2007 Colloquium on Global Diversity

Global Diversity Colloquium 2006:
"Creating a Level Playing Field for Women"

March 8-9, 2007 *** Washington, D.C.

PROGRAM

Thursday, March 8, 2007

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

This unique Colloquium session provides a lively forum for active exchanges on diversity issues in a discussion format led by seasoned executives. Outcomes from the forum are shared at the conclusion of the next day’s program.

Site: Hilton Embassy Row Hotel (2012 Massachuesetts Avenue, N.W.)

Group I Leader: Damayanti Vasudevan, Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion, R.R. Donnelley

Room: The Board Room

Group II Leader: Maria Ferris, Director of Workforce Diversity Programs, IBM

Room: The Lincoln Room

6:30-9:00 p.m. Legacies of Women Forum: Meet the Trailblazers

A special presentation of the National Museum for Women in the Arts, this unique event presents pioneering women achievers in different fields in one-on-one dialogues led by renowned journalists.

Site: InterAmerican Development Bank (1300 New York Avenue, N.W.)

6:30-7:30 p.m. Reception

7:30-9:00 p.m. Forum (IDB Auditorium)

Moderators: Judy Woodruff, PBS Correspondent, News Hour with Jim Lehrer

‘Pioneers’: Madeleine Albright, first woman U.S. Secretary of State

Antonia Novello, first woman U.S. Surgeon-General

Dorothy Height, “First Lady” of civil rights and women’s rights

Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, founder of the first National Museum of Women in the Arts

Muriel Siebert, first woman to hold a seat in the New York Stock Exchange

Friday, March 9, 2007

Site: Hilton Embassy Row Hotel (Ambassador Room)

8:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast Networking

9:00-9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks

Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women

9:15-10:15a.m. Retaining Talent in a Competitive Global Market

Speakers will share strategies that have worked for their respective companies in retaining and ‘growing’ female talent.

Moderator: Irene Natividad

Maria Ferris, Director of Global Workforce Diversity Programs, IBM

Ethel Taylor, Senior Vice President, Corporate Stores, Planning, and Resources Protection, Sears Canada Inc.

Elana Weinstein, Vice President of Global Inclusion, Goldman Sachs

10:15-10:30 a.m. Break

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

How do corporate-wide diversity initiatives translate in other cultures where a company has a presence? Some successes and challenges willbe shared by presenters.

Moderator: Helene Goulet, Secretary General, Human Rights Commission (Canada)

Monica Ruehl, Diversity Manager, Deutsche Lufthansa (Germany)

Nancy S. Millett, Partner and Southeast Manufacturing Industry Leader, Deloitte Tax LLP

Sylvia Chrominska, Executive Vice President, Bank of Nova Scotia (Canada) with

Janan Youshia, Director, Workforce Strategies, Employment Relationships, Bank of Nova Scotia

12:00-12:15 p.m. Break

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

Moderator: Cari Dominguez, former Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Speaker: Linda Gooden, Executive Vice President, Information Technology and Global Services, Lockheed Martin

2:00-3:00 p.m. Can Supplier Diversity be Exported?

Supplier diversity is a successful U.S. initiative which companies want replicated in other countries. Panelists explore whether this is possible.

Moderator: Nicole Chenier-Cullen, former Director-General, Strategic Initiatives, Human Rights Commission (Canada)

Icy Williams, Vice President, Global Supplier Diversity, Procter and Gamble

Mary Ann Massad, CEO, Knowsys Group (Canada)

3:00-3:30 p.m. Effective Work/Life Programs: Report from the Roundtables

Damayanti Vasudevan, R.R. Donnelley

Maria Ferris, IBM

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