WOMENFUTURE
PRESENTS MainEvent 2001
Second Annual Meeting Brings Top Women
Executives Together For a One-of-a-Kind Global Event on
April 5
New York, NY, -- Following the stunning success of last
year's inaugural effort, Women.future continues its mission
to create an on-going global conversation for and about
women in business. Women.future's MainEvent 2001, to be
held on April 5, 2001, is the world's foremost gathering
of top women business leaders and visionaries, brought together,
for one day, to participate in lively, compelling conversations
about maximizing women's impact and growth in the corporate
community.
To create a truly open exchange of ideas,
Women.future's MainEvent 2001 will be telecast via satellite
to corporate headquarters, movie theaters, and university
auditoriums around the globe. At hundreds of locations worldwide,
thousands of women and men will gain access to and participate
in the discussions via e-mail and fax. Once again this year,
the historic event brings together a wide range of successful
business figures including entrepreneurs, CEOs of major
corporations and leaders in the entertainment field.
"Communication is the key,"
said Susan Willett Bird, founder of Women.future. "Women.future's
MainEvent 2001 is the creation of intimate conversations
on a global scale. The interaction of executive and audience
is a most important element in the mix, and part of what
makes us so unique."Last year's inaugural MainEvent
attracted a wide range of speakers including First Lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton; The Right Honourable Kim Campbell,
Canada's first female Prime Minister; Anita Roddick, Founder
and Chair of Body Shop International PLC; Kathleen M. Sullivan,
Dean and Professor of law at Stanford Law School; and Goldie
Hawn, actress and film producer.
For MainEvent 2001, a new group of illustrious experts will
participate in this unique exchange of ideas, relating their
own stories of leadership and responding to questions from
around the globe. Among the speakers scheduled to appear
in MainEvent 2001 are:
- Martha Barnett, President of the American
Bar Association
- Merle Okawara, CEO of eBay Japan
- Ellen Hancock, Chairman and CEO, Exodus
Communications
- Tom Peters, author, business guru
- Laura Ziskin, independent film producer
- Betsy Holden, President and CEO, Kraft
Foods, Inc.
- Sally Helgesen, Speaker and author,
Thriving in 24/7:Six Strategies for Taming the New World
of Work
- Mae Jemison, physician, professor and
first African American woman to fly on the Space Shuttle
Topics for Women.future's MainEvent 2001
will include:
- Attracting and retaining employees
in this era of rapid turnover
- Leadership qualities which will prove
critical for future success
- How to market your product to female
purchase decision makers
- Understanding the gender differences
in the leadership styles of men and women
Sponsors for Women.future's MainEvent
2001 thus far include: General Motors, Accenture, Fortune
Magazine, Fast Company, Public Broadcasting Service, Baker
& McKenzie, BT Ignite, Angara, NCTU, and tompeterscompany!
For all women and men striving to
develop leadership skills and the companies seeking to recognize
and utilize those skills, Women.future's MainEvent 2001
is a must attend event. For all those interested in participating
in this unique series of global conversations, visit the
www.womenfuture.com home page and click on the "Register
Now" box.
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