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2017 PRESENTATION
“ We strive to build
bridges between
generations, between
young entrepreneurs
”
and role models.
FOREWORD
T
he Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society is dedicated to showcasing the talent and
creativity of women while fostering international cooperation. Our yearly Women’s Forum
Global Meeting has become an unmissable date on the international conference calendar
– the place to be and to be heard.
With our pioneering spirit, our will to make a difference, and the invigorating atmosphere at each
of our Meetings, the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society is unique in the world.
We strive to build bridges between generations, between young entrepreneurs and role models.
We encourage tolerance and solidarity for and among women, wherever they are, in every sector,
at all levels of society.
We enable women to gather together, to realise their ambitions, to discuss topics that are no
more women’s issues than they are men’s issues – with the critical difference that, in our debates,
women are at the front of the room.
For 13 years now, and with the support of our partner organizations and the delegates to our
Meetings, the Women’s Forum has been driven by the vision that empowered women are at the
very core of a better society. Because when we make life better for women, we make life better
for everyone.
Clara Gaymard Chiara Corazza
Executive President Managing Director
MISSION
Bringing together
women and men from all
vocations, generations
and geographies
T
he Women’s Forum for the Economy &
Society is the world’s leading platform
featuring women’s voices on major social
and economic issues. Women’s Forum Meetings
convene leaders and influencers, women and men,
to engage in wide-ranging, incisive debate on vital
issues.
Women’s Forum Meetings are a sounding board for
today’s most innovative ideas and a springboard for
tomorrow’s solutions. The Women’s Forum connects
its community to global business and social networks
to help create opportunities for women’s advancement.
Our flagship event – the annual Women’s Forum Global
Meeting, held in France – features plenary and breakout
sessions as well as The Discovery, a uniquely vibrant
content relay of discussions, interactive sessions and
practical workshops. Our regional Meetings focus on
specific issues in the country or region where each
Meeting takes place.
The Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society, a
Publicis Groupe company headquartered in Paris,
expresses its commitment to women’s progress
throughout the year with a range of Women’s Forum
Initiatives in partnership with corporations, media
groups and non-governmental organizations. We
engage closely with our partners to inform and design
our meetings and initiatives, while maintaining our
editorial independence throughout.
GLOBAL PRESENCE
Organizing
trailblazing Meetings
around the world
I
lllustrating the Women’s Forum’s increasingly
vital role worldwide as a focal point for women’s
voices, the flagship Women’s Forum Global
Meeting in France builds on the success of Women’s
Forum Meetings with a regional focus.
Along with the successes of Women’s Forum
Brazil in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the international
expansion of the Women’s Forum gathered
steam with successive Meetings in Myanmar in
2013 and 2014. Women’s Forum Italy, which
took place during Expo Milano 2015, focused on
issues surrounding food and nutrition from the
perspective of gender. In 2016 Global Women’s
Forum Dubai examined achievements of women in
the Arab world. The inaugural edition of Women’s
Forum Mexico highlighted what women and men
in Mexico can do to ‘co-create together’. And
Women’s Forum Mauritius explored climate
change from the perspective of African countries
and Small Island Developing States.
In 2017 the Women’s Forum is organizing Meetings
in Rome and Mexico in addition to the 13 th edition
of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting in Paris.
Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2017
Paris, France
5-6 October 2017
Women’s Forum Global Meeting
Women’s Forum Mexico 2005- 2016
Mexico City Deauville-France
8-9 November 2017 Global Women’s Forum Dubai 2016
February 2016
Women’s Forum Shanghai
May 2008
Women’s Forum Mexico
Mexico City
June 2016
Women’s Forum Brazil
São Paulo
2012-2013-2014 Women’s Forum Italy
Milan
June 2015 Women’s Forum Myanmar
ASEAN - Yangon - Naypyidaw
Women’s Forum Rome 2013-2014
26-27 June 2017
Women’s Forum Mauritius
June 2016
Stéphane Richard
Chairman and CEO, Orange France
Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2012
“
There are a lot of women who are perfectly
talented to be board members. We do not recruit
women because we are looking for women but
”
because we are able to find good candidates who
are women.
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
President of the Republic of Mauritius
Women’s Forum Mauritius 2016
“
Unfortunately a disproportionate burden is and
will be borne by the poorest and most vulnerable
”
countries and populations, when in fact they are
not responsible for global warming.
