Week Program
Date: Monday, November 18, 2019
Breakfast Meet & Greet - Opening Event (Invite only)
Kick-off breakfast event with special guests ministers, international and local keynote speakers, representatives of partnering organizations, sponsors and local press.
Time:
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Venue: TBA
' Driving Your Business Forward' by the Business Brainer
These two sessions are especially designed to let you reconnect with your purpose and create new opportunities:
1. Purpose, a powerful concept
Time: 14:00-16:00 PM.
What is the purpose of your company? Are you present to it?
During this session you will discover or reconnect with the purpose of your business
2. Creativity to thrive
Time: 16:00-18:00 PM
Do you take time to view your company from a creative standpoint? Are opportunities passing you by?
During this session you will be guided through the process of creating new opportunities for our business.
We close off the afternoon with a Happy Hour, Business Brainer style!
Time: 18:00 -19:00 PM
Both sessions cost NAF. 299 ex OB. Each individual session is NAF. 199,- ex OB.
Curious to how this will transform your life? Are you ready to take your business to the next level?
Time:
14.00 - 19.00 PM
Venue: City Beach 88
Date: November 18 to 23, 2019
Workshops and presentations on Social Media
Whole week – (5 days) of workshops and presentations
organized by partnering organization EVENTO Curaçao
Presentations will be provided by local and international experts on Social Media themes
Time:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Venue: Avila Beach Hotel
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Certification Event for Elementary Schools
Certification event for 2100 students of 27 elementary schools from all neighborhoods of Curacao which participated in FnP's program 'Nos Komunidat' and attended the classes on entrepreneurship / work readiness and financial education (the latter given by the Central Bank of Curacao and Sint Maarten).
Time:
8:30 AM - 11:30 PM
Venue: Sentro pa Desaroyo Integral - Dr. Israel Leito
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Curaçao Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Workshop by partnering organization Curaçao Chamber of Commerce Facilitator – Ashwin David of Deloitte
Theme: IDEATION
This workshop will give you a practical approach to innovation by focusing on the following 3 elements:
- Discover: Identify your stakeholders;
frame the challenge from their perspective; conduct research;
- Define: Combine research findings and insight to identify the real customer needs;
reframe the challenge;
- Develop: Generate ideas and refine them.
Method:
The Lab will consist of a short interactive introduction and several hands-on activities to immediately
put the theory in practice.
Time:
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue: Deloitte Dutch Caribbean, Seru di Arrarat
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Full Day Conference
9.00 - Opening by the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, Mrs. Giselle McWilliam - sharing her vision on the development of the Tourism Industry in Curaçao
Followed by several speakers sharing their views on - How to make the best of the actual positive development of Tourism in Curaçao.
Midday: Lunch, sponsored by Grant Thorton, Dutch Caribbean. with keynote speech on Leadership
After Lunch: Sustainable Business Conference with several keynotes on the subject.
Time:
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Venue: Curaçao Marriott Hotel and Resort
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Gala Dinner with keynote address by Mrs. Swati Mandela
Fundraising dinner with Keynote Address by:
SWATI MANDELA - granddaughter of
Nelson and Winnie Mandela
*Entrepreneur – Humanitarian – Motivational Speaker
*Daughter of Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini and Princess Zenani Mandela
*Founding partner of Qunu Work force, a company specializing in job training and placement for people with disabilities
Time:
19.00 - 22.00 hours
Venue: Renaissance Hotel and Casino Curaçao
Contribution: $ 100.- or Fl 175.-
Date: November 19 and 22, 2019
Semi-finals Debate Competitions
Semi-finals of Debate Competitions of high school, college and university students. The most outstanding students will compete in these semi finals.
The finals will be held the week thereafter (on November 29th - at the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
Time:
T.B.A.
Venue: Participating schools and auditorium CBCS
Date: Friday, November 22, 2019
Festival Empresarial
The Ministry of Economic Development, in collaboration with the Curaçao Innovation and Technology Institute (CiTi), will feature the 1st 'Festival Empresarial'
This 'festival for entrepreneurs' will grant start-ups the unique opportunity to acquire all the information required in one location (a one stop shopping concept) to start a new business. The start-ups can also do pre-registrations for their SME at this 'Business Festival'.
Time:
10.00 AM - 19.00 PM
Venue: Riffort Business Center
Date: Friday, November 22, 2019
Mandela's Books Review and Book Signing by Swati Mandela
Book signing by Swati Mandela
Books:
*The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
* 491 Days Prison Number 1323/69 by Winnie Mandela
Time:
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Venue: Chit Chat Café, Mensing's Caminada
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2019
Exposition by Sustainable Businesses
Expo event by partnering organization - I Am Made In Curaçao
Presentations and expositions by local and international sustainable businesses
Time:
4:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Venue: Mgr. Nieuwindt College
Date: Sunday, November 24, 2019
Doing business between Curaçao, The Netherlands and Suriname
To conclude the Global Entrepreneur Week Curacao,and kick-off a two-day Trade Mission organized by Internationaal Ambitieus, from the Netherlands, a networking event is hosted by this partnering organization and Bario Hotel World Heritage Otrabanda.
The Sunset Happy Hour networking event offers a unique opportunity to get in touch with companies from The Netherlands and Suriname to discuss eventual collaboration and turn business plans into goals.
Time:
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Venue: Bario Hotel, Emmastraat, Otrabanda