PANELS
#DareToCreate
PANEL BREAKOUTS: SESSION 1
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: WHY IT'S WORTH THE RISK
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Deepa and Rachel co-founded their businesses with other Wharton MBA students. Learn what it took to take the initial leap into entrepreneurship, raise funds, and scale the business.
WG '13
WG '12
#DareToDriveChange
WHAT WORKS: PROMOTING GENDER PARITY IN ORGANIZATIONS
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
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More and more businesses are committed to diversity and inclusion. Leaders now believe it is business imperative, yet it is unclear what works to promote gender parity and greater inclusion of all groups. What are the policies and practices we should advocate for within the organizations we work or implement as leaders?
#DareToMoveUp
TRANSITION: MAKING THE MOVE TO LEADING TEAMS
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
We all want to see women attain more senior roles in companies. A frequent stumbling block for all business leaders is the transition from individual contributor to manager, and from manager to a leader of larger teams. Panelists will share their stories and lessons learned from making those transitions themselves.
How did they have to shift their mindset and how they focused their time? What skills have they found to become more important as their careers have advanced?
WG '86
WG '12
WG '05
#DareToPromoteYourself
ADVOCATE FOR YOUR OWN CAREER
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
No one can be a better advocate for your career than you. Self-promotion can feel uncomfortable but learning to speak for your accomplishments is essential to career growth. How can women claim their achievements in the workplace, leverage (rather than just build) relationships, and enlist allies from day one?
PANEL BREAKOUTS: SESSION 2
#DareToGoGlobal
GLOBAL CAREERS: REWARDS AND CHALLENGES
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
We will all work in increasingly global contexts. Learn from how these women have adapted to working across the cultures, and how global experience has enriched and advance their careers
WG '92
WG '03
#DareToRisk
WOMEN WHO CONTROL CAPITAL
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
These women are changing how capital flows in the global economy, and there needs to be more women in investing roles. Hear what they have accomplished and why they love what they do.
WG '10
WG '09
#DareToRedefine
AUTHOR CONVERSATION: THE FIFTH TRIMESTER WITH LAUREN SMITH BRODY
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Can it be done? Obviously, it can! Women are have continuously shown that career ambition is compatible with parenting. However, we cannot ignore that the gender gap becomes significantly more pronounced, around the ages women have children. Author Lauren Smith Brody shares her own experience of returning to work as executive editor of Glamour magazine and what she learned from interviewing and surveying hundreds of women.
