MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/EB25548D/2007Diversity.Program.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" COLLOQUIUM ON GLOBAL DIVERSITY:

 

 

COLLOQUIUM ON GLOBAL DIVERSITY:

CREATING A LE= VEL PLAYING FIELD FOR WOMEN

March 8-9, 2007  ***=   Washington, D.C.<= /b>

 

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, March 8, 2007 <= /o:p>

3:00-5:00 p.m        &= nbsp;    Discussion Roundtables::  “Do Work/Life Programs Really Work?”

            =             &nb= sp;           This unique Colloquium session provides a lively forum for active

            =             &nb= sp;           exchanges on diversity issues in a discussion format l= ed by seasoned

            =             &nb= sp;           executives.  Outcomes from the forum are shared at the conclusion

            =             &nb= sp;           of the next day’s program.

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Site:        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;        Hilton Embassy Row Hotel (2012 Massachuesetts Avenue, N.W.)

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Group I Leader:      =      Damayanti Vasudevan, Vice President, Global Diversity and

Room:  The Board Room     = ;            &n= bsp;      Inclusion, R.R. Donnelley

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Group II Leader:<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>        &= nbsp; Maria Ferris, Director of Workforce Diversity Programs, IBM

Room:  The Lincoln Room

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6:30-9:00 p.m.        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Legacies of Women Forum:  Meet the Trailblazers

            =             &nb= sp;           A special presentation of the National Museum for Women in= the

            =             &nb= sp;           Arts, this unique event presents pioneering women achievers in =

            =             &nb= sp;           different fields in one-on-one dialogues led by renown= ed journalists.

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Site:        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;        InterAmerican Development Bank (1300 New York Avenue, N.W.)

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6:30-7:30 p.m.            &= nbsp; Reception

7:30-9:00 p.m.            &= nbsp; Forum (IDB Auditorium)

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Moderators:        &= nbsp;        Judy Woodruff, PBS Correspondent, News Hour with Jim Lehrer

 

‘Pioneers&#= 8217;:        &= nbsp;           Madeleine Albright, first woman U.S. Secretary of State

            =             &nb= sp;           Antonia Novello, first woman U.S. Surgeon-Gener= al

            =             &nb= sp;           Dorothy Height, “First Lady” of civil rights and women’s rights

            =             &nb= sp;           Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, founder of the first National Museum

            =             &nb= sp;            =            of Women in the Arts

            =             &nb= sp;           Muriel Siebert, first woman to hold a seat in the New York Stock

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Exchang= e

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COLLOQUIUM ON GLOBAL DIVERSITY=

PROGRAM (Continued)=

 

Friday, March 9, 2007

Site:  &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp; Hilton Embassy Row Hotel (Ambassador Room)

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8:30-9:00 a.m.        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Breakfast Networking

 

9:00-9:15 a.m.        &= nbsp;    Opening Remarks

            =             &nb= sp;           Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women

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9:15-10:15a.m.        &= nbsp;    Retaining Talent in a Competitive Global Mar= ket

            =             &nb= sp;           Spea= kers will share strategies that have worked for their respective

            =             &nb= sp;           companies in retaining and ‘growing’ female talent.

            =             &nb= sp;           Mode= rator:       Irene Natividad

Maria Ferris, Director of Global Workforce Diversity

  =           Programs, IBM

            =             &nb= sp;           Ethel Taylor, Senior Vice President, Corporate Stores, Planning,

            =             &nb= sp;            =            and Resources Protection, Sears Canada Inc.=

            =             &nb= sp;           Elana Weinstein, Vice President of = Global Inclusion,

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Goldman Sachs

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10:15-10:30 a.m.        &= nbsp; Break

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10:30-12:00 p.m.         = Gender Equity Across Borders:  Winning Strategies

            =             &nb= sp;           How do corporate-wide diversity initiatives translate in other cultures

            =             &nb= sp;           where a company has a presence?  Some successes and challenges will=

            =             &nb= sp;           be shared by presenters.

            =             &nb= sp;           Mode= rator:       Helene Goulet, Secretary General, Human Rights=

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Commiss= ion (Canada<= /st1:country-region>)

            =             &nb= sp;           Monica Ruehl, Diversity Manager, Deutsche Luft= hansa (Germany= )

            =             &nb= sp;           Nancy S. Millett, Partner and Southeast Manufacturing Industry Leader, Deloitte Tax LLP=

            =             &nb= sp;           Sylvia Chrominska, Executive Vice President, Bank of Nova

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Scotia (Canada<= /st1:country-region>) with

Janan Youshia<= /i>, Director, Workforce Strategies, Employ-

men= t Relationships, Bank of Nova Scotia

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12:00-12:15 p.m.        &= nbsp; Break

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12:15-2:00 p.m.        &= nbsp;  The Global Race for Talent:  A Company’s Perspective=

            =             &nb= sp;           Mode= rator:       Cari Dominguez, former Chair, U.S. Equal

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Employm= ent Opportunity Commission=

            =             &nb= sp;           Spea= ker:        &= nbsp;  Linda Gooden, Executive Vice President,

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Informa= tion Technology and Global Services,

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Lockheed Martin

            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;       

2:00-3:00 p.m.        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Can Supplier Diversity be Exported?

            =             &nb= sp;           Supp= lier diversity is a successful U.S. initiative which companies want

            =             &nb= sp;           replicated in other countries.  Panelists explore whether this is =

            =             &nb= sp;           possible.

            =             &nb= sp;           Mode= rator:       Nicole Chenier-Cullen, former Director-General= ,

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Strateg= ic Initiatives, Human Rights Commission (Canada)

            =             &nb= sp;           Icy Williams, Vice President, Global Supplier Diversity,

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Procter and Gamble

            =             &nb= sp;           Mary Ann Massad, CEO, K= nowsys Group (Canada)

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3:00-3:30 p.m.        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Effective Work/Life Programs:  Report from the Roundtables

            =             &nb= sp;           Damayanti Vasudevan, R.R. Donnelley

            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;           Maria Ferris, IBM<= /span>

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