GES 2017 Day 2 highlights: Ivanka Trump says technology a great driver of entrepreneurship, empowers women

Here are the highlights of the second day of the summit: 

7: 04 pm: Meet the youngest entrepreneur at GES 2017: 13-year- old app developer Hamish Finlayson has come from #Australia to showcase his gaming and awareness apps while on the ground in Hyderabad.

Meet the youngest #entrepreneur at #GES2017: 13-year- old app developer Hamish Finlayson has come from #Australia to showcase his gaming and awareness apps while on the ground in #Hyderabad. pic.twitter.com/6pWAk1WSpW

— GES2017 (@GES2017) November 29, 2017

7:00 pm: Here’s a list of the 5 things GES 2016 delegate Elsa Marie D’Silva and other GES alumni says are the keys to a successful experience at GES 2017:

1. Check out the agenda in advance
2. Practice how to present yourself and your ideas to others
3. Be open to the unexpected
4. Be brave and ask for what you need
5. Engage

5:05 pm: Ivanka Trump says, “The conference and summit were phenomenal. PM Modi and the cabinet members who were with him were incredibly warm and gracious. Was overall a very special experience.”

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5: 04 pm: Ivanka Trump visits Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, says it is just amazing to be here.

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5:03 pm: Manushi chhillar tells women entrepreneurs:” You don’t need to be Miss World to make a difference.” “Both men and women have to be treated equally, and men have to realize that. We have every reason to follow our dreams and be happy,” she said.

4:53 pm: It is my duty to give back to the society, Miss World Manushi Chhillar tells Ronnie Screwvala at GES 2017. She

Miss World Manushi Chhillar at GES 2017.

4:48 pm: Manushi Chhillar is about to share her views on women at work at GES 2017.

Miss World @ManushiChhillar is about to share her views on #WomenAtWork at #GES2017. Watch her LIVE here: https://t.co/LL9QPn1Y55 @MissWorldLtd pic.twitter.com/jM2YH2hJLC

— GES2017 (@GES2017) November 29, 2017

— GES2017 (@GES2017) November 29, 2017

4:15 pm: Miss World Manushi Chhillar has arrived at GES 2017.

3:50 pm: ICICI’s MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar said Private sector lender ICICI Bank is steering several initiatives such as ‘I work at home’ for women to promote entrepreneurship in the country. “We create a real working environment where they can work from home,” she said in Hyderabad at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

3:45 pm: Sports should become a culture in this country, Indian Tennis Ace Sania Mirza tells USCG Hyderabad Katherine Hadda on the sidelines of GES 2017. She said, “Empowerment also comes from entrepreneurship and GES 2017 showcases what women have been able to achieve.”

Sports should become a culture in this country, Indian Tennis Ace @MirzaSania tells @USCGHyderabad Katherine Hadda on the sidelines of #GES2017. @USAndHyderabad pic.twitter.com/WdN8ru9ssQ

— GES2017 (@GES2017) November 29, 2017

3:34 pm: Australian High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Bhutan Harinder Sidhu in a tweet expressed pleasure to attend GES 2017 in Hyderabad to support Australian and global innovation.

A pleasure to attend @GES2017 in Hyderabad to support Australian and global innovation. Congrats to @NITIAayog and @USAndIndia for an excellent event pic.twitter.com/NQYuZDhpMS

— Harinder Sidhu (@AusHCIndia) November 29, 2017

3:30 pm: Chef Vikas Khanna interacting with women entrepreneurs at GES.

Michelin starred chef @TheVikasKhanna interacting w/ #womentrepreneurs at #GES2017. pic.twitter.com/Tpd2A79OYF

— GES2017 (@GES2017) November 29, 2017

2.00 pm: 

Chairman @EsselGroup_, @subhashchandra & Actor @aditiraohydari discuss the future of cinema, at #GES2017! pic.twitter.com/VLgtDZrYZz

— NITI Aayog (@NITIAayog) November 29, 2017

01.00 pm: 

Young women entrepreneurs are leading change. Evelyn is an entrepreneur from Zambia who has created a platform of financial services that seeks to penetrate to every level of society, especially women pic.twitter.com/T0qNxO982O

— NITI Aayog (@NITIAayog) November 29, 2017

12.30 pm: As part of the plenary session a ‘Master Class: The Business of Winning at Sports Entrepreneurship’ was moderated by Cricket commentator and journalist Harsha Bhogle.

The beginning is always tough but one has to keep pushing themselves & their boundaries: Chief National Coach of Indian Badminton team, P. Gopichand at #GES2017 pic.twitter.com/JaKzrNehwO

— NITI Aayog (@NITIAayog) November 29, 2017

12.00 pm: 

At the heart of any sport is the number of people playing it. Therefore it is essential that more women join sport: @bhogleharsha at #GES2017 pic.twitter.com/QRJPvVdrGT

— NITI Aayog (@NITIAayog) November 29, 2017

11.30 am: “Having diversity is better business. It’s therefore a fiscal responsibility of businesses to their shareholders to balance the gender gap in the labour force,” Ivanka Trump said.

