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WIL at the Global Forum in ICT
14 May 2013
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WTP Emerging Leader Interview with Edyta Ziomek
10 May 2013
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WIL EVENT REPORTS
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Women Talent Pool Workshop “Mirror Yourself in Your Leadership Style” - Report
22 March 2013 - Paris
A second successful Women Talent Pool workshop took place on Friday, 22nd March at the premises of Microsoft France. It was led by Irène Papaligouras, founder of Leaders Excellence Partners, a strategic human resources start-up, focused on a predicative and proactive audit of leadership competencies. Under the motto “Mirror Yourself in Your Leadership Style”, nine Emerging Leaders participated in a session aimed at assessing and developing their specific leadership style.
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WIL 2012 General Assembly Report
20 June 2012
On June 20th 2012 for the second time WIL Members gathered together for the General Assembly to vote electronically on the Legal status of WIL and discuss the outcomes of the McKinsey Women Matter 2012 report.
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WIL's 4th Anniversary with Viviane Reding and Pervenche Beres, WTP Launch
6 March 2012
Exactly four years after WIL’s first event, Viviane Reding, Vice-president of the European Commission and Pervenche Berès, MEP, joined us for a WIL/JUMP event on ‘Female Talent in the Pipeline'.
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Boosting Women’s Leadership in Arts and Through Arts Discussion
31 January 2012 - Brussels
On 31st of January 2012, WIL members gathered together for our first event on culture, to discuss the topic of “Boosting Women’s Leadership in Arts and Through Arts”.
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WIL Biannual Meeting in Berlin Report
24 November 2011 - Berlin
Held for the first time in Germany, on 24th of November, WIL biannual event was held in a pro-European environment, where prominent speakers, WIL members, guests and members of the Network European Movement Germany, which partnered with us for this event, exchanged their views on the current status of European Union and discussed possible solutions to regain the European strength.
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Women Leaders’ Taskforce breakfast with Darcy Bradbury and Xavier Tessier
07 December 2011 - Paris
On 7th of December 2011, at Amcham’s offices, we had the pleasure to host yet another breakfast organized by the Women Leaders’ Taskforce, created through the joint effort of Amcham and WIL. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss the current initiatives regarding financial regulation and the underlying challenges.
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WIL session during the Global Forum in ICT
08 November 2011 - Brussels
For the second time, the organizers of the Global Forum in ICT have handed over to WIL the mission to organize the session on women in the information society. During the high-level event, several profound speakers brought forward best practices to nourish the female talent pipeline.
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Improving Corporate Governance breakfast report
06 October 2011
On 6 October, the European Network for Women in Leadership (WIL), in cooperation with Administration Moderne, the French association of female high civil servants and the American Chamber of Commerce in France held a high-level debate around the topic of governance. Over 70 high-profile attendees joined us at Swisslife Banque Privée to discuss and propose solutions to improve governance in the context of the financial crisis, which go beyond the sole use of quotas on Boards.
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WIL biannual meeting and first general assembly
05 July 2011 - Paris
The issue of governance attracted over 60 participants to the WIL biannual meeting and its first general assembly, July 5. Event host CEO and Chairman of France Télécom Stéphane Richard, engaged in a dialogue on measures taken by his Board to establish a more gender-balanced leadership after the severe socio-economic crisis.
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"Creating Economic Growth" Luncheon with Brussels-based members
08 February 2011 - Brussels
Financial regulations, the single market and corporate governance were the three pillars of economic growth discussed at a luncheon with WIL Brussels-based members by Sharon Bowles, Chair Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament, and Paulina Dejmek, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier.
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WIL session in Washington on “Global Networks for Empowering Women in the Digital Age”
09 November 2010 - Washington
The WIL and GlobalWIN networks jointly hosted a lively high-level session, as part of the much awaited annual event Global Forum in ICT (Nov 9th). An overwhelming audience of 100+ joined us to hear about tested practices empowering women in the digital age.
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Breakfast with Craig Mundie, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer
19th October 2010 - Brussels
Concerns regarding training requirements for using new technologies were raised, particularly as one third of Europe’s population have never used the Internet.
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Breakfast with Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, French Minister
29 June 2010 - Paris
More than 50 France-based WIL members and friends, including the Club ITW, a high-level French group of women in IT, and the Women Equity (WE) network, had an extremely productive exchange of views with Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, French Secretary of State for Strategic Studies and the Development of the Digital Economy, regarding the differing means of breaking the glass ceiling.
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A New Design for Europe’s Sustainable Development Biannual Meeting
28 April 2010 - Brussels
The proportion of women in decision making and the inclusion of women's perspectives in government policies, business planning or academic research are the two dimensions for which Women in Leadership is constantly building supportive actions.
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WIL Meeting on Entrepreneurship in London
19 November 2009 - House of Lords, London
First time in London, WiL convened 50 women business developers and stakeholders from European and national public institutions at a location no less prestigious or symbolic than the House of Lords.
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Breakfast Meeting hosted by Edit Herczog MEP
29 September 2009 - Brussels, European Parliament
Ably hosted by Member of the European Parliament Edit Herczog, WiL convened seven most distinguished new Members of the European Parliament together with private sector members of the network, academics as well as the European Commission members.
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Biannual Meeting with EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik
2-3 June 2009 - Brussels
Women’s role in research and technology and encouraging their entrepreneurial skills were issues touched together with four high profile speakers, but also with the young women who are part of the WiL mentoring programme.<
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WIL Members Lunch in Brussels
05 March 2009 - Brussels
On March 5th, the WiL network hosted a lunch during Microsoft’s Growth and Innovation day. The members had a chance to catch up and discuss about the future actions, particularly for the mentoring program.
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Launching the Mentoring Program with DG for Education and Culture Odile Quintin
11 December 2008 - Paris
The WiL network launched its mentoring program during its meeting in the context of the EU French Presidency. WiL partnered with Silicon Sentier, JADE and AIESEC, three international youth organizations to support high potential young women.
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Women In IT at the Imagine Cup
09 July 2008
In cooperation with the French Presidency, the Women’s Forum and European SchoolNet, WiL organized a high level debate to raise awareness and develop specific policies for the participation of young women in technology and science studies.
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Biannual Meeting keynoted by Commissioner Vladimir Spidla
11 June 2008 - Brussels
With the participation of Commissioner for Employment, Equal Opportunities and Social Affairs Vladimir Spidla, the WiL network organized a second meeting with the aim to strengthen the relations between women in high level positions from Europe.
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Kick Off Meeting of the WIL Network
06 March 2008 - Brussels
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding keynoted the first WIL meeting, emphasizing the issue of the low retention rate of women in ICT.
