Women in Leadership

Sessions:

• Arab Women: Challenges & Business Opportunities in the Global Economy
• Women and Politics
• Role of Politics in Women-led Business Development
• Women in Business : Spain and Latin America Building Business Opportunities
• Business Training for Women in Management
• The Challenges Facing Women in the Political Field

Speakers and Panelists:

• Ms. Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, President, Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF)
• Dr. Celia de Anca, Director, Center for Diversity in Global Management, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid
• H.H. Sheikha Hind Al Khalifa, Deputy Minister for Social Affairs, Bahrain
• Prof. Susan Vinnicombe, Director of the Centre for Developing Women Business Leaders, Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom
• Ms. Raghda Kurdi, Director, Hayat Pharmaceutical Industries, Jordan
• Ms. Anissa Essam El-Din Hassouna, Assistant General Manager, Misr-Iran International Bank, Egypt
• Ms. Nadia Hassan Bakhurji, President, Riwaq of the Kingdom, Saudi Arabia
• Ms. Macarena Cotelo, Fundación Promoción Social de La Cultura, Spain
• Ms. Saida Agrebi, Member of the Tunisian Parliament
• Ms. Ghanwa Jalloul, Member of the Lebanese Parliament
• Ms. Angela Amin, Mayor of Florianópolis, Santa Catalina, Brazil
• Ms. Mercedes Pescador, CEO, Media Luna Comunicación; Director, Spanish Association of Women Entrepreneurs, Spain
• Ms. Maria Eugenia Girón, CEO, Carrera y Carrera, Spain
• Ms. Layla Al Khayat, World President, FCEM (Femmes Chefs D’ Entreprises Mondiales), Tunisia
• Mr. Manuel Escudero, Vice-Dean of Faculty, Instituto de Empresa, and General Secretary for Global Compact Spain
• Mr. Edward Schumacher, Managing Editor & Associate Publisher, The Wall Street Journal Americas, Member of the Instituto de Empresa´s International Advisory Board
• Prof. Connie Cardenas de Santa Maria, Head of the Center for Women, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
• Ms. Graciela Fernández Meijide, Former Minister of Social Affairs, Argentina
• H.E. Noemí Sanin, Ambassador of Colombia in Spain and former candidate to the Presidency of Colombia
• Prof. Lisa Anderson, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, United States of America; President, Middle East American Association (MESA)
• Dr. Rafia Obaid Ghubash, President, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain
• Ms. Lucy P Marcus, CEO, Marcus Venture Consulting, United Kingdom; Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow Task Force on Building Women Leaders, Member of the Instituto de Empresa´s International Advisory Board
• Ms. Boutheina Gribaa, Director, CREDIF ( Centre de Recherches, d’ Etudes, de Documentation et d’Information sur la Femme), Tunisia
• Prof. Manuel Fernandez de Villalta, IT Professor, Director of the International Executive MBA and Director of e-Learning, Instituto de Empresa, Spain
• Dr. Manuela Marín, Research Scientist, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain