Global Meeting 2012
10. 10. 2012 - 10. 12. 2012

Innovation is about collaboration and people. Who are our unsung heroes?

Speakers:
Michael Gibbs, Clinical Professor of Economics & Faculty Director of the Executive MBA Program, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Martha Heitzmann, Senior Executive VP Research & Development and Innovation, Areva
Corinne Jouanny, Co-founder and Managing Director, Altran Prime
Christine Tovee, Chief Technology Officer, EADS North America

How will climate change affect economic growth?

Speakers:
Catherine Garreta, Director for Development Professions Enhancement, AFD
Valérie Reboud, Project Manager for Biodiversity Protection, AFD

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

Sharing experiences and tips for building a successful career in the technology sector.

Moderator:
Philippe Béteille, EMEA Corporate Communications Director, Lenovo

Speakers:
Gulfem Cakmakci, CGM Turkey, Lenovo
Gao Lan, VP Human Resources, Lenovo China and (APLA) Asia Pacific, Latin America  
Sandra Wellet, VP EMEA GSC, Lenovo
Isla Ramos Chavez, ED EMEA Business Transformation, Lenovo

A battle of ideas between top managers and Gen Yers.

Speakers:
Adeline Braescu-Kerlan, General Secretary and co-founder, WoMen’Up
Emmanuelle Duez, President and co-founder, WoMen’Up

Get on board to identify your strengths, know yourself better, and succeed.

Speakers:
Mary Cronin, Co-Founder, ThousandSeeds
Raomal Perera, Co-founder of ThousandSeeds and Adjunct Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD

Speaker:
Elizabeth Linder, Politics and Government Specialist EMEA, Facebook

Taste and find out how Nestlé uses sensory knowledge to continuously improve the nutrition and flavour of its products

Speaker:
Laure Wieder, Sensory & Consumer Specialist, Nestlé France

Honorary guests from China
Viewed by women with multicultural perspectives

Moderator:
Cai Shiyin, COO, Dialogue Social Enterprise, and 2012 Women's Forum Rising Talent

Speakers:
Julie Laulusa, Co-Managing Partner, Mazars China
Caroline Puel, Asia Bureau Chief and Author, Le Point
Xinran, Author

Group discussion of the results of the online self-assessment tests on how to understand your leadership style.

Facilitated by The Boston Consulting Group

Looking for inspiration? Learn how two successful business leaders have happily left their corporate careers to embrace entrepreneurship.

Moderators:
Mary Cronin, Co-Founder, ThousandSeeds
Raomal Perera, Co-founder of ThousandSeeds and Adjunct Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD

Speakers:
Lauren Thomas, Founder of Mozambikes, 2011 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards Finalist
Kresse Wesling, Founder of Elvis & Kresse, 2011 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards Laureate 

Why should gender balance be a top management priority and how to implement strategy to manage the gender gap.

Speaker:
Sue Johnson, Head of Gender Balance and Diversity, Nestlé SA

How changing lifestyles are leading to a worldwide epidemic.

Speaker:
Geremia Brunetto Bolli, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Head and Chief, Clinica di Medicina Interna e Scienze Endocrine e Metaboliche, University of Perugia

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

Speakers:
Delphine Remy-Boutang, Founder and CEO, the social bureau
Tiffany St James, Director, Stimulation Ltd

Moderator:
Karine Guldemann, Chief Representative, ELLE Foundation

Speakers:
Daphné Benoît, Deputy Head of the Lifestyle Department, AFP Paris and former Pentagon Correspondent
Anna Neistat, Associate Director for Program and the Emergencies division, Human Rights Watch, and 2012 Women’s Forum Rising Talent

Facilitator:
Irène Frain, Author and journalist

Speaker:
Xinran, Author

So many different fields of expertise and so many bridges between them... Take the lead, you’ll make the link.

