'Making The Business Case For Gender Diversity', 4 October

Speaking during the conference will be leading experts in the field who will tell you why hiring women into senior positions makes good business sense.

Conference Keynote speaker, Ilene Lang, President of the U.S.-based research and advisory organization Catalyst Inc. asserts:

"According to our study, the group of companies with the highest representation of women on their top management teams experienced better financial performance than the group with the lowest women's representation, as measured by Return on Equity (ROE), and Total Return to Shareholders (TRS)."

Program

12:30 Registration

13:00 Welcome notes by Dr. Gusztáv Bienerth, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary

13:15 Opening remarks by Honorable April H. Foley, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary

13:30 Keynote speaker: Ilene Lang , President of Catalyst Inc.

13:50 Feature speaker: Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Office of the Secretary of State, Senior Adviser for women's empowerment

14:10 Government Panel Discussion - Moderated by Dr. Gusztáv Bienerth, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary

Tímea Szabóné Müller, MSZP Member of Parliament and President of Parliamentary Subcommittee for Equal Social Rights of Women and Men

Bálint Magyar, SZDSZ Member of Parliament, State Secretary at Prime Minister's Office and Former Minister of Education
Ildikó Pelczné Gáll, Member of Parliament and Vice-president of Fidesz, Head of the Party's Women Platform
Tibor Navracsics, Faction Head of Fidesz

15:45 Coffee Break

16:00 Business Panel Discussion - Moderated by Ilene Lang, President of Catalyst Inc.

Klára Boór, Manager, Credit Europe Alcoa Global Business Services and one of the founder of Alcoa Woman's Network
Barbara Brill, Senior Vice President of Emmis International, Sláger Radio
Eszter Szabó, Regional Leader, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs of GE CEE & Turkey
David Nicol, Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of Morgan Stanley in Europe

17:30 Closing remarks by Dr. Gusztáv Bienerth , President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary

17:40 Reception

The conference will be held in English and Hungarian, with simultaneous translation into both languages.

Location:
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus.
1051 Budapest, Erzsébet tér 7-8.

Time:
12:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Participation fee:
Members: Complimentary
Non-members: HUF 10 000 + VAT/person
Please refer to registration form for more details..


Registration

To guarantee your seat, please fax the completed registration form  to AmCham by Tuesday, 2 October 2007. Fax number: (1) 266-9888.

Click here to download the registration form! "

Source: AmCham