Carlos Slim Helu
Chairman, Grupo Carso and América Movil
Women’s Forum Mexico 2016
“
Women should join the economy so that we can
”
have more change (..) We need more women in
business and in all economic activities.
Michel Landel
Group CEO, Sodexo
Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2014
“
You have to hold people accountable and measure.
”
What gets measured gets done.
Shirin Ebadi
Human Rights Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2012
“
Education is the only way to liberation.
”
H.M. Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Global Women’s Forum Dubai 2016
“
If you empower a woman, then you empower a
whole society. In the Arab region, we are in dire
need to catch up with the rest of the world. We
”
need strong, educated and enlightened hands to
lift our societies so that we may stand again.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
State Counsellor of Myanmar, Nobel Peace prize Laureate
Women’s Forum Myanmar 2014
“
There is gender discrimination in this country. It
is taken for granted that, in many families, the
boys will be given advantages that are denied to
”
the girls. The sons are favored quite often over
daughters.
Christine Lagarde
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Global Women’s Forum Dubai 2016
“
Whenever women want to achieve something, they
need to be able to access finance, and when you
look at SMEs, startups, companies around the
”
world, the access to finance for women is a lot
less than what it is for men.
Carlos Ghosn
Chairman and CEO, Renault Nissan Alliance
Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2010
“ ”
We don’t want the car to be seen any more as
hurting the environment.
Emma Bonino
former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy
Women’s Forum Italy 2015
“ ”
Invaluable experience has been accumulated;
now let’s look ahead.
2500+ 100+ 70 40+
delegates speakers countries sessions
representedLOOKING BACK
Global Women’s Forum Dubai 2016
Let’s innovate!
(23-24 February 2016)
G
lobal Women’s Forum Dubai (23-24
February 2016), the first international
Women’s Forum Meeting in the MENA
region, gathered together leaders from the public
and private sector – women as well as men – to
encourage and enable women’s contribution to
business and society in the region and beyond.
Building on the theme Let’s Innovate!, Global
Women’s Forum Dubai was an unprecedented
platform for developing workable strategies and
lasting networks, and for inspiring women across
all generations and geographies.
The programme drew upon five agenda streams
– Achieving, Creating, Giving, Energizing and
Sustaining – which were echoed in every session
during Global Women’s Forum Dubai.
Among the sessions at Global Women’s Forum
Dubai 2016:
• Innovative thinking for tomorrow’s cities
• The turning point: The breakthrough moment that
determines not only what you do but who you are
• Voices from the Gulf: Addressing misperceptions
• Open innovation, a leap in medical advances
• Gender matters for energy
• Creating lasting social impact
• Empowering women through SROI
• Mothers, the ultimate shadow teachers
• Achieving maximum effectiveness in the boardroom
Amal Al Abdullah Al Qubaisi800+ 150+ 30 30+
delegates speakers countries sessions
representedLOOKING BACK
Women’s Forum Mexico 2016
Co-creando junt@s / Co-creating together
(27-28 April 2016)
T
he first edition of Women’s Forum Mexico
brought together more than 800 remarkable
women and men leaders from Mexico, the
United States, Latin America and Europe. They came
to “co-create together”, to discuss how women may
be included with men in the opportunities opening
up after reforms in the Mexican economy. They
also came to address questions such as: What
more is needed to improve women’s ability to help
create new economic opportunities? And how can
more women be drawn out of the informal sector,
to become researchers and successful business-
owners?
Among the sessions at Women’s Forum Mexico
2016:
• Energy, finance, infrastructure, telecoms: Improving
women’s access to new opportunities
• Beyond educational reforms to providing the talent
Mexico will need tomorrow
• Advancing women in our companies: The economic
case and next steps
• Enabling women to be business creators
• Assuming the responsibilities of becoming powerful
• The status of women in Mexico: what still needs
to change?
Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza350+ 150+ 30 30+
delegates speakers countries sessions
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Women’s Forum Mauritius 2016
Meeting the climate challenge for SIDS and Africa
(20-21 June 2016)
U
nder the patronage of H.E. Dr Ameenah
Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic
of Mauritius, Women’s Forum Mauritius
showcased Mauritius’ remarkably rich natural flora
and fauna, while addressing why the country is a
global biodiversity hotspot today.
