Published On Dec 09, 2021 07:28:00 PM
Autocar India’s Renuka Kirpalani is among the three WWCOTY judges to be part of the panel on December 10.
Three judges from the Women’s World Car of The Year (WWCOTY) will participate in a panel discussion at the upcoming Women Economic Forum (WEF). The three WWCOTY members are Sandy Myhre, founder and honorary president of WWCOTY from New Zealand, Shereen Shabnam, editor-in-chief of Millionaire Magazine from UAE and Renuka Kirpalani, executive editor – videos, Autocar India.
The digital panel discussion will be held on Friday, December 10 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm and will talk on matters pertaining to women and motoring. Topics covered will include “various aspects of women buying cars, the influence women have in making the final decision to buy a car, the fact that car companies are asking questions about the WWCOTY organisation and what it’s like to be a motoring journalist.”
The upcoming panel debate will be the first to be dedicated to women in motoring at the Women Economic Forum since it was first held in 2015.
Held annually across multiple countries, the WEF has over the years hosted prominent speakers including some current and former heads of states such as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Dr Mitchelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights and president of Chile and Laura Chinchilla Miranda, president of Costa Rica..
About Women’s World Car of Year Awards
Founded in 2009, the Women’s World Car of the Year awards is a group solely comprising women motoring journalists from 37 countries. Held on an annual basis, the awards segregates vehicles across multiple categories, ranging from urban car to 4×4 and pickups, with the panel of journalists then judging the vehicles to adjudge a winner in each category and picking an overall winner.
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