The Global Mentoring Walk is planned on 8th of March and if you have not registered yet, either as a mentor or as a mentee, you still have time to do so. The application deadline has been extended till 20th February!
The agenda of the day is looking interesting! We are excited to announce the speakers of the day.
GUEST SPEAKER Mérida Miller
Mérida is an entrepreneur and founder of Project Fearless, nominated to Top 25 Innovations in Education by the Blue Tulip Awards.
Having built a successful career in the apparel innovation design industry, Mérida Miller spent a lot of time working with people, understanding their motivations and their barriers and how to get the best out of them. In 2019 she founded Project Fearless, a non-profit in Amsterdam that creates after school programs for girls aged 9-14. The courses focus on girls sharing experiences where they can step out of their comfort zones, find their voice, and create an impact in their communities.
With Project Fearless, Mérida highlights how important it is to provide both a physical space and the right kind of empowering but supportive atmosphere for girls to get the most out of their experience.
This is about igniting and nurturing the kind of bold, brave, risk-taking, adventurous and confident individuals who can tackle what life throws at them and reach the top of any ladder they wish to climb.
In her presentation, Empowered Girls become Empowered Women, Mérida will highlight why the ages 9-14 are crucial when it comes to empowering and inspiring the next generation. And how Project Fearless is creating an impact through accessible role models, who are defining success for themselves, showing girls what is possible for their own futures.
PPW SPEAKER
Magdalena Sedek – PhD, Member of a European Women in EMEA Merck Life Science Steering Committee at Merck Group.
Our second speaker is Magdalena Sedek. Magda is an active member of the Polish Professional Women Association in the Netherlands. She mentors younger generation of professional women on daily basis. Magdalena is a part of the project team involved in the preparations of the Global Mentoring Walks in Amsterdam.
Apart from that, she also helps to shape the Life Science Women in Leadership program in Merck Group as a member of the EMEA Steering Committee.
In her presentation Empowering women: time to accelerate, she will give an overview of the current global gender gap status and its implications for the present and future.
Agenda of the day:
12:00 – 12:45 Registration and networking at De Veranda, Amstelveenseweg 764, 1081 JK Amsterdam
12:45 – 13:00 Welcome from PPW Board Member
13:00 – 13:45 Presentation by Magdalena Sedek
13:45 – 14:15 Presentation by Mérida Miller
14:15 – 14:30 Preparation for the walk
14:30 – 16:30 Global Mentoring Walk in Amsterdamse Bos
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap up and group picture
17:00 – 18:00 Networking
The Mentoring Walk is a global movement. In 2019, 185 walks were organized in 61 countries with over 14300 participants! Be part of it in 2020!
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