Contact
Queenie Chan or Monique OrieuxThe Professional Women's Network
info@pwncanada.ca
When
Friday, October 24, 2014 from 7:15 AM to 4:15 PM PST
Schedule
Registration: 7:15 AM
Breakfast and Program: 7:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Lunch: 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Program: 1:00 PM - 4:15 PM
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Where
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
- British Columbia Ballroom
900 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
Driving Directions
**No cancellations after Monday, October 20, 2014.
PWN PARTNER EVENT:
BC ECONOMIC FORUM
Women as a Catalyst for Growth
B.C.'s economy needs more women leaders — in business, on boards and in growing industries.
Join the leaders — men and women in your community — in a powerful and engaging working forum to identify solutions. This uniquely formatted event will have participants actively contributing throughout the day, in order to advance the conversation into action strategies for economic growth.
This economic forum will help facilitate conversation, while highlighting challenges and opportunities here in B.C. Most importantly, feedback from the forum will help create practical recommendations for government, business and individuals — to shape policy and ultimately create change. Change for all stakeholders.
The forum will focus on generating an Action Plan with clear steps for:
- Growing the number of women in senior leadership positions.
- Growing the number of women entrepreneurs.
- Growing the number of women in non-traditional jobs and emerging sectors.
New strategies for economic growth are needed. Attend this forum and contribute to the solution!
The World Economic Forum has identified women as the fastest-growing economic force in the world today. In B.C., the time to affect change and increase economic growth through women is now. Participants will be contributing to the economic future of B.C.
Speaker(s):
| The Honourable Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour, Province of British Columbia |
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The Honourable Naomi Yamamoto, Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business, Province of British Columbia The forum will feature three working tracks: Track 1: Growing Women in Senior Leadership According to a DELL study, companies with more women board directors outperform those with the fewest by 66 per cent ROI capital, 53 per cent return on equity and 42 per cent return on sales. However, while Canadian women represent 47 per cent of the workforce, only 5.3 per cent are CEOs and 15.9 per cent are board directors. Join a dynamic group of business leaders to develop concrete recommendations on how we can dramatically increase those numbers and produce better results for women, business and the economy.
Track 2: Growing Women Entrepreneurs Women's access to venture capital lags sorely behind their male business counterparts and is often the major constraint limiting the growth, expansion and wealth creation of small firms. Women need capital, resources and access to markets to grow. Join successful entrepreneurs and financiers to identify ways that women can grow their expanding small and medium size enterprises to achieve greater economic success.
Track 3: Growing Women in Non-Traditional Jobs and Emerging Sectors According to Status of Women Canada, in 2012, women represented only four per cent of those in construction trades and 20 per cent of those in occupations unique to primary industry, such as forestry, mining, oil and gas. These figures have varied little since 2008. To grow our economy, especially in the emerging sectors, we need to develop new business policies and practices that encourage and support women in these sectors. Join leaders from emerging sectors and women in non-traditional jobs to build a plan to grow the impact of women in these areas.
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