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Toronto Conference Co-Chairs Alison Youngman & Ann Medina |
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Luz Lajous, Former Senator, México and IWF President (2001-2003) & Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister, Canada and IWF President (2003-2005)
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Generations, Trends & World Perspectives -- IWF's 2003 World Leadership Conference in Toronto was a new beginning for the International Women's Forum. For the first time, IWF's world class conference, regularly the private domain of IWF members and their guests, was opened to Young Leaders who brought with them a new perspective on the way of the world.
With three generations represented (I - ages 60+; II - 40-60; III - 20-40), energy vibrated in the air of this three-day exchange that bridged the gap and provided two-way access towards understanding, inspiration and a new hope. |
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| From the opening celebration of women's leadership at the Liberty Grand featuring IWF's 2003 Leading Light Awardees -- the women founders of IWF's Leadership Foundation Fellows Program, together with former Fellows of the program, current Fellows, Mentors and Trainers… |
2003 Leading Light Awardees
Micheline Bouchard (CN); Carol Cox Wait (WDC); Barbara Barrett (AZ & MT) accepting for Jeanne Herberger (AZ); Fran Streets (NoCal); Pamela Garside (LN;) & Lou Kerr (OK) |
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Irshad Manji, Gail Sheehy (NY) & Esther Bush (WPA) |
IWF México President Paloma Villasenor & Gail Sheehy
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| To the opening plenary session on Change & Choice Across the Generations with Gail Sheehy, best-selling author and cultural observer and interpreter of change and transformation in women's lives with her seminal book Passages (representing Generation I); Esther Bush, President and CEO of the Urban League of Pittsburgh (representing Generation II); and Irshad Manji, media entrepreneur and author of The Trouble With Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change (representing Generation III)…women from different corners of the globe and with diverse faiths, ethnic heritages, and points of view…set our imaginations on fire with possibility, hope, humor and tenacity. |
Irshad Manji |
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Ann Clurman |
Ellen Sills-Levy (NY) |
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| Ann Clurman, Partner, Yankelovich Partners, Inc and author of Rocking the Ages: The Yankelovich Report on Generational Marketing rocked the audience with her distinctive interpretation of Shifting Perspectives and Bridging the Gap while IWF Secretary Ellen Sills-Levy delivered the results of IWF's survey of member and young leader opinion on the issues confronting women leaders in the world today and the changes and choices they are making to meet them. |
Heather Tulk, Annette Verschuren (CN), & Sally Armstrong (CN) |
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Betsy Bernard (NJ) |
Some of Canada's leading Masters of Change were there to discuss the inspiration they had taken in guiding their businesses and organizations to new heights with Heather Tulk, Vice President of Boardband & Marketing at Aliant Telecom, Inc. who was ranked as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 ; Annette Verschuren, Division President, Home Depot, Canada; and Marshall Myles, President & CEO, Roots with Sally Armstrong, award-winning author, editor-at-large Chatelaine Magazine facilitating. |
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Betsy Bernard, President of AT&T delivered the keynote address on 21 st Century Business - Women of the Corporation - Trends, Prospects, The Future, introduced by IWF member Nancy Lombardi, Managing Director, BearingPoint.
The personal insights offered by Betsy Bernard, a top ranking woman in the corporate world, reminded the inter-generational audience that women leaders are shaped by parents, teachers, mentors, coaches and significant role models to take responsibility and to assume authority in a human and wholehearted way. We do not give up our humanity to lead. We find it. |
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Luz Lajous |
Afternoon break-away sessions included leaders such as Dr. Nancy Hutson, Senior Vice President, PGRD & Director, Groton Laboratories, Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Liang Li, Professor, University of Alberta; Dr. Susan Sherwin, Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University; and Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, President of the Charles Schwab Corporation Foundation with Joanne Thomas Yaccato, President and Founder of Toronto-based Women and Money Inc.; Sharon T. Pauling, Senior Advisor, Africa Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development; and Barbara Mowat, President, Impact Communication, Ltd as well as Dorothy Light, co-author, Into the Boardroom, How to Get Your First Seat on a Corporate Board ; Rajni Aggarwal, President of the New Delhi based Federation of Indian Women Entrepreneurs; and Linda Hohol, President, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Venture Exchange delighted the audience on topics from finance to health, corporate governance and investment and partnership for developing countries. |
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| Bobbie Gaunt, former President & CEO of Ford Motor Company of Canada; Molly Tschang, Operations Director, Ethernet Access Group (EAG), Cisco Systems; Denise Morrison, President of Global Sales, Chief Customer Officer, Campbell Soup Company; and Caitlin Pappas, Senior Director, U.S. Allergy Business Unit, Schering Plough delivered a lively and provocative panel discussion, led by Robin Reiter-Faragalli, President, Miami Children's Hospital Foundation, further exploring the trends, prospects and future of women in the corporate world. |
Bobbie Gaunt (CN) |
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Women of the Corporation Panelists |
Kim Campbell's Inaugural Address |
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IWF Russia Delegation led by Ludmila Shvetsova, 1st Vice Mayor, Moscow & President, IWF Russia
Negotiating Conflict -- Navigating Change -- A New Generation -- A New Approach featuring Mina Teicher, Helena Malikyar, Mary Landrieu, Reem Abu Hassan, Ludmila Shvetsova, Cindy Williams, and Jean Augustine.
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Jean Augustine |
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| IWF's inter-generational global exchange on Negotiating Conflict - Navigating Change - A New Generation - A New Approach underscored the depth of IWF's global discussions with panelists Reem Abu Hassan, Jordanian Royal Commission on Human Rights & Jordan First Governmental Anti-Corruption Committee; The Honorable Mary Landrieu, United States Senator; Helena Malikyar, Afghanistan Reconstruction Project for the Center on international Cooperation at New York University; Mina Teicher, Vice President for Research and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University; Ludmila Shvetsova, 1 st Vice Mayor, Government of Moscow; Cindi Williams, Special Assistant to the White House Office of Public Liaison; and Jean Augustine, Canadian Member of Parliament and Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Status of Women. |
Mary O'Hara Devereaux |
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Bluma Appel |
Looking toward the future, a session on Connecting with Generation X & Y - Bringing Values, Ethics & Leadership to a New World featured futurist forecaster and Director of the Institute for the Future, Mary O'Hara Devereaux; Mary-Ann Bell, Senior Vice President, Consumer Business Unit, Bell Canada; and Crystal Orderson, Senior Political Reporter, South African Broadcasting Corporation. |
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| The closing luncheon pulled it all together with summative statements from the three generations with Canadian philanthropist and icon Bluma Appel representing Generation I; IWF's own Elizabeth (Betty Downes), Organizational Development Consultant, representing Generation II; and Dr. Nandini Sathi, Doctor, Edward Street Medical Associates representing Generation III. Facilitated by the Honorable Allyson Maynard Gibson, Minister of Financial Services & Investment and Member of the Parliament of the Bahamas, this brief and powerful ending captured the essence of the entire conference. |
Betty Downes (NM) & Dr. Nadini Santhi |
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Luz Lajous' Farewell |
IWF Forum Presidents
IWF Fellows |
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Pre Gala Reception |
Ann Medina, Bluma Appel, & Alison Youngman join friends with The Hon Louise Arbour |
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Louise Arbour, Kim Campbell & Roberta Bondar |
Pamela Wallin, Canadian Consul General to New York & Roberta Bondar |
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2003 Women Who Make a Difference Awardees (right to left)
Wanda Bass (OK), Shirley Franklin (GA), Gemma Hussey (IR), Kay Maxwell (CT), Diana Murphy (MN), Elaine Petrocelli (NoCal), & Gail Saunders (BA) Not Pictured: Leslie Anne Miller (PA) |
IWF Gala Chair & IWF Fellow Barbara Bellissimo |
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Kim Campbell
An Official Farewell and Salute from the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police
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The power that the conference generated was carried forth onto the Gala stage where two leading Canadian women were inducted into the International Hall of Fame…Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada's First Woman Astronaut, Physician and Scientist and The Honorable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, Supreme Court Justice of Canada and former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague. Reminding the global audience on hand from 30 nations what leadership looks like when carried in the hands of remarkably gifted and talented women, these two Canadians graced the Gala stage with the example of their lives…a message that was not lost on any generation fortunate enough to be on hand to witness it. |
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| On every stage, in every session of the World Leadership Conference & Gala women of each generation were featured…offering a different and poignant point of view…reminding IWF that what we do here matters…and providing IWF's membership with a sense of renewal and mission.
Many have said the inter-generational format worked so well and so powerfully that it should be a featured component at every world leadership conference IWF conducts. Bridges were built. A way forward was laid down. Our young people brought a new energy. Our seasoned leaders gave wisdom. All took heed, and provided a new beginning for a cycle that must not end. When we talk to one another, anything is possible
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