An empowering day of provocative conversation among the world’s leading business and thought leaders, MainEvent is a one-of-a-kind, interactive Glocal Town Hall™ Meeting involving thousands of business executives and students around the world to discuss topics of leadership. Thus far, people in over 250 sites in 20 countries on five continents have participated in MainEvent. For an overview of MainEvent 2003, click here.

MainEvent 2003 on April 10th (10:00 am EST to 2:00pm EST) promises to be the best ever! You will be linked via satellite to some of the most remarkable leaders in the world speaking live from New York. In addition to spectacular conversation and interaction with and among global leaders, you will also have the opportunity to engage in local discussion about the issues raised by the global panels. Please click here to see How MainEvent Works.

No Time Like the Present: Creating Value in an Age of Uncertainty

Global Conversation I
The New "Conversation": Who’s Talking? Who’s Listening? Who Cares?

Global Conversation II
Technology Today and Tomorrow: Impact on Strategy and Decision-Making

Global Conversation III
Innovation: Do the Imperatives Change in a "Good Enough" Economy?

Global Conversation IV
Changing Influence: The Power of the Sole Mover

Master Class with Susan Bird
Leading Now: Winning Strategies for Delivering Results in Tough Times

 

Steve Ballmer
CEO of Microsoft
Cited by New York Times as changing the corporate culture from "fit in or out" to "openness and respectfulness of others"


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Margot Cairnes
CEO of Change Dynamic
Her insightful comments on leadership wowed Wf360’s Road Show audience in Australia, so we’re giving her a global audience


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Carla Cico
CEO of Brasil Telecom
Cited as one of Fortune 50 most powerful international businesswomen and a New York marathon veteran


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Maxine Clark
CEO of The Build-a-Bear Workshop
Entrepreneur extraordinaire who has grown her dream retail chain to 120 stores strong, opening soon in Japan and Canada


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Pamela Craig
Group Director, Business Operations & Services, Accenture
Drives the development and integration of all Accenture’s business processes around the globe


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Melinda Davis
CEO of The Next Group
Expert on the "Overload Economy", cited as "a secret weapon of the Fortune One Hundred"


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Esther Dyson
Chairman of EDventure Holdings
Author, active player in discussion and policy-making concerning the Internet and society, focused on emerging technologies


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Rita Foley
SVP of MeadWestvaco; tech wizard now bringing her innovative expertise to the world of media, pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging



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Joe Forehand
Chairman and CEO of Accenture
The consulting giant that went public on his watch has become a dominant player in the outsourcing industry


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Nely Galán
Founder and President of Galan Entertainment
Former President of Entertainment for Telemundo, setting the standard for television production aimed at the Hispanic markets


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Jamie Gorelick
Vice Chair of Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae was recently ranked #1 of organizations committed to demonstrating that Diversity Works


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Mellody Hobson
President, Ariel Capital Management, the first minority-owned firm offering public mutual funds; regular financial contributor on ABC's Good Morning America



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General James L. Jones
Former Commandant of the U.S. Marines, now Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe
returning to MainEvent by popular demand


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Ellen Kullman
Group Vice President of DuPont
Leads several key DuPont "high growth opportunity" businesses



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Joanna Lau
Former Chairman and CEO, Lau Technologies; global expert in face-recognition technology



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Barbara Miller - Host
President & CEO, Barbara B. Miller Communications
Ms. Miller has served over 200 organizations and helped thousands of people, from attorneys to celebrities to politicians, present themselves more effectively with her skill-building courses.

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Mary Minnick
Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company, President and Chief Operating Officer of Asia SBU
Coke Asia generates nearly a third of the company’s operating earnings, cited as one of Fortune 50 most powerful international businesswomen

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Pat Mitchell
President & CEO, PBS
In February 2000, Pat Mitchell became the first woman and first producer to serve as CEO of the nation’s largest and only non-commercial broadcasting service.

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Luciano Respini
Multi-lingual President of Dow Europe
He has led the organization from Thailand to France to Yugoslavia to Latin America and places in-between; now has additional responsibility for building customer relationships around the world

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Ivy Ross
SVP of Worldwide Barbie/Girls Design, Mattel, cited as Mattel’s ingenious right-brain designer and effective left-brain executive



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Alastair Stewart
Main Presenter, London News Network, one of the most recognized faces in the UK




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Yukako Uchinaga
Tech genius
Only woman to serve on the board of IBM Japan, cited as one of the Fortune 50 most powerful international businesswomen


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Theodore Zeldin
Oxford Dean, noted author, frequent speaker at the World Economic Forum
Cited as one of the hundred most important thinkers in the world today


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Shoshana Zuboff
Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Author of the acclaimed classic In The Age of The Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power, she has been called “the true prophet of the information age”.


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