Power Shift 2016: Women and Leadership - Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business May 4-5, 2016

    WASHINGTON, DC, May 03, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Join us for a Debate and Town Hall Meeting at POWER SHIFT 2016: WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP

* The Oxford Union-style Debate on Quotas for Women on Corporate Boards will be held May 4 at 5:10pm.

* The purpose of the Town Hall is to provide direct input into the United Nations' High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment. It will be May 5 at 2:45pm.

Both events are part of the University of Oxford's ground-breaking women's economic Power Shift Forum, coming to the United States for the first time ever. Power Shift 2016 is an annual invitation-only event which brings together international leaders from the public and private sectors who have a demonstrated commitment to expand women's impact, inclusion and empowerment in the world economy.

The two-day event looks at how women's leadership can increase global stability and promote effective reforms to support growth and equality. Power Shift participants collaborate and brainstorm about the opportunities and barriers facing women, and harness cutting edge ideas for shifting the dial forward for women economically around the globe.

Power Shift Forum will be hosted in the United States by Linda Scott, DP World Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Saїd Business School, University of Oxford, along with partners MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business Women's Leadership Institute, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security, and DoubleXEconomy.

DEBATE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:

Presiding:

Paulette Brown, President, American Bar Association

Arguing for quotas:

Joanna Maycock, Secretary-General, European Women's Lobby

Hilary Gosher, Managing Partner, Insight Venture Partners

Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women

Arguing against quotas:

Mary Goudie, Labour Member, House of Lords; Founding Member, The 30% Club

Kimberly Weisul, Editor-at-Large, INC magazine and Inc.com

Lorraine Hack, Partner, Heidrick & StrugglesTOWN HALL FOR THE UN HIGH LEVEL PANEL WILL BE LED BY:

Laura Tyson, Professor, Director of the Institute for Business and Social Impact, Berkeley Haas School of Business; Former Chair, The US President's Council of Economic Advisors

Jeni Klugman, Senior Advisor for Gender, The World Bank; Fellow, Kennedy School of Government's Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard University

EVENT DETAILS:

Debate (Quotas)

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

5:10pm - 6pm

Gaston Hall, Georgetown University

3700 O Street, NW Washington, DC

Town Hall

Thursday, May 5, 2016

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Lohrfink Auditorium, Rafik B. Hariri Building, Georgetown University

3700 O Street NW, Washington, DC

MEDIA COVERAGE: Media interested in covering this event should RSVP to Mara D'Amico at (202) 525-1965 or [email protected] or Donnetta Campbell at 646-532-1512 or [email protected]. Press will need to present valid credentials.

***Join the conversation on Twitter with #PowerShiftForum, @PowerShiftForum and @ProfLindaScott

Now in its fourth year, The Power Shift Forum for Women in the World Economy, founded by Professor Linda Scott, is coming to the United States this spring!

The invitation-only Power Shift Forum brings together leaders from the private sector, public sector, and civil society, in order to assemble a high-level and engaged group of participants committed to better inclusion of women in the world economy. The Power Shift Forum for Women in the World Economy is an annual symposium where like-minded leaders meet to discuss women as economic actors in the global marketplace. We chose the name "Power Shift" because we wanted to signal a progressive, active attitude - as well as to assert that, like it or not, the game is already changing.

Thanks to the efforts of Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Professor Catherine Tinsley, Power Shift 2016: Women and Leadership will be brought to McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University on May 4 - 5, 2016 in historic Washington D.C.,USA.

The remit for the 2016 Power Shift is to create an agenda that would allow our unique audience to advance the cause of women in leadership, a very different "ask" from the inspire-and-celebrate, show-the-role-models kind of women's leadership gala. Thus, at the next Power Shift, we will look critically at existing barriers and get first hand accounts about new world-level breakthroughs. We will hear from those who know how policy leaders make decisions about women's issues--and we will think together about how best to inject a new perspective into those decisions. We will also recognize that leadership happens in many areas of life, not just at the tops of corporations or in the highest echelons of politics.

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