Women’s Forum Mauritius took up the innovation
challenge for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
and Africa during a high-level two-day meeting
for scientists, policymakers, business leaders
and entrepreneurs. Women at the forefront of the
climate and biodiversity movements gathered with
their men counterparts in a unique meeting that
built capacity and empowered those who attended.
Among the sessions at Women’s Forum Mauritius
2016:
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Nicolas Hulot, Laurence Tubiana ©Micheline Pelletier
• Br inging more women and youth into the innovation
movement
• Achieving resilient water supply and sanitation in
an era of climate change
• A planet where our children can still live: The
essential role of politicians
• Climate, agriculture, biodiversity: Challenges and
ways forward
• Climate and energy: Challenges and ways forward
• Strategies for nurturing frugal GREEN innovation
• Sci-tech breakthroughs for biodiversity, agriculture
and health1250+ 270+ 70 100+
delegates speakers countries sessions
representedLOOKING BACK
Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2016
Is the sharing economy a sharing world?
(30 November-2 December 2016)
B
uilding on the theme, “Is the sharing economy
a sharing world?”, the 12th edition of the
Women’s Forum Global Meeting offered a
critical exploration of the sharing economy and its
disruptive business models.
Among the sessions at the 2016 Women Forum
Global Meeting:
• Financial services meet the sharing economy
• The gig economy is/is not revolutionizing the world
of work
• What the sharing economy looks like outside
Europe and North America
Jürgen Hecker, Tamsyn Attiwell, Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière, Estelle Métayer, Maria Ressa
• Sharing the responsibilities for Europe
• Practicing the community-based new economy
• Investing for human and natural resilience
• What America’s choice means for women
• How can we as influencers better promote
women’s entrepreneurship in new sectors?
• Empowering women entrepreneurs to take risks
The 2016 Women’s Forum Global Meeting also
offered workshops to build leadership skills
and create practical sectorial and business-role
exchanges.
The Discovery, recognized globally as the Women’s
Forum’s signature (net)working space, was co-
created with the support of partners in a dedicated
2,000 square-metre hall at the 2016 Women’s
Forum Global Meeting.Some of t he
spe a ke r s
a t pre v ious
Wome n’s For um
Me e t ings
Key issues at
Women’s Forum Meetings
• Making the business case for gender diversity:
How and why increasing participation by women in
top management leads to higher profits
Aimee Mullins
• Genuine corporate social responsibility, social
entrepreneurs, and our related responsibility as
consumers
• Innovations in technology, becoming science-
literate, boosting opportunities for women to make
their mark in science and tech (including the digital
realm)
• Focus on trust: How to rebuild public confidence
in governing elites, corporations
• Personal discussions about life balance
• Learning from the unexpected: Every Women’s
Forum Meeting features conversations with inspiring Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
individuals from widely varying backgrounds and
fields
• Strength in all networks: Encouraging women
to help each other, both as mentors and in peer-
to-peer groups spanning diverse sectors and
geographies. The Women’s Forum has facilitated
the creation of lasting women’s networks in many
countries around the world.
Bertrand Piccard
Phumzile Miambo-NgcukaSheinkha Lubna
Irina Bokova Al-Quasimi
Muhtar Kent
Barbara Hendricks Isabelle Kocher Muhammad Yunus
Angel Gurría Mary Goudie Angelique Kidjo
Taslima Nasreen Leymah Gbowee Mayra González
Viviane Reding Salma Hayek Pinault Yann Arthus-Bertrand Diane von FustenbergWOMEN’S FORUM INITIATIVES
Promoting
Women’s Forum
key goals over
the long-term
P
artnering with companies, media groups
and non-governmental organizations, the
Women’s Forum has long been involved
in an ambitious series of Initiatives for the long-
term promotion of key goals, such as increasing
women’s access to the workforce and to leadership
positions; encouraging entrepreneurship; and
enhancing the role of women in culture, media and
sport.WOMEN’S FORUM INITIATIVES
Tracking and driving
measurable progress for
women’s advancement
C
EO Champions is an initiative launched
in 2010 by EY and the Women’s Forum
for the Economy & Society, designed to
drive progress and accountability for women’s
advancement in the private and public sectors.
The peer-to-peer network presents an opportunity
for CEOs to underscore their organization’s
commitment to women’s advancement as well
as taking a strong leadership role in the broader
global economy and society. CEO Champions
members are active, highly committed participants
who track and drive measurable progress for
women’s advancement through on-record mutual
commitments and accountability.
