Leading PR and Design Firm, Obai and Hill, announced the launch of “Women Power Summit” powered by Imtiaz for Her at a press conference, held on March 28th at Shaikh Isa Cultural Center. The summit is expected to be the largest summit for women leaders in the MENA region that will take place on Sunday, May 6th and on Monday, May 7th, 2018 at Shaikh Isa Cultural Center.
The Women Power Summit, powered by Imtiaz for Her, aims to showcase new opportunities for investment, partnership, and collaborations created by inspiring female entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors. The summit also aims to connect and form lasting relationships and highlight entrepreneurship as a means to address some of the most intractable global challenges. The summit will feature 100 international, regional and local influential women speakers and is expected to attract 500 female guests locally and regionally.
Speaking on the launch of the summit, Obai and Hill CEO Wafa AlObaidat stated “At Obai and Hill, our vision for Women Power Summit is to connect and empower women by providing them with access to a network and knowledge that can allow them to be innovative and successful, and to unleash their power to create positive change.”
Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company CEO Dr. Adel Hubail stated “We are pleased to provide our support for Women Power Summit through Imtiaz for Her. We want to provide a platform and the necessary tools that can encourage the next generation of female leaders to achieve their highest potential. The Women Power Summit is a valuable experience that will help empower women to lean in and take the lead.”
Featuring keynote conversations, panel discussions, one-on-one interviews and interstitial spotlights, the 2018 Women Power Summit brings together the voices and insights of a diverse range of female luminaries from the worlds of business, entertainment, and politics. Wide-ranging programming was designed to inspire action and fuel creative fires will span three core pillars: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation.
The international, regional and local key speakers participating at the Women Power Summit will provide mentorship sessions, speaking sessions, and workshops. Keynote speakers include Dr. Micheala Merk, marketing and retail expert, and Elissa Freiha, co-founder of Womena. Other speakers include Nada Alawi, co-founder of Annada, Kuwaiti Social Media icon Noha Nabil, Dr. Fatima Al Balooshi, the Former Minister of Social Development, Hala Al Moayyed, Vice Chairman at Almoayyed International Group and many more.
A Women Power Summit 5 km run has been confirmed in collaboration with Boost Bahrain which is set to take place in April 2018. In addition, 3BL Associates is pleased to announce the launch of its Diversity on Board initiative at the Women Power Summit, with its first group of women on the platform to be appointed at the summit.
The key strategic partner of the summit is Tamkeen, with KPMG Fakhro as the Strategic Consulting Partner, The Domain Hotel and Spa as the official Hotel Partner, Al Ayam Media Group as the Strategic Media Partner; Woman This Month as the official Preview Media Partner. The summit has also received support from Partners that span across a diverse range of companies and startups from different industries such as Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Boost Bahrain, Startup MGZN, Gud Juju, Brinc, SME Society, Careem, Powerup Magazine, C5 Accelerate, Majra, PayTabs, Space 340 and Manama Hub amongst others.
Registration for Women Power Summit powered by Imtiaz for Her is now open and available on the summit’s official website http://www.womenpower-summit.com/ with an early bird discount offer of 70 USD for two days, and is open to both female and male attendees.