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Tough Conversations : 10.00am - 12.00pm (MYT)

Your Rights When Dealing with Sexual Harassment

Izza Izelan

Executive Director : WOMEN:girls

The Vice President at WOMEN:girls, an NGO that focuses on the development and progress among women to be role models, as well as building girls to become change-makers in their communities.

Aliya Danzeisen

Allyn “Aliya” Danzeisen Is the National Coordinator of the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand has played a key advocacy role in getting support for the Kiwi Muslim community. Aliya also founded and leads WOWMA, a youth programme for Muslim females in the Waikato, which has been identified as best practices nationally and internationally.

Sumitra Visvanathan

As Executive Director at Women's Aid Organisation, Sumitra Visvanathan builds on years of experience running humanitarian operations around the world. Together with #teamWAO, she is working to build safe communities across Malaysia, to eliminate violence and discrimination against women and children.

Natalie Hussain

A journalist turned TV host currently attached to R.AGE, the international award-winning investigative team of Star Media Group. She works alongside multimedia journalists and production crew of E! News Malaysia, TV 3.

Tough Conversations : 10.00am - 12.00pm (MYT)

Sustainable Mental Health in Leadership

Tehmina Kaoosji

An independent broadcast journalist, gender activist, and media personality. Her work focuses on economics, politics and social justice.

YAM Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Iman

YAM Tengku Puteri Iman plays an active role in raising mental health awareness nationally and globally. She was appointed the International patron of World Mental Health Day in 2020 by WHO (World Health Organization), the Royal Patron of the National Coalition for Mental Wellbeing, and Co-Founder and President of her own initiative, Green Ribbon Group.

Datuk Nicol Ann David

A world renowned squash athlete, the first to win 8 World Open Squash Championships, the first recipient of the Order of Merit, Malaysia’s UN Development Goodwill Ambassador, and most recently crowned World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time!.

Dr. Amalina Bakri

Dr Amalina Bakri is a General Surgeon (Specialist Trainee) and a Clinical Research Fellow at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London. She is currently doing a PhD in surgical innovation and breast cancer

Tough Conversations : 10.00am - 12.00pm (MYT)

Empowering Empathic Leadership

Raja Sarina Iskandar

Freelance Writer, Blogger, and Public Speaker on Issues surrounding spirituality, Mental Health and Personal Development

Mana Forbes

Mana is a prominent Maori Chief and Leader. He is heavily involved in the development of indigenous education in Australia, the US, and Canada. His professional experience spans across education, technology, governance, and relationship building.

Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood

Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah is a renowned humanitarian locally and internationally. She is the Founder of MERCY Malaysia, the current Special Advisory on Public Health for our Prime Minister. She has received numerous awards for her contribution to civil society and her work in support of marginalised communities around the world

Ainie Haziqah

Ainie is a champion of many causes, notably in the women empowerment sphere, social and community development, family law, and volunteerism. She founded the Wanita Muda Negara NGO, is the President of Girl2Leader Malaysia, and Co-Founder of Happy Bank Crew

Tough Conversations : 10.00am - 12.00pm (MYT)

Raising Confident Men in an Equitable World

Hamman Azram

Amirun Hamman is a Bait Al Amanah Analyst. During his time in university, he was the Program Manager for “Re:Action, Youth Engaged”, a public debate series involving youths and politicians, public figures, and academicians organised by IIUM World Debate and Oratory Centre in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Astro AWANI. 

Dato’ Latt Shariman Abdullah

Dato’ Latt Shariman has extensive experience in the corporate, public service and administration field. He is Vice President (Southeast Asia) of the Global Leadership Institute based in Washington D.C, USA. He is also the Founding President of the Malaysian eSports Federation (MeSF/ ESM) and was a National Committee member of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society. Dato’ Latt is an honourable member of the Council of Justices of Peace (JP) of Kedah.

Izzana Salleh

Izzana works extensively in the women empowerment sphere. She co-founded Project Girls for Girls and is a Board Member of Lean In Malaysia and TalentCorp. Her professional experience lies in management, public policy, and start-ups. She finds true fulfillment in empowering young girls to see their true potential.

Azran Osman Rani

Azran Osman-Rani builds disruptive businesses that challenge the status quo. His latest venture, Naluri, is a digital health therapeutics company that uses AI to augment professional care for chronic diseases and mental health, to make care more accessible and affordable for all. He is also currently an Industry Advisory Board member at International Medical University and the Sunway University Business School.
Prior to Naluri, Azran served as CEO at some of the region’s most prominent companies, including iflix Malaysia, a streaming service for emerging markets, and AirAsia X, a leading long-haul low-cost airline

Growth Tools: 12.15pm - 2.15pm (MYT)

Action Oriented Leadership: Insights and Tools for Young Leaders

Tengku Nur Qistina

Tengku Qistina focuses on women and gender issues. She writes on domestic violence, women’s policies and women’s empowerment. She infuses her passion for social work and women’s empowerment through the Network she founded, Network of Women in Foreign Affairs and Security (WISEA) that gathers and convenes women and girls working in security. She first joined ISIS Malaysia as a Researcher in September 2016.

