2007 GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN  *  BERLIN
SUMMIT SPEECHES

 
June 14, 2007 (Thursday)
9:00 a.m. -  4:00 p.m.     Pre-Summit Ministerial Roundtable                            

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.     Opening Ceremony
Ruth de Golia
, Co-Founder and President, Mercado Global (USA)
Sue Unger, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, DaimlerChrysler

Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women
Farkhanda Hassan
, Secretary General, National Council for Women (Egypt)
Ursula von der Leyen, Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Germany)
Truong My Hoa, Vice President (Vietnam)

                                    Sponsored by DaimlerChrysler

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.     Welcoming Reception and Dinner
Host:
    Minister Ursula von der Leyen
Location:  Loewesaal (Loewe Hall) 

Sponsored by:  Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Germany)   

June 15, 2007 (Friday)

8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.      Presentation:  “Effective Networking”
Speaker:    
Mary Schnack, International President, National Association of Of Women Business Owners (USA)

Plenary Sessions

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.    European Women:  An Economic ProfileSponsored by McKinsey & Co.
Presenters: 
Claudia Funke, Director, McKinsey & Company
Katrin Suder, Principal, Office Manager, Mckinsey Berlin

                        ‘Values’ Profile of European WomenSponsored by Gfk Roper
Presenters:   Heike Langner, Division Manager, GfK Marktforschung with
Katherine Passerieu, Director, Brand Strategy, GfK (France)

                         Women Directors of the Fortune Global 200
Presenter:  
 Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women

10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.  Report from the Ministerial Roundtable:  Public/Private Sector Partnerships in
Advancing Women’s Economic Progress

Moderator:  Gerri Elliott, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft (USA)

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.     Luncheon Program: “Dialogue With Women Enterprise Leaders
Welcome:
   Marilyn Johnson, Vice President, Market Development, IBM (USA)
Moderator: Valerie Morris, CNN Correspondent (USA)

Panelists:  
Gay Warren Gaddis, President and CEO, T3 (The Think Tank) (USA)
                     Sungjoo Kim, President & CEO, MCM Ltd. and Sungjoo International (Korea)
                     Katrin Petursdottir
, CEO, Lysi Ltd. (Iceland)
                    
Chongshu Zhu, President, Chengdu Dachang Motor Services (China)

                                    Sponsored by IBM

Breakout Sessions

2:45 p.m.- 4:15 p.m.       Entrepreneurial Track:  Using Technology to Build Your ‘Brand’
Moderator
: Beverly Strand, Strategic Partnerships, Worldwide Diversity and Inclusion, Cisco Systems (USA)Speakers:  Heidi Sinclair, President & CEO, Burson Marsteller Europe (USA)
                   Vera Brannen, Founder, Tague Online Solutions (Germany)

                  Jacqueline Ford,  Business Unit Executive, IBM.com Sales Centre (U.K.)

                                   Microenterprise Track :  Marketing Microenterprise Products
Moderator
Johanna Liukonnen, Industry Marketing Manager, Nokia (Finland)
Panelists:  Myrna Yao, Chair, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (Philippines)
                    Ruth DeGolia, Co-Founder, Mercado Global (USA)

                   
Marine Pointillart, Project Director, PlaNet Finance Morocco

                                    Leadership Development Track :  Beyond Networking:  Marketing Yourself Internally
                                                      Within a Large Corporation
Moderator: Michele Bolden, Vice President, Human Resources, Pfizer (USA)
Speakers:   Susanne Kloess, Vice President, Accenture (Germany)          FULL POWERPOINT
                    Joanne Harrell, General Manager, Microsoft (USA)

                   
Monica Emerson, Executive Director, Corporate Diversity, DaimlerChrysler (USA) with
                   
Anja Secander, CFO, DaimlerChrysler Financial Services (Germany)

                                    Issues Track:  Combating the Business of Trafficking:  Public/Private Strategies
Moderator:
Ambassador Patricia Brister, U.S. Representative to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women
Speakers:  Lori Forman, Director, Microsoft Asia Pacific (USA)
                    Marta Laura Carranza
, Undersecretary of Labor (Mexico)
                   
Carita Peltonen, Senior Advisor, Nordic Council of Ministers (Denmark)
                    Lea Ackermann, Founder, SOLWODI (Germany)

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.     Entrepreneurial Track:  Securing Corporate Contracts:  Best Practices in Corporate
                                          Supplier Diversity Programs

Moderator:
Ann Sado, Vice President, GEWEL (Japan)
Speakers: 
Lisa Martin, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Procurement, Pfizer (USA)
                   Terry McNally, President and CEO, Global Capital Ltd. (USA)
                   Stephanie Fiedler, Integrated Supply Chain Procurement, IBM (Germany)

                                    Leadership Development Track :  Managing a Long-Term Business Career
Moderator:
Anke Domscheit, Engagement Manager, Mckinsey & Company (Germany)
Speakers:
   Susan P. Peters, Vice President, Executive Development, GE (USA)
                     Ursula Schwarzenbart, Director of Global Diversity, DaimlerChrysler (Germany)

                     Suzanne Black, Managing Director, Black & Associates (Bahamas)
                     Jovita Carranza
, Deputy Administrator, Small Business Administration (USA)

                                    Issues Track :  Leaders’ Voices in the Work/Family Debate
Moderator 
Eva Welskop-Deffaa, Director, Women’s Bureau, Ministry for Families, Seniors, Women and Youth
                        
(Germany)
Speakers:  
Hon. Jonina Bjartmarz, Minister for the Environment (Iceland)
                     Yokiko Yoshimaru, General Manager, Diversity, Nissan (Japan)
                     Ethel Taylor, Senior Vice President, Corporate Stores, Planning and Resources
                                                   Protection, Sears Canada (Canada)

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.     Special Session:  YOUTH FORUM – Navigating the 21st Century Workplace
Moderator:  Valerie Morris, Former Anchor, CNN Finance (USA)
Speakers: 
 Usha Wright, Senior Vice President for Workforce Strategy (USA)

                     Tina Reisenbichler
, International President of EWMD
                     Sungjoo Kim
, CEO, Sungjoo International and MCM (Korea)
                     Gun Nowak
, CEO, FACE Stockholm (Sweden)
                   

                                    Sponsored by ITT Corporation

8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.    Global Women’s Leadership Awards and Gala Dinner
Moderator:  Irene Natividad, Summit President (USA)
Welcome:    Maud Pagel, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Deutsche Telekom (Germany)

Award Presentations:
            Global Women’s Leadership Award:  Vaira Vike Freiberga,
President of Latvia
            German Women’s Leadership Award:  Rita Suessmuth, Member of Parliament and
                                                                                        former President, Bundestag
            German Women Entrepreneurs Award:  Ulrike Detmers, President,
Mestermacher GmbH

                                    Sponsored by Deutsche Telekom

June 16, 2007 (Saturday)

Plenary Sessions

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.   Corporate Social Responsibility Across Borders:  Best Practices
Moderator:  Judy Dempsey, Senior Correspondent Europe, International Herald Tribune (U.K.)
Presenters:  Sabine Zwinscher, Vice President, Mail Order, Europe Office Depot (Germany)
                      Daryl Faulkner, CEO, Digene Corporation (USA)
                      Clara Gaymard, President, GE France

                      Monika Wulf-Mathies, Managing Director, Corporate Public Policy and Sustainability,
                                   Deutsche Post World Net (
Germany)

                                    Sponsored by Office Depot

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Women CEO Forum:  The 21st Century Marketplace
Moderator:
  Margaretta Noonan, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Hudson (USA)Panelists:    Nance Dicciani, President and CEO, Specialty Materials, Honeywell (USA)
                      Francoise Gri
, Managing Director, Manpower France
                      Cornelia Groehl
, President, Ethicon Gmbh, a Johnson and Johnson company (Germany)
                      Amparo Moraleda
, President, IBM Spain

                                    Sponsored by Hudson Highland Group

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.     Luncheon Program:  Defining Diversity in a Competitive Global Economy
Welcome: 
Leslie Mays, Vice President of Diversity, Pfizer (USA)
Moderator:
Ralitsa Vassileva, Anchor, CNN International
Presenters 
Pedro Lichtinger, President, European Pharmaceutical Operations, Pfizer (U.K.) 
                     Maud Pagel, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
                     Ali Furamawy
, Vice President, EMEA, Microsoft (Turkey)

                                   Sponsored by Pfizer

Breakout Sessions

2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.     Entrepreneurial Track:  “Growing” the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs
Moderator:
Stephanie Fuller, Regional Sales Manager, Office Depot (USA)
Speakers:  Elizabeth Crowther-Hunt, Director of Campaign Networks, Enterprise Insight (U.K.)
                              with Emily Cummins
                    Iris Kronenbitter
, Coordinator, National Agency of Women Start-Ups & Entrepreneurs (Germany)
                    Sasha Bezuhanova, General Manager, Hewlett Packard Bulgaria
                    Marsha Firestone, President, Women Presidents Organization (USA)
                            with Marnie Walker
                    Anwar al Sabah, President, Kuwait Business Women’s Committee (Kuwait)

                                    Microenterprise Track :  New Ways of Financing Microenterprises
Moderator 
Nancy Gomez, President, Eve-olution (France)
Speakers: 
Katrin Leonhardt, Vice President, KfW (Germany)
                    Claire Cabanel Rey, Executive Director, PlaNet Finance UAE (United Arab Emirates)

                    Helena Garcia Romero, Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary  of Social Development (Mexico)

Leadership Development Track :  Developing Win-Win Negotiating Skills
Moderator: Damayanti Vasudevan, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, R.R. Donnelley (USA)
Speakers: 
 Jeanna Littrell, Managing Director, Legal Dept., FedEx Express (USA)
                    Suzanne Bohn, Founder, Crossing Bridges (Germany)

                    Chonchanok Viravan
, President, International Federation of Business Professional
                        
Women (Thailand)

Issues Track :  Women and Corporate Boards – A Progress Report
Moderator:
Tess Mateo, Director, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (USA)
Speakers: Irene Natividad, Chair, Corporate Women Directors International (USA)
                   Mirella Visser,
President, European Professional Women's Network (Netherlands)

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.     Entrepreneurial Track :  Learning From Business Downturns
Moderator: 
Diane Morris, President-Elect, International Alliance for Women (U.K.)
Speakers: Yvonne Boice, President, Fugazy International Travel (USA)
                  Anne Koark, Entrepreneur and President, B.I.G. (Germany)
                  Gun Nowak
, President, Face Stockholm (Sweden)

                                    Leadership Development Track:  Managing vs. Leading
Moderator:
Dagmar Hettler-Gentil, Executive Director, AT&T International Markets (Germany)
Speakers: Tami Longaberger, CEO, The Longaberger Companies and Chair, National Women’s
                                   Business Council (USA)

                 
Mirella Visser, President, European Professional Women’s Network (Netherlands)

                                    Issues Track:  Women’s Invention and Innovations for a Better Competitive Market
M
oderator:
  Bola Olabisi, Founder, Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network (U.K.)
Speakers:  Helen Lom, Director, WIPO Awards and Gender Issues, World Intellectual Property Organization
                    Amanda Chessell, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM (U.K.)  
                    Claire O’Halloran, Partner Development Manager, Microsoft  (U.K.)      

6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.     Closing Ceremony
Speakers:
 Senator Harald Wolf, Government of Berlin, Germany
                    Irene Natividad, Summit President (USA)
                    Presentation by the Vietnamese Delegation
led by Vice President Truong My Hoa

                                    Sponsored by Digene Corporation

7:15 p.m. – 8:45.m.        Closing Reception

                                    Sponsored by Fedex, Accenture and MCM

 

 

  

 

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