For the past 5 years, the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society has put together an annual Global Meeting that has gathered 1200 participants from 5 different continents, to network, exchange and debate. It has been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the Top 5 Global Forums and acclaimed by the New York Times as the Davos for Women. This year's agenda will be "Change: Make it Happen".

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More than 50 speakers are already confirmed. Among them:

• Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO, Bulgaria
• Paul Bulcke, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé SA , Switzerland
• Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment, France
• Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet and Director of the Gapminder Foundation, Sweden
• Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Market Development, Facebook, USA

As part of the competition, every year, the 15 finalists of the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards are invited to the Global Meeting;

Click here to access the list of speakers at the Global Meeting