Brune Poirson

Brune Poirson is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) and served as Secretary of State to the Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 2017 until 2020.

Dato’ Sri Nancy Shukri

YB Dato’ Sri Nancy Shukri is a Malaysian Politician. She served as the Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture under  Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and is a Member of Parliament (MP) For Batang Sadong.

Nadiah Wan

Nadiah Wan is the Group Chief Executive Officer of TMC Life Sciences (TMCLS) and was appointed Executive Director of TMCLS in February 2019. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara since June 2017.

Growth Tools : 12.15pm - 2.15pm (MYT)

Mentor Hunting: Getting Ahead of the Game

Alia Ainuddin

Alia is the co-Lead for the Lean In Career Programme and hopes to help women be the best version of themselves through every phase of their career.

Surina Shukri

Surina Shukri has experience across a diverse range of companies. including global multinationals, middle market companies and startups across the financial services, natural resources and technology sectors. She spent most of her professional career in the United States as an investment banker, strategist and leader at JPMorgan Chase &Co. Today, helming MDEC, she’s committed to leading Malaysia’s digital economy forward.

Senthil Balan

Senthil is currently on the board of advisors of Lean In Malaysia. His corporate experience includes stints in various industries incl telecommunication, ride sharing, aviation and Pay-TV, in a variety of strategy & revenue oversight roles. He has also held regional management roles in Uber and AirAsia Group.

Zalina Jamaluddin

With 20 years of diverse experience, Zalina’s first love is Oil & Gas (ExxonMobil and Talisman Energy) and did national service in MPRC under PEMANDU. She is now in her “second act” in the Business Education industry, where she is the Chief Business Development Officer at the Asia School of Business. When inspiration strikes, she also blogs at zalina-canvas.com

Growth Tools : 12.15pm - 2.15pm (MYT)

Effective Communications & Negotiations in Leadership

Davina Devarajan

Davina has experience in digital campaigning and strategy and serves as the Lead for Strategy and Funding for Project G4G Malaysia. She is also the Founder of Women For Refugees. - an NGO that works on building economic benefits for refugee women.

Tan Sri Rebecca Sta Maria

Tan Sri Datuk Rebecca Sta Maria is the executive director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat based in Singapore where she advises and provides support for APEC’s 21 diverse member economies. Dr Sta Maria spent years as a top-level civil servant and trade negotiator in Malaysia. As Secretary-General of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry she oversaw the formulation of Malaysia’s positions in major agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. 

Sarah Chen

Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Sarah’s career spans across venture capital (VC) and innovation, in Asia and the US. She is Co-Founder of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, a global consortium of venture funds that have now pledged to invest and are actively deploying beyond $1 billion towards women-founded companies, to begin to address the venture investment gap where women founders receive less than 3% of total VC funding.

Shanti Jusnita Johari

Shanti Jusnita Johari is the Chief Marketing Officer of Telekom Malaysia, and is responsible for the overall strategy, transformation and management of TM brand & marketing, customer experience (CX) and Touchpoints. Shanti has completed Directorship Technical Training by MINDA in 2018, held a regional Board representation, Tune Talk Board membership and several Management Board roles throughout her career.

Growth Tools : 12.15pm - 2.15pm (MYT)

Why Is This Important For You, #MaleAllies and #GirlDad

Sylvia Pawa

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Sylvia Pawa is the current Ketua Wanita Muda Negara for the state of Sarawak, a local based NGO that aims to train young women towards leadership and decision making positions, strive for local policy matters and community welfare work.

Borisa Falatar

Borisa Falatar is an international official who ran as a candidate for the Croat seat of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2018 general elections. He was the lead candidate of Nasa Stranka, a social liberal and multi-ethnic party, and continues to fight for a more equitable world for his two amazing daughters and young son. 

Senator Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian

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An architect by profession, Senator Jaziri Alkaf graduated from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and pursued a career in managing local & international projects. After 14 years, he decided to return to Malaysia and design a program, My Prodigy Global, to impact the nation’s development

Ustaz Mizi Wahid

Mizi Wahid is the CEO of Safinah Institute, an Islamic Education centre which began in 2009 in Singapore. Mizi Wahid served on the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore in the Mufti Department before embarking on the entrepreneurial journey to conduct islamic courses for all age groups. Mizi Wahid resides in Singapore with his spouse and is a proud father to four children.

Walking The Talk : 2.30pm - 4.30pm (MYT)

Engaging the Next Generation

Simraatraj Kaur Dhillon

Simraat is the current Secretary of the IIUM English Debate Club and is embarking on her journey to success through the power of learning. She is an aspiring law student with a passion to initiate change towards an equitable criminal justice system.

Tiara Jacquelina

Tiara Jacquelina is the Chief Dream-maker of the Enfiniti Creative Universe. Founder/Creator of Tiarasa Escapes Janda Baik and Enfiniti PLAY! Drama-Based Corporate Training.

