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2019 Women in Leadership Forum
The Power of Equality
The Power of Equality
13:30-18:30, Nov 20th, 2019, Beijing
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Overview
While issues surrounding gender equality in the workplace have become more prominent than before, women continue to face a myriad of challenges in the workplace and particularly at the senior leadership level. At the 5th Women in Leadership Forum, we will focus on unleashing the power of female leaders across business, government, academia, and sports in China and around the world.
About
Focusing on empowering women at senior levels, the Women in Leadership Forum has become a flagship event jointly held since 2013 by the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN).
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 (British Ambassador to China), Jan Adams (Former Australian Ambassador to China) and Jean Liu (President of Didi Chuxing Technology Co), among many others.
Facts & Figures
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60Speakers
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1400 +Participants
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30 % +Participants are Director Level and Above
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100 +Chinese and Global Media Attended
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900 +Media Coverage
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1 mil. +Livestream Views
2019 Speakers
Event Agenda
| 12:30-13:30 |
Registration |
| 13:30-13:35 |
Commencement Audrey MU, Founder & Chairman, Beijing Bonbaby Education Technology Ltd., CKGSB MBA Alumna |
| 13:35-13:45 |
Welcome Address XIANG Bing, Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization, CKGSB |
| 13:45-13:55 |
Opening Remarks Smriti ARYAL, Head of Office, UN Women China |
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Fostering Equality through Governance |
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| 13:55-14:05 |
Keynote Speech: Leading by Example: Gender Equality in the Public Sector Gabrielle WILLIAMS, Minister for Women, Minister for Youth, Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Victorian State Government of Australia |
| 14:05-14:35 |
Dialogue: Pioneering Efforts towards Gender Parity Clare FEARNLEY, Ambassador of New Zealand to China Helena SANGELAND, Ambassador of Sweden to China Moderator: TENG Bingsheng, Professor of Strategic Management, Associate Dean for Asia and Europe, CKGSB |
| 14:35-15:15 |
Dialogue: The Role of Women at the Center of Africa’s Transformation Tania ROMUALDO, Ambassador of the Republic of Cabo Verde to China Sarah SEREM, Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to China Maria GUSTAVA, Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique to China Moderator: Hannah RYDER, CEO, Development Reimagined |
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Driving Business Growth through Gender Balance |
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| 15:15-15:25 |
Keynote Speech: Chinese Business Executive’s Leadership Transformation ZHANG Xiaomeng, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Associate Dean for EE, Co-Director of Leadership and Motivation Research Center, CKGSB |
| 15:25-15:35 |
Keynote Speech: Creating Sustainable Value for the Country and Company Xiaoping YANG, Chairman and President, BP China |
| 15:35-15:45 |
Keynote Speech: Female Power in the Age of AI PING Xiaoli, General Manager, Baidu APP |
| 15:45-16:25 |
Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Millennial Age LIU Nan, Founder & CEO, Mia, CKGSB Chuang Community Student LIU Fang, Founder & CEO, Teasure, CKGSB Chuang Community Student Moderator: TENG Bingsheng, Professor of Strategic Management, Associate Dean for Asia and Europe, CKGSB |
| 16:25-17:10 |
Panel Discussion: The Role of Male Champions in Gender Balance Greg GILLIGAN, Vice President, Greater China Managing Director, PGA TOUR Daniel BOYER, General Manager, Greater China and Minister (Commercial), Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Australian Embassy Daisy SHEN, Partner, KPMG Advisory (China) Limited Moderator: Su Cheng HARRIS-SIMPSON, Founder and CEO of SCHSAsia, Board of Governor of AmCham China |
| 17:10-17:15 |
Keynote Speech: Women’s Empowerment Principles Jialei LIN, Programme Officer, UN Women China |
| Achieving Personal Victories | |
| 17:15-17:45 |
Special Dialogue: The Female Advantage in Sports LI Na, Former Professional Tennis Player, CKGSB Alumna YAN Aimin, Professor of Management, Associate Dean of External Relations, Campus Development, and Administration, CKGSB |
| 17:45-18:25 |
Special Dialogue: Inspiring Journeys and Overcoming Hurdles FAN Yu, Co-founder of Nawa Life, CKGSB Alumna LUO Jing, Mountaineer, CKGSB Alumna Moderator: YAN Aimin, Professor of Management, Associate Dean of External Relations, Campus Development, and Administration, CKGSB |
| 18:25-18:30 |
Closing Remarks ZHOU Li, Assistant Dean, CKGSB |
| 18:30-19:00 | Networking |
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What People Think
The forum like this today, gives us a great opportunity to visibility champion the female leadership, share your perspectives though your real life experiences. I think that is very powerful.
Daisy Shen
Partner, KPMG Advisory (China) Limited
When the business knowledge, business essentials come together with uniqueness of women leadership, this is where I see the most magic is going to happen.
Cindy Mi
Founder & CEO, VIPKID, CKGSB MBA Alumna and CKGSB Chuang Community Student
I think the idea of collaboration and partnership is intrinsically important in this area. And the idea of bringing an internationally recognized institution together with one of the emergent great business schools of the world, this is fantastic.
Tim Payne
Senior Partner & Head of Asia Brunswick
Press Release & Media Coverage
Scholarship for Future Women Leaders
CKGSB is dedicated to recognizing the contributions made by women in the business community and has created the Scholarship for Future Women Leaders to encourage business women to develop their potential as business leaders.
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