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AGENDA ProgramsandParticipantsSubjecttoChange March810,2012 TheDavidH.KochTheateratLincolnCenter Broadwayand63rdStreet,NewYork,NewYork Hosts:TinaBrown,LeymahGbowee,NizanGuanaes, JaneHarman,MayaHarris,MellodyHobson,LaurenBushLauren,JudithRodin, SherylSandberg,MerylStreepandDianevonFurstenberg Partners:VitalVoicesGlobalPartnership,WomenforWomenInternational,theUnited NationsFoundation,DVFandtheWomenintheWorldFoundation. FoundingSponsor:HP LeadershipSponsors:BankofAmerica,TheCocaColaCompany,IntelandToyota SupportingSponsors:AnnInc.,LibertyMutualInsuranceandThomsonReuters WomenintheWorldiscenteredonfirstpersonstorytellingbytrailblazingwomen fromabroadspectrumofcultures.

mofcultures.Overthecourseofthreedays,weshowcasethese fearlesspioneers,inspireyoutobecomeinvolvedandencouragecreativesolutions toallthechallengesthatwomenfaceacrosstheglobe.

WomenintheWorld:Stories&Solutions ASummitHostedbyNewsweek&TheDailyBeast

THURSDAY,MARCH8,2012 6:30PM WOMENINTHEWORLDSUMMITOPENS WelcomebyTinaBrown EVENINGPROGRAM: FORCEDMARRIAGE:AREMOTHERSTOBLAME? An inside account of the dramatic rescue of a female British citizen from Islamabad, who has been forced by her family to marry against her will. Every year hundreds of such U.K. citizensmany in their teensare abducted by their own families,senttoothercountriesandforcedtomarry.Nowthe British Foreign Office has a response: The Forced Marriage Unit. Moderator:LesleyStahl,CBSNews,60Minutes ChazAkoshile,JointHead,ForcedMarriageUnit,UK AlbertDavid,HeadoftheAssistanceUnit,TheBritishHigh Commission,Islamabad JasvinderSanghera,CEOandFounder,KarmaNirvana THEPRICEOFWAR Moderator:CharlieRose,CBSNews,ThisMorningandPBS, CharlieRose MadeleineK.Albright,FormerU.S.SecretaryofStateand Chair,AlbrightStonebridgeGroup AngelinaJolie,Writer,Director,AcademyAwardwinning ActressandGoodwillAmbassador,UnitedNationsHigh CommissionerforRefugees SandraUwiringiyimana,GenocideSurvivorand Spokesperson,FoundationofHopeMinistries; Photographer

EXCLUSIVESOLOPERFORMANCEFROMTHEHIGHLY ANTICIPATEDNEWBROADWAYPRODUCTIONOFEVITA ElenaRoger,Actor

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DELEGATEDINNER* PresentedbyBankofAmerica *OpentoDelegatepassholdersonly OpeningRemarksbyBankofAmericaCEOBrianMoynihan BrianMoynihan,PresidentandCEO,BankofAmerica

WOMANOFTHEHOUR: ACONVERSATIONWITHCHRISTINELAGARDE International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde in conversation with Niall Ferguson on the European financial crisis,theglobaleconomy,andthegreatestchallengesandtop prioritiesfortheIMFinthecomingmonths. InterviewedBy:NiallFerguson,LaurenceA.TischProfessor ofHistory,HarvardUniversity;SeniorFellow,TheHoover Institution ChristineLagarde,ManagingDirector,International MonetaryFund

FRIDAY,MARCH9 8:45AM WELCOMEBYTINABROWN MORNINGPROGRAM: WHEREARETHEWOMENATTHETOP? The US ranks 83rd in the world in terms of women in public office. Only three percent of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Has the definitionor importanceof professional successchangedsincethedawnoffeminism?Withexperience that spans several generations, panelists will provide their personaltakesonthefutureoffeminism. Moderator:SherylSandberg,ChiefOperatingOfficer, Facebook JillAbramson,ExecutiveEditor,TheNewYorkTimes ShelbyKnox,DirectorofWomensRightsOrganizing, Change.org CherylMills,CounselorandChiefofStaff,U.S.Secretaryof StateHillaryRodhamClinton GloriaSteinem,FeministWriterandCofounder,Ms. Magazine HOLLANDTAYLORASGOVERNORANNRICHARDS: LADIES,YOUMUSTPARTICIPATE! A performance from the new onewoman show created, written by and starring Holland Taylor as the legendary GovernorofTexas,AnnRichards. HollandTaylor,Actor

ACONVERSATIONWITHNOBELLAUREATE LEYMAHGBOWEE InterviewedBy:TinaBrown,EditorinChief,Newsweekand TheDailyBeast LeymahGbowee,FounderandActivist,GboweePeace Foundation