Now in its eighth year, the CEO Champions Initiative
is a pioneer as a high-level international platform
that advocates for the inclusion of both men and
women at the leadership level in the private as well
as the public sector.
The CEO Champions initiative 2016 has been
partnered by:
• At Global Women’s Forum Dubai: McKinsey &
Company
• At Women’s Forum Mexico: McKinsey & Company
and Sanofi
• Global Meeting: McKinsey & Company, Shiseido
Group and with the support of the 30% Club and
the OECDWOMEN’S FORUM INITIATIVES
Nurturing talent among
women for the future of
global business and
society
T
he Women’s Forum Rising Talents Initiative,
celebrating its 10 th Anniversary in 2017, aims
to distinguish highly talented young women
who are on their way to becoming influential figures
in our economies and societies. This initiative is a
commitment to promote women leaders and bring
the vision of rising generations to the Women’s
Forum.
The Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society
and its partners share a common belief: that the
identification and nurturing of talent among women
is critical for the future of global business and
society.
Each year some 20 young women join the Rising
Talents network, attend the Women’s Forum Global
Meeting and regional Women’s Forum Meetings,
and benefit from enhanced networking activities
during these events and in the future.
The Rising Talents Initiative 2016 has been
partnered by:
• At Global Women’s Forum Dubai: McKinsey &
Company and FGB
• At Women’s Forum Mexico: Aeromexico, American
Express and IPADE Business School
• At t he G loba l Me e t ing: E gon Ze hnde r, E ur a z e o
and EYWOMEN’S FORUM INITIATIVES
Giving each woman the
tools to evaluate and
raise her media profile
W
omen in Media, a joint initiative by Deloitte
and the Women’s Forum for the Economy
& Society, began in 2010. This initiative
contributes to strengthening women’s voices and
to promoting their representation as experts and
professionals in media.
There is a need for more female voices in our
media landscape. Through intensive individual
coaching workshops and a series of practical
sessions, this initiative aims to give each woman
the tools to evaluate and raise her media profile
and practical guidance on possible improvements
to her approach to various types of media. It is
a unique and lasting opportunity to contribute to
women’s empowerment in the wider world (thus
amplifying also their impact in their professional
environments) and promote equal participation
through media.WOMEN’S FORUM INITIATIVES
Taking innovation to the
next level with women
entrepreneurs at the helm
W
omen in Innovation, an initiative of the
Women’s Forum for the Economy &
Society, promotes women entrepreneurs
developing forward-thinking projects that fall within
new economic models (sustainable development,
collaborative economy...). There are no limits on
age, country of origin or sector of activity. Their
common denominator is creativity and a desire to
rethink business-as-usual. The Women’s Forum’s
public- and private-sector partners play a decisive
role as incubators, advisers and mentors.
In 2016 the Women’s Forum partnered with
“Imagine with Orange,” a crowdsourcing platform
for innovation and a launchpad for entrepreneurs.
After a two-day hackathon in Paris, finalists pitched
their projects during the 2016 Women’s Forum
Global Meeting.WOMEN’S FORUM INITIATIVES
Gender equality is long
overdue in professional
sport
T
he sport industry is undergoing profound
change. Women, as both athletes and fans,
are far more present today than at any
previous point in history. At the same time, women
and girls continue to suffer discrimination on the
field and in the head office, in the prize money
that they are offered and the media coverage they
receive. The sooner women sports professionals
are treated equally, the sooner the industry — and
society as a whole – can reap the rewards.
In 2016 the Women’s Forum for the Economy &
Society launched the Women in Sport Initiative,
beginning with a dedicated programme at the
2016 Women’s Forum Global Meeting. Among the
sessions:
• Shifting gears: When athletes become entrepreneurs
• 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup: A milestone for
gender parity?
