2021 Women in Leadership Forum

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2021 Women
in Leadership
Forum

Towards a Sustainable Future

Co-organizers

CKGSB,
UN Global Compact

Time/Date

13:30 – 17:20,
November 24th, 2021

Location

Beijing

Language

English and Chinese (with simultaneous interpretation)

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About the 6th Women in Leadership Forum

Focusing on empowering women at senior levels, the Women in Leadership Forum is a flagship event jointly held by the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).

As a platform for empowering female leaders, promoting gender equality in the workplace, celebrating success stories, and offering opportunities to create positive change, the Women in Leadership Forum offers unique insights from distinguished leaders like Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook’s COO), Barbara Woodward (Former British Ambassador to China), Jan Adams (Former Australian Ambassador to China) and Jean Liu (President of Didi Chuxing Technology Co), among many others.

86

Speakers
from 12 countries

2000₊

Offline participants

1/3

Participants are director-lever & above

2M₊

Unique viewers online

120₊

Chinese and global media attended

1500₊

Media
coverage

Speakers

CHEN Long

Professor of Managerial Practice in Finance, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Toronto

CHEN Yaru

Visiting Professor of Management, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Columbia University

CHO Dong-Sung

Visiting Professor of Strategy, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

DBA, Harvard Business School

FAN Xinyu

Assistant Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of California, Los Angles (UCLA)

FANG Christina

Professor of Management

PhD, University of Pennsylvania

FU Chengyu

Professor of Management Practice of Governance and Innovations at Large Corporations, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

GAN Jie

Professor of Finance and Director of Research Department on Finance and Economic Growth, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

HE Hua

Professor of Financial Practice, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

HUANG Chunyan (Jennifer)

Professor of Finance, Executive Academic Director for MBA Program, and Director of Research Department on AI and Business Innovation (CAIBI), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

LIAO Jianwen (Jon)

Professor of Managerial Practice, Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School

Senior Advisor to the Chairman, JD Group

JIN Zhao

Assistant Professor of Finance, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD in Finance, University of Rochester

JING Bing

Associate Professor of Marketing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Rochester

Joy CHEN

Assistant Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Stanford University

Raymond C.W. LEUNG

Assistant Professor of Finance, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, UC Berkeley Haas

LI Xuenan (Erica)

Professor of Finance and Director of Research Department on Industrial Policy, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD's, University of Rochester and University of Massachusetts, Amherst

LI Haitao

Dean, Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance, and Director of Research Department on Family Business and Wealth Management, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Yale University

Agenda

OPENING

12:30 - 13:30

Registration

13:30 - 13:35

Commencement

13:35 – 13:45

Opening Keynote

13:45 – 13:50

Keynote Speech: Moving Towards a More Equal, Sustainable, and Inclusive Tomorrow (via video)

SUSTAINABILITY

13:50 – 14:30

Panel: Jointly Shaping a Net Zero Future

HEALTHCARE

14:30 – 14:40

Power Talk: Overcoming a Rare Disease

14:40 – 15:20

Panel: Rethinking Healthcare amidst the Pandemic

15:20 – 15:40

Break

TECHNOLOGY

15:40 – 15:50

Power Talk: Empowering the Blind via the Power of Innovation

15:50 – 16:00

Keynote Speech: The Sustainable Future of Chinese Companies Globalizing

16:00 – 16:10

Keynote Speech: What’s Next for Sustainable Travel in the Post-Pandemic Era

16:10 – 16:50

Panel: Responsible and Ethical Technology

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

16:50 – 17:00

Keynote Speech: International Cooperation on Women Empowerment and Leadership to Accelerate SDGs

17:00 – 17:05

Video Promo: United Genders for Global Recovery – Voices from One Global Compact

Power Launch: Target Gender Equality Accelerator Program

17:05 – 17:10

Promotion Video

17:10 – 17:15

Launch Ceremony: jointly by UNGC and CKGSB

CLOSING

17:15 – 17:20

Closing Remarks