The 4th Annual Womensphere Global Summit will convene emerging women leaders across a wide range of disciplines, academic institutions, and industries, who are focused on investing in their personal development as leaders and innovators, and who are actively engaged in creating positive impact in the world through their chosen discipline or industry.

Womensphere will convene emerging leaders and innovators to build community, forge enduring connections, enable collaborations to create impact, and work together on an actionable agenda for CREATING THE FUTURE by the next generation of women leaders.

We aim to foster the necessary education, exchanges, partnerships, connections, collaborations, and initiatives to enable greater impact and success by the next generation of women leaders.

Womensphere Global Summits aim to create inspiration, education, and connections for emerging women leaders, in line with Womensphere’s purpose of unleashing potential, creating opportunity, inspiring impact, and transforming the world.

This year’s additional goals are around community, collaboration, impact, and creating a platform that enables participants to collaborate on working together on an actionable agenda for the evolution of our global society, and the evolution of women’s leadership and innovation globally.

Delegates will benefit from:

• Connections with over 100 distinguished speakers & Womensphere Award Honorees over three days
• Career Fair and Nonprofit Fair – There will be recruiters and representatives from Fortune 500 companies, social enterprises, and NGOs and non-profits
• Mentoring Circles – There will be assigned Mentors (CEOs, professionals and successful executives, innovators, entrepreneurs, as well as Summit Speakers) joining and co-hosting each Circle as Mentors.  

This Summit will be about building a community of emerging women leaders across sectors and disciplines, including emerging women leaders across the premier academic institutions (both graduate and undergraduate) around the world, as well as young women professionals and emerging women leaders across international organizations, companies, entrepreneurial ventures, social enterprises, BCorps, non-profits, NGOs, and the public sector.

 
SUMMIT MAIN DAY AND MODULES

The Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit’s Main Day features plenaries around the themes and topics listed below. All topics will be covered in a plenary session. Delegates will have the opportunity to participate through speaker Q&A and discussion circles taking place during each session.  The program also offers ample opportunities to network and build connections with speakers, fellow delegates, NGO representatives, academic representatives, and company representatives across disciplines and industries.

In addition to the Main Day of the Summit, the Summit’s two Modules enable Delegates to participate in forums focused on specific disciplines and industries, providing interested Delegates with opportunities to do more focused networking and immersion across institutions, companies, and industries.


SCHEDULE OF THE MAIN DAY OF THE SUMMIT

(Thursday, January 17, 2013)

8:00 - 9:00 AM                        Check in, Breakfast & Mentoring / Conversation Circles                                                  

9:00 - 9:30 AM                                       

Welcome, Introduction & Opening Remarks                     

Welcome & Introduction of Co-Hosts     Analisa Balares – CEO, Womensphere, Womensphere Foundation (Convenor, Co-Host); World Economic Forum Young Global Leader            

Opening Remarks      Gwen Effgen – President, Columbia Graduate Society of Women Engineers (Co-Host)

Opening Remarks      Michele Wucker – President, World Policy Institute (Co-Host); World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

Opening Remarks      Angela Leaney – CMO, Harlem Globetrotters  (Co-Host)

Opening Music          Morley – Award-winning Music Artist  (Co-Host)

9:30 - 10:30 AM                     

Plenary 1                Creating the Future: Global Challenges for the Next Generation                                                  

Womensphere Global Award

Musimbi Kanyoro - CEO, Global Fund for Women

Soon-Young Yoon - Chair, NGO Committee on the Status of Women, United Nations

Heather Leathers - CEO & Founder, Global Fund for Widows

Victoria Budson - Executive Director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Chair, Massachusetts Commission on Women

With Audience Q&A with Honoree and Speakers

10:30 - 10:40 AM                    Conversation Circles & Coffee Break                                   

10:40 – 11:55 AM                   

Plenary 2                Creating the Future: Global Opportunities for the Next Generation                               

Perry Yeatman - CEO, Perry Yeatman Global Partners; Author, Get Ahead by Going Abroad

Carolina Jannicelli - Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase

Ulrike Lindaeur – CMO, Bond No. 9

Charmaine Taylor – Director of Operations, Starwood Hotel Group

Marnie Kain Cacossa – CMO, Saatchi & Saatchi North America

Helena Verellen – Board Member, Empowered By You; Past Vice President, International Marketing, Sony Music Entertainment

With Audience Q&A with Speakers

11:55AM - 12:35 PM                               Lunch Break & Mentoring/Conversation Circles                                              

12:35 - 12:40 PM                    Morley – Award-winning Music Artist (Co-Host) 