• Record-breakers and role models: Meet the Women
in Sport
• Sport as a vehicle for peace, stability and happiness
The Women in Sport Initiative Global Meeting 2016
was partnered by FDJ and FFF with the support
of Eurosport, Women Sports Magazine and Venus
Racing.UPCOMING
Upcoming
Women’s Forum
Meetings
Women’s Forum Rome 2017
26-27 June 2017
Rome, Italy
Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2017
5-6 October 2017
Paris, France
Women’s Forum Mexico 2017
8-9 November 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
More information can be found at
www.womens-forum.com200+ 50+ 35+ 8 delegates speakers countries plenary sessions
UPCOMING
Women’s Forum Rome 2017
Revitalizing Europe with women’s energy
for peace and prosperity
(26-27 June 2017 - Rome, Italy)
W
omen’s Forum Rome will gather more
than 200 thought-leaders representing
government and business, Nobel
prizewinners and top-level personalities across
all sectors from Europe and from Mediterranean
countries. Our ambition is to mobilize women’s
energy to bolster and restore confidence in
the future of Europe, and to build new bridges
and facilitate dialogue between Europe and all
Mediterranean countries.
The Treaty of Rome gave rise to the European
Union and to the common desire to improve living
standards, guarantee social protection, combat
discrimination, encourage cross-border mobility
and promote democracy and personal freedom.
Six decades after the Treaty of Rome was signed,
the European Union has been reeling from one
emergency to another, and EU leaders have
responded with a “roadmap” in an effort to restore
confidence and rally support for its core mission: to
achieve lasting peace and growth for its 500 million
citizens.
Women’s Forum Rome will create momentum and
deliver strong messages for co-operation, growth,
research & innovation, energy, infrastructure,
mobility, investment & finance, education, culture.
And it will provide an opportunity to discuss and
take action on behalf of European values, to foster
prosperity and secure peace.
Commit to European values
Villa Medici, Rome1500+ 150+ 70 80+
delegates speakers countries sessions
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Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2017
Engage for impact! Daring to lead in a disrupted world
(5-6 October 2017 - Paris, France)
I
n the past year our economies and societies
have undergone profound change, upending
norms that had underpinned the world order
for decades. Unexpected election results are
rocking political and geopolitical establishments.
Automation and artificial intelligence are poised to
change the nature of work, with societal implications
that stretch the imagination. The ubiquity of social
networks is bringing individuals newfound power –
and unforeseen vulnerabilities – as consumers and
citizens.
It is imperative for public and private organizations
to embrace new ideas to reinvent themselves in
the face of this disruption, to rebuild trust with
employees, consumers and communities. To
achieve that objective, they need new ideas, new
ways of working, and a renewed recognition of the
importance of women’s leadership.
In this spirit of disruption, the Women’s Forum
Global Meeting is convening in Paris for the first
time, in the Carrousel du Louvre, where our largest-
ever audience will explore issues and gather to take
action. Our agenda is organized around four pillars:
embracing our humanity, harnessing technology,
thriving through creativity and future-proofing the
workforce.
This is an unprecedented opportunity for leaders,
women and men, in the public and private sectors,
to question their assumptions and shape the future
of a world in transition. Through conversations,
demonstrations and other experiences, delegates
will learn from one another and uncover fresh
insights that are relevant to the economic and
political forces affecting their organizations and
Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
their lives.
Engage with us for lasting impact!850+ 150+ 30 30+
delegates speakers countries sessions
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Women’s Forum Mexico 2017
Unleash your leadership!
(8-9 November 2017 - Mexico City, Mexico)
T
his is an opportunity to look at major trends
and realize an open and culturally dynamic
21st century Mexico. Better leadership must
go together with new leadership – new modes of
managing companies and unleashing Mexico’s
talent, new identities and inspiration for Mexicans
as a people and for the country in the region and
the world.
This second edition of Women’s Forum Mexico will
bring together women and men, each an influencer
or high potential in his or her field, for forward-
looking debates intended to contribute to national
renewal, encourage corporate innovation, and
support individual leadership development.
Our premise is that women’s experience, expertise,
and vision are essential for achieving viable social
and economic advancements – so we feature
women leaders from Mexico and abroad in dialogue
with their men counterparts.
On the agenda for Women’s Forum Mexico:
• How to promote more civic engagement to
strengthen Mexico’s leadership?
• Diversification: Our no. 1 priority
• The trends we must take into account for a
thriving 21st century workforce
• Do it! Being leaders in our sectors
• Learning from Mexico’s successes in doing
business with Canada and Latin America
Zócalo Square, Mexico City
• Changing the narrative for women: A needed
cultural dialogue
Join us for excitment, learning, debate, inspiration
and celebration.Follow the Women’s Forum on social media
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