ONEYEARLATER:THEWOMENOFEGYPT A year ago they stood with the men in Tahrir Square and demanded democratic reform, but since then Egypt's revolutionary women have been attacked, jailed and marginalized. Women from across the countrys political spectrumdescribetheirurgenteffortstoelevatetheinfluence of Egyptian women at this historic turning point, and how theseeffortsaremanifestedonthestreets,behindcloseddoors andacrosspartylines. Moderator:ChristopherDickey,ParisBureauChief, NewsweekandTheDailyBeast DaliaZiada,EgyptDirector,AmericanIslamicCongress SpecialGuests

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MORNINGPROGRAM(Continued): SECURITYISWOMENSWORK! Around the world, women leaders have reinvigorated the security missions of police forces, intelligence agencies, defensedepartments,foreignministriesandentirenations.Do thesewomenbringdifferentgiftsthanmentotheincreasingly complex challenges of local, national and international security? Moderator:CharlieRose,CBSNews,ThisMorningandPBS, CharlieRose TheHonorableJaneHarman,Director,Presidentand CEO,WoodrowWilsonInternationalCenterforScholars CathyLanier,ChiefofPolice,MetropolitanPolice Department,DistrictofColumbia PresidentAtifeteJahjaga,President,Kosovo SecretaryJanetNapolitano,Secretary,U.S.Departmentof HomelandSecurity

CRACKINGTHECODE: GENDERPARITY,GROWTHANDJOBS PresentedbyTheCocaColaCompany Inthefaceofcurrentglobaleconomicturbulence,womenarea criticalforceinmeetingthedemandsofthenewemployment landscape.MuhtarKent,ChairmanandC.E.O.oftheCocaCola Company,discusseshisviewonwhywomenaroundtheglobe aresettobecomekeyparticipantsincrackingthecodeforjob growth. Interviewedby:RobinRoberts,ABCNews,GoodMorning America MuhtarKent,ChairmanandCEO,TheCocaColaCompany

MURDERANDMACHISMO: WOMENINPERILINMEXICOANDCENTRALAMERICA Overthepasttwodecades,violenceagainstwomeninCentral America and Mexico has surged. Panelists explore whats fueling this perilous culture for women and girls, from a dramatic spike in organized crime to sex trafficking to feminicidioatermdescribingspecificallybrutalmurdersof women. SylviaGereda,GuatemalanJournalist RosiOrozco,Member,FederalDeputyandFrontrunner, SenateofMexico HITECHHEALTHFORWOMEN PresentedbyHP Gabi Zedlmayer and Barbara Bush discuss leveraging new technologiestotacklecriticalglobalhealthchallenges. Moderator:CherylDorsey,President,EchoingGreen BarbaraBush,CEOandFounder,GlobalHealthCorps GabiZedlmayer,VicePresident,SustainabilityandSocial Innovation,HP LUNCH

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DELEGATELUNCHEVENT:CHINASNEWTIGERWOMEN* *OpentoDelegatepassholdersonly 75% of Chinas women have entered the workforce, and theyre joining the middle class at a blistering speed. Both bound and freed by certain traditions, Chinese women are smashingstereotypes.Andtheworldiswatching. Moderator:BarbaraWalters,ABCNewsandTheView AmyChua,JohnM.Duff,Jr.ProfessorofLaw,Yale University MelindaLiu,BeijingBureauChief,NewsweekandTheDaily Beast DianeVonFurstenberg,ChairmanandFounder,Diane vonFurstenbergStudioL.P. TianHou,CEOandFounder,T.H.Capital MeiZhang,ChairpersonandFounder,WildChina

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AFTERNOONPROGRAM: WOMENINCOMBAT:FIGHTINGONTWOFRONTS The rules preventing American women from combat are easing. In Afghanistan, Female Engagement Teams of U.S. women soldiers are already reinventing counterinsurgency in remote, volatile regions. Yet far more female soldiers in the U.S.militaryareexhibitingtraumacausedbysexualassault most often committed by their fellow soldiersthan trauma from the front lines. How to simultaneously empower and protectwomenwhowanttoservetheircountry? Moderator:MarthaRaddatz,ABCNews ZoeBedell,Analyst,ForosGroup ClaireRusso,CFRInternationalAffairsFellow,Institutefor InclusiveSecurity ColonelMaritzaRyan,U.S.ArmyProfessorandHead, DepartmentofLaw,U.S.MilitaryAcademyatWestPoint* CongresswomanJackieSpeier,Chair, ProtectOurDefenders.com *ColonelRyanisspeakingforherselfandnotonbehalfofthe U.S.Military 7

ACONVERSATIONWITHDEMOCRATICLEADER NANCYPELOSI Interviewedby:PatMitchell,PresidentandCEO,ThePaley CenterforMedia RepresentativeNancyPelosi,DemocraticLeader,U.S. HouseofRepresentative

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AstheU.S.preparestopulloutofAfghanistan,whatwill becomeofAfghanwomenandgirls?Muchoftheanswerