Women’s Leadership Workshop
Empowering Women in Radiocommunications negotiations
Sunday, 1 November 2015, ITU Headquarter, ICT Discovery, Geneva
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Time
Activity
Facilitator
09.30 – 10.00
Arrival of workshop participants
10.00 – 10.10
Opening remarks by Mr François Rancy Director, ITU
Radiocommunication Bureau and Mr Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary
General and UNITAR Executive Director
10.10 – 10.15
Introduction by UNITAR and UN Women
10.15 – 10.45
Setting the stage
Tania DusseyCavassini
10.45 – 11.45
Breakout groups
Tania DusseyCavassini
11.45 – 12.30
Moderated Feedback Session
Tania DusseyCavassini
12.30 – 13.00
Lunch break (exercise: Influencing others)
13.00 – 14.30
Evaluating Leadership Style, Performance and
Success
14.30 – 15.30
Panel Discussion: Women’s Leadership in Technology (inspirational talks)
Moderator: Ms Doreen Bogdan Martin, Chief, Strategic Planning and
Membership ITU
15:30
Closing remarks by Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU
and certificates distribution
15.45 – 16.00
Workshop Evaluation and Concluding remarks
Tania DusseyCavassini
Tania DusseyCavassini
Women’s Leadership Programme, Leadership workshop, WRC | 2015
Panel Discussion: Women’s Leadership in Technology
The final session of the Workshop will be dedicated to a panel discussion, aiming to highlight
the experience of leading women from science and technology fields. The panel will consist of
a keynote address from each panel member, followed by an interactive dialogue with the
female delegates participating in the workshop.
Keynote Speakers for the panel discussion:

H.E. Ms Yvette Stevens, Ambassador of Sierra Leone

Dr Elena Manaenkova,
Assistant Secretary-General, World Meteorological
Organization

Dr Veena Rawat, Senior Spectrum Advisor, Government and Regulatory Affairs GSMA

Dr Whitney Lohmeyer, Communications Systems and Regulatory Engineer, OneWeb

Ms Julie N. Zoller, Senior Deputy Coordinator and Director of Multilateral Affairs, U.S.
Department of State, former ITU RRB Member
Contact
For general queries: gendergroup@itu.int
Ms Emily Fraser
Specialist, Multilateral Diplomacy Programme
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Palais des Nations – Geneva, Switzerland
Email: emily.fraser@unitar.org
Tel: +41 22 917 87 16
Ms Beatrice Pluchon
Head, Governing Bodies Secretariat
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Email: beatrice.pluchon@itu.int
Tel. + 41 22 730 6266
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