-ups at the pre-seed level.

SANDRA WHITTLE

Inventor of ‘MyKORI’. Pelvic Floor Resistance Trainer and Massage Tool, Women’s Health Physiotherapist at Soma Therapies, United Kingdom

Sandra Whittle is a state registered and charted physiotherapist who has been working in the UK’s NHS and private practice for 23 years. Her clinical interests are in; musculoskeletal and chronic pain, sports injuries and rehabilitation, oncology massage and soft tissue mobilisations, and women’s health. Now she is dedicating her time to help her patients with self-help massage solutions to encourage people to look after their health more. She would love to change the ‘you can fix me’ culture and promote the benefits of self-massage.Massage has been used for centuries to relieve pain, rehabilitate sport injuries, reduce stress and increase relaxation. It helps to reduce the appearance of scar tissue and it has been proven to reduce anxiety and depression to increase general wellbeing. She has designed, invented, patented and produced several massage products.

Her ‘Massage Mitts’ have unique design features that enhance the body’s own self-regulating neurophysiological and biochemical responses within the body. Using the ‘Massage Mitts’ for self-care is a small step that can make a huge impact on a person’s health and well-being.

As a women and pelvic, obstetric and gynaecological physiotherapist, women’s health is a topic that she holds dear to her heart and she has designed products for intra pelvic massage to reduce pelvic floor muscle tension, pelvic pain and other pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms. Both men and women need to appreciate and understand that our pelvic floors are the lowest and probably the most important part of our core. We need to appreciate how much it impacts our overall health, fitness and day to day function. Our pelvic floor has a direct impact on our back, pelvis and hip movements and could be a major contributor to or even causing our hip, back or pelvic pain. Women especially need to pay more attention to their pelvic floor muscles.

EIJA PESSINEN

PEREZ OCHIENG

Award Winning Director, SACOMA INNOVATIVE FOODS United Kingdom

Perez is passionate about entrepreneurship, championing disruptive Innovative Food technologies and science, and creativity. Her goal is to help transform communities and families live healthier lives as customers of food brands. She includes agro-industrial transformation in the Food & Drink Sector, Food Traceability Authenticity and sustainable food supply chain Logistic and climate change compliance and social-economic impacts on the international trade and the circular economies and operation data sharing and transparency on Blockchain platforms.Importer/Exporter from Africa and Exporter to the EU for Food Products and Manufacturing Business Operator in the UK. Perez believes that the next big Food trade ideas and opportunities will come from Industry 4.0, Big Data/IoT, Technical knowledge and skills transfer Partnerships backed by committed Industries and Entrepreneurs who want to create healthy food products and services that the Global Market place demands and wants to buy, with less Food Waste/Loss and a supply chain Logistic that is not harmful to the environment and ecosystems.
Leading the SACOMA Food innovation and R&D Department in the development of SACOMA-owned brand of healthy snacks and sweet potato food products, that integrates Kenya farmers in the supply chains in EU, she believes that the future of Trade between the African continent and Europe is strongly depended on the capability to invest and support these areas of innovation, knowledge, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

LAUFEY GUDMUNDSDOTTIR

FIDA ABU LIBDEH

Fida Abu Libdeh has been active in various roles in the Icelandic business and academic world since 2012. From 2012 to 2017, they served as Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of GeoSilica Iceland, where they lead a powerful and determined team in the development of the company’s production method GeoStep ®, set up marketing research for the first product market entry, and put up a quality control system. In 2017, they became a Board Member of the Federation of Icelandic Startup Companies and Chairman of the Board in 2022 for FKA – Félag Kvenna í Atvinnulífinu- FKA Suðurnes. In 2021, they were appointed Board Member of UN Women Ísland. In 2018, they became a Skólaráð at Háleitisskóla and in 2020, they were a Startup Mentor at AWE Iceland. Finally, in 2017, they were a Board Member of Nýsköpunarnefnd at FKA – Félag Kvenna í Atvinnulífinu.

GLOBAL WOMEN INVENTORS & INNOVATORS NETWORK

25th Annual Anniversary Conference, Study Visits & Gala Awards Ceremony

6 & 7 September 2023, Reykjavik, Iceland

UNDER THE THEME

WOMEN4SOLUTIONS & SUSTAINABILITY

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE – DIARY DATE

Conference & Showcase Harpa,

Welcome Evening Reception

Daytime Study Visits

Awards Gala Dinner Ceremony Gamla Bio,

SOME OF OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

& PRESENTERS

THE FIRST LADY OF ICELAND

H.E. ELIZA JEAN REID

AMBASSADORS’ ADDRESS

H.E. BRYONY MATHEW

ROYAL GUEST OF HONOUR

HRH (Dr) AMB. OLUSEGUN ADEREMI

SHEIKHA MARIAM BINT HAMAD AL KHALIFA

SPECIAL GUEST ADDRESS

JARTHRUDUR ASMUNDSDOTTIR

HONORABLE MINISTERIAL ADDRESS

ÁSLAUG ARNA SIGURBJÖRNSDÓTTIR

INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE

DR BOLA OLABISI FRSA

WELCOME ADDRESS

ELINORA INGA SIGURDARDOTTIR FRSA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR JANICE DENONCOURT

CHAIR, INDEPENDENT JUDGING PANEL

MARK SHEAHAN

MARGRÉT VILBORG BJARNADÓTTIR

HEKLA ARNADOTTIR

GUEST OF HONOUR

ALIREZA RASTIGAR,

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

HANNA BIRNA KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR

CHAIR OF PLENARY SESSION:

CAELIA BRYN-JACOBSON

DR NUHA ABUYOUSEF

TASNIM AL DAWUDI & SALMA AL SIDAIRI

GUDRUN S B FRANSDOTTIR

ANAND KANNAN

ALLISON MAGES

CHAIR OF PLENARY SESSION:

FERYAL ABDULLAH NASS FRSA

SHEIKHA NABILA SALMAN SABAH AL-SALEM AL-SABAH,

DR FRANCESCA GRIPPAUDO

THORBJÖRG JENSDOTTIR

Founder & CEO of IceMedico Ltd, Iceland

PROF. DR FAUZIAH AHMAD

KANE KRAMER

LILJA BJÖRK EINARSDÓTTIR

ENGR DR DAVID ABU OZIGI

ÅSA MAGNUSSON

OLAYINKA FAYOMI

CHAIR OF PLENARY SESSION:

ZANA S ASTON

ASTA RAAMI

BOSE AGBESANWA FRSA

PAULA GOULD

SAADIA LAKEHAL

MODERATOR

SUDHA SINGH

MODERATOR

PAULA BOLANLE SOFOWORA,

MADELEIN MKUNU

DR. JENNY LIND ELMACO FRSA

CO-CHAIR OF PLEANARY SESSION:

DR. HANAN EL BASHA

Founder, The Business Doctor & The Global Businesswomen | Senator – WBAF | Managing Director of Institute GCC| Empowering Business Strategist | Accredited SME Consultant, Egypt / Qatar

CO-CHAIR OF PLENARY SESSION:

RAGNHEIDUR MAGNUSDOTTIR

CASE STUDY:

SANDRA WHITTLE

MODERATOR:

EIJA PESSINEN

PEREZ OCHIENG

LAUFEY GUDMUNDSDOTTIR

FIDA ABU LIBDEH

SANDRA MJOLL JONSDOTTIR BUCH

GLOBAL WOMEN INVENTORS
& INNOVATORS NETWORK

25th Annual Anniversary
Conference, Study Visits & Gala Awards Ceremony

WOMEN4SOLUTIONS
& SUSTAINABILITY