BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Berlin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80@agbc-munich.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220428T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220428T110000 DTSTAMP:20220427T144931Z URL:https://agbc-munich.com/events/transatlantic-innovation-week-2022-wome n-in-tech-how-diversity-fosters-sustainability-and-green-innovation SUMMARY:Transatlantic Innovation Week 2022: Women in Tech – How Diversity Fosters Sustainability and Green Innovation DESCRIPTION:                 \n\nThe United States and Europe are world leaders in technology and innovation. Female leaders serve as pivot al role models who show women and girls how exciting\, sustainable\, and d iverse the tech industry can be. Their success inspires generations of fem ale students from schools and universities alike to be bold\, to create\, to innovate\, and to consider careers in STEM.\n\nDespite the ongoing conv ersation about gender diversity and equality\, women in tech are still und errepresented\, underpaid\, and sometimes discriminated against within the industry. It is on all of us to inspire change.\n\nAs part of Transatlant ic Innovation Week 2022 and the Girl’s Day initiative\, this discussion provides a chance to ask prominent female leaders questions about their ca reers and how diversity\, equality\, and inclusion contribute to innovatio n and a more sustainable future – supporting our goal to reach climate n eutrality by 2050 and to make our planet cleaner for future generations.  The event is co-hosted by the American-German Business Club Munich e. V. and the U.S. Consulate General Munich.\n\nThe hybrid event will take plac e on Thursday\, April 28th\, from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel \, Berliner Str. 93\, 80805 Munich. The event will be held in English and German.\n\nPrerequisite for both in-person and virtual participation is a registration in advance.\n\nTo attend online please register via the follo wing link:\n\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q5fMgXgISWWidrej fOgcXA\n\nIf you have questions for the panelists\, you can submit them pr ior to the event via Slido.\n\nLink: https://app.sli.do/event/b55Lj3dQSu4w DAuHAJSM1W Code: #WomenInTech\n\nThe number of in-person participants is l imited. In-person registration is open only to AGBC members. For in-person participation\, the 2G regulation applies to this event. Please bring a p roof of full vaccination and/or recovery.\n\n\nTo attend in person\, pleas e register using the booking tool below.\n\nAgenda\n\nWelcome: Constanze S abathil\, President of the American-German Business Club Munich e. V. (AGB C)\n\nOpening Remarks:  Dr. Amy Gutmann\, U.S. Ambassador to Germany\n\nK eynote Speech: Judith Gerlach\, MdL\, Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs\n\nPanel Discussion and Q&\;A – “How Diversity in the Workp lace Helps Create a More Sustainable and Cleaner World Through Innovation and Technology” \n\n- Anna Kopp\, Chief Information Officer and Regional Office Lead Munich Headquarters\, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH\n\n- Heike K ammerer\, Head of the IBM Industry Lab for Government\, IBM Watson Center Munich\, IBM Deutschland GmbH\n\n- Christin Eisenschmid\, Managing Directo r\, Intel Germany GmbH\n\n- Moderation: Sabina Wolf\, BR\n\nSpeakers\n\nDr . Amy Gutmann\, U.S. Ambassador to Germany\n\n\n\nAmbassador Gutmann assum ed her position as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany in February 2022. She wa s previously the University of Pennsylvania’s longest serving President from 2004-2022. Dr. Gutmann was named by Fortune magazine in 2018 as one o f the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.” She was appointed in 2009 by Pr esident Obama to chair the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioeth ical Issues\, a role she held for seven years. Prior to her appointment at Penn\, Dr. Gutmann served as Provost at Princeton University\, where she was also the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics. She was Founding Director of the University Center for Human Values\, a multi disciplinary center for teaching\, scholarship\, and public discussion of ethics and human values. At Princeton\, she also served as Dean of the Fac ulty and was awarded the President’s Distinguished Teaching Award.\n\nJu dith Gerlach\, Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs\n\n\n\nJudith G erlach was appointed Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs in Novemb er 2018. At age 33\, the law-school graduate was the youngest-ever appoint ee as a Bavarian cabinet minister\, after already having become the younge st member elected to the Bavarian State Parliament in 2013. As State Minis ter\, she co-ordinates the digital measures taken by all Bavarian ministri es\, developing a future strategy for Bavaria as a top digital location. S he places special emphasis on promoting women in careers involving tech an d digital. With the goal in mind of attracting more women to take up a pro fession in the tech industry\, State Minister Gerlach launched the women's talent program "BayFiD - Bavaria's Women in Digital Professions" as one o f the digital ministry's first initiatives.\n\nAnna Kopp\, Chief Informati on Officer and Regional Office Lead Munich Headquarters\, Microsoft Deutsc hland GmbH\n\n\n\nAnna Kopp is Director IT at Microsoft Germany since 2015 and has been with the company since 2004. She was previously in a global role as Customer Satisfaction Lead for Advertising and Online Business. Be fore that she led the EMEA-wide mid-market sales organization responsible for revenue in 72 countries and carrying a 720 million Dollar target with an organization of 600 sellers. She started in the IT sector in 1993\, hav ing 29 years of experience in different roles\, from starting as a seller to now being a director. Anna Kopp is very engaged in the business communi ty and empowering women in business. She is\, for example\, co-chair of th e Women@Microsoft ERG Board. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Munich Business School as well as a Bavarian delegate to the Associat ion of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Digitalization committ ee. Anna Kopp originally comes from Sweden where she studied international communication at the University of Stockholm. She has been in Germany sin ce 1992. In 2020\, she was voted one of the most inspiring women in German y and has won several technology and industry as well as diversity and inc lusion awards. In 2019 she was listed among the top 50 technology influenc ers in Munich. She is dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion with a focus on strengthening women in the workplace.\n\nHeike Kammerer\, Indus try Lab Leader\, IBM Watson Center Munich\n\n\n\nHeike Kammerer is leading the Industry Lab in the IBM Watson Center. She and her international team work on industry-specific use cases to solve unique business challenges a round digitalization\, artificial intelligence\, and cloud. Since starting at IBM more than 30 years ago\, Heike was working in a variety of differe nt roles in the company\, including project manager\, manager\, and consul tant in various industries for various customers. She has a diploma in ele ctronics. She is also mother of two children and balances her challenging professional roles with her family life. Especially in her global role in the IBM Watson Center and in cooperation with colleagues from all over the world\, Heike experienced and has come to appreciate how cultural\, socia l\, and individual diversity can produce even more successful results. She is engaged in several activities and projects on women in tech and suppor ting STEM education for young women\, including FrauenInIT and female stud ent mentoring programs with TUM and LMU.\n\nChristin Eisenschmid\, Managin g Director\, Intel Germany GmbH\n\n\n\nChristin Eisenschmid is Managing Di rector of Intel Germany GmbH and Germany Country Manager. In this role she is responsible for establishing an operational framework and implementing a country strategy that is aligned with the strategies of Intel’s Busin ess Units and targeted to stimulate growth and drive innovation. Based in Munich\, Germany\, Eisenschmid joined Intel in 2011 with the acquisition o f Infineon Technologies’ wireless solutions business. Early on\, she ser ved as controller and senior director of finance for the Mobile and Commun ications Group and as managing director of Intel Mobile Communications Ltd . Her responsibilities included leading the transition of the business to Intel processes and systems\, as well as the integration of support functi ons in Intel’s corporate organization. Before joining Intel\, Eisenschmi d was vice president of finance and chief financial officer of the Wireles s Solutions Group at Infineon Technologies AG. Earlier in her career\, she was vice president of finance for Infineon’s global sales organization and director of Infineon’s supply chain. Eisenschmid holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Augsburg in Germany.\n\nModerat ors\n\nConstanze Sabathil\, President of the American-German Business Club Munich e. V.\n\n\n\nConstanze Sabathil has been passionate about the tran satlantic partnership and bringing people together for more than a decade. Her experience living in the United States for two years\, as well as wor king with Americans and other international expats in Munich further shape d her beliefs in the importance of German-American relations. After she re presented the LMU student body at a “Save the Amerikahaus” rallye in 2 012 where she gave an enthusiastic speech\, she joined the American-German Business Club Munich e. V. (AGBC Munich). She has served on the board of AGBC Munich since 2018. In 2020\, she was elected the first female Preside nt of the society.\n\nSabina Wolf\, Journalist at Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR ) / ARD German Public Broadcasters\n\n\n\nSabina Wolf has been working as a journalist for the German public broadcasters ARD and Bayerischer Rundfu nk since 1993. Specialized in topics like financial and economic crime\, I T security\, cyber\, extremism and Islamism\, Sabina Wolf produces films\, radio reports\, and texts. The multiple award winner (ARD reports) modera tes conversations with representatives from business\, politics\, and with security authorities in German and English in front of and behind the cam era. She has won several awards\, including the "Journalistenpreis der Deu tschen Wirtschaft”\, "Bayerischer Fernsehpreis” and the German journal ist prize for informatics. CATEGORIES:Affiliated Events LOCATION:Marriott Hotel\, Berliner Str. 93\, München\, Bayern\, 80805\, Ba varia\, Germany GEO:48.174509;11.591194 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Berliner Str. 93\, München \, Bayern\, 80805\, Bavaria\, Germany;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Marriott Hotel:geo:48.174509,11.591194 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR