Date: April 18th, 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Registration starts at 8:30 am)
Venue: 3F Grand Ballroom, Regent Hotel Taipei
Organizers: AmCham Taiwan, American Institute in Taiwan
Special Remarks Speaker:
Vice President-elect Bi-khim Hsiao
Bi-khim Hsiao is currently the Vice President-elect of Taiwan. She was elected along with President-elect Lai Ching-te on January 13 2024, and they will be inaugurated on May 20, 2024.
Previously, Hsiao served as Taiwan’s Representative to the United States from 2020 to 2023. She has also served as a Senior Advisor to the President at Taiwan’s National Security Council.
Vice President-elect Hsiao served four terms in Taiwan’s Legislature, representing overseas citizens for her first term, and then the constituents of Taipei City and Hualien County through different terms. For many years she was the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and previously the chair of the USA Caucus in the Legislative Yuan.
She began her political career serving as Director of the Democratic Progressive Party International Affairs Department. After Taiwan’s first democratic change of government in 2000, she became an Adviser at the Office of the President. She was international spokesperson for all DPP presidential elections between 2000 and 2012.
Vice President-elect Hsiao has taken on numerous leadership roles in international organizations. She was the Chair of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD), an organization representing Asian democratic political parties. Between 2005 and 2012, she was elected Vice President on the Bureau of Liberal International (LI), a London-based global political party organization.
She is also a founding Board Member of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. Born in Kobe, Japan, Representative Hsiao grew up in Tainan, a city in southern Taiwan. She has an MA in Political Science from Columbia University in New York and BA in East Asian Studies from Oberlin College, Ohio.
Event Overview:
AIT and AmCham both recognize DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility) is essential to creating a stronger, more resilient and globally competitive workforce. As such, we plan to launch the first AIT-AmCham public-private partnership with a focus on our collective efforts on DEIA in 2024.
The AmCham Taiwan’s 2024 DEIA Celebration Forum aims to not only promote the principles of DEIA, but more importantly to create a platform for businesses to co-learn with governments through partnerships and best practices sharing. The DEIA Celebration Forum is also a celebratory reflection of both the U.S. and Taiwan in their respective DEIA enforcement. An Executive Order signed by President Biden and enacted in 2021 requires all U.S. federal agencies must remove barriers to equal opportunity and provide resources and opportunities to strengthen and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Taiwan, similarly, a regional leader in human rights, freedom, and equality, is ranked number one in Asia and fourteenth globally in the Human Freedom Index, and the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
This forum will invite prominent business and government leaders from the U.S. and Taiwan to share their experiences and vision of DEIA to the AmCham members in the following five priority topics:
- Women in Tech
- Connecting Generations
- Unconscious Bias
- Digital Inclusion
- Accessibility
Sponsors:
Agenda:
*There will be selected media attending this event.
*Registration operates on a first-come, first-served basis. To secure your seat, payment must be completed by 12 pm on April 11.
本次活動名額有限，請盡速報名。為確保您的名額，報名費用請於4月11日，中午12點前付款。
Contact Person: Eric Hsu (02) 2718-8226 ext. 625/ [email protected]
*This event is reserved for AmCham members and AmCham companies only.
If you are a non-member and interested in attending this event, please contact our Membership Department:
Angelo Alvarez (02) 2718-8226 ext. 216 / [email protected]
*Ticket Refund Policy: To cancel without penalty, written cancellation must be received by AmCham before 12 pm on April 11 (Thursday), or else the full price of the event will be charged. Thank you for your understanding.