The Womensphere Global Summit: Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the premier and exclusive leadership and entrepreneurship program for women across industries and from top-tier organizations worldwide.

For the Global Summit website and more information, please view:

http://www.womensphereglobalsummit.com/ 

Featuring Over 40 High-Powered and Inspiring Speakers:

The Womensphere Global Summit will feature world-renowned such as Suzy Welch (author of "10:10:10"), Suzanne Bates (author of "Speak like a CEO" and "Motivate Like a CEO"), Barbara Adachi, National Managing Principal and Head of the Women's Network at Deloitte, and the Saranne Rothberg, CEO of ComedyCures Foundation and noted by Oprah as one of her Top 100 Most Inspiring People in the world.

PROGRAM includes:

·         Inspiring speakers (See below!)

·         Great networking with top tier companies and women leaders

·         CAREER Expo

·         WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS Expo 

·         NGO & NON-PROFITS Expo

·         WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL

·         Arts & Spa/Relaxation Expo

·         Chocolate Tasting & Wine Tasting

·         VIP Reception with Suzy Welch  

·         VIP Reception with Speakers  

Goldman Sachs is the Lead Sponsor of the WOMEN’S GLOBAL SUMMIT 2009.

Featuring over 30 inspiring speakers, including:

·         SUZY WELCH

Business Journalist; Author of “10-10-10: A Life-Transforming Idea”; Co-Author with Jack Welch of “Winning”

·         BARBARA ADACHI

National Managing Principal, Initiative for the Retention & Advancement of Women, DELOITTE

·         SUZANNE BATES

CEO, Bates Communications; Author of bestsellers Motivate Like a CEO, and Speak Like a CEO

·         KATE KOHLER

Chief Operating Officer, Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation (The Pentagon Foundation)

·         NANCY PEDOT

Former CEO, Gymboree; Former CEO, Party City

·         SARANNE ROTHBERG

CEO & Founder, ComedyCures Foundation

·         BETH SCHOENFELDT

CEO & Founder, Collective-E; Founder & former CEO, Ladies Who Launch

·         SHAZI VISRAM

CEO & Founder, HAPPYBABY - premium organic meals for the family; One of three national finalists of the NBC-American Express SHINE A LIGHT national small business contest! 

 Why Attend and Participate:

• BUILD CONNECTIONS: with high-impact women and influential leaders.
• CAREER & NON-PROFIT EXPO: Attend the career fair and non-profit expo to network with great companies and build business connections
  
• UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL: Fulfill your potential as a leader and manager of organizations and people.
• GAIN INSIGHT into the future of business, the arts and the economy.
• EXPAND YOUR OPPORTUNITIES. Through the insights, connections and inspiration you'll experience at the summit.
• MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Access Womensphere community circles to make a difference in the world.
• BELONG to an elite & yet warm community of leaders, innovators, thinkers and artists.
• GET INSPIRED for success in 2010.

ALSO - FEATURING THE 2009 FILM FESTIVAL @ THE WOMENSPHERE GLOBAL SUMMIT, featuring film screenings of social issue-focused films followed by talks by the women filmmakers behind them, including among others:

·         “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” about the women of Liberia and their struggle for peace and freedom– Winner of numerous film festival awards, including the Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Award – Produced by Abby Disney, Directed by Gini Reticker.

·         “Birth” – short animation by award-winning animator Signe Baumane, screened at numerous international film festivals.

·         “Wild Horses of the Eastern Barrier Islands” – a film about the conservation of the oldest breed and last remaining wild horses in the United States. Produced by Womensphere, filmed and directed by Cass O’Meara, Womensphere Chief Creative Officer for Film.

·        and more!

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 important global and local issues of our time.

Please visit www.womensphere.org to learn more.

Womensphere's other current GLOBAL SUMMITS:

THE L.I.V.E. WORLD SUMMIT: www.liveworldsummit.com

The EMERGING LEADERS GLOBAL SUMMIT: www.emergingleadersglobalsummit.com