Mentor Speaks at Inaugural Central Eurasia @ Silicon Valley Conference attended by Fellows and Mentors
Mentor Cora Lam recently spoke on a distinguished panel at the first-ever Central Eurasia @ Silicon Valley (CESV) Conference, held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on October 25, 2024. Hosted by the Silkroad Innovation Hub, this landmark event brought together over 1,200 participants, including 150 venture capitalists, 100 exhibiting startups, and 300 founders, to celebrate the role of Central Eurasia in the future of global innovation.
On the panel, titled “Women Shaping the Future of Tech,” Cora joined Nazira Nurbayeva, Consul-General of Kazakhstan in San Francisco, alongside several other experts and advisers in entrepreneurship. Together, they discussed the power of mentorship, government policy, and venture capital in driving opportunities for women in technology, offering insights into policy and funding landscapes shaping growth opportunities in tech for Central Eurasian women and highlighting mentorship’s critical role in this development.
The event drew several Central Asian Fellows to Silicon Valley, including Aigerim Kurmanbekova (Kyrgyzstan, 2023), Aisuluu Kozhomkulova (Kyrgyzstan, 2023), Mira Zholdoshalieva (Kyrgyzstan, 2024), Tatayana Plotnikova (Kazakhstan, 2019), Bermet Dosmambetova (Kyrgyzstan, 2022), and Elmira Obry (Kazakhstan, 2022), the latter two of whom are scheduled to present a session at the TechWomen Alumnae Summit in Morocco this December. Mentors Kathy Giori and Meg Gordon also joined the event, underscoring the TechWomen community’s ongoing commitment to fostering cross-border collaboration.
