8:30 - 9:00 a.m.    Welcome and Introductions of Special Guests
                              Knight Auditorium

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.  Plenary Session, Knight Auditorium

A Decade of Results

Ilene Lang, President Catalyst, Inc.
A panel of women leaders join Ilene Lang, President, Catalyst, Inc to discuss the trends they have seen and what we all should watch for, moving into the next decade.

Panelists
Kija Kim, President and Co-founder, Harvard Design and Mapping
Deborah Re, CEO, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston 
Nina Charnley, National Executive, Specialized Wealth Structuring Services Group U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management         
                

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.   Networking Break
                                Move to Olin Hall for Segment I Sessions

10:45 – 12:15 p.m.  Segment I:   Five Concurrent Sessions, Olin Hall
                          

• Creating the Workplace for the Future
  Companies know that personalizing the customer experience is very good for business. Companies are also learning how this same customization for careers translates into very real benefits. In this session you will learn about a powerful and proven model that can keep employees engaged and connected.

  Presenter
  Anne Weisberg, Co-author, Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace with Today’s Nontraditional Workforce
  
  Moderator
  Nan Langowitz, Director, Center for Women's Leadership, Babson College

• Loyalties, Lies, and Barriers: The Truth About Authentic Leadership in Today’s Workplace
  We know our personal leadership must stay true to our own visions and values. But organizations are complicated places and the people in them behave in complex and sometimes contradictory ways. Based on her highly acclaimed work with top CEOs, this workshop session with Saj-Nicole Joni will send you back into your workplace with a clearer, more workable sense of what “authentic leadership” can be.

  Presenter
  Saj-Nicole Joni, CEO, Cambridge International Group, author of The Third Opinion and Forbes columnist. Center for Women’s Leadership Executive in Residence for 2007–2008

• Taking Charge: The First 100 Days in New Leadership Roles
  Are you about to step into a new leadership role? Are you getting ready to promote a junior woman into a position with more responsibility and visibility? You know that the first 100 days are going to be critical, but you’d like more insight, more real "how to" practical advice. Listen in on--or jump right into--a lively conversation between a senior woman who has successfully navigated her own first 100 days, and a more junior professional who wants to get off on the right foot, moving up the career ladder.
  
  Presenters
  Linda Connly, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, Americas Sales, EMC
  Shea Sullivan, Vice President, National Sales Performance, U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management
  
  Moderator
  Anne Donnellon, Associate Professor of Management, Babson College

• Beyond YouTube and MySpace: Creating Powerful Social Networks for Our Benefit
  Join Amber Scott, managing editor of Capessa.com, Procter & Gamble's online women's community, to untangle the web's social networking phenomenon. See how social networking has evolved from a friend-based MySpace, into a professionally sound business tool. Learn how you can use it to keep up--and get ahead. 

  Presenter
  Amber Scott, Managing Editor, Capessa
  
  Moderator
  Erin McCormick, Director, Curriculum Innovation and Technology Group (CITG), Babson College

• The Other Half of the Equation: The Men in Our Lives
  Like many women, your first boss or first mentor was likely a man. You have valuable and valued male colleagues. Men are your employees, vendors, customers. And you have fathers and brothers and husbands and sons who share in your professional journeys. To help celebrate a decade of women in the lead, we’ve invited some of the men in our lives to join us in an important conversation. How has the view of gender changed? What still needs our joint attention and support? What will this session look like in 10 years?
  
  Presenters
  Daughter and Father: Carly Sidewand, Manager of Business Development/International, Resin Technology, LLC and Wayne Sidewand, President and CEO, Resin Technology, LLC
  
  Wife and Husband: Jane Magpiong and Glenn Magpiong
  
  Junior Colleague and Senior Mentor/Boss: Kati Kelley, Vice President of Marketing, The Community Bank and David Curtis, CEO, The Community Bank
  
  Moderator
  Allan Cohen, Interim Graduate Dean and Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

12:30 – 2:30 p.m.   Lunch, PepsiCo Pavilion                              

BAWMBA Leadership Legacy Award

Presented to Ms. Edith Hunt, Goldman Sachs, for her outstanding leadership of the Forte Foundation Board

 

