IN line with the celebrations for the International Women’s Month in March, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), together with the Asean Women Entrepreneurs’ Network (Awen), will bring together women from Asean member-states for a conference focused on technology and innovation.
The Steering Committee is composed of representatives from the DTI, Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Women’s Business Council of the Philippines (WomenBizPH), in coordination with the Asean National Organizing Council (NOC).
As part of the Asean Business and Investment Program led by the DTI, the event, tagged as “S.T.E.A.M. Ahead in Asean: A Forum for Women and Technology”, will be held on March 16 and 17 at the Microtel by Wyndham at the Mall of Asia in Manila. Delegates and speakers from the various Asean countries, with representatives from Google and UPS, are expected to be at the two-day event to give women more ideas about opportunities in careers centered on technology and innovation.
Studies have proven that women who pursue careers in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) are highly likely to earn 30-percent more income than in non-STEAM careers.
The DTI, as a prime advocate of advancement of tech-driven businesses in the country, leads the conference as part of its SLINGSHOT program that aims to help the growth and development of the start-up community in the Philippines.
The Awen is a working group in Asean composed of women entrepreneurs and associations working to promote women’s economic empowerment in the region. The Philippines currently chairs Awen, which has a network of almost a hundred organizations in the 10 Asean member-states.
Interested parties wanting to attend the two-day conference may log on to www.womenbiz.ph or www.dti.gov.ph.