This year's CWIB Conference explores the continuing evolution in the business environment with a particular focus on its impact on women in business. The recent financial crisis and its aftermath have challenged traditional thinking about career goals and progression. Women now have the challenge, and the immense opportunity, to create a new reality for their own career paths and to lead the way for future generations of women. Our Conference panelists will examine how today's women leaders are making an impact on three levels: in business, in their positions within their organizations, and in their personal and professional development. Through these discussions, participants will have the opportunity to explore and define their own place within the current and future business environment.

Date: Friday, February 19, 2010
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY
Cost: $100 non-CBS alumni | $80 CBS alumni, faculty, staff
See website for student discounts.
 
Keynote: Mary Beth West CBS MBA '86, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Kraft Foods Inc.
 
Panels Include:
·        SECOND CAREER SUCCESS: How to successfully switch careers.
·        DEMYSTIFYING "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA:" An insider's guide to careers in Fashion, Cosmetics, and Media & Entertainment.
·        SECRETS OF CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER: Getting beyond the glass ceiling and into the boardroom.
 

Columbia Women In Business
CWIB is a professional and social organization that strives to provide Columbia Business School women with contacts and resources to assist them in their academic and professional careers. CWIB is committed to working with faculty, administrators, alumnae and the greater business community to promote the role of and to create opportunities for women in business.
CWIB Conference addresses issues of relevance to women in business.  Conference is open to all professionals, not just CBS students and alumnae.  Please spread the word to your colleagues and friends.
 
For more information: http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organizations/cwib/conference/2010conference/index.html
 
Columbia Women in Business online:  http://www.cwib.org
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