08:30 Registration and welcome. Coffee
09:00 Presentation of the participants and the agenda
09:15 Keynote Speech
Ms. Taina BOFFERDING (to be confirmed), Minister of Equality between Women and Men, Luxembourg
09:35 New Corporate Governance: the Board as a directing and controlling team
Prof. Dr. Martin HILB, Managing Partner of the International Center for Corporate Governance, University St. Gallen/Switzerland
10:50 Coffee break
11:15 Legal framework of corporate governance
Ms. Monique BACHNER, Bachner Legal, Luxembourg
12:00 Getting women on Boards
Ms. Monique BACHNER, Bachner Legal, Luxembourg
13:00 Lunch and networking
14:15 Learnings from other countries: best practices, challenges and success recipes for leading women
Ms. Monika CHAUHAN-STOK, Managing Director, Crossroads Global , London, United Kingdom
Ms. Sandrine DE VUYST, Head of Private Banking, ING, Luxembourg
Ms. Hanna PRI-ZAN, Independent Director, Tel Aviv, Israel
15:15 The support of a cross-mentoring program for women on Board of Directors
Katia CIESIELSKA, Independent Director, Luxembourg
15:45 Coffee break
16:15 Next steps –strategic action plan for the seminar participants and closing discussion in the plenum
Ms. Rita KNOTT, Director of the International FEMALE BOARD POOL Initiative, Bereldange, Luxembourg
17:00 End of the Female Board Pool Seminar