Deborah Leary OBE

WIEF 2011 Kazakhstan Speaking on Deploying Innovative Technologies

‘Deploying Innovative Technologies’ 

I had the honour of being asked to speak at WIEF for the second time in two years, initially speaking at the Businesswomen’s Forum in 2009 in Jakarta.

For 2011’s Forum I was invited to address the main conference, focussing on the issue of ‘Deploying Innovative Technologies’.  The presentation focusssed on the challenges of public private partnership in developing and exploiting technology globally.

During my time at the conference I had the opportunity to meet with some fantastic businesses. I am delighted to say I have found a new friend in a fantastic woman from Pakistan, Jehan who is President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA). www.jehanara.wordpress.com

It is always amazing what comes from a chance meeting.  Whilst standing in a coffee queue I bumped into Arif Zaman from the Commonwealth Business Council and during the course of chatting I mentioned the work I do with the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs.  So what happened from there…? Well the idea for the CommonWealth Businesswomen’s Network was born, with a soft launch following at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Perth, Australia as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October 2011.

For more info go to www.cbcglobal.org/programmes/details/commonwealth-businesswomens-network

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