12:40 – 1:55 PM                     

Plenary 3                Creating the Future: Leadership and Innovation                             

Womensphere Global Award

Marie Wilson - Founder and President Emerita, MS. Foundation and The White House Project; Co-Founder, Take Our Daughters to Work Day

Patricia David - Global Chief Diversity Officer, JPMorgan Chase

Susan Hunsberger -  Senior Vice President, Nielsen

Marissa Wesely - Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Board of Directors, Global Fund for Women

Melinda Thomas - Entrepreneur in Residence of New York City     

Margaret Wheeler-Johnson - Editor, Women, The Huffington Post

With Audience Q&A with Honoree and Speakers

2:00 to 2:50 PM                     

Plenary 4                Creating the Future: Entrepreneurship & Social Entrepreneurship                              

Renata Mutis Black - CEO & Founder, Seven Bar Foundation; Empowered By You underwear line

Sarah Endline - CEO & Founder, sweetriot

Nicole Ponseca - CEO & Founder, Maharlika Restaurant

Cheryl Benton - CEO & Founder; President, The Three Tomatoes; UN Women Metro New York

Jason Oshiokpekhai - SME Strategy Manager, American Airlines

2:50 - 3:10 PM                        Conversation Circles & Coffee Break                                   

3:10 to 4:25 PM                     

Plenary  5    Creating the Future: New Models for Transforming the World                  

Noa Meyer - Vice President, Head of 10,000 Women Program, Goldman Sachs

Matthew Bishop - New York Bureau Chief, The Economist; Author, Philanthrocapitalism; World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

Kim Slicklein – President, OgilvyEarth Worldwide

KC Mayer - CEO & Founder, KC Mayer Consulting; Author, Collaborative Competition

Jennifer Gottesfeld - US Program Manager, Global Health Corps

Adriana Pentz - CEO, StartingBloc

Aria Finger – COO, DoSomething.org; World Economic Forum Young Global Shaper

With Audience Q&A with Speakers

4:30 to 5:30 PM                     

Plenary 6      Creating the Future: Creative Vision Transforming the World                 

Lisa Tannebaum - Award-winning harpist

Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic – Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Director, Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Columbia University      

Sara Potler - CEO & Founder, Move This World (Dance 4 Peace); World Economic Forum Young Global Shaper

Whitney Greenaway - Award-winning slam poet             

Grace Ali - Founder & Editorial Director, Of Note Magazine; World Economic Forum Young Global Shaper

Closing Remarks by Summit Co-Hosts

Morley – Award-winning Music Artist

Gwen Effgen – President, Columbia Graduate Society of Women Engineers (Co-Host)

Michele Wucker – President, World Policy Institute (Co-Host)

Angela Leaney – CMO, Harlem Globetrotters  (Co-Host)

Analisa Balares – CEO, Womensphere, Womensphere Foundation (Convenor, Co-Host)

5:30 - 7:30 PM                       

Career Fair | Academic Fair | NGO Fair | Social Enterprise Fair | Closing Networking Reception                                             

SCHEDULE OF MODULE 1: BUSINESS, MARKETING, FINANCE & CAPITAL MARKETS DAY

This module offers a 12-hour immersion, networking, and forum focused on deeper conversations with industry leaders and professionals in the fields of business, marketing, finance, and capital markets, followed by the optional opportunity to participate in cross-industry networking receptions throughout New York City.  (This module is only open to Delegates participating on the Main Day of the Summit.)

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM   Hosted by JPMorgan Chase

• Breakfast Networking
• Talks, Panels & Conversations on Finance, Capital Markets, Banking & Investment Landscape

2:00 PM - 6:30 PM    Hosted at multiple locations

• Hudson Hotel / Morgans Hotel Group
• Ana Tsarev Contemporary Art Gallery
• Jazz at Lincoln Center
• Williams & Sonoma
• Eileen Fisher
• C-Wonder

 
SCHEDULE OF MODULE 2:  SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DAY

This module offers an immersion, networking, and forum focused on deeper conversations with industry leaders and professionals in the fields of science, medicine, and technology, followed by the optional opportunity to participate in cross-industry networking receptions throughout New York City.  (This module is only open to Delegates participating on the Main Day of the Summit.)

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM  Hosted by The New York Times

• Breakfast Networking
• Talks, Panels & Conversations on Media & Technology

Break for lunch - Participants go on informal lunches across the City

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM   Hosted by American Airlines

• Talks, Panels & Conversations on the future of Science & Technology
• Afternoon Networking

6:00 - 7:30PM        Networking Reception

 


 
REGISTRATION & DELEGATE PARTICIPATION

We invite interested emerging women leader Delegates and Professional Mentors to register for one of four things. Descriptions are laid out below.

