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FIVE DAYS OF WIEThe second year of New Yorks acclaimed womens conference brought together a stellar lineup

of women from the worlds of business, politics, philanthropy, fashion, music, media, wellness and

the arts over five event packed days.

Designed to empower and inspire the future generation of female leaders, advocates and,

entrepreneurs and create awareness and action around womens social issues, the expanded

conference attracted over 800 attendees, 150 speakers and huge amounts of press attention.

Proceeds from ticket sales benefited the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, an

international coalition of individuals and organizations from 152 countries bound together by a

common goal: to ensure that pregnancy and childbirth are safe for all women and newborns in

every country around the world.

Nancy Pelosi, Dr Jill Biden, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Christy Turlington Burns, Glenda Bailey, Petra Nemcova, Tamara Mellon, Mika

Brzezinski, Van Jones, Ted Turner, Hugh Jackman, Candace Bushnell, Deepak Chopra, Padma Lakshmi, Josette Sheeran, Dany

Levy, Toyin Saraki, Elizabeth Lesser, Wendy Kopp, Barbara Bush, Pat Mitchell, Lisa Gersh, Jacqueline Novogratz, Zainab Salbi, Mabelvan Orange, Jennifer Buffet, Randi Zuckerberg, Heather Armstrong, and hostsArianna Huffington, Sarah Brown andDonna Karan

were some of the extraordinary newsmakers, industry leaders and global thinkers who attended

The 2nd annual

WIE SYMPOSIUM 2011Women Inspiration & Enterprise

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THE FUTURE OF GIRLS EDUCATION

Moderator Isobel Coleman,

Snr Fellow Council on Foreign Relations

Wendy Kopp CoFounder, Teach for All

Petra Nemcova Model, Philanthropist

Charles Best Founder, Donors Choose

Holly Gordon Executive Director, 10 x 10

GIRLS NOT BRIDES a global partnership to end child marriage

Mabel van Oranje CEO, The Elders

Jennifer Buffett President and Co-Chair of The NoVo Foundation

Anju Malhotra VP of Research, Innovation, ICRW

Molly Melching Executive Director of Tostan

Dr. Jamela Saleh Alraiby Paediatrician Deputy Health Minister ofPublic Health and Population, Yemen

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

Moderated by June Sarpong Co- Founder, The WIE Symposium

Shawn Covell Senior director of International Government Affairs

for Qualcomm Wireless Reach

Cynthia Ryan Principal at The Schooner Foundation

Jane Wurwand Founder of Dermalogica

Shauna Robinson Co-Founder Crowdrise & Movie Producer

Amir Dossal Founder Global Partnerships Foundation

Renu Bhatia VP of Sales of Strategic Accounts,Marvell Technology Group

MOMS FOR SOCIAL GOOD

Christy Turlington Filmmaker, activist, model

Heather Armstrong Founder Dooce.com

Alisa Volkman Co-Founder Babble.com

Catherine Connors Founder, HerBadMother.com

GLOBAL LEADERSHIPWORKSHOP

Blair Miller The Acumen Fund

Maris Segal Prosody Creative

Services

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MIND BODY & SPRIT CREATING CALM IN THE CHAOS

Moderator Donna Karan

Elizabeth Lesser Founder, The Omega CenterKris Carr Author/Activist

Lisa Oz Producer, Writer/Actress

Agapi Stassinopoulos Author and motivational speaker

PHILANTHROPYIN THE CREATIVECOMMUNITY

Moderator Katie McGrath Chief Strategy Officer, Bad Robot

Aria Finger COO, Do Something

Heather Lylis VP, Sunshine Sachs

Malaak Compton-Rock Philanthropist, The AngelRock project

MEN PLAYINGTHEIRPART FOR

WOMEN ANDCHILDRENS

HEALTH

Moderator Sarah Brown

Babatunde Osetimehin Director of the United Nations Population Fund

Ray Chambers UN MDG advocate and Special Envoy for Malaria

Mark Dybul Distinguished Scholar

Tonte Ibraye Head of WRA Nigeria

Tony Porter Co-founder of A Call to Men

ENTREPRENEURSHIP:Talkin bout our Generation

Moderator Rachel Shechtman Founder, CubeVentures

Katia Beauchamp Founder Birch Box

Cynthia Rowley Fashion Designer

Alexandra Wilkes Wilson Co-founder Gilt Groupe

Eva Ho VP Factual

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THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Moderator Cheryl Heller, CEO Heller Designs

Brooke Farrell Founder Recycle Match.com

Mary C Pearl The Garrison Institute

Van Jones Clean energy pioneer

Paulette Cole CEO ABC HomeNatalia Allen Founder, Futurist Design

Amudena Fenandez Spokeswoman,Oceana

WOMEN INTERNETENTREPRENEURS Is There a Womens Ghetto

Moderator Gina Bianchini

Founder Mightybell

Randi Zuckerberg Founder RtoZ Media

Dany Levy Founder Daily Candy

Lauren Leto Founder Bntr and Texts From Last Night

WHAT I HOPE TO CREATE

IS A MODEL THAT CAN BETRANSFERRED TO EVERYSINGLE COUNTRY... HOW WE

CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE ISBY CREATING A PRODUCT, A

BUSINESS MODEL ...TO BE ABLETO HELP EVERY SINGLE PERSON

GET A JOB TO AFFORD THELIFESTYLE THEY NEED TO HAVEA SAFE BIRTH AND CREATE A

COMMUNITY THAT CARES.

Donna Karan

SPOT

LIGHTMadeleine LippeyWHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN NOW

Moderated by Dee Poku Co-Founder, The WIE Symposium

Reshma Saujani Deputy Advocate for Special Initiatives at the New

York City Office of the Public Advocate and the Executive Director of TheFund for Public Advocacy,

Laura Brown Features/Special Projects Director, Harpers Bazaar

Alina Cho National Correspondent for CNN

Mikki Taylor Editor at Large, Essence Magazineine

Yaya Da Costa Actress

WORKSHOP:Pitching, Selling & Making a Difference

Stephanie Ruhle Hubbard MD Global Markets

Relationship Management, Deutsche Bank

Jack Hidary Serial Entrepreneur

Keynote Speaker Deepak Chopra

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WIE AWARDSThe 2011 Award was designed by renowned

NewYorker Cartoonist Liza Donnelly.

ICONIman

Philanthropist, Founder and CEO of

IMAN Cosmetics

GENERATION

Topaz Page-GreenThe Lunchbox Fund

of IMAN Cosmetics

VANGUARDJacqueline Novogratz

The Founder and CEO of

the Acumen Fund

of IMAN Cosmetics

VISIONARYDr Eva SchlossHolocaust Survivor

Ambassador Nancy Brinker

Founder- Susan G Komen for the Cure

of IMAN Cosmetics

CORPORATE SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY

Shawn CovellSenior director of International

Government Affairs, Qualcomm

of IMAN Cosmetics

CREATIVE VISIONCeline Rattray

Golden Globe winning producer, The

Kids are All Right

HUMANITARIANZainab Salbi

Founder,

Women for Women

Internationalrnational

INSPIRATIONBaroness Amos

UN Under-Secretary-General

for Humanitarian Affairs andEmergency Relief

Josette Sheeran

Executive Director of the United

Nations World Food Programme

LEADERSHIPNancy Pelosi

Democratic Leader of theHouse of Representatives

WRA AWARDMrs Sia Koroma

First Lady of Sierra Leone

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