The Atlantic Council’s empowerME Initiative in partnership with the US Mission to Saudi Arabia, the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia’s Women in Business Committee, and Quantum Leaps held a hybrid workshop on Wednesday, October 13th from 9:00-10:30 am ET/4:00-5:30 pm KSA. This workshop was part of a new program aimed at igniting women’s entrepreneurship and innovation in Saudi Arabia by bringing US entrepreneurs, experts, and business leaders together with Saudi counterparts to build relationships, share knowledge, and develop partnership opportunities.

Keynote speaker

Penelope Naas
President for International Public Affairs and Sustainability
UPS

Featuring

Derya Matras
Vice President for the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey
Facebook

Tamer Mosalam
Vice President and General Manager for GCC-Levant Foods
PepsiCo

Dina Sidani
Chief Innovation Officer
Chalhoub Group

Moderated by

Amjad Ahmad
Director, empowerME, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
Atlantic Council

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empowerME at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East is shaping solutions to empower entrepreneurs, women, and youth and building coalitions of public and private partnerships to drive regional economic integration, prosperity, and job creation.

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