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GLOBAL SUMMIT 2010: LEADERSHIP. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. INNOVATION. SUSTAINABILITY.Friday, September 24, 2010 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM (ET)New York, NY |
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GLOBAL SUMMIT 2010:
LEADERSHIP. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. INNOVATION. SUSTAINABILITY.
The Womensphere-Newsweek Global Leadership Summit 2010 will present over eight world-changing keynote speakers and over 40 innovative and transformational leaders, CEOs, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
The Global Summit will feature over 40 speakers -- innovators, thought leaders, and world-changers, including:
Abby Joseph Cohen
President, Global Markets Institute, Goldman Sachs
Anna Ewing
CIO, NASDAQ
Angela Leaney
Chief Marketing Officer, Newsweek
Barbara Byrne
Vice Chairman, Barclays Capital
Eleanor Clift
Contributing Editor, Newsweek
Janet Benshoof
President & Founder, Global Justice Center
Jennifer Falk
Executive Director, Union Square Partnership
Kathleen Rogers
CEO, Earth Day Network
Kavita Ramdas
CEO, Global Fund for Women
Lisa Stone
CEO & Co-Founder, BlogHer
Lynn Tilton
CEO, Founder & Sole Principal, Patriarch Partners
Marsha Firestone
Founder & President, Women Presidents Organization (WPO)
Mary J. Blige
Award-winning Artist and Founder, Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN)
Nancy Pedot
Managing Director, Golden Seeds; Former CEO, Gymboree
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather
Victoria Hale
CEO, Medicines260; Founder and Chair Emeritus, Institute for One World Health
Zouera Youssoufou
Head, Women in Business Program, The World Bank
Summary
The Womensphere Global Leadership Summit 2010 will bring together ~800 women in leadership and management roles across all organizations and industries.
The Summit is designed to inspire, empower, and connect women leaders, executives, managers, professionals, entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, and government leaders.
The Summit will be focused on enabling transformational leadership of organizations, impactful leadership in the global community, and effective leadership of women’s personal lives.
Themes & Roundtables
The Summit will offer Keynotes and Roundtables along the following themes:
KEYNOTE THEMES:
Women, Leadership, and Power
Moving the Global Economy out of a Recession
Breakthrough Ideas & Innovations by Women That Will Change the World
LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION
• Advancing Women’s Leadership in Corporations: Corporate Best Cases & Management Lessons
• Women Driving Innovation: Creating a Culture of Successful Innovation
BUILDING SUSTAINABLE VENTURES & ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP
• Building Sustainable Ventures: Investing in Building Competitive Advantage
• Entrepreneurial Leadership & Creating Growth: Roundtable of Investors & Successful Entrepreneurs
FINANCE, ECONOMICS & CAPITAL MARKETS
• The Future of the American Economy: Public Sector Policies & Private Sector Investments
• The Future of the Global Economy: Growth Areas & Black Holes in Investment & Opportunity
SUSTAINABILITY & BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY
• New Business Models in Building a Green Economy
• Success Studies: Corporations Driving Sustainability
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When & Where
New York University
Skirball Center and Kimmel Center
New York,
NY
Friday, September 24, 2010 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM (ET)
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ABOUT WOMENSPHERE
Womensphere is a global community of individuals, leaders, networks, organizations, and companies, aligned by a shared mission and purpose: Empowering and connecting the world’s women to unleash potential, create opportunities, and inspire impact. And bringing together leaders – women, men, organizations – to collaborate on solving some of the most important global and local issues of our time. We create media and experiences to inspire and empower women, and to connect and enable leaders who are creating waves of change in all fields of great endeavor. With a dedicated team of over 50 energized leaders, Womensphere is building and growing a global community of leaders and organizations committed to the shared mission of unleashing potential, creating opportunities, and inspiring impact for women, and working together on solving some of the most important global and local issues in our time.
Through Womensphere Summits, we convene leaders from all walks of society. We create innovative conferences that educate and connect women around leadership and innovation; that prepare young women for a future of leadership and global problem-solving; and that unite women and men in sharing ideas, exchanging solutions and collaborating on solving some of the most important global and local issues of our time.
ABOUT NEWSWEEK
Trusted for more than 75 years, Newsweek provides in-depth analysis and insight into the most significant issues of the day. With some of the most influential journalists in the business, Newsweek speaks with one global voice through its 10 print editions and online at Newsweek.com. Bringing its audience well-reasoned opinions, expert voices, and incisive reporting, Newsweek drives and shapes global conversations every day, every week, every year.