Inclusive Futures: Partnering for Sustainable Innovation

Join us for the symposium for the Canadian Women-only Business Mission to Taiwan and Vietnam. CAPRI is proud to partner with the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada in bringing together women entrepreneurs, innovators, and thought leaders from Canada and Taiwan to promote and build gender-inclusive partnerships across the world.

Register now for the Taiwan symposium on November 18, kicking off the multi-day women’s trade mission with an afternoon of discussions on inclusive leadership, gender economic advancement, innovation, indigenous economies, and more.

Learn more about APF Canada’s 2024 Women-only Business Mission to Taiwan and Vietnam.

From left: Fanny Huang, Syaru Shirley Lin, Ito Peng, Ruth Vachon, and Maili Wong at the “Inclusive Futures: Partnering for Sustainable Innovation” symposium at National Taiwan University, November 18, 2024.

From left: Chief Trade Commissioner of Canada Sara Wilshaw, APF Canada Vice President Christine Nakamura, Syaru Shirley Lin, and University of Toronto Professor Ito Peng at the women in business roundtable hosted by APF Canada, November 19, 2024.

Time

Monday, November 18, 2024

1:30-5:15 PM

Location

Socrates Hall, National Taiwan University

GIS NTU Convention Center

No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 10617 Taiwan

Program

Welcome and introductions

Hsiao-Wei Yuan

Vice President for International Affairs, National Taiwan University

Jim Nickel

Executive Director, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei

Fireside Chat

Sara Wilshaw

Assistant Deputy Minister & Chief Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada

Christine Nakamura

Vice-President, Central Canada Office, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Panel 1: Inclusive Leadership Driving Gender Economic Advancement

Maili Wong

Executive Vice-President, Senior Portfolio Manager & Board Director Wellington-Altus Private Wealth (moderator)

Fanny Huang

President, Excellence Optoelectronics, Inc. (EOI) Group & Director, Women on Boards

Syaru Shirley Lin

Founder & Chair, Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRI)

Ito Peng

Director, Centre for Global Social Policy & Professor, Department of Sociology and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto