WELLESLEY. Mass.. Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center forWomen's Leadership at Babson College in collaboration with the BabsonAssociation for Women MBAs will hold the tenth annual Women's LeadershipConference on Friday. November 9. 2007. 7:30 a m. - 6 p m. Ilene Lang. President. Catalyst. Inc will lead a morning panel and Dr. Sally Ride first American woman in space entrepreneur author andeducator will present "Reach for the Stars," the lunchtime keynoteaddress. Schedule 8:30 - 9:00 a m. Welcome and Introductions of Special Guests 9:00 - 10:15 a m. A Decade of Results. Plenary Session Ilene Lang. President Catalyst. Inc. A panel of women leaders join Ilene Lang. President. Catalyst. Inc todiscuss the trends they have seen and what we all should watch for movinginto the next decade. Panelists -- Kija Kim. President and Co-founder. Harvard Design and Mapping -- Deborah Re. CEO. Big Sister Association of Greater Boston -- Nina Charnley. National Executive. Specialized Wealth StructuringServices Group. U. S. Trust. Bank of America Private Wealth Management 10:15 - 10:45 a m. Networking Break 10:45 - 12:15 p m. Segment I: Five Concurrent Sessions Creating a Workplace for Women Although companies know that personalizing the customer experience isgood some still grapple with customizing career options to accommodateshifting employment trends. Learn about a powerful and proven process tokeep employees engaged and connected. Presenter -- Anne Weisberg. Co-author. Mass Career Customization: Aligning theWorkplace with Today's Nontraditional Workforce Moderator: Nan Langowitz. Director. Center for Women's Leadership,Babson College Loyalties. Lies and Barriers: The Truth About Authentic Leadership inToday's Workplace We know our personal leadership must stay true to our visions andvalues. But organizations are complicated places and the people in thembehave in complex sometimes contradictory ways. Based on her highlyacclaimed work with top CEOs this session with Saj-Nicole Joni will give aclearer more workable sense of what "authentic leadership" can be. Presenter -- Saj-Nicole Joni. CEO. Cambridge International Group author of TheThird Opinion and Forbes columnist. Center for Women's Leadership Executivein Residence. 2007-2008 Taking Charge: The First 100 Days in New Leadership Roles Are you about to step into a new leadership role? Are you getting readyto promote a junior woman into a position with more responsibility andvisibility? You know that the first 100 days will be critical but you'dlike insight more practical advice. Listen in on -- or jump right into --a lively conversation between a senior woman who has successfully navigatedher first 100 days and a junior professional who wants to get off on theright foot. Presenters -- Linda Connly. Vice President of Strategic Alliances. Americas Sales,EMC -- Shea Sullivan. Vice President. National Sales Performance. U. S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management Moderator: Anne Donnellon. Associate Professor of Management. BabsonCollege Beyond YouTube and MySpace: Creating Powerful Social Networks for OurBenefit Join Amber Scott managing editor of Capessa com. Procter and Gamble'sonline women's community to untangle the web's social networkingphenomenon. See how social networking has evolved from a friend-basedMySpace into a professionally sound business tool. Learn how you can useit to keep up -- and get ahead. Presenter -- Amber Scott. Managing Editor. Capessa Moderator: Erin McCormick. Director. Curriculum Innovation andTechnology Group (CITG). Babson College The Other Half of the Equation: The Men in Our Lives Like many women your first boss or first mentor was likely a man. Youhave valuable and valued male colleagues. Men are your employees vendors,customers. And you have fathers and brothers and husbands and sons whoshare in your professional journeys. To help celebrate a decade of women inthe lead we've invited some of the men in our lives to join us in animportant conversation. How has the view of gender changed? What stillneeds our joint attention and support? What will this session look like in10 years? Presenters -- Daughter and Father: Carly Sidewand. Manager of BusinessDevelopment/International. Resin Technology. LLC and Wayne Sidewand,President and CEO. Resin Technology. LLC -- Wife and Husband: Jane Magpiong and Glenn Magpiong -- Junior Colleague and