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Sessions and Speakers*

Thursday, October 12
Session I
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Session I

Business Development Track
Diversity and the Bottom Line
Room 103
How does a company make diversity an integral part of the organization's culture and recognize the value of diversity to its "bottom line". This panel will discuss the importance of diversity management as an integral part of the organization's strategic business objectives. Too often, companies put systems and processes in place to ensure organizational commitment to diversity, but when the diversity training is finished, that's the end of it. There is little or no follow-up, no way of measuring successes or failures, and no processes in place holding people accountable for effective diversity management. Our panel will discuss these issues and will demonstrate tools to measure the "bottom line" value of diversity programs.

Entrepreneur Track
Creating a Dynamic Workplace Culture
Room104
Whether you are the founder of a startup or a manager in a large organization, you can impact your company's culture. Learn how to create and manage a culture that will help you get more done, recruit more easily, tap into differences, improve communication and develop a better public image.

Professional Development Track

Platinum Relationships: Increasing Your Value and Business Success
Room 112
Everything is changing so fast and life is becomming more complex. People need things yesterday and I am only one person. How can I bring value and be successful in the midst of all this change?" Therese Grayson will share her perspective and experiences on how building a solid relationship with yourself and others is key to personal and professional success.

Therese Grayson,

Leadership and the Impact of Gender on the Bottom Line
Room 102
Gender issues have a profound effect on the retention and attraction of talented women to your organization. Feelings of exclusion and a lack of professional development opportunities reduce productivity and negatively impact the bottom line. Addressing these issues has become a business imperative. In this workshop we will take a look at the types of issues that arise, exploring the effects from the perspective of the individual, as well as how they impact the organization and its capacity to be flexible and adaptable to external requirements. Six categories will be covered, they are: gender perceptions, gender communications, development of women, working together, managing inclusion, and organizational effectiveness.

Veronica Boaz,

Technology Track
Gain a Competitive Advantage! Align Your KM and Business Strategies
Room 101
Developing knowledge strategies that align and support business and product strategies is critical to success in today's market. Focusing on strategies for competitiveness, innovation and organizational effectiveness, this panel will discuss the essential knowledge concepts and strategy models that will help you create and implement innovative planning methods that relate KM to your business vision.

Lisa Christine Summerville,

Helen Griffiths,

Chat Session
Chat Session with Cecilia Pagkalinawan
Room 100

Cecilia Pagkalinawan,

Mini Chat Session
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Beyond Technical Expertise: Expanding Your Role in the New Economy
Exhibit Hall Floor
Times are changing! Jobs in the 21st century will no longer be narrowly defined. Managers and employees at every level have found that their jobs demand more � not just more time or effort, but new skills, new abilities. Those with technical expertise have been particularly affected, as they are being asked to play a variety of roles within an organization such as facilitator, problem solver, coach and strategist. This powerful presentation guides the participants into rethinking their jobs and roles. They'll learn the importance of working consultatively, perform a revealing self-assessment and discover what roles are important to work successfully in our changing times.

Suzanne Saxe,

Session II
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Business Development Track
Success Through Strategic Partnerships
Room 103
Join senior business development and marketing professionals for a discussion on the role that strategic partnerships play in their firms. This session will focus on the definitions and entities that comprise partnerships, corporate strategies, best practices for forming and maintaining partnerships and how partnerships evolve or dissolve.

Professional Development Track
The Art of Negotiation
Room 102
The art of negotiation and closing a deal are critical to the success of executive women. You will learn practical techniques for mastering high-stakes negotiations of all kinds. This panel of savvy negotiators will discuss topics such as how to close deals, how gender affects negotiating strategies, how to tell when and what to negotiate, and how to develop your own negotiating skills.

Investment Strategies for Women
Room 106
Would you believe that there is more high finance happening along a toll road in northern Virginia than on Wall Street? Well, almost. The wild success of tech and telecom startups, a critical mass of smart people and lots of capital (thanks to employee stock options) has left many people uncertain about the best way to protect and diversify their wealth. 68% of WITI women buy financial services and research financial information online. This interactive talk will engage the audience to discuss financial strategies for creating and retaining wealth.

Jennifer Madrid,

Personal Stories of Successful Women
Room 112
This is always one of our most popular sessions. Inspiring, motivational and awesome is how some have described it. If you're interested in the engaging stories of dynamic women who have experienced extraordinary success, this is a session you won't want to miss.

Vicki Donlan,

Cecilia Pagkalinawan,

Joan Bader,

Shirley Singleton,

Gail Fierstein,

Technology Track
The Broadband E-cosystem: Understanding the Environment
Room 104
High-speed access is transforming how businesses and consumers use the Internet and television. With the promise of truly high-speed access in the not-so-distant future, we all need to know the terrain in this hot new industry environment. Join our panelists in a look under the microscope at important concepts, emerging trends, new tools, and key players in the broadband world.

Mellie Price,

Anya Vinokour,

Rachel Bondi,

Session III
2:15 - 3:45 p.m.

Business Development Track
How to Interview and Hire Competitively: Keeping Candidates at Your Table
Room 104
Once your firm has developed features/offerings that are attracting talented professionals to your interviews, you still must interview candidates more successfully than your competition down the street, or across the nation. Companies are finding you only get one shot to show candidates that yours is the firm with agility and decisiveness. This especially counts if you have a fledgling HR staff. This issue is starting to be addressed by Big 5 and E-consulting firms, who are building practices to offer this kind of "training," and are charging considerably for it. This interactive presentation is targeted to business leaders/owners and hiring managers, and can be especially productive if participants bring actual specs and candidate requirements.

Ann Rice Banno,

Professional Development Track
You are the CEO of Your Life: Top 10 Ways to Put Your Career into Fast Forward
Room 102
You are responsible for your own career success and can benefit greatly by learning to become your own career advocate. Learn the top ten tips and techniques used by other successful women about what works and what doesn't. Learn about the major cultural obstacles that women can face and how to work around them. Become aware of self - limiting beliefs and attitudes that may unknowingly be holding you back from your personal best. Join in on group and individual exercises, and self - assessments that will help you 1) understand your strengths 2) define career direction and 3) plan out next steps for advancing your career.

Mary Beth Schoening

Corporate Pipeline: Navigating Your Way to the Top
Room 112
In striving to assume increased levels of responsibility, women are conquering personal fears and cultural stereotypes on their way up the corporate ladder. We will focus on the challenges faced by successful women, strategies they used to overcome obstacles and skills that served them well along the way.

Technology Track
Internet Architectures: The Next Wave
Room 103
Soon, Internet architectures will evolve by including integration architectures, integrating traditional point-of-sale, call center, data warehouse and other technologies to create a more integrated channel. This model will better serve the customer, will provide new data analysis possibilities, and will support new business models that previous generations of Internet architectures were unable to support. In this session, Kara will discuss the business and technology aspects of the next generation of Internet architectures.

Kara Kapczynski,

E-Business: From Idea to Reality
Room 101
E-Businesses require traditional business discipline to plan and launch. The variety of disciplines and talents needed to plan and execute an e-Business strategy can seem daunting. This panel will discuss the key issues that need to be considered and addressed during this process. The focus will be on identifying areas of e-Business planning and implementation that early adopters overlooked but should not be ignored by today's e-Business leaders.

Clarisse Behar Molad,

Wednesday, October 11

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