Keynote: "Reach for the Stars"
Dr. Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Entrepreneur, Educator
Introduced by Cary Grace, Managing Director, National Mid Market Institutional Executive Bank of America 
             

2:45 – 4:15  p.m.   Segment II:  Five Concurrent Sessions, Olin Hall                            

• “Isms” in the Workplace: Why Are We Still Talking About This?
  According to The Corporate Leavers Survey, each year more than 2 million professionals and managers leave their jobs, pushed out by cumulative small comments, whispered jokes and not-so-funny emails. And this talent drain ends up costing employers about $64 billion, annually. Freada Kapor Klein leads this session that's critical for any leader concerned about recruiting and retaining talented employees--as well as any woman who has ever thought, "Aren't we over the 'ism's' yet?" Find out why we aren't and what we can and must do.

  Presenter
  Freada Kapor Klein, Founder and Head of The Level Playing Field Institute; author of Giving Notice: Why the Best and Brightest Leave the Workplace and How You Can Help Them Stay
  
  Moderator
  Susan Lemke, Assistant Director, MBA Center for Career Development, Babson College

• How to Avoid Getting Blindsided at Work by Having a Strong Exit Strategy
  Effective exit strategies create strong leaders? Yes! Join two of the co-authors of the best-selling book I Didn’t See It Coming and walk away with savvy advice and strategic insights for creating your personal exit strategy and dealing with situations that can blindside you—and sideline your career.

  Presenters
  Amy Kopelan, President, Bedlam Entertainment Inc. and former Programming Manager, Good Morning America
  Nancy Widmann, Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee; first woman president at CBS
  Elaine Eisenman, Dean, Babson Executive Education; Co-author, I Didn’t See It Coming

• Reinventions and Connections: Career Changes, Plus
  Both Linda Stewart and Eliza Shanley have reinvented their professional lives. But in the process, they’ve also created organizations and programs that help women at different life stages reinvent careers and definitions of "work". Maybe you want to personally use the services they've created. Or maybe you want to make those services a valuable resource for your own organization. Or, maybe you just want to soak up the entrepreneurial spirit that these two women exude!
  
  Presenters
  Linda Stewart, Founder and CEO, Epoch
  Eliza Shanley, Managing Partner and Co-founder, Women@Work
  
  
• Title IX at 35: The Pipeline’s In Place—Now What?
  In 1972, 46 percent of female high school graduates enrolled in college. By 2005 that figure was 70 percent and climbing. Title IX, which is often measured by the impact it has had on women's access to college sports, has also helped create a powerful pipeline to the classroom and from there to the boardroom. What now? Join this panel of women who have been successful athletes, successful professionals and passionate spokeswomen for the importance of Title IX and why we need to keep the pipeline active and delivering on its promises.  
  
  Presenters
  Theresa Moore, T-Time Productions
  Mary Mazzio, President and Founder, 50 Eggs Productions; Producer, A Hero for Daisy and Lemonade Stories
  Maureen Condon, Founder/Principal, Precision Marketing Group, LLC.
  Pamela Kuong M'87, Senior Vice President, Senior Client Manager Commercial Banking, Bank of America
  Dana Hackett, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Fenway Sports Group
  

• Social Entrepreneurs: When Women Find Solutions to Tough Problems
  Some of the most effective and exciting solutions to some of our toughest problems have come from women who made it their business—literally—to make a difference. In session you'll get a chance to learn about this burgeoning new field of social entrepreneurship--venture creation that seeks to solve or contribute to the solution oof social problems in start ups, corporate settings or not for profits. Find out how you can add this dimension to your personal--and professional--lives.
  
  Presenter
  Olivia Ho Cheng, Co-founder and CEO, Aurora Imaging
  Nadine Thompson, Co-founder and former CEO, Warm Spirit; Founder of Nadine Thompson Enterprises and Soul Purpose Lifestyle Company (to be launched in 2008)
  Jennifer Kushell Founder and CEO of YS Interactive Corporation; Author of Secrets of the Young and Successful
  Lynn Margherio, Founder & CEO, Cradles to Crayons
  
  Moderator
  Heidi Neck, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Babson College

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.  Networking Reception 
                            Needham Wellesley Room, Olin Hall

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.   Exclusive Shopping at Eileen Fisher, Wellesley

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