8:30am     Registration and Welcome coffee
9:30am     Welcome Address: Y Bhg Datuk Faizah Mohd Tahir, Secretary General, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development

9:40am     Keynote Address
Putting Women at the Heart of DevelopmentYB Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Malaysia

10:10am   MERDEKA MOMENTS - A COMPELLING CONVERSATION ON MALAYSIAN WOMEN• Ar. Nafisah Radin, Principal of NR Architect and NR Interior Design
• Anusoorya Themudu, Director of Human Resources, GE Malaysia
10:30am    Panel session 1
Moderated by Datuk Rafiah Salim, Vice Chancellor, Universiti Malaya
Are Women Giving up too Much?
Adapting work environments to retain female expertise and experience
• Leslie Bennetts, author of ‘The Feminine Mistake’ and contributing editor to Vanity Fair, USA
• Barbara Holmes, Director of Managing Work/Life Balance International, Australia
• Josefine van Zanten, Head of Diversity & Inclusiveness, Shell International, The Netherlands
11.30am      Q & A
1:00pm       LUNCH
2:00pm       Panel session II
Moderated by Prof. Dato’ Dr. Sharifah Hapsah, Vice Chancellor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Rocking the Cradle, Ruling the World
Succeeding at home and at work
• Chong Sheau Ching, Founder and Executive Director of eHomemakers
• Helen Read, Managing Director of Ms Read boutiques
• Dr Kamal Jit Singh, Regional Director, British Telecom Multimedia Malaysia (BTMM)

2.45pm      Q & A

3.30pm      The Summit (roundtable session) and Learning Labs
WOMEN’S SUMMIT ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Focus group reports
• Private corporations
• Public sector
• Entrepreneurs
• NGOs
Discussion of main findings

LEARNING LABS
• Money for Life – Financial Planning and Access to Funding – Facilitated by Citigroup
• Nurturing Innovation – Global Innovation Research Centre
• Completely at Home with Work: Bringing Down the Borders Between Work and Home
– Barbara Holmes, Managing Work/Life Balance
• Communicating with Confidence - facilitated by Jonathan Kohn, Head of Human Resources, Shell Malaysia

6:00 pm End of Summit