Wednesday, April 22, 2009

TIME: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
EVENT: SUSTAINABILITY IN A BUSINESSWOMAN'S LIFE
DESCRIPTION: Join Wal-Mart / Sam's Club for an interactive session to discuss sustainability in every role of a businesswoman's life.
SPONSORED BY: Wal-Mart / Sam's Club
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 4: 00 p.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
EVENT: ZENITH GROUP ROUNDTABLE SESSION
OPEN TO: Zenith Group Members Only

Thursday, April 23, 2009

TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
EVENT: Conference Registration

TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMEN PRESIDENTS' ORGANIZATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
SPONSORED BY: WPO
OPEN TO: By Invitation Only (breakfast and lunch to be served)

TIME: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: The Seven Costliest Employment Mistakes: What YOU Must Do to Protect and Sustain Your Business!
SPEAKERS: Katherin Nukk-Freeman, CEO/Partner, Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C. -
Kerrie Heslin, Partner, Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C.
DESCRIPTION: Join our interactive workshop covering crucial employment law problems that can become the COSTLIEST mistakes facing your business. Let us guide you in the development of strategies to uncover and avoid them. Key suggestions that will ultimately save your business money include:

• How to avoid class action wage and hour lawsuits;
• How to protect your corporate assets with non-compete agreements;
• How to set and enforce company standards with compliant employee handbooks;
• How to avoid and defend litigation through effective anti-harassment training;
• How to ensure mandatory compliance with new federal FMLA legal requirements; and
• How to reduce risks of wrongful termination claims with carefully structured reorganizations and reductions-in-force.
  

SPONSORED BY: Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C.
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: MAINTAINING HEALTHY LIVES
SPEAKER: Denise James Gatling
DESCRIPTION: The importance of intervention, prevention and innovation as it relates to maintaining healthy lives.
SPONSORED BY: GlaxoSmithKline
OPEN TO: Open to All

Corporate Focus Groups

TIME: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 am.
EVENT: CORPORATE FOCUS GROUPS
SPONSORED BY: UPS, Office Depot, American Express OPEN
OPEN TO: By pre-arranged participation

TIME: 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.
EVENT: Conference Hall Exhibit Opens
SPONSORED BY: WPO
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
EVENT: CyberCafe
SPONSORED BY: Hewlett-Packard
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
EVENT: WOMEN PRESIDENTS' ORGANIZATION, INC. ANNUAL MEETING
SPONSORED BY: WPO
OPEN TO: WPO Members and Facilitators Only admitted

TIME: 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: OPENING SESSION
SPONSORED BY: Edward Lowe Foundation
Welcome and Introductions:
Marsha Firestone, Ph. D., President & Founder, WPO
Introduction of Board, Platinum and Zenith Members:
Margery Kraus, CEO of APCO Worldwide, Inc., Chair, WPO Board
Introduction of Facilitators:
Susan Diamond, V.P. Facilitation and Chief Learning Officer

TIME: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
EVENT: KEYNOTE ADDRESS - MEG WHITMAN, Former President & CEO of eBay
TITLE: The Future of Entrepreneurship - Sustaining Small Business Growth
SPONSORED BY: IBM
OPEN TO: Open to All

Mary Lehman MacLachlan Economic Empowerment Award
Introduction and Presentation of Award: Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., President & Founder, WPO
Presentation of Award: Sharon Lechter, Founder, Pay Your Family First and WPO Board Member

President's Award
Presentation of Award: Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., President & Founder, WPO

TIME: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p. m.
EVENT: OPENING RECEPTION "On the Beach"
SPONSORED BY: Office Depot
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
EVENT: DINE-AROUND DINNERS - Loews Coronado Bay Resort Terrace
HOSTED BY: San Diego, LA and Orange County Chapter Members host dinners
OPEN TO: Open to All

Friday, April 24, 2009

TIME: 7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
EVENT: Morning Exercise
SPONSORED BY: Jazzercise
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: Buffet Breakfast
SPONSORED BY: Cisco
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
EVENT: Conference Hall Exhibit Opens
SPONSORED BY: WPO
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
EVENT: CyberCafe Opens
SPONSORED BY: Hewlett-Packard
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: Greetings & Introductions
HOSTED BY: Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., WPO
OPEN TO: Open to All

Friday, April 24th will be emceed by: Roz Abrams, Journalist, News Anchor, and Broadcasting Personality

TIME: 8: 45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
EVENT: KEYNOTE ADDRESS - CATHERINE CORLEY, Vice President, Business Marketing, Sam's Club
TITLE: Successful Sustainability
DESCRIPTION: Catherine Corley discusses sustainability with the following panel of WPO members who have demonstrated outstanding sustainability projects in their businesses:

Laura J. Allen, CEO/President, Vision Education & Media
Hallie Satz, CEO, HighRoad Press
Katherine Putnam, President, Package Machinery Company, Inc.
Susan Daywitt, President, SLM - Facility Solutions Nationwide

PRESENTATION OF WPO "Sustainable Purpose Award" Certificates by Catherine Corley, Vice President, Business Marketing, Sam's Club
SPONSORED BY: Wal-Mart / Sam's Club
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m
EVENT: WORKSHOP SESSIONS
(Workshops will be repeated in afternoon. See below for workshop titles and descriptions.)
OPEN TO: Open to All

Encouraging and SUSTAINING Mountain Top Performance (and Performers) Through the Peaks and Valleys
Speakers: Dabney D. Ware, Partner, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Christi R. Adams, Senior Counsel, Foley & Lardner, LLP
Sponsor: Foley & Lardner
Description: Attorneys from Foley & Lardner LLP will advise on providing employee feedback, managing the performance of both managers and other employees and ways to maximize performance and minimize legal liability while sustaining the best performers.

Leading a Sustainable Business: Linking Strategy & Capabilities
Speaker: Professor Lynda Applegate, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, Co-Head, Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Sponsor: Chubb & Son
Description: Learn how to build sustainable businesses that take advantage of the opportunities presented by the disruptive changes in the environment while also ensuring that you have access to the resources and capabilities needed to create value today and in the future.

What Do I Do With My Money Now? Sustaining Your Business and Personal Wealth
Speakers: Gina Martin Adams, CFA, Institutional Equity Strategy, Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, Ruth Mahoney, Market Manager, Key Private Bank and Barrie Christman, Chairman of Principal Trust Company, & Vice President, Individual Investor Segment of Retirement & Investor Services.
Sponsors: Wells Fargo, The Principal Financial Group, KeyBank
Description: Specific economic forecast and recommendations for investment strategy of retirement funds and personal wealth.

Secrets of Sustainability: Technology, Tips, Tools & Tricks
Speaker: Marilynn Mobley, Senior Vice President, Strategic Counsel, Edelman
Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard
Description: Are you using the technology and tools available to you to ensure your business remains relevant in real time? Learn about the research, cool tools, shortcuts, and IT resources that can help increase your productivity, efficiency and visibility.

Outside In Thinking: Is the Future Hidden in Plain Sight?
Speaker: Nancy Ramsey, Futurist, Author and Entrepreneur & Consultant
Sponsor: Avis
Description: This workshop will provide new tools for thinking about and planning for the future in these uncertain times. Using Scenario methods to analyze and make sense of today's trends and events you can develop expanded ways of managing today and building for the future.

TIME: 12:30 - 1:00 pm
EVENT: KEYNOTE ADDRESS - JANICE BRYANT HOWROYD, WPO Board Member & CEO, Act-1 Personnel Services
TITLE: Better than Holding On
SPONSORED BY: Foley & Lardner
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: Luncheon
SPONSORED BY: AT&T
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p. m.
EVENT: KEYNOTE ADDRESS - ADAM WERBACH, Global CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi S
TITLE: Recipe for Sustainability
SPONSORED BY: UPS
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p. m.
EVENT: PRESENTATION OF THE ADRIENNE HALL AWARD
PRESENTED BY: Margery Kraus, Chair, WPO Board of Directors & President, APCO Worldwide Inc.
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p. m.
EVENT: WORKSHOP SESSIONS
OPEN TO: Open to All

(See listing of workshops above for titles and descriptions.)

TIME: 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p. m.
EVENT: FACILITATOR & SPONSOR SESSION
SPONSORED BY: WPO
OPEN TO: Open to Facilitators and WPO Annual Corporate Sponsors Only

TIME: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p. m.
EVENT: PLATINUM GROUP MEETING SESSION
SPONSORED BY: WPO
OPEN TO: By Invitation Only

TIME: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
EVENT: RECEPTION ABOARD THE CALIFORNIA SPIRIT
DESCRIPTION: Enjoy a two-hour tour of the San Diego Harbor aboard this luxury ship. Cocktails and hors d' oeuvres will be served. Cruise will include silent auction of time with conference speakers.
SPONSORED BY: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and Prudential
OPEN TO: Open to All

Saturday, April 25, 2009

TIME: 7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a. m.
EVENT: Morning Exercise
SPONSORED BY: Jazzercise
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a. m.
EVENT: Buffet Breakfast
SPONSORED BY: Nordstrom
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p. m.
EVENT: Conference Exhibit Hall Opens
SPONSORED BY: WPO
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
EVENT: CyberCafe Opens
SPONSORED BY: Hewlett-Packard
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 9: 00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER: DR. TERRY NEESE, CEO/President, Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women and Distinguished Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis
EVENT: KEYNOTE ADDRESS - T. BOONE PICKENS, Founder & CEO, BP Capital
TITLE: The Pickens Plan - An achievable initiative to reduce the threat of foreign oil dependence and create a sustainable nation.
SPONSORED BY: American Express OPEN
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
EVENT: BUILDING A BUSINESS WITH A BEAT - JUDI SHEPPARD MISSETT, CEO/Founder, Jazzercise, Inc.
SPONSORED BY: GlaxoSmithKline
OPEN TO: Open to All

TIME: 12 noon - 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CLOSING SESSION AND RAFFLE
SPONSORED BY: American Airlines
OPEN TO: Open to All

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