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Join other Women Business Owners at the first WEConnect Europe Conference: Get Connected 2010

Meet with corporations who are diversifying their supply chain to include women-owned businesses; learn about supplier diversity, and how to leverage certification to win contracts. Meet other successful women business owners who are already doing corporate business and understand how best to work together.

Our keynote speakers and panelists include:

• Lorely Burt MP, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party and Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills
• Margaret Heffernan: International speaker, broadcaster and entrepreneur who recently appeared in the Secret Millionaire
• Gloria Bohan: CEO and Founder, Omega World Travel
• Elizabeth Vazquez:  CEO and co-founder of WEConnect International
• Linda Denny: President of Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
• Suzanne Doyle-Morris: Executive Coach and author of Beyond the Boys Club
• Deb Leary OBE: President of BAWE and founder and MD of Forensic Pathways
• Susan Heaton Wright: Vocal and communication trainer and founder of NSN Productions
• Claire Mason: MD of Man Bites Dog, award winning PR company
• Nikki Walker, Inclusion and Diversity Director European Markets, Cisco
• Dagmar Steinmetz: VdU (German Association of Women Entrepreneurs)
• David Allcock, Senior Manager, Supply Management Strategy, HSBC

Event Programme

Get Connected 2010 will embed the building blocks for women business owners and corporate members as we start to grow the economic opportunity of our connections.  This is not the finalised  programme as we are continuing to add more exciting parts to our conference.  Check back with us regularly for updates.

09.00 – 09.30  Registration and coffee

09.30   Conference Opens, Sue Lawton CEO WEConnect Europe

09.35   HSBC Welcomes You, Judith Fisher

09.40   Lorely Burt - Member of Parliament

09.55   Why Supplier Diversity Matters

Facilitator: Claire Mason – CEO Man Bites Dog

Panel: Marianne Schoenig (Accenture), Tonia Smith (Wal-Mart), Denise Coley (Cisco), Gwen Turner (Pfizer)

10.45   Coffee and Workshops - See Get Talking workshop options below

11.30   Keynote Speaker Margaret Heffernan ‘Women to the Rescue’ - Entrepreneur, author and ‘Secret Millionaire’

11.50   Collaboration, Cooperation and Growing the Community.

A panel discussion on the international potential of women and business.

Facilitator: Sue Stockdale – WEConnect Europe

Deb Leary (BAWE – British Association of Women Entrepreneurs, entrepreneur),Dagmar Steimetz (VdU Germany, entrepreneur), Virginia Littlejohn  (Quantum Leaps)

12.45   Sue Fox – HSBC

13.00   Lunch and Workshops

14.30   Keynote Speaker Gloria Bohan – President and CEO Omega World Travel

15.00   The Global Perspective: Linda Denny – President and CEO WBENC, Elizabeth Vazquez  - CEO WEConnect International

15.40   Coffee and Workshops

16.15   Creating Relationships Facilitator: Sue Lawton CEO WEConnect Europe

Panel: Lynn Scott (Alcatel Lucent), Sarah Perris, Perris-Myatt,  Dr Rabinder Buttar ClinTec International

17.00   Closing Remarks Nikki Walker, Chair WEConnect Europe, Cisco Systems

17.45 – 20.00  Networking Reception hosted by Ernst & Young

For further information, please contact Sue Lawton, CEO on sl@weconnecteurope.org

or call + 44 (0)800 8815 368

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