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2017 Women in Leadership Forum

May 06, 2018

CKGSB and UN WOMEN will jointly host the 2017 Women in Leadership Forum - Women Rising: A Diverse Perspective, 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 practices.

Date: 2017.6.26, 9:00 – 18:00

Location: Regent Hotel, 99 Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Language: English & Chinese, with simultaneous translation available

Registration: To register, please click here.

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

2017 Women in Leadership Forum
Women Rising: A Diverse Perspective

AGENDA 
09:00 – 09:30Registration
09:30 – 09:35Opening 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

Keynote Speech
Asa Torkelsson, Head of Women’s Economic Empowerment of UN Women Asia-Pacific

 【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 – 10:25Keynote Speech
Wei Sun Christianson, Asia Pacific Co-CEO & China CEO, Morgan Stanley
10:25 – 10:40Keynote Speech
Gill Zhou, Vice President, IBM Greater China (CKGSB DBA Student)
10:40 – 12:00Panel Discussion
Guo Sheng, CEO, Zhaopin.com
Daisy Shen, Partner & COO of Global China Practice, KPMG
Yang Xiaoxuan, Vice President, Head of Anime Venture Capital Business, iQiyi (CKGSB Alumna)
Gill Zhou, Vice President & CMO, IBM Greater China Group (CKGSB DBA Student)

Moderator:
Rachel Morarjee, The Economist Corporate Network

12:00 – 13:00Lunch Break
 【Women x Creative Industries】
13:00 – 13:15Keynote Speech
Tim Payne, Senior Partner & Head of Asia, Brunswick
13:15 – 14:15Panel Discussion
Soo Kang, CEO, Global Education and Technology Group, Pearson PLC
Christina Larson, China Technology Correspondent, Bloomberg News
Li Xin, Managing Director, Caixin Global (CKGSB Alumna)
Tim Payne, Senior Partner & Head of Asia, Brunswick
Anke Redl, Co-founder & Partner, China Media Management Inc

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

 【Women x Entrepreneurship】
14:15 – 14:30Keynote Speech
Liu Nan, Founder & CEO, Mia (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)
14:30 – 15:30Panel Discussion
Cindy Mi, Founder & CEO, VIPKID (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)
Liu Nan, Founder & CEO, Mia (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)
Maggie Tan, Founder, Tanjing Lundao; Former Co-head of Strategy & Planning, Uber China (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)
Zhu Yueyi, Founder & CEO, Reflower; Former Co-founder & CMO, Yongche Inc (CKGSB Chuang Community Student)

Moderator:
Li Yang, Associate Professor, CKGSB

 【Women x Philanthropy】
15:30 – 15:45Keynote Speech
Tao Hong, Renowned Chinese Actress & Philanthropist (CKGSB Alumna)
15:45 – 16:10Keynote Speech
Zhang Shuqin, Founder & Director, Beijing Sun Village Children’s Education Consultancy
16:10 – 17:10Panel Discussion
May Mei, Founder of GoalBlue, Former Chief Representative of WildAid China (CKGSB Alumna)
Clare Pearson, International Development Director, DLA Piper; UK National Representative of the Supervisory Board of the European Chamber
Tao Hong, Renowned Chinese Actress & Philanthropist (CKGSB Alumna)
Zhang Huaying, Vice President for Sustainability, Greater China & Korea Business Unit,Coca-Cola

Moderator:
Julie Broussard, Country Programme Manager, UN Women China Office

17:10 – 17:15Closing by Emcee
17:15 – 18:00Networking

All speakers have been confirmed, but are subject to change. Panelists are listed by alphabetical order.

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