All you Lady Indies Interested in Advancing your Businesses or Looking for Inspiration
Hey Indies,
We are inviting you to join Fashion Indie Media at the 2008 Women’s Leadership & Innovation Conference on February 9th at the Grand Hyatt New York! Fashion Indie Media will be featured as a community partner at the conference. This conference is a leadership development and business/career networking opportunity for entrepreneurs, managers, executives, and professionals across business, finance, media, consulting, technology, non-profits, and all entrepreneurial ventures!
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
* MARSHA FIRESTONE – President & Founder, WOMEN PRESIDENTS ORGANIZATION
* KIM SLICKLEIN – CEO & Founder, ENCLAVE RISING, international entrepreneur & “green” real estate developer
* CARLA HARRIS – Managing Director, Head of Equity Private Placements & Global Capital Markets, MORGAN STANLEY
* SALLY DURDAN – CFO, Retail Financial Services, JPMORGAN CHASE
* RACHEL MAYANJA – Assistant Secretary General for Gender & Advancement of Women, UNITED NATIONS
* AURORA RUBIN – Global Chief Ethics Officer, DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU
* JOANNE CREIGHTON - President, MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
* FREADA KAPOR KLEIN – Founder, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE
* SARANNE ROTHBERG – CEO & Founder, COMEDY CURES FOUNDATION, named by Oprah as one of Top 100 Most Inspiring People!
YOUR SPECIAL DISCOUNT:
We are offering the women in the Fashion Indie Media network, a $200 discount off of the $495 registration fee.
Please use the Special Discount Code: COMMSDP081 when you REGISTER.
Please sign up soon, as registration is capped, and will close when the cap is reached.
The registration fee covers the entire program, together with breakfast, lunch, and a closing cocktail networking reception. The conference program includes:
* Inspiring Keynotes. CEO Dialogues. Industry Career Networking.
* Case Studies. Insightful Panels. Instructive Workshops.
* Cross-Industry Networking Forums. Women Entrepreneurs’ Expo.
* Breakfast, Luncheon & Closing General Assemblies.
* Over 40 inspiring women leaders speaking at the event!
ATTENDEES:
Registered attendees include women who are leading, managing, and growing at all levels - Partners, VPs, Directors, CEOs, Associates, business leaders, business owners, non-profit leaders! Attendees are coming from numerous companies across a range of industries, including: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Ernst & Young, McKinsey, Deloitte, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Simpson Thacher, Sullivan & Cromwell, Cleary Gottlieb, NBC, Showtime Networks, HBO, Time Warner, Global Fund for Women, and from many startup and entrepreneurial ventures!
Corporate sponsors include Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and top companies, as well as several women-owned companies!
CONFERENCE DETAILS:
When: Saturday, February 9, 2008
Where: Grand Hyatt, 42nd St., New York City
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Web: http://www.womensphere.com /womenlead2008
Profiles on some of the Conference Speakers:
http://www.womensphere.com /womenlead2008/speakers.htm
WHY YOU SHOULD COME:
You’re probably really busy – but we hope some of these will be valuable to you:
* Business development opportunities for your enterprise
* Connections with women leaders & entrepreneurs across top organizations & industries
* Inspiration, empowerment, and a supportive community of women leaders
* Opportunities to build new business, partnerships, collaboration & deals
* Sharing & learning about success strategies, best practices, knowledge & insights
Last but not least - it’s important for women leaders like us to support, mentor, and inspire other women. So if you are mentoring or managing women, or have friends/colleagues/women in your team who might find this event beneficial, please do extend the invitation to them as well. We also have a great track for women entrepreneurs (startup financing/angel investing, VC financing, entrepreneurial marketing).
The organizers of this event, Womensphere Interactive Networks, have created an event in which they hope you will be dazzled and inspired in learning about and sharing exciting new ventures and innovations that women are creating in the world. We hope you can come and join us!
Have a great week and all the best.
Busie Matsiko
Chief Executive Officer
Fashion Indie Media
Fashionably Independent, LLC
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