The most successful leaders are skilled at connecting with others to inspire and motivate their teams, reinvigorate their company's brands and make great ideas come to life. Our 2011 Top 100 Winners are truly connected leaders. They are women who we admire, strive to emulate, and with whom we want to do business and invest our futures.

We invite you to connect with and learn from these Top 100 Award Winners at this engaging and informative afternoon event. Winners will lead interactive professional development breakout sessions designed to inform, inspire and get results with a combined format of panel discussions followed by peer mentoring working groups and a question and answer period. Participants will drill down into the topics, discuss and debate ideas and collectively develop questions for the panel.

Get inspired by our keynote speakers, Mozilla Foundation Chair and Mozilla Corporation former CEO Mitchell Baker and Corporate Director, Published Author and Business Strategist Nilofer Merchant speaking on 'The Power of Connected Leadership'. These trailblazing women will also be circulating at our afternoon cocktail reception which will cap off this event.

Hear inspirational stories of how other accomplished women overcame obstacles to carve their place on the corporate ladder, accelerate business growth and reach their goals. Take away strategies for your own career, leave with a whole new outlook and take your leadership to the next level.

The Connected Leader
Successful and influential leaders have learned many lessons throughout their careers and recognize today more than ever, the power of professional networks. The connected leader now tweets and blogs with the power to inspire, motivate, collaborate and spark exchanges with her team, board and even clients and customers. Three of our accomplished Top 100 Winners offer leadership lessons and concrete tips learned en route to their positions leading large organizations.  

Speakers Include:

» Tatiana Fraser, Executive Director, Girls Action Foundation

» Loreen Paananen, Executive Vice President, Retail Development, Shoppers Drug Mart
» Isabelle Hudon, President, Quebec Division, Sun Life Financial
» 2011 Top 100 Winner
» Beth Wilson, Managing Partner, KPMG