Speakers:
Martha Heitzmann, Senior Executive VP Research & Development and Innovation, Areva
Corinne Jouanny, Co-founder and Managing Director, Altran Prime
Christine Tovee, Chief Technology Officer, EADS North America 

Meet in person with a micro-entrepreneur from Senegal and discover how she is supported through the MicroWorld website.

Speakers:
David Langlois, CEO, MicroWorld
Therese Sinter, Communication Director, Sogeti Group
Marie Wattez, Western Switzerland Director & CSR Coordinator, Capgemini FS

Meet with the remarkable woman from Burundi who is often called the African Mother Teresa.

Speaker: 
Marguerite Barankitse, Founder, Maison Shalom

Moderator:
Antonella Notari Vischer, Director, The Womanity Foundation

Speakers:
Yann Borgstedt, Founder and President, The Womanity Foundation
Sanjit Bunker Roy, Founder and Director, Barefoot College

How do growth and urbanism interact? From fear to hope in Medellin and Paris, towards a sustainable city.

Speakers: 
Sarah Marniesse, Project manager for urbanism, AFD
Dominique Alba, Director, Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

From education to entrepreneurship, women are enabling and inspiring growth by investing in the development of other women. This session debates the factors necessary to maximise these opportunities.

Moderator:
Mark McLane, Managing Director, Head of Global Diversity and Inclusion, Barclays

Speakers:
Barbara-Ann King, Head of Female Client Group, Barclays
Monique Villa, CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Share moving moments with some truly inspiring changemakers.

Moderator:
Carla Buzasi, Editor-in-Chief, the Huffington Post UK & AOL UK

Speakers:
Albina du Boisrouvray, President, Founder and Chairperson, FXB International
Shirin Ebadi, Human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Moderator:
Eric Tenin, New technologies expert

Speaker:
Christine Albanel, Executive Vice President, in charge of Events, Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy 
Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, Deputy CEO, Orange France
Fleur Pellerin, French Deputy Minister for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Innovation and the Digital Economy

The impact of vaccination on worldwide health can be declared a miracle, but education continues to be the biggest challenge to successful immunization.

Speaker:
Mike Watson, Vice President, Vaccination Policy and Advocacy, Sanofi Pasteur

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

When respect becomes a key driver for long-run performance and wealth creation.

Speaker:
Emmanuelle Rigaudias, Consulting Partner, CSR & Sustainable Development, Mazars

Question your core assumptions and achieve outstanding marketing.

Speakers:
Mary Cronin, Co-Founder, ThousandSeeds
Raomal Perera, Co-founder of ThousandSeeds and Adjunct Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD

Global launching of the DivARTsité program with the BPW network.

Facilitator:
Irène Frain, Author and journalist

Speaker:
Pauline Wong, External Relations Manager, The American Library in Paris

Featuring:
Pascale Auger, VP, Capgemini Consulting
Maryse Aulagnon, Chairman and CEO, Affine
Alexia de Bernardy, CEO, Filapi
Dominique Druon, CEO, Aliath
Claudine Schmuck, Associate Director, Global Contact

What are the barriers and opportunities for women engineers who decide to take on a managing career?

Speakers:
Nathalie Chantelat, Head of Power Electronics Department, Hispano-Suiza - Safran
Valérie Faudon, Senior VP Marketing, Areva
Claudie Hamerstehl, Executive Director Rail Division, Altran
Célia Reis, Managing Director, Altran Portugal

A concrete and pragmatic solution to steal with pride using new online and social technologies.

Speakers:
David Langlois, CEO, MicroWorld
Therese Sinter, Communication Director, Sogeti Group
Marie Wattez, Western Switzerland Director & CSR Coordinator, Capgemini FS 

GDF Suez
Female entrepreneurship particularly on mentoring, negotiation tools, recipes for success.

