Women in Leadership Forum

Description

CKGSB and UN WOMEN will jointly host the 2017 Women in Leadership Forum, featured an impressive line-up of Chinese and international speakers from across a range of sectors.

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) will present the 2017 Women in Leadership Forum, on June 26, 2017, in Beijing, China.

Previous speakers of this Forum, which is now in its third year, have included Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg and Didi Chuxing’s President Liu Qing. The Forum will offer an opportunity to the 350 participating Chinese and global opinion leaders from the business, academic, non-profit and government sectors to network and share best practice.

Agenda

09:00 – 09:30        Registration

09:30 – 09:35        Opening by Emcee

Michelle Xing, Anchor “Global Business”, CGTN (formerly CCTV News)

09:35 – 09:45        Welcome Remarks from CKGSB

Zhou Li, Assistant Dean, CKGSB

09:45 – 09:55        Welcome Remarks from UN Women

Julie Broussard, Country Programme Manager, UN Women

 

Women’s Empowerment

09:55 – 10:10       Keynote Speech

Julie L. Kavanagh, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy Beijing

 

Women x Business

10:10 – 10:25        Keynote Speech

Wei Sun Christianson, Asia Co-CEO, Morgan Stanley

10:25 – 10:40        Keynote Speech

Gill Zhou, Vice President, IBM Greater China (CKGSB Student)

10:40 – 10:55        Keynote Speech

Han Xiaohong, President, Ciming Health Checkup Management Group (CKGSB Alumna)

11:00 – 12:30        Panel Discussion

Guo Sheng, CEO, Zhaopin.com

Han Xiaohong, President, Ciming Health Checkup Management Group (CKGSB Alumna)

Tim Payne, Senior Partner, Head of Asia, Brunswick

Daisy Shen, COO of Global China Practice, KPMG

Gill Zhou, Vice President, IBM Greater China (CKGSB Student)

Moderator:

Rachel Morarjee, The Economist Corporate Network

12:30 – 14:00        Lunch Break

 

Women x Creative Industries

14:00 – 15:00        Panel Discussion

Soo Kang, Global Education and Technology Group, Pearson PLC

Christina Larson, Reporter, Bloomberg News

Anke Redl, Co-Founder and Partner, China Media Management Inc

Yang Xiaoxuan, Vice President, iQiyi (CKGSB Alumna)

Moderator:

Li Xin, Managing Director, Caixin Global (CKGSB Alumna)

 

Women x Entrepreneurship

15:00 – 15:15        Keynote Speech

Liu Nan, CEO, Mia (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)

15:15-16:15          Panel Discussion

Tan Jing, CEO and Founder, Jiashuangkuaizi.com (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)

Cindy Mi, Founder, VIPKID (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)

Liu Nan, CEO, Mia (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)

Su Cheng Harris-Simpson, Executive Director, Greater China, WEConnect International; Founder & CEO, SCHSAsia

Zhu Yueyi, Founder and CEO, Huadian Shijian (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)

Moderator:

Li Yang, Associate Professor, CKGSB

 

Women x Philanthropy

16:15 – 16:30       Keynote Speech

Tao Hong, Renowned Chinese Actress and Philanthropist (CKGSB Alumna)

16:30 – 17:20        Panel Discussion

May Mei, Founder of GoalBlue, Former Chief Representative of WildAid China (CKGSB Alumna)

Clare Pearson, Co-Chair of CBBC and Britcham; Pro Bono Counsel and CSR Manager for Asia at DLA Piper

Tao Hong, Renowned Chinese Actress and Philanthropist (CKGSB Alumna)

Zhang Huaying, Vice President for Sustainability, Coca-Cola

Moderator:

Julie Broussard, Country Programme Manager, UN Women

17:20 – 17:45        Keynote Speech

Zhang Shuqin, Founder, Sun Village

17:45 -17:50         Closing by Emcee

17:50-18:30          Networking

 

Registration:

For further information or any questions please email Mark Dreyer at markdreyer@ckgsb.edu.cn

To register, please click here

Event Details

Start date: 2017-06-26

Start time: 09:00

End time: 19:00

Venue: Regent Hotel

Directions: 99 Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Email: markdreyer@ckgsb.edu.cn

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