Award-winning Entrepreneur, Producer, Director and Actor. Her Body of work spans over 20 years of constantly creating and pushing boundaries in film, musical theatre, arts education and most recently in tourism & hospitality. 

Dato' Prof. Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Professor Kamarulzaman is a Professor of Medicine & Infectious Diseases and was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya (2011-2020) and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Yale University, USA. She established the Centre of Excellence for Research on AIDS (CERiA) that conducts multi-disciplinary research on HIV ranging from clinical to public health and policy research. 

Alena Murang

Alena Murang is a Borneo -Dayak European living in Kuala Lumpur. She is one of the first women to play the “sape”, a lute instrument from Borneo traditionally reserved for male heirs. Alena has shared her music across 18 countries globally and featured a documentary on following her Europe & Taiwan music tour.

Walking The Talk : 2.30pm - 4.30pm (MYT)

How to Build Our Political Awareness

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Sarrah Salihan

Sarrah is the author and poet of two published books, both centred upon empowerment, passion and memory. She is also an undergraduate majoring in political science, and eager to join the political scene in Malaysia.

Shira Miller

Jamshed Kazi

Qyira Yusri

Shira is Chief Strategy Officer for Civic Nation, a social impact nonprofit leading initiatives to increase voter participation and civic engagement in the U.S. including Michelle Obama's When We All Vote. Previously Shira has served in various roles in the Obama White House and presidential campaign

Mr. Kazi is the Country Representative for Indonesia and Liaison to ASEAN at UN Women and possesses over 23 years of diverse field and senior management experience spanning across the globe in the fields of democratic governance, human rights, women’s empowerment.

Qyira is is the Education Director and Co-Founder of UNDI 18. Her work revolves largely around elevating the voices of the marginalised youth in Malaysia. Qyira has notable experience in nation-building, advocacy, and public policy.

Walking The Talk : 2.30pm - 4.30pm (MYT)

Womenomics: Opening Address

Prof. Muhammad Yunus

Professor Muhd. Yunus is a world renowned Bangladeshi social entrepreneur,  banker and civil society leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize for founding Grameen Bank and pioneering concepts of microcredits & microfinance. Today, Grameen Bank over 8.4 million members - 97% who are female since its inception.

Walking The Talk : 2.30pm - 4.30pm (MYT)

Womenomics: Why It Makes the Most Sense for Countries

Freda Liu

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Freda Liu is talented, quick witted and the most sought- after female professional speaker in Malaysia. Working with BFM 89.9, Freda has conducted over 5000 interviews with prominent names. She has authored five books and has a show which talks about women of leadership and female representation in society. 

His Excellency

Sandiaga Uno

His Excellency Sandiaga Uno is an Indonesian businessman, investor and politician who is the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, and was the Deputy Governor of Jakarta. He  coined the term “the power of emak-emak” for the campaign to increase the welfare of mothers and children in Indonesia.  

Allen Asiimwe

Allen is the Chief Technical Officer at TradeMark East Africa. In this role she is responsible for the technical delivery of TMEA’s entire project portfolio in infrastructure, trade environment, and business competitiveness, spanning 12 countries in the East, Horn and Southern Africa. Allen also oversees the Climate Change and Gender portfolios and leads collaboration with key stakeholders and development partners. She is also a Girls For Girls International Co-Founder. 

Aida Zunaidi

Aida Zunaidi is the co-founder of Ibupreneur, a social enterprise to empower financially dependent and vulnerable mothers to grow into micro-entrepreneurs.

Aida is also a Partner Business Manager in Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, specializing in technology solutions.

Walking The Talk : 2.30pm - 4.30pm (MYT)

How to Walk the "Positive Masculinity" Talk

Benedict Weerasena

Benedict Weerasena is an Economist at Bait Al-Amanah (House of Trust) researching and formulating economic development plans and policies, writing economic development reports and speeches for the former Chief Minister of Johor and working on various research reports including FELDA, Rural Rejuvenation Plan, Blue Economy, SIJORI and Higher Education.

Balarama Holness

Balarama Holness is the founder of an active lobby group "Montreal in Action," and was profiled by the CTV Television Network as "an inspirational view of a man confronting systemic racism.”

Balarama is also the former Canadian football safety winning the Grey Cup Championship with the Montreal Alouettes in 2010.

Shahril Hamdan

Shahril Hamdan is the Co-Founder of The Centre, a policy research think tank.

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His previous work includes serving for McKinsey and Company as a management consultant and Teach for Malaysia

Zhariff Afandi

Zhariff Afandi founded his own social venture company, The Zhariff Initiative, and opened Malaysia's first departmental store with focus on local and regional brands, LOKA Malaysia. He was also Group CMO of Elang Wah Group, and is a currently on the Board of Directors of Malaysian Food Bank, WADAH Malaysia, and is an ambassador for TN50 and UNICEF’s #thisability campaign. He was also appointed to the Council for National Productivity by MPC under Ministry of International Trade.