Women’s Executive Network Top 100 Summit

Feb 1st, Four Seasons Hotel
8:30 am to Noon – Top 100 Summit
Noon to 1:30 pm – Top 100 Awards Luncheon

The Top 100 Summit is an exclusive chance to get up close and personal with our influential past and present Top 100 Winners from across Canada. Hear from incredible keynotes on ‘The Power of Connected Leadership’. Network with speakers, Top 100 Winners and 200-250 future leaders. This is a fantastic opportunity for professional development and networking opportunity for your company’s high potential female team.

Following the Summit join us for our Top 100 Awards Luncheon where we will celebrate the 2011 Top 100 Winners in nine categories.

Register now for the Summit, Luncheon or both!

The most successful leaders are skilled at connecting with others to inspire and motivate their teams, reinvigorate their company’s brands and make great ideas come to life. Our 2011 Top 100 Winners are truly connected leaders. They are women who we admire, strive to emulate, and with whom we want to do business and invest our futures.

We invite you to connect with and learn from these Top 100 Award Winners at this engaging and informative morning event. Winners will lead interactive professional development breakout sessions designed to inform, inspire and get results with a combined format of panel discussions followed by peer mentoring working groups and a question and answer period. Participants will drill down into the topics, discuss and debate ideas and collectively develop questions for the panel.

Hear inspirational stories of how other accomplished women overcame obstacles to carve their place on the corporate ladder, accelerate business growth and reach their goals. Take away strategies for your own career, leave with a whole new outlook and take your leadership to the next level.

Agenda    
8:00am     Registration Opens
8:30     Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:40     Opening Hall of Fame Panel

Three WXN Hall of Fame Inductees, newly awarded the distinction after their fourth WXN Top 100 Award, share their insights on leadership in a global environment. They talk about everything from how they motivate and inspire their staff to corporate sustainability and leaving a legacy for themselves, their organization and their employees.

Panelists include:
Audrey Ho, Former SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Tracy Redies, President & CEO, Coast Capital Savings
Tamara Vrooman, President & CEO, Vancity

9:30     Networking Break
9:45     Breakout Sessions 1

The following three breakout sessions will be repeated at 3:35pm so you have the opportunity to participate in two of the four sessions.

A)     Women Breaking Ground
There are some industries where women stand out. Oil and Gas, Mining, Technology. These women have made their mark in industries where they have often had to go it alone. Hear how they have achieved success and blazed trails in their careers.

Panelists include:
Janet Holder, EVP, Western Access, Enbridge Inc.
Catherine Acel Boivie, SVP Information and Technology Management, Vancity
Catherine McLeoud-Seltzer, Chairman/Corporate Director, Bear Creek Mining, Pacific Rim Mining/Kinross Gold Corp. and Troon Resources

B)     Influential Leadership
Many of us find ourselves in places where we need to lead by influence. These women lead large organizations where influence is a critical element of their success. How do you lead through influence? Don’t miss this information and advice-packed discussion on what can we learn from successfully persuasive people and discuss how to use your own powers of persuasion to achieve your goals.

Panelists include:
Connie Linder, Founder & President, Green Pages Directory Inc.; Co-Founder & VP Communications, Polymer Research Technologies
Cybele Negris, Co-Founder & President, WebNames.ca

C)     Leveraging the World of Technology
Technology has become an integral part of our lives. Find out how these women have leveraged the technology world to be successful.

Panelists include:
Fiona MacFarlene, CIO and Managing Partner. Western Canada, Ernst & Young LLP
Valerie Mann, Partner, Lawson Lundell LLP
Debra Hewson, Partner & CEO, Odlum Brown Ltd.

10:30 – 10:45     Networking Break
10:45 – 11:45     Breakout Sessions 2

In this portion of the program, Breakout Sessions 1 are repeated giving you the opportunity to take part in two of the four sessions available. For session descriptions please refer to Breakout Sessions 1.

A) Women Breaking Ground
B) Influential Leadership
C) Leveraging the World of Technology

11:45
Closing Remarks

12:00
Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards Luncheon