Moderator:
Katherine Richardson, Chair and Director of the Language Centre, Queen Mary’s, University of London

Speakers:
Martine Liautaud, Founder and Chair of Women Business Mentoring Initiative (WBMI), President of the investment bank Liautaud & Cie
Margaret A. Neale, Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Stanford University, Director of the Influence and Negotiation Strategies Executive Program, Director of the Managing Teams for Innovation and Success Executive Program

What characterizes the leaders and the leadership teams of high performing companies? What does diversity bring to leadership?

Moderator:
Jean-Michel Caye, Senior Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group Paris

Speakers:
Antony Jenkins, Group Chief Executive, Barclays
Bruno Witvoet, Chairman, Unilever France

Facilitator:
Irène Frain, Author and journalist

Speaker:
Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College

 A discussion of the regulations on conflict minerals and their alignment with corporate social responsibility policies.

Speakers:
Kapila Anand, KPMG National Partner-in-Charge Public Policy Business Initiatives, Advisory Board, Women Corporate Directors, ION, The Chicago Network
Kathy Hannan, US National Managing Partner of Corporate Responsibility and Diversity, KPMG

Learn about repeatable strategy models for entering and expanding in developing markets.

Speakers:
Olya Linde, Principal, Bain & Company Moscow
Prapavadee Sophonpanich, Principal, Bain & Company Bangkok

Bring your own stories about stereotypes to this interactive session.

Speaker:
Mary Boy, Coach and writer

How to democratize the place of women in motorsport: a long journey.

Speaker:
Michèle Mouton, President, FIA Women In Motor Sport Commission

Gain practical advice on how to enter, expand positions, and overcome the challenges of operating in Africa.

Speakers:
Claire Johnson, Consultant, Bain & Company South Africa
Joëlle de Montgolfier, Senior Director, Bain & Company Paris 

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

Moderator:
Anne-Claire Coudray, Journalist, TF1

Speakers:
Sophie Auconie, Member of the European Parliament
Carla Buzasi, Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post UK & AOL UK
Isabelle Duriez, Journalist, ELLE
Mercedes Erra, Founder BETC, and Executive President, Havas Worldwide
Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA Parliamentary Leader, South Africa and 2012 Women’s Forum Rising Talent

Personal experiences and accounts of tipping points from our Rising Talents.

Moderator:
Ana Paula Padrão,  Journalist  and Founder, Tempo de Mulher

Speakers:
Melissa Boteach, Director, Poverty to Prosperity Program, Center for American Progress
Christel Heydemann, EVP Human Resources and Transformation, Alcatel-Lucent
Ulla Lohmann, Photojournalist and documentary filmmaker
Anna Neistat, Associate Director forProgram and the Emergencies division, Human Rights Watch

Should the economic crisis have an impact on healthcare budgets?

Speaker:
Antonyia Parvanova, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Vice-President of the European Network for Women in Leadership (WiL)

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

Share about the interests served and benefits of women’s networking

Moderator:
Catherine Ladousse, Executive Director Communications, Lenovo EMEA

Speakers:
Isla Ramos Chavez, ED EMEA Business Transformation, Lenovo
Elisabeth Moreno, Global Account Director South Region, Lenovo EMEA 
Sandra Wellet, VP EMEA GSC, Lenovo

Gen Y voices: A new approach of professional life.

Speakers:
Ninon Galice, Paris representative, EthiCum Association
Caroline Haquet, Head of Partner Development, HR Group, Mazars
Charles Thou, President, Studyka

Unleash your creativity and express your vision: explore alternative methods.

Speakers:
Mary Cronin, Co-Founder of ThousandSeeds
Raomal Perera, Co-founder of ThousandSeeds, Adjunct Professor in the Entrepreneurship Department, INSEAD

Speaker :
Henriette Billon Gomis, Director of Communications and Quality, Orange Ivory Coast, Secretary-General, the Orange Ivory Coast Telecom Foundation
Christelle Hien Kouamé, Managing Director, AGENCE AGAIN, Founder of the ENTRELLES Platform 

Discover your style profile and find out how to achieve healthy weight through a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

Speaker:
Hélène Duthay, Customer Service Manager, Jenny Craig France

85% of our companies don’t encourage risk-taking. What about you? What is your innovation potential?

Speakers:
Marjolaine Grange, Materials & Processes Direction Coordination, Safran
Corinne Jouanny, Co-founder and Managing Director, Altran Prime
Agnès Ogier, Marketing Director, SNCF Voyages
Sandra Valmier, Group Marketing Director, Altran

10 minute slots 1-on-1 to seek advice from inspirational business and investment leaders who will be ready to provide focused advice and insight in response to your individual issues.

What characterizes the leaders and the leadership teams of high performing companies? What does diversity bring to leadership?

Moderator:
Roselinde Torres, Senior Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group New York

Speakers:
Sarah Byrne-Quinn, VP Business Development EMEA, Baxter
Brigitte Dumont, Deputy Group HR Senior VP, Orange
Elisabeth Moreno, Global Account Director, South Region, Lenovo
Michael Whitwell, President, Central Region (Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Russia, Turkey and CIS), Chartis (AIG)

A worldwide survey conducted by Mazars and WoMen’Up shakes up Gen Y stereotypes.

Moderators: 
Adeline Braescu-Kerlan, General Secretary and co-founder, WoMen’Up
Emmanuelle Duez, President and cofounder,WoMen’Up

Speakers:
Philippe Castagnac, CEO, Mazars Group
Julie Laulusa, CEO, Mazars China
Ann Walker Marchant, CEO, WM Group

Learn about today’s fastest growing financial services segment: Sharia-compliant investment

Speakers:
Chiara Corazza, MD, Greater Paris Investment Agency
Ada Di Marzo, Partner, Bain & Company Paris
Bianca Leodari, Manager, Bain & Company Middle East

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

How do culture and the working environment impact the way you see diversity: testimonials.

Moderator:
Philippe Beteille, EMEA Corporate Communications Director, Lenovo

Speakers:
Caroline Bettini, HR Director France & Israel, Lenovo 
Gulfem Cakmakci, CGM Turkey Lenovo
Gao Lan, VP Human Resources, Lenovo China and (APLA) Asia Pacific, Latin America
Maite Ramos, Country Leader Iberia Consumer Business, Lenovo

Featuring General Counsel using networks to be inspired to meet people's aspirations.

Speaker:
Ariane Bucaille, Partner, TMT Leader, Deloitte France

Facilitator:
Irène Frain, Author and Journalist

Speaker:
Mamle Kabu, Author

What kinds of rewards will motivate employees to generate new ideas?

Speaker:
Michael Gibbs, Clinical Professor of Economics & Faculty Director of the Executive MBA Program, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Maria Harti, IDTGV CEO, SNCF 

(with lunch boxes)

How the results of a two-year study of parent-friendly policies demonstrate their benefits to corporations.

Moderator:
Rachel Konrad, Director of Communications, Renault-Nissan Alliance

Speakers:
Jérôme Ballarin, President, Parenthood Observatory
Alexia de Bernardy, CEO, Filapi 

Companies interviewed for the study will participate in the debate.

(with lunch boxes)

Half the talent, half the market: How can women’s networks actively increase growth?

Moderator:
Christopher Dickey, Paris Bureau Chief, Middle East Editor, Newsweek

Speakers:

How African women are driving forward their societies and economies.

Moderator :
Gemma Ware, Assistant Editor, The Africa Report

Speakers :
Marguerite Barankitse, Founder, Maison Shalom
Raymonde Goudou Coffie, Minister of Family, Women and Children, Ivory Coast
Dolly Mokgatle, Executive Director, PEOTONA Group Holdings     

The feminization of leadership should be a vehicle for change. Is there a female approach of power?

Moderator:
Catherine Ladousse, Executive Director Communications, Lenovo EMEA

Speakers:
Viviane de Beaufort, Professor in European and Comparative Law. ESSEC Business School, and Founder, Women Be European Board Ready
Trina Gordon, CEO, Boyden World Corporation
Marie-Christine Maheas, Co-President, European Professional Women’s Network
Thaima Samman, President, European Network for Women in Leadership
Sandra Wellet, VP EMEA GSC, Lenovo

An oenologist will apply wine tasting techniques to water.

Speaker:
David Cobbold, Author, journalist, wine expert

Speaker:
Carole Zibi, Director Strategic Marketing, LinkedIn

Explore through photographs and across several years the extraordinary life stories of women from four different continents.

Facilitator:
Irène Frain, Author and journalist

Speaker:
Nick Danziger, Photographer

Group discussion of the results of the online self-assessment tests: how to understand your leadership style.

Facilitated by The Boston Consulting Group

10 minute slots 1-on-1 to seek advice from inspirational business and investment leaders who will be ready to provide focused advice and insight in response to your individual issues.

Learn about repeatable strategy models for entering and expanding in developing markets.

Speakers:
Olya Linde, Principal, Bain & Company Moscow
Prapavadee Sophonpanich, Principal, Bain & Company Bangkok

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

Speaker:
Joëlle Chauvin, Founder and President, Le Cercle des Femmes de l’Immobilier, and President, Aviva Real Estate

Moderator:
Isabelle Duriez, Journalist, ELLE Magazine

Speakers:
Brelotte Ba, CEO, Orange Niger
Nathalie Delapalme, Director of Research and Policy, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Raymonde Epse Goudou Coffie, Minister of Family, Women and Children, Ivory Coast
Amy Fall-Ndao, Business Development Director West Africa, Sanofi
Melanne Verveer, US Ambassador at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, US Department of State

Meet with two women champions of entrepreneurship.

Speakers:
Rosheen Blackie-Kriegler, Managing Director, Blackie and Associates
Philisiwe Buthelezi, CEO, National Empowerment Fund

Causes and consequences of healthcare and education access for women.

Speakers:
Catherine Bonnaud, Head of healthcare division, AFD
Hélène Charton-Bigot, Head of gender and human capital pole, French Foreign Ministry

Moderated by Charlotte Measures (IDRH)

Why are there so few girls in engineering schools? Do we unconsciously convey gender stereotypes? Let’s engage in concrete actions for change!

Speakers:
Aline des Cloizeaux, Executive VP Major Investment Projects, Areva
Christian Le Liepvre, Director, Altran Foundation for Innovation
Ariane Saint-Pierre, R&T Program Manager, Hispano-Suiza - Safran
Joël Vallat, former Director, Lycée Louis-le-Grand

Speakers:
Nancy Calderon, KPMG Global Lead Partner; Director, Global Delivery Center (India); Audit Committee Institute
Susan Stautberg, President, PartnerCom Corporation, and Co-Founder, Women Corporate Directors

Speaker:
Emmanuelle Rigaudias, Consulting Partner, Sustainable Development, Mazars

80 percent of all micro-entrepreneurs are women. How can innovative technology help them to finance and develop their projects?

Moderator:
Eric Le Boucher, Co-Founder and Columnist, Slate.fr, and Editorial Director, Enjeux-Les Echos 

Speakers:
Alexandre Allard, President, MicroWorld
Jacques Attali, President, Planet Finance
Luc-François Salvador, Chairman Capgemini Country Board, France, and Chairman and CEO, Sogeti Group

Come and meet with members of women’s networks for a very special wrap-up session.

How technologies can contribute to women’s education and improve access to healthcare in Africa

Introduction:
Karine Guldemann, Chief Representative, ELLE Foundation
Véronique Morali, Founder and CEO, Terrafemina.com, Vice-Chairman, Fitch Group, President, Fimalac Development and the Women’s Forum

Featuring:
Christine Albanel, Executive VP, Events, Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy, Orange
Caty Forget, Managing Director, Sanofi Espoir Foundation
Valérie Toranian, Editor-in-Chief, ELLE, and President, ELLE Foundation