11.10 am: 

The Innovation Showcase is one of the highlights of #GES2017. DIPP Secretary @rabhishek1982 provides a walkthrough to present these innovations from some of India’s brightest minds. @CimGOI @makeinindia @startupindia @amitabhk87 @investindia @crchaudharymos pic.twitter.com/Wt0TYQwT4R

— DIPP India (@DIPPGOI) November 29, 2017

11.05 am: 

“India has one of the lowest rates of female labour force participation in the world. This is a huge potential gap.” @GES2017 pic.twitter.com/dnDa5bA79U

— Cherie Blair Fndn (@CherieBlairFndn) November 29, 2017

11.00 am: 

The Pitching competition at #GES2017 is on! The judges are grilling! Gr8 entrepreneurial energy! pic.twitter.com/MYjd17JeJ6

— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) November 29, 2017

10.55 am: Ivanka Trump reiterated the importance of technology in today’s world, saying, “Technology is a great driver of entrepreneurship because it emboldens women to start their own businesses, reduces barriers to starting new businesses, and creates flexibility for the modern working family.”

10.50 am: Karen Quintos, winner of working mother of the year 2012, spoke about Dell’s initiatives to support women into leadership roles at Dell and said that women must be confident in themselves and their capabilities. She furthe advised women to ‘stay the course’ when things get difficult on their road to success during remarks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit plenary session.

10.45 am: Talking about the important roles women play in their everyday lives, Ivanka Trump said, “Every woman is a working woman whether at home or at work.”

Ivanka Trump, ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar & Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao at Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad.
(Source: Twitter/@GES2017)

10.40 am: She, however, also highlighted the rise of Indian women in the economic sphere in recent times, saying, “India’s economic structure is changing to allow women to start their own careers – now we have more female sports stars, pilots, navy, ministers, bankers.”

10.35 am: In the Indian context, Chanda Kochhar said, “Not even 25 per cent of graduate women (in India) participate in the workforce.”

10.30 am: Quintos also talked about the need for more women to join STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) related profession. “We need to see more women in STEM related jobs,” she said. Voicing similar concerns, Ivanka Trump said, “We need to get more men in women-related work fields and more women in work fields such as STEM.”

10.27 am: Talking about the merits of inculcating various ideas into a business, Karen Quintos said, “Business outcomes are great when you have diverse thinking.”

10.25 am: “If you educate a woman you educate a generation,” Chanda Kochhar said.

10.20 am: “Having equal gender representation is a financial positive to businesses today besides being a social responsibility,” Ivanka Trump said.

10.15 am: Bringing up the issue of prejudices inherent in the society, Dell EMC, Chief Customer Officer, Karen Quiontos said, “The biases that exist in society have to be addressed, and men need to be a part of that conversation. Business outcomes are great when you have diverse thinking.”

Karen Quintos (Source: Twitter/@GES2017)

10.10 am: Cherie Blair talked about the need for women to build confidence in themselves. “Women need the 3C’s Confidence, Capabilities, access to Capital…Men need to understand that women are their equals,” she said.

10.05 am: Ivanka Trump also brought up the issue of building and adopting polices for the modern working family. “We need policy that supports the modern working family,” she said.

10.00 am: Stressing on the need to create an environment which empowers women, Chanda Kochhar said, “We don’t have special policies for women. But we focus on creating a work environment for women, so they feel confident that its on the basis of their merit they rise.” She further talked about the factors that ensure and encourage female participation in a workplace and said, “It’s the desire, support and ecosystem of the organisation where women work that will help them break the glass ceiling. Recognition of work keeps us going.”

Chanda Kochhar (Source: Twitter/@GES2017)

9.50 am: “Excited about the work we are doing internationally to create opportunity for the entrepreneurs,” Ivanka Trump said.

9.45 am: “Women make up half of the world’s population. Need to think of these issues not as women’s issues but human issues,” said Ivanka.

9.40 am: “If we get to do anything in this world, we’ll do something about men… Men need to understand that women do face obstacles,” said Cherie Blair, founder of Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, CBE, QC.

Cherie Blair (Source: Twitter/@GES2017)

9.30 am: Ivanka Trump addresses the plenary session on the topic ‘We Can Do It! Innovations in Workforce Development and Skills Training’, which is being moderated by Minister for IT E&C KT Rama Rao and also attended by ICICI Bank, Managing Director and CEO, Chanda Kochhar, Cherie Blaire, and Karen Quintos.

9.15 am: PM Modi, stressing on the significance of the summit which focuses on women empowerment, said on Tuesday, ” “The theme, ‘women first, prosperity for all’ makes this edition of GSE stand out. In Indian mythology, woman is an incarnation of Shakti- the Goddess of power, we believe women empowerment is vital to our development.”

9.00 am: The opening ceremony of the summit was addressed by Advisor to US President Donald Trump Ivanka Trump, who praised Modi for his leadership saying, “What you are achieving here is truly extraordinary, from your childhood selling tea to your election as India’s Prime Minister, you’ve proven that transformational change is possible.” Ivanka, who is leading a high-level delegation of American women entrepreneurs, is in India for the three-day summit.

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