• Main Summit Day  (1 day only)
• Main Summit Day + Module 1 - Business, Marketing, Finance & Capital Markets Day (2 days)
• Main Summit Day + Module 2 - Science & Technology Day  (2 days)
• Main Summit Day + Module 1 + Module 3   (3 full days)

We encourage all interested Delegates and Professional Mentors to RSVP early to avail of the discounted super-early registration and discounted registration to the Summit.

DELEGATES

We are inviting emerging women leaders from the following areas to join the Summit as Delegates:

• Premier graduate academic institutions – official student delegates
• Premier graduate academic institutions– self-registered/self-sponsored delegates
• Premier undergraduate academic institutions, colleges – official student delegates
• Premier undergraduate academic institutions, colleges– self-registered/self-sponsored delegates
• Corporations and companies (across industries) – young professionals and emerging leaders
• NGOs and governmental organizations (across sectors) – young professionals and emerging leaders
• Emerging women entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs

Academic institutions (both graduate and undergraduate) are invited to send a delegation of both their top female students, as well as female student leaders who are among the most actively engaged in the community across all disciplines, from science and technology, to law, business, and public policy, to the liberal arts.

Companies and organizations are invited to send a delegation of their high potential emerging women leaders, as well as professional mentors.

PROFESSIONAL MENTORS

We have opened 50 places for Professional Mentors to participate in the Summit this year.
Professional Mentors are professionals who are Senior Associate-level or Manager-level and above from corporations, NGOs, and the public sector, as well as successful entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs.
Professional Mentors are interested in actively participating in the forums and discussions at the Emerging Leaders Global Summit, and interested in mentoring emerging women leaders.
Professional Mentors are invited from a wide variety of fields – from business, finance, marketing, strategy, science, medicine, engineering, media, digital applications, startups, environmental organizations, public policy, NGOs, the public sector, as well as academia.

REGISTRATION FOR THE SUMMIT

SUPER-EARLY REGISTRATION FOR MAIN DAY OF THE SUMMIT
(Pre-Thanksgiving Weekend Registration – On or before December 1, 2012)

$125 –Undergraduate Student Registration
$150 – Graduate Student Registration
$175 – Young women professionals/selected emerging women leaders from companies and organizations/entrepreneurs/social entrepreneurs
$225 – Professional Mentors  
(There are 50 places allocated for Professional Mentors for the entire Summit, available on a first come, first served basis.)

EARLY REGISTRATION FOR MAIN DAY OF THE SUMMIT
(December 1, 2012 to December 21, 2012)

$150 –Undergraduate Student Registration
$175 – Graduate Student Registration
$200 – Young women professionals/selected emerging women leaders from companies and organizations/entrepreneurs/social entrepreneurs
$250 – Professional Mentors (if spaces are still available, only 50 places)

REGULAR REGISTRATION FOR MAIN DAY OF THE SUMMIT
(December 22, 2012 to January 10, 2012)

$175 –Undergraduate Student Registration
$200 – Graduate Student Registration
$225 – Young women professionals/selected emerging women leaders from companies and organizations/entrepreneurs/social entrepreneurs
$275 – Professional Mentors (if spaces are still available, only 50 places)

 
ADDITIONAL ONE MODULE:

MODULE 1 - BUSINESS, MARKETING, FINANCE & CAPITAL MARKETS DAY, OR

MODULE 2 - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DAY
This adds $95 to the Main Day Summit Registration Price for both Delegates and Professional Mentors.
We can accommodate a a limited number of places for each Module - the first 100 for each of Module 1 or Module 2 – on a first come, first served basis.

ADDITIONAL TWO MODULES:

MODULE 1 - BUSINESS, MARKETING, FINANCE & CAPITAL MARKETS DAY, AND

MODULE 2 - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DAY
This adds $180 to the Main Day Summit Registration Price for both Delegates and Professional Mentors.
We can only accommodate an additional 100 Delegates/Professional Mentors to participate in taking both modules.


SCHOLARSHIPS

Womensphere has already reached our quota of full scholarships to the Summit, and have extended scholarships through a competitive selection process.

We ask sponsoring institutions – academic or corporate - to fully cover or partially cover the cost of delegate participation at the Summit, or alternatively, or delegates to find other sources of sponsorship to participate in the Summit. Please be mindful of the registration deadlines. 

VOLUNTEERING AT THE SUMMIT

At this time, there are no volunteer opportunities at the Summit.
Thank you for your interest in the Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit.

REFUND POLICY

Registration places purchased on or before December 21, 2012 can be refunded