More than fifty concurrent sessions—ranging from papers, panels, and presentations to roundtables and workshops—anchor the agenda with ample opportunity for networking and reflection peppered throughout. Each morning begins with a Mind & Body Activity and each evening concludes with a communal meal, an Evening Reflection, and Fireside Chat with such leadership luminaries as Edgar Schein, whose recent book, Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling, was the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Book Award.
The agenda and session guide for Advancing Women in Leadership are available online.
Our outstanding keynote speakers, Betsy Myers and Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, round out the offerings. Myers is the founding director of the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University. She was previously a senior adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign as COO and as chair of Women for Obama. Gumbonzvanda is General Secretary of the World YWCA. Previously she served as Regional Director for the United Nations Development Fund for Women in Eastern and Horn of Africa and as a human rights officer with UNICEF in Liberia and Zimbabwe.
We hope you can join us as we:
- Examine ideas and practices about women and leadership from rich multisector, multinational, and multicultural perspectives.
- Contribute research on women and leadership to the larger scholarly leadership community.
- Share resources and develop new relationships and networks with one another as mentors and co-researchers.
- Update The Asilomar Declaration and Call to Action on Women and Leadership, a document designed to share the insights from the conference with other organizations committed to advancing women's leadership.
Registration is now available online. Register before March 15th and save $50.
If you have any questions about Advancing Women in Leadership or about ILA’s 17th annual global conference in Barcelona, October 14-17, Leading Across Borders & Generations, please contact ILA’s conference team at conferences@ila-net.org or call ILA’s Director of Conferences, Bridget Chisholm, at 1.202.470.4818 x103. See you in Asilomar!