Host: The Arab International Women’s Forum
Title: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in tech/AI and the digital economy
Date: 10 May 2023
Speaker: Elena Sinel, Founder & CEO of Teens in AI
Event: Conference held at Royal Academy of Engineering, London
Haifa Al Kaylani, President & Founder of The Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF) hosted the Conference.
Teens in AI Founder & CEO, Elena Sinel, was invited to speak on “Mainstreaming Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in tech/AI entrepreneurship and the digital economy” in Session 2 chaired Dr Loubna Bouarfa, (Machine learning scientist and founder CEO of OKRA.AI and Advisory Board Member, Oxford Internet Institute), where they examined new opportunities for women innovators in tech/AI entrepreneurship and the digital economy.
Ahead of the UAE hosting the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 later in 2023, the Arab International Women’s Forum and the Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy platform (WiSER, an initiative of Masdar) joined forces to champion women’s collective spirit for innovation at this major Conference.
Many of the core COP28 topics underpinned the programme and recurred throughout the day’s discussions: capacity-building, climate finance, climate technology, cooperative action on the SDGs, education, youth, gender and innovation.
The conference was attended by 120 senior and emerging women leaders working in government, the international institutions, ESG, STEM, finance, business, entrepreneurship and civil society.
Other speakers included those from The World Bank, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Dell Technologies, the UK Department for Business & Trade, the World Energy Council and The Royal University for Women in Bahrain.
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