Senior Mentor/Boss: Kati Kelley. Vice Presidentof Marketing. Community Bank and David Curtis. CEO. Community Bank Moderator: Allan Cohen. Interim Graduate Dean. Professor. Managementand Entrepreneurship 12:30 - 2:30 p m. Lunch BAWMBA Leadership Legacy Award presented to Ms. Edith Hunt. GoldmanSachs for her outstanding leadership of the Forte Foundation Board Keynote: "Reach for the Stars," Dr. Sally Ride. First American Woman inSpace. Entrepreneur. Educator; introduced by Cary Grace. Managing Dir.,Nat'l Mid Market Institutional Exec.. Bank of America 2:45 - 4:15 p m. Segment II: Five Concurrent Sessions "Isms" in the Workplace: Why Are We Still Talking About This? According to The Corporate Leavers Survey each year more than 2million professionals and managers leave their jobs pushed out bycumulative small comments whispered jokes and not-so-funny emails. Andthis talent drain ends up costing employers about $64 billion annually. This session is critical for any leader concerned about recruiting andretaining talented employees -- as well as any woman who has ever thought,"Aren't we over the 'ism's' yet?" Find out why we aren't and what we canand must do. Presenter -- Freada Kapor Klein. Founder/Head of The Level Playing FieldInstitute; author of Giving Notice: Why the Best and Brightest Leave theWorkplace and How You Can Help Them Stay Moderator: Susan Lemke. Asst. Dir.. MBA Center for Career Development,Babson How to Avoid Getting Blindsided at Work by Having a Strong ExitStrategy Effective exit strategies create strong leaders? Yes! Join two of theco-authors of the best-selling book I Didn't See It Coming and walk awaywith savvy advice and strategic insights for creating your personal exitstrategy and dealing with situations that can blindside you -- and sidelineyour career. Presenters -- Amy Kopelan. President. Bedlam Entertainment Inc. formerProgramming Mgr.. Good Morning America -- Nancy Widmann. Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee; first womanpresident at CBS -- Elaine Eisenman. (In absentia) Dean. Babson Executive Education;Co-author. I Didn't See It Coming Reinventions and Connections: Career Changes. Plus Both Linda Stewart and Eliza Shanley have reinvented their professionallives. In the process they've created organizations and programs that helpwomen at different life stages reinvent careers and definitions of "work". Maybe you want to personally use the services they've created. Or maybe youwant to make those services a valuable resource for your own organization. Or maybe you just want to soak up the entrepreneurial spirit that thesetwo women exude! Presenters -- Linda Steward. Founder/CEO. Epoch -- Eliza Shanley. Managing Partner and Co-founder. Women@Work Title IX at 35: The Pipeline's In Place -- Now What? In 1972. 46 percent of female high school graduates enrolled incollege. By 2005 that figure was 70 percent and climbing. Title IX whichis often measured by the impact it has had on women's access to collegesports has also helped create a powerful pipeline to the classroom andfrom there to the boardroom. What now? Join this panel of women who havebeen successful athletes successful professionals and passionatespokeswomen for the importance of Title IX and why we need to keep thepipeline active and delivering on its promises. Presenters -- Theresa Moore. T-Time Productions -- Mary Mazzio. President/Founder. 50 Eggs Productions; Producer. AHero for Daisy and Lemonade Stories -- Maureen Condon. Founder/Principal. Precision Marketing Group. LLC. -- Pamela Kuong M'87. Sr. V. P.. Sr. Client Mgr. Commercial Banking,Bank of America -- Dana Hackett. V. P.. Marketing and Communications. Fenway SportsGroup Social Entrepreneurs: When Women Find Solutions to Tough Problems Some of the most effective and exciting solutions to some of ourtoughest problems have come from women who made it their business --literally -- to make a difference. Learn about this burgeoning new field ofsocial entrepreneurship -- venture creation that seeks to solve orcontribute to the solution of social problems in start ups corporatesettings or not for profits. Find out how you can add this dimension toyour personal -- and professional -- lives. Presenter -- Olivia Ho Cheng. Co-founder and CEO. Aurora Imaging 4:00 - 6:00 p m. Networking Reception 6:00 - 8:00 p m. Exclusive Shopping at Eileen Fisher. 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