For Maica Gil, founder of the San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum, the answer stems from being an immigrant and a woman. With the confluence of three continents — Europe, Latin America, and Africa — in her blood, Maica says bluntly that it would be nonsense to say anything against any other person or group, as she likely would fall into one of those buckets herself. This perspective of inclusivity is central to everything she does.

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The San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum serves as a bridge between entrepreneurs from Europe, America and Africa and presents a unique opportunity to support the ecosystem of regional entrepreneurship. It aims to give international visibility to projects and start-ups launched by women, university students and Canarian entrepreneurs, with the support of the Vice-Rector for Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employment of the ULPGC.

Attendance at the 2-day event is free, but you must register at Eventbrite and take the ticket to reserve a place because seating is limited. Do not stay without this opportunity.Register here

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Thursday May 10, 2018

09: 45h: Registration

10: 00h: Welcome: Mrs. Rosa Maria Batista Canino, Vice-Rector of Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employment of the ULPGC, Mr. Luis Padrón, General Director of Casa África, and Mrs. Maica Gil, Founder of the San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum (SFIWEF).

10: 20h: Fireside chat: “My experience with entrepreneurship”: Adi Abili: Managing Director of Accelerators at AngelHack, San Francisco, USA; and Carolina Huaranca: Principal at Kapor Capital, California, USA.

11: 00h: “The numbers are not my thing, can I start?”: Vanessa Marrero: Creator of the Emotional Financial Education system for dreamy and enthusiastic women. Expert in financial education, economist, consultant, trainer and coach.

11: 30h: COFFEE BREAK

12: 00h: “Entrepreneurs, women with a future”: María Bernarda Barrios, Jurist and President of Charter100 GC.

12: 30h: Roundtable: “Investing in the future: trends”: Maica Gil: Founder of the startup Heroikka. Founder of the San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum (SFIWEF); Adi Abili: Managing Director of Accelerators at AngelHack; and Carolina Huaranca: Principal at Kapor Capital.

13: 00h: “Effective communication workshop”: Lidia Monzón: Diploma in Social Graduate. Expert in Higher University Management. ULPGC staff Mentor, Communicator and Writer. Master in Emotional Intelligence for business. Expert in Mentoring.

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: CATERING AND NETWORKING

3:30 pm: “Entrepreneurship Boot Camp”: Adi Abili: Managing Director of Accelerators at AngelHack, San Francisco, California, USA. MS, Finance: School of Oriental and African Studies. At AngelHack Adi works directly with global startups providing support and startup mentorship and education to take ideas and make them into high-functioning startups while expanding the AngelHack brand through an ever-expanding network of advisors, investors, and mentors. She currently holds multiple board positions in Silicon Valley (Advisory Board for SXSW, Defy Ventures), and recently became a US Regional Director for Global Ecosystem Startup, a global virtual one-week accelerator.

17: 00h: “Investment workshop: how to get funding”: Carolina Huaranca: Principal at Kapor Capital. At Kapor Capital, Carolina focuses on identifying early-stage investments, evaluating those investments, and partnering with entrepreneurs to grow their companies. She is particularly interested in Future Work, People Operations Technology, and Education. Carolina is a graduate of Cornell University and was awarded the Konologie Fellowship at The Wharton School.

Friday May 11, 2018

10: 00h: Round table of graduates and entrepreneurs of the ULPGC with Maica Gil, founder of Heroikka.

11: 00h: “How to inspire and improve the skills and abilities of women in the business, political and social spheres”: Eva Serrano: Honorary Member of Women Leaders of the Americas, President of the Spanish Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Madrid ( ASEME) and vice president of the Business Confederation of Madrid (CEIM).

11: 30h: COFFEE BREAK

12:00: Round table: “Data protection, everything you need to know about the new European Data Protection Regulation”: Gonzalo del Castillo: Qualified US Lawyer, Data Protection Consultant in London; Evelyn Viera: University Expert in Computer Law and Judicial Expertise; Elena Meneses and Pino Kyri: Lawyers and Managing Partners in Consensus Advokat. Director of Rights and Guarantees of Charter100 GC.

12: 40h: “The skills of the future: learning the future”: Berta Lazaro: TeamLabs. Researcher at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Master of Urban Design by the University of Berkeley, Architect and Landscaper by ETSAUN. Berta is a Founding Partner of Teamlabs where the adventure begins due to her concern for alternative education methods and her experience with young people in processes of citizen participation.

13: 10h: “Heroikka, from initiative to startup”: Heroikka is an initiative that started little by little and has become the place where the most relevant feminine profiles of Silicon Valley are not lacking. It is a platform to discover, create and collaborate. In Heroikka there are no registration fees or obligations, but enthusiasm and willingness to share is expected. We unite women’s skills with projects led by women to create a greater impact. Heroikka has its initial base in San Francisco, but no borders are set, they have been part of the African Diaspora American Summit and Tech Inclusion.

13: 40h: “Closing of the conference”: Mrs. Rosa Maria Batista Canino: Vice-rector of Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employment of the ULPGC.

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Maica Gil, Co-Organizer of the San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum and Co-Founder of the California Spain Chamber of Commerce based in San Francisco; Irene Yang, Intellectual Property Litigator at K&L Gates and Isabel Arcones, Co-Founder at OnPublico #CitizenJournalism and partner at Inveready, specialized in the mobile industry, internet and social media sectors were the panelists in San Francisco.

On the other hand, the panelists in Islas Canarias included: Jimena Delgado-Taramona, Managing Director at Organization for the Economic Promotion of Gran Canaria (SPEGC); Carlos Diaz Santamaria, Project Analyst at SPEGC and Fabio Roman Arbelo, Manager of Incube (SPEGC).The participants were part of different start-ups, such as Woman-In, 8Exchange, iFound, Eagle Ship Hardening, ComparaDentistas and Catch’o Price.

At the end of the conference, the entrepreneurs that were representing the start-ups received a lot of tools and important information to help them manage in a better way their business ideas.

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The Heroikka projects. Create yours

The last day of Americas Summit took place in Runway, an incubator in the same building where the Twitter headquarters are located. It featured special panels and kept the focus on the role of women in technology.

One of the stars was the presentation of Heroikka , an initiative that began little by little and has become the place where there is no shortage of the most relevant female profiles of Silicon Valley.

“We make small changes that arouse more and more attention. You will share your superpowers. It is a platform to discover, create and collaborate, “said Maica Gil, a Canary who has been in the San Francisco Bay for 17 years, but maintains a global activity. His obsession is that more and more women assume projects or contribute to others.

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The San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum serves as a bridge between entrepreneurs from Europe, America and Africa and presents a unique opportunity to support the ecosystem of regional entrepreneurship. It aims to give international visibility to projects and start-ups launched by women, university students and Canarian entrepreneurs, with the support of the Vice-Rector for Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employment of the ULPGC.

Attendance at the 2-day event is free, but you must register at Eventbrite and take the ticket to reserve a place because seating is limited. Registration Link

Program

10: 30h: Registration

11: 00 h: Welcome: Mr. Rafael Robaina, Rector of the ULPGC, Ms. Rosa Maria Batista Canino, Vice – rector of Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employment of the ULPGC, Mr. Luis Padrón, General Director of Casa África, and Maica Gil, Founder of the San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum (SFIWEF).

11: 30h: “Communicate to lead”: María José Bayo, president of the Audiovisual Foundation of Andalusia and counselor at RTVA. Expert in Communication. Specialist in coolhunting, digital marketing and networks. Top 100 Women Leaders with the most talent and projection in Spain. Committee of the initiative “Women Leaders of the Americas”, promoted by the OAS.

12: 00h: “Social Entrepreneurship”: Maica Gil, Founder of the startup Heroikka. Founder of the San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum (SFIWEF). Director of the California-Spain Chamber of Commerce.

12: 30h: “Canarias Excelencia Tecnológica”: Judit Carrillo, President of the Cluster Canarias Excelencia Tecnológica.

13: 00h : “The challenge of cybersecurity”: Soledad Antelada, Cybersecurity Engineer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Founder of Girls Can Hack. Named among the 20 most influential Latinos in the technology industry in the US in 2016, by CNET.

13: 30h – 15: 00h: Catering and networking.

15 : 00h – 1 6 : 00h : Round table: “Challenges of female entrepreneurship around the world”:

Moderator: Pino Kyri. International lawyer. Co-founder of Consensus Advokat. Institutional Liason of SFIWEF. Director of Rights and Guarantees of Charter100 GC.

Participants:

– Patricia Cabrera and Pepi Nuez, Graduates in Business Administration and Management from the ULPGC and founders of the P & P Business Management microenterprise consultancy.

– Naira Regúlez, Founder of Tatoos.com and Community Manager of Asia Gardens, Hendrick’s Spain and Cointreau Spain.

– Diana Bordón, Founder of the startup Facialyogaplan.com.

– Evelyn Viera, university expert in Computer Law and Judicial Expertise. Collaborator in the Hackron 2017 with Enigmasec. Collaborator of the SFIWEF.

– Women Entrepreneurs of Miami, via Skype.

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10: 00h: “Inverse Mentoring”: María Jesús Alonso, Law Degree. President of International Business Women. Adviser to the European Commission in the promotion of women entrepreneurship. Senior Partner at RedQueen Ventures.

10:30 am : “Technological Entrepreneurship in Africa”: Nezha Larhrissi, Founder of eSTEM Morocco. Ambassador of Technovation Challenge and Techgirls. Counselor of the Ministry of the Environment in Morocco.

11: 00h: “Your brain, your biggest ally”: Lidia Monzón, Diploma in Social Graduate. Expert in Higher University Management. ULPGC staff Mentor, Communicator and Writer. Promoter of San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum.

11: 30h: “The importance of associationism in women”: María Bernarda Barrios, Jurist and President of Charter100 GC.

12: 00h: Breakfast and networking.

12: 30h: “Rising Pixel”: Daniela Arienti, TIC Solutions, Games and Web & App.

13: 00h: “Canary Islands as an interesting ecosystem to promote female entrepreneurship: innovation, digital transformation, talent and companies.”: Sonia Pagés, CEO of Hub For Africa. Director of the Club Canarias en Hora. Collaborator of the Center for Innovation and Business Development of the Canary Islands.

13: 30h: “Personal brand for warrior entrepreneurs”: Davinia de Vidania, Founder of the 4Talent program.

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All of the speakers were talented women who shared their business projects, initiatives and personal stories. The topics of this event included investment for entrepreneurs, diversity and inclusion, gender equality, e-commerce, among others. The most attended conference was the entrepreneurship boot camp and code basics lesson. At the end of the event, the audience received an excellent advice and mentorship through different tools and connections for their projects.

This Summit promoted Gran Canaria as a great entrepreneurship hub, with the collaboration and networking in all the workshops and roundtables, the participants could notice the available opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs in the city.

Speakers

• Melinda Briana Epler, Founder & CEO of Change Catalyst
• Almaz Negash, Founder, Africa Diaspora Network and Managing Director, Step Up Silicon Valley
• Maica Gil, San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum (SFIWEF), Heroikka
• Constanza Nieto, CEO of GaussSoft and Co-Founder Global Tech Bridge
• Karla Chaman Ruiz, Senior Communications Officer, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank
• Topyster Muga, Head of Airtel Money, Airtel Kenya
• Maria Jose Perez, Director, MET Community Spain
• Victoria Vera Gonzalez, Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Personalized Services, ICEX
• Karen Floyd, Intrahouse
• Beatriz Barrera, President of the Consortium of the Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC)
• Nacho Rodriguez, CoWorking Canarias
• Gonzalo Piernavieja, Technological Institute of the Canary Islands (ITC)
• Pino Kyri, Consensus Advokat, Institutional Liaison at SFIWEF
• Irene Bello, Alliance for Solidarity
• Raul Garcia, SPEGC
• Gaute Hagerup, Innovation Norway
• Virginia Santana Trujillo, Director, Paradise Hotels & Resorts
• Isabel Planells, Liaison at SFIWEF, Canary Islands
• Noelia Perez, B & M Sport Marketing
• Mercedes Sanagustin, YUZZ Program
• Nayra Quesada, Bicompatible
• Andr é Eidskrem, Intrahouse
• Berta Lazaro, TeamLabs
• Rahfeal Gordon
• Carmen Sanchez, Training People
• Diana Bordon, Facial Yoga Plan
• Alicia Sanchez, Upper
• Rosana Alvarez, elittoral SLNE
• Ida Vega, Somoson
• Nayra Iglesias, InOut Studio
• Esther Perez Verdu, Canary Islands 7
• Martin Mielke, IGT
• Nadejda Georgieva Bozukova, Country Manager at Kentech SLU
• Ramses Hair, UI / UX Dev Designer
• Nestor Rodriguez, Scaale Inc.
• Jimena Delgado-Taramona, Councilor, City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
• Kellye Rogers, Head of Product at Heroikka

Date & Location

May 26th – 09:30 to 19:00

@ Casa Africa – Calle Alfonso XIII, 5, 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
09:30 to15: 00

@ IncubeGC, GC Technology Park – Canary Islands Trade Fair Center, Av. De la Feria, num.1, (INFECAR) 35012 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
16:00 to 19:00

May 27th – 09:00 to 19:00

@ IncubeGC, GC Technology Park – Canary Islands Exhibition Center, Av.
De  la Feria, num. 1, (INFECAR) 35012 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Program

Thursday, May 26th, 2016

@ Casa Africa
09:30 Registration
09:45 Welcome (Casa Africa) Luis Padrón
09:55 Welcome – Maica Gil, SFIWEF

Solo talks: Supporting an innovation ecosystem
10:05 ZEC – Beatriz Barrera
10:15 ICEX – Victoria Vera
10:25 ITC (Gonzalo Piernavieja)
10:35 Almudena Moreno (Alliance for Solidarity)
10:45 SPEGC
10:55 Chamber of Commerce of Las Palmas – Paloma Bretones
11:05 Nadejda Georgieva Bozukova

11:10 Topyster Muga
11:20 Andr é  Eidskrem, Intrahouse
11:30 Coffe break – Networking
12:00 Almaz Negash
12:20 Jimena Delgado-Taramona
12:30 Maica Gil 12:40 Panel- How can institutions support entrepreneurship: Almaz Negash , Beatriz Barrera, Melinda Epler. Moderated by Karla Chaman (International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank) 13:10 Maria Jose Perez – MET Community Spain 13:20 Melinda Epler
13:30 Constanza Nieto

@ SPEGC / IncubeGC

Workshops / Workshops
16:00 Internationalization vs. Localization – Constanza Nieto
16:30 Electronic Markets – Victoria Vera Gonzalez, ICEX
17:00 Entrepreneurs bootcamp Part 1 – Melinda Epler
18:00 Business and Human Rights – Irene Bello

Friday, May 27th, 2016

@ SPEGC / IncubeGC
Workshops / Workshops
09:00 Entrepreneurs bootcamp Part 2 – Melinda Epler
09:00 High performance teams – Berta Lazaro
09:30 Registration and welcome  
09:45 Keynote Speaker – Karla Chaman, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank
10: 00 Panel – Increasing access to capital: Karla Chaman, Maica Gil, Melinda Epler, Constanza Nieto
10:30 Fire Chat: Myths about Entrepreneurship – Almaz Negash & Maica Gil
11:00 Break

My story: Life as an entrepreneur, professional, innovator …
11:15 Isabel Planells, SFIWEF liaison
11:30 Karen Floyd, Intrahouse
11:45 Being freelance after presbyopia – Mercedes Sanagustin, program YUZZ
12:00 Nayra Quesada, Bicompatible
12: 15 Nayra Iglesias, InOut Studio
12:30 Fire Chat: Coworking spaces – Octavio Suarez, Nacho Rodriguez, Esther Perez Verdu
13:00 Noelia Pérez – B & M Sport Marketing

Workshop / Workshop
13: 00-14: 00 Code Basics – Isabel Planells, Liaison at SFIWEF

13:15 Innovation Norway (Gaute Hagerup)   13:30 Rahfeal Gordon (via skype) 13:45 Rosana Alvarez, elite SLNE 14:00 Lunch break15:00 Panel – Entrepreneurship ecosystems across the globe – Almaz Negash, Melinda Epler, Maica Gil , Topyster Muga. 15:30 Kellye Rogers, Heroikka 15:45 Diana Bordon,  Facial Yoga Plan 16:00 Berta Lázaro, Teamlabs 16:15 Alicia Sánchez, Upper 16:30 Alicia Castillo Holley (via Skype) 4:45 Break 17:00 Virginia Santana Trujillo , Paradise Hotels & Resorts
17:10 Ramses Hair

17:20 Nestor Rodriguez
17:30 Fire Chat: Cybercrime, protect your data – Pino Kyri (CONSENSUS Advokat), & Martin Mielke
(IT Consultant & Systems Architect at rsysadmin.com).
18:00 Panel – Women in Technology: Opportunities and trends – Karen Floyd, Ida Vega, Topyster Muga. Moderated by Esther Pérez Verdú (Canary Islands 7).

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