NORTH AMERICA SUMMIT

World Business Angels Investment Forum
An affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)

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17 February 2021, Wednesday

 

Conference Chair
Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, WBAF Country Director USA

 

Time Zone: GMT
 

 

12.50pm

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Welcome Speech:
Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, 
WBAF Country Director USA
 

12.55pm

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Opening Remarks:
Baybars Altuntas,
Executive Chairman World Business Angels Investment Forum

1pm

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Opening Remarks: 
Changing The World: Grand Visions and Small Steps

Dr. W. Scott Stornetta, 
WBAF USA, Chairman Advisory Board
 

1.15pm

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Roundtable 1:
Future Trends; Women on Boards & Their Role in Angel Investor Networks


Moderator: Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, WBAF Country Director USA


Speakers:

June Klein, CEO Technology & Marketing Ventures TMV, USA 
Loretta McCarthy, Managing Partner, Golden Seeds, USA

 

2pm

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Keynote Speech: Women Risking Greatly: Resilience, Rewards & Return Investment
Loree Sutton MD, 
Candidate for Mayor of New York City

 

2.15pm

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Roundtable 2:
Role of Women Entrepreneurship in Shaping Economic Recovery


Moderator: Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, WBAF Country Director USA

 

Speakers:

Carine De Meyere, CCO Women In Tech, Netherlands & US

Leslie Goldman, General Partner & Co-Founder of The Artemis Fund, USA

Marta Michelle Colon, Chief Executive Officer BG & Company, Puerto Rico & US
 

3pm

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Keynote Speech:
Building an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Post-Covid Era

Francis X. Suarez,
City of Miami Mayor, FL

 

3.15pm

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Roundtable 3:
Impact of Innovation and Digital Transformation on Entrepreneurship


Moderator: Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, WBAF Country Director USA


Speakers:

Cara LaPointe, Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy, USA
Donna Redel, Board Member New York Angels, Blockchain and Digital Assets Professor, USA 
Heather Leigh-Flannery, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ConsenSys Health, USA
 

4pm

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Plenary Session:
Moderator: Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, WBAF Country Director USA

 

Speakers:

Gerard Dache, Executive Director at Government Blockchain Association, USA
Impact of Blockchain on Digital Transformation      
 

Tim Draper, Headmaster, Draper University & Founding Partner Draper Associates, USA
Impact of Entrepreneurship on the Global Economy

 

 


 

4.30pm

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Keynote Speech: Angel Investors Lift Founders Ambitions
Kay Koplovitz, 
Co-Founder & Chairman, Springboard Enterprises and Founder USA Networks, USA

 

4.45pm

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Roundtable 4:
Increasing Role of Women Angel Investor Networks in the Global Economy


Moderator: Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, WBAF Country Director USA


Speakers:

Radhika Iyengar-Emens, Founding Partner StarChain Ventures & Managing Partner & Founder DoubleNova Group , USA 
Upasana Sharma, Founder and CEO Investor Quotient Canada
 

5.30pm

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Keynote Speech: Female Leadership and Innovation 
Brynne Kennedy, 
Former 2020 Candidate for US Congress, Founder and Member of Board of Directors Topia, USA

 

5.45am

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Closing Remarks: 
Robert Levin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, WBAF USA 
Building Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
 

6pm

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