PROGRAMME
BRICS Business Forum 2021
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Day 2: 17th August, 2021
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17th Aug 2021
4.00 PM – 5.00 PM
Session 4: BRICS Women’s Business Alliance – From Women Empowerment to Women Led Development – New Ideas, New Approaches
Auditorium 1
Empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps in the world of work are key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Women’s economic empowerment boosts productivity increases economic diversification and income equality, and thereby contributes towards higher economic growth and development of the country. Encouraging more women participation in economic activities can accelerate economic growth. An IMF study shows that measures to close the gender gap could lead to approximately 6.8% increase in GDP.
Role of businesses in closing the gender gap is extremely important. With one year into inception, the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance is now set to play an important role in furthering women empowerment, especially through several on-ground initiatives. The session will explore some new initiatives, ideas and suggestions towards greater Women Empowerment in BRICS countries. It will also provide a platform to showcase some of the successful programs and initiatives being undertaken in the BRICS countries towards women entrepreneurship and women development.
Chair and Moderator:
- Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals & Chairperson, BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (India)
Speakers:
- Ms Grazielle Parenti, Global VP Corporate Affairs, Reputation and Sustainability, BRF (Brazil)
- Ms Anna Nesterova, Chairperson of Board of Directors Global Rus Trade (Russia)
- Ms Chetna Sinha, Founder and Chairperson, Mann Deshi Bank (India)
- Ms TIAN Xiyan, General Manager, Alibaba Local Services (China)
- Ms Lebogang Zulu, CEO, AV Group of Companies (South Africa)
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17th August 2021
5.15 PM – 6.15 PM
Session 5: Re-imagining healthcare sector – Public Private Partnership for better health outcomes
Auditorium 2
The healthcare eco-system including health infrastructure, medical and pharmaceutical research, skilled workforce needs to be strengthened across all countries. The Covid-19 pandemic brought out the weak links in the health infrastructure and research space across countries. Prioritizing healthcare is now an extremely important agenda for economic prosperity of nations. New technologies and solutions will be extremely critical in managing better health outcomes going ahead. Bridging the healthcare gap requires active participation of public as well as private sector. Public-private partnerships could probably be a solution to comprehensively address the issues faced by the healthcare sector, by leveraging on strengths of each partner.
Chair and Moderator:
- Mr Pankaj Patel, Chairman, Zydus Cadila and Member, BRICS Business Council (India)
Speakers:
- Ms Janete Vaz, Co-Founder and President, Sabin Group(Brazil)
- Mr Anatoly Mosman, Director General, Velpharm (Russia)
- Dr. Devlina Chakravarty, Managing Director, Artemis Medicare Services Limited (India)
- Ms. XU Jingjing, Ph.D. Founder and Chairperson of Board, Meridian Medical Network Corp.(China)
- Dr. Stavros Nicolaou, Group Senior Executive, Aspen Pharmacare (South Africa)
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17th Aug 2021 4.00 PM – 5.00 PM
Session 4: BRICS Women’s Business Alliance – From Women Empowerment to Women Led Development – New Ideas, New Approaches
Auditorium 1
Empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps in the world of work are key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Women’s economic empowerment boosts productivity increases economic diversification and income equality, and thereby contributes towards higher economic growth and development of the country. Encouraging more women participation in economic activities can accelerate economic growth. An IMF study shows that measures to close the gender gap could lead to approximately 6.8% increase in GDP.
Role of businesses in closing the gender gap is extremely important. With one year into inception, the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance is now set to play an important role in furthering women empowerment, especially through several on-ground initiatives. The session will explore some new initiatives, ideas and suggestions towards greater Women Empowerment in BRICS countries. It will also provide a platform to showcase some of the successful programs and initiatives being undertaken in the BRICS countries towards women entrepreneurship and women development.
Chair and Moderator:- Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals & Chairperson, BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (India)
Speakers:- Ms Grazielle Parenti, Global VP Corporate Affairs, Reputation and Sustainability, BRF (Brazil)
- Ms Anna Nesterova, Chairperson of Board of Directors Global Rus Trade (Russia)
- Ms Chetna Sinha, Founder and Chairperson, Mann Deshi Bank (India)
- Ms TIAN Xiyan, General Manager, Alibaba Local Services (China)
- Ms Lebogang Zulu, CEO, AV Group of Companies (South Africa)
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17th August 2021 5.15 PM – 6.15 PM
Session 5: Re-imagining healthcare sector – Public Private Partnership for better health outcomes
Auditorium 2
The healthcare eco-system including health infrastructure, medical and pharmaceutical research, skilled workforce needs to be strengthened across all countries. The Covid-19 pandemic brought out the weak links in the health infrastructure and research space across countries. Prioritizing healthcare is now an extremely important agenda for economic prosperity of nations. New technologies and solutions will be extremely critical in managing better health outcomes going ahead. Bridging the healthcare gap requires active participation of public as well as private sector. Public-private partnerships could probably be a solution to comprehensively address the issues faced by the healthcare sector, by leveraging on strengths of each partner.
Chair and Moderator:- Mr Pankaj Patel, Chairman, Zydus Cadila and Member, BRICS Business Council (India)
Speakers:- Ms Janete Vaz, Co-Founder and President, Sabin Group(Brazil)
- Mr Anatoly Mosman, Director General, Velpharm (Russia)
- Dr. Devlina Chakravarty, Managing Director, Artemis Medicare Services Limited (India)
- Ms. XU Jingjing, Ph.D. Founder and Chairperson of Board, Meridian Medical Network Corp.(China)
- Dr. Stavros Nicolaou, Group Senior Executive, Aspen Pharmacare (South Africa)