Global MPW Partner

Johnson & Johnson

Gold Sponsor

deloitte
City of Guangzhou
Herman Miller
Target
heidrick
Gap International
guardian life

Global Finance Partner

RBC

Silver Sponsor

NYSE
shiseido

Bronze Sponsor

SAP
NFC ring
united therapeutics
Fidelity

Goldman Sachs & Fortune Global Women Leaders Award

goldman

Co-host, Organic Bites and Flights

James Beard Foundation

You can watch 2016 main stage MPW sessions on demand on Fortune’s YouTube Channel.

Visit Fortune.com/mpw to read all of Fortune‘s coverage of women leaders and MPW events.

Fortune MPW started as a list 18 years ago and has evolved into the world’s most extraordinary leadership community, convening the preeminent women in business—along with select leaders in government, philanthropy, education and the arts—for wide-ranging conversations that inspire and deliver practical advice.  The program features one-on- one interviews, panel discussions, interactive breakout sessions and high-level networking.

Our 2016 theme was Building a Better Future, and participants included Apple Senior Vice President Angela Ahrendts, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Co-founder Priscilla Chan, DDB North America CEO Wendy Clark, GE Vice Chairman Beth Comstock, Deloitte CEO Cathy Engelbert, Citigroup Latin America CEO Jane Fraser, Ingredion CEO Ilene Gordon, author and comedian Chelsea Handler, Anita Hill, Kate Hudson, Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobson, JWT CEO Tamara Ingram, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Ellevest co-founder and CEO Sallie Krawcheck, Former Dupont CEO Ellen Kullman, NBCUniversal Chairman Donna Langley, BBG Ventures President Susan Lyne, Kleiner Perkins Managing Partner Mary Meeker, Campbell Soup President and CEO Denise Morrison, Alphabet/Google CFO Ruth Porat, Airbnb Head of Global Operations Varsha Rao, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Diane Sawyer, Barbra StreisandGreta Van Susteren, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, plus the most senior women executives at leading global companies such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, Estee Lauder, Genentech, Goldman Sachs, Google, Home Depot, Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, Uber, Under Armour, Unilever, and Walt Disney.

Agenda

* All items are in Europe/London time. Click on the agenda items to find out more.
6:00 AM
MPW EARLY MORNING ACTIVITY
6:15 AM
EARLY MORNING ACTIVITY
7:00 AM
BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLES
7:00 AM
PROGRAM TRACK BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLES
7:30 AM
BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLES
7:50 AM
SWITCH BREAK
8:05 AM
THE BIG GET-TO-KNOW-YOU
8:35 AM
WELCOME BACK
8:40 AM
ONE ON ONE
8:57 AM
HERMAN MILLER CHAIR DEMO
9:00 AM
HONORING GLOBAL WOMEN LEADERS
9:00 AM
ONE ON ONE
9:15 AM
CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN AN INTERNET WORLD
9:15 AM
ONE ON ONE
9:15 AM
PLENARY CONVERSATIONS
9:30 AM
ONE ON ONE
9:35 AM
ONE ON ONE
9:35 AM
ONE ON ONE
9:45 AM
ONE ON ONE
9:50 AM
ONE ON ONE
9:55 AM
CONVERSATION: BEYOND ELECTION DAY
10:00 AM
REGISTRATION OPENS
10:05 AM
ONE ON ONE
10:10 AM
ONE ON ONE
10:15 AM
ONE ON ONE
10:25 AM
ONE ON ONE
10:30 AM
REFRESHMENT AND SWITCH BREAK
10:40 AM
CONVERSATION: THE BROADSHEET
10:50 AM
ONE ON ONE
11:00 AM
MPW PROGRAM TRACK CONCURRENT SESSIONS
11:10 AM
CLOSING REMARKS AND ADJOURN
11:45 AM
SWITCH BREAK
12:00 PM
CONVERSATION
12:00 PM
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
12:20 PM
CONVERSATION
12:35 PM
THE GLOBAL OUTLOOK
12:55 PM
SWITCH
1:00 PM
CONCURRENT LUNCH SESSIONS
1:00 PM
LUNCH
2:30 PM
CONVERSATION
2:45 PM
CONVERSATION
2:45 PM
GETTING TO YES
3:05 PM
ONE ON ONE
3:20 PM
ONE ON ONE
3:35 PM
ONE ON ONE
3:45 PM
ONE ON ONE
4:00 PM
FORTUNE 500 CFOs ON MAXIMIZING SHAREHOLDER VALUE
4:05 PM
PROGRAM CLOSE
4:15 PM
FREE TIME AND ACTIVITIES
4:15 PM
MPW HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK MENTORING
4:45 PM
PROFESSIONAL SECRETS: WINE TASTING WITH THE MASTERS
5:00 PM
THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
5:30 PM
MPW SUMMIT NEWCOMER MEET AND GREET
6:00 PM
OPENING RECEPTION
6:15 PM
RECEPTION AND DINNER
7:00 PM
GALA DINNER

Venue

Laguna Niguel, CA

Located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel resort has catered to discriminating guests for more than 22 years.

Fortune has secured a group rate for Summit attendees. Upon payment of the Summit registration fee, you will be provided with information on booking a hotel room under Fortune’s group rate (no room will be held in the block if Summit registration fee is unpaid). Space in each hotel venue is limited and subject to availability at the time of event registration.