WOMEN IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE 2007

WOMEN IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE 2007

APEC Digital Economy Workshop for Women

APEC WeBiz 2007 Singapore

Overview

DATE

Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007

TIME

9:00am – 5:30pm

VENUE

The Pine Club, 30 Stevens Road, Singapore

ORGANIZERS

APEC Women’s e-Biz Center

International Women Federation of Commerce and Industry (IWFCI)

Background

A single most important driving force in the today’s economy is women. As coined in their “Guide to

Womenomics,” the Economist argues that the future of the world economy lies increasingly in female

hands – perhaps the world’s most under-utilized resource. In order to channel the dynamism of e-Business

for social and economic good of women, APEC Women’s e-Biz Center and Asian Pacific Women’s

Information Network Center (APWINC) of Sookmyung Women’s University of Korea, International Women

Federation of Commerce and Industry Singapore are hosting The “APEC Digital Economy Workshop

for Women : APEC WeBiz 2007 in Singapore” on Nov 17, 2007. This WeBiz workshop is the

dissemination of “APEC Initiative on Women’s Participation in the Digital Economy”.

The goal of the APEC Initiative is to promote Internet-based commercial opportunities for women

entrepreneurs in APEC region. It has been pursued by carrying out the following four phases from 2005 to

2009 annually: 1) Research, 2) Capacity Building, 3) APWeBiz community building, and 4) Policy Forum.

Already in its third year since the inception, APEC Women’s e-Biz Training has been helping women

entrepreneurs and policy makers to build knowledge, skills and capacity in planning, building, managing

and protecting e-business through knowledge transfer and skills sessions, to create new business

opportunities through on/offline networking and ultimately expand women’s participation in digital economy

in Asia