Four Seasons Aviara, California, October 1-3, 2008

Agenda Overview

The agenda for the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit is currently under development. Please check back for a complete schedule.

Wednesday, October 1

11:00am

Solutions Desk Opens

12:00noon - 6:00pm

Free Time and Sponsored Activities

Luxury Beauty Treatments, sponsored by Shiseido
Wii Fit, sponsored by Nintendo

2:45pm - 5:00pm

High Tea and FORTUNE High Growth Series, sponsored by SAP

How to Manage and Sustain High Growth

Carolyn Albanese, Director of Customer Experience, Annin & Co., DeLisa Alexander, Senior Vice President, People and Brand, Red Hat, Annie Maxwell, COO, Direct Relief International, and Michèle Szynal, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Callaway Golf, will talk about the challenges they faced, their personal leadership strategies and the critical decisions they made as their companies grew.

Moderator:
  • Leigh Gallagher
    Senior Editor
    FORTUNE
5:45pm - 6:15pm

Summit Newcomer Meet & Greet, sponsored by Herman Miller, Inc.

For new delegates only

6:15pm - 7:15pm

Reception

7:15pm - 9:15pm

Gala Dinner and Performance by Sing for Hope

A celebration of the FORTUNE/U.S. State Department Mentoring Partnership and The Goldman Sachs/FORTUNE Global Women Leaders Award

Welcome:
  • Andy Serwer
    Managing Editor
    FORTUNE
Opening Remarks:
  • Pattie Sellers
    Editor at Large and Chair, Most Powerful Women Summit
    FORTUNE
Award Presentation:
  • Lloyd Blankfein
    Chairman and CEO
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
  • Ann S. Moore
    Chairman and CEO
    Time Inc.

Thursday, October 2

6:00am - 6:30am

Wii Yoga, sponsored by Nintendo

6:30am - 7:00am

Wii One-on-One Instruction Sessions, sponsored by Nintendo

7:00am

Solutions Desk Opens

7:00am - 8:00am

Continental Breakfast

8:00am - 8:05am

Welcome

8:05am - 8:45am

The Big Get-to-Know You

8:45am - 9:40am

Conversation

  • Warren E. Buffett
    Chairman and CEO
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Interviewer:
  • Carol Loomis
    Senior Editor at Large
    FORTUNE
9:40am - 10:00am

Refreshment Break

10:00am - 11:00am

Concurrent Sessions on Talent Management

Interactive breakout sessions led by MPWomen experts on talent management

  1. Motivating the Masses

    • Janice L. Fields
      Executive Vice President and COO
      McDonald's USA, LLC
  2. Boards

    • Susan L. Decker
      President
      Yahoo! Inc.
    • Mellody Hobson
      President, Ariel Investments
      Chair, Trustees Board, Ariel Investment Trust
  3. Creating Leaders

    • Charlene Begley
      Senior Vice President, GE
      President and CEO
      GE Enterprise Solutions
    • Sallie L. Krawcheck
      Chairman, Citi Global Wealth Management
      Citigroup Inc.
11:00am - 11:15am

Switch Break

11:15am - 11:50am

Conversation

  • Indra K. Nooyi
    Chairman and CEO
    PepsiCo, Inc.
Interviewer:
  • Ann S. Moore
    Chairman and CEO
    Time Inc.
11:50am - 11:55am

National Math and Science Young Leaders Program

  • Roberta Luxbacher
    General Manager, Corporate Planning
    ExxonMobil Corp.
11:55am - 12:30pm

Developing Extraordinary Talent

  • Susan E. Arnold
    President, Global Business Units
    Procter & Gamble Co.
  • Ursula M. Burns
    President
    Xerox Corp.
  • Lorrie Norrington
    President, eBay Marketplaces
    eBay Inc.
Moderator:
  • Juliet Flint
    Partner
    Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Additional Panelist: TBA
12:30pm - 12:40pm

X Appeal: A Conversation with Sisters

  • Denise Morrison
    Senior Vice President and President, North America Soup, Sauces, and Beverages
    Campbell Soup Co.
  • Maggie Wilderotter
    Chairman, President and CEO
    Frontier Communications
Interviewer:
  • Lee Clifford
    Assistant Managing Editor
    FORTUNE
12:40pm - 12:45pm

MPWomen Mentee Moment

  • Dima Sharaffdeen Husseini
    Founder and CEO
    International Logistics Services, SAL (ILS)
    Lebanon
1:00pm

Lunch

2:30pm - 3:00pm

The Internet 10 Years Later

A reprise of the MPW Summit's first conversation about technology.

  • Mary Meeker
    Managing Director
    Morgan Stanley
  • Sheryl Sandberg
    Chief Operating Officer
    Facebook
  • Meg Whitman
    Former President and CEO
    eBay Inc.
Moderator:
  • Padmasree Warrior
    Chief Technology Officer
    Cisco Systems, Inc.
3:00pm - 3:10pm

X Appeal: A Conversation with Sisters

  • Anne Wojcicki
    Co-founder
    23andMe
  • Susan Wojcicki
    Vice President, Product Management
    Google, Inc.
Interviewer:
  • Lee Clifford
    Assistant Managing Editor
    FORTUNE
3:10pm - 3:15pm

MPWomen Mentee Moment

  • Phici Mbatha
    Head
    Regenesys Business School
    South Africa
3:15pm - 3:45pm

The Global Power Panel

  • Angela Ahrendts
    Chief Executive Officer
    Burberry Group PLC
  • Patricia F. Russo
    Former Chief Executive Officer
    Alcatel-Lucent
Moderator:
  • Stephanie N. Mehta
    Global Editor
    FORTUNE
3:45pm - 4:00pm

Switch Break

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Salons

Led by MPWomen experts, these small group discussions will focus on how to maximize the performance of careers and organizations.

  1. Fixing Customer Service

    • Susan G. Nokes
      Chief Customer and Operations Officer
      T-Mobile USA
  2. Negotiating Compensation, Perks & More

    • Victoria H. Medvec
      Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management and Organizations
      Executive Director, Center for Executive Women
      Kellogg School of Management
  3. Customizing Careers

    • Cathleen Benko
      Vice Chairman and Chief Talent Officer
      Deloitte LLP
  4. Winning the Hispanic Market

    • Melanie Healey
      Group President, Global Feminine and Health Care
      Procter & Gamble Co./li>
  5. Managing Healthcare Costs

    • Larree Renda
      Executive Vice President, Chief Strategist and Administrative Officer
      Safeway Inc.
  6. Creating Digital Communities

    • Arianna Huffington
      Co-founder and Editor in Chief
      The Huffington Post
    • Sheryl Sandberg
      Chief Operating Officer
      Facebook
  7. Grappling with Free Trade Policy

    • Ambassador Susan C. Schwab
      U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
  8. Building Great Brands

    • Lynda Resnick
      Co-chairman
      Roll International Corp.
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Free Time and Sponsored Activities

Luxury Beauty Treatments, sponsored by Shiseido

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Screening of the Vice Presidential Debate

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Reception and Dinner

9:30pm - 11:00pm

Night Sessions

  1. Bridge with Warren Buffett

    (Intermediate to Advanced Players only)

  2. Wii Olympics, sponsored by Nintendo

Friday, October 3

6:30am - 7:15am

Yoga with Martha Stewart

  • Martha Stewart
    Founder
    Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.
7:00am

Solutions Desk Opens

7:30am - 8:30am

Breakfast Roundtables

Informal breakfasts offer a chance to talk with speakers on Summit topics

  1. FORTUNE/U.S. State Department Mentoring Partnership

    • Pat Mitchell
      President and CEO
      The Paley Center for Media
    • Ann S. Moore
      Chairman and CEO
      Time Inc.
  2. Pressure is a Privilege

    • Billie Jean King
      President
      Billie Jean King Enterprises, Inc.
  3. Corporate Philanthropy

    • Stephanie Bell-Rose
      Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
      President, The Goldman Sachs Foundation
    • Dina Powell
      Managing Director and Global Head, Office of Corporate Engagement
      The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
  4. Personal Health

    • Janet E. Taylor
      Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Harlem Hospital
      LLuminari and BeWell.com Expert
  5. Corporate America Can Help Solve the Education Equation, sponsored by ExxonMobil

    • Pam Darwin
      Vice President, Americas
      ExxonMobil Exploration Co.
    • Karen Horting
      Deputy Executive Director
      Society of Women Engineers
    • Sally K. Ride
      President and CEO
      Imaginary Lines, Inc.
    • Tina Straley
      Executive Director
      Mathematical Association of America
    Moderator:
    • Jessica Shambora
      Reporter
      FORTUNE
  6. From Green to Giving Back: Engaging Employees in Social Responsibility, sponsored by Herman Miller

    • Kristen Manos
      Executive Vice President
      President, North American Office Environments
      Herman Miller, Inc.
8:30am - 8:40am

Switch Break

8:40am - 9:30am

Conversation

  • Melinda French Gates
    Co-chair
    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Interviewer:
  • Pattie Sellers
    Editor at Large
    FORTUNE
9:30am - 9:35am

MPWomen Mentee Moment

  • Raychelle Injete Najimesi
    Managing Director
    Kisere Wilderness Safaris
    Kenya
9:35am - 9:55am

Forecasting Global Risks

  • Diana Farrell
    Director, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)
    McKinsey & Company
  • Jami Miscik
    Global Head of Sovereign Risk
    Barclays Capital
Moderator:
  • Christiane Amanpour
    Chief International Correspondent
    CNN
9:55am - 10:25am

Assessing the Financial Markets

  • Barbara M. Byrne
    Vice Chairman
    Barclays Capital
  • Sallie L. Krawcheck
    Chairman, Citi Global Wealth Management
    Citigroup Inc.
  • Meredith Whitney
    Managing Director
    Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Moderator:
  • Carol Loomis
    Senior Editor at Large
    FORTUNE
10:25am - 11:25am

One Month to Go: The Road to the White House

  • Nina J. Easton
    Washington Editor
    FORTUNE
  • Karen Tumulty
    National Political Correspondent
    TIME
Moderator:
  • Lisa Caputo
    Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Citi
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Women & Co., Citi
Commentators:
  • Penny Pritzker
    National Finance Chair
    Obama '08
  • Meg Whitman
    Co-chair
    John McCain 2008
11:25am - 11:30am

Closing Remarks & Adjourn

  • Pattie Sellers
    Editor at Large
    FORTUNE
11:30am - 3:00pm

Luxury Beauty Treatments, presented by Shiseido