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The US-ASEAN Business Council is excited to invite you to join the SME Workshop in Singapore <strong>on March 7, 2023</strong>, to celebrate International Women&#39;s Day. The workshop is supported by Visa and also in partnership with Enterprise Singapore, Singapore Business Federation, and SGTech.<br />
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The workshop will take place at <strong>Visa University</strong> (71 Robinson Road #09-01, Singapore) and have a hybrid option for those who wish to join online. Our topic will mainly focus on <em>&ldquo;Building SMEs&rsquo; Readiness to Enable Singapore as the Digital Tech Hub&rdquo;</em> and especially to empower women through entrepreneurship, digital upskilling, and business resiliency.<br />
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The workshop will have an interesting lineup of sessions:</span></span>
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<li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Fireside chat on &ldquo;Supporting Singapore SMEs Tapping the Right Market through Digitalization&rdquo;</strong> with <u>Mr. Soh Leng Wan</u>, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturing &amp; Engineering, Enterprise Singapore and <u>Mr. Albert Tsui</u>, Executive Director for Policy and Advocacy, Singapore Business Federation</span></span></li>
<li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Visa Presentation on Enabling Women-Run Businesses in the Digital Economy</strong> by <u>Ms. Patsian Low</u>, Vice President of Inclusive Impact and Sustainability, Asia Pacific, Visa</span></span></li>
<li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>SME Sharing Session on Woman Entrepreneur&rsquo;s Experience amid Digital Economy</strong> by <u>Ms. Charmain Tan</u>, Founder <a href="https://www.quickdesk.io/&quot; style="color:rgb(0, 120, 215);" title="https://www.quickdesk.io/">Quickdesk</a></span></span></li&gt;
<li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Discussion on Leveraging Women Entrepreneurs&rsquo; Readiness and Resilience in Digital Economy </strong>with <u>Ms. Jen Nie Kwok</u>, 2^nd Vice Chairman of the Singapore Enterprise Chapter, SGTech (and also CEO of <a href="https://www.xcellinkgroup.com/&quot; style="color:rgb(0, 120, 215);" title="https://www.xcellinkgroup.com/">Xcellink Pte Ltd</a>) and <u>Ms. Nugraheni Utami</u>, Manager &ndash; Indonesia and SME Initiatives, US-ABC</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial;">&nbsp;The workshop is free of charge and an opportunity to join the Visa Innovation Centre Tour and lunch with a networking session. For joining the event, <strong>please register</strong> to link here: <strong><a href="https://bit.ly/Register-SMEWorkshopSG2023&quot; style="color:rgb(0, 120, 215);" title="https://bit.ly/Register-SMEWorkshopSG2023"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;">https://bit.ly/Register-SMEWorkshopSG2023</span></a>&nbsp;</strong>or email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:sme@usasean.org ?subject=Registration%3A%20SME%20Program%20in%20Singapore%20(March%207)"><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;">sme@usasean.org&nbsp;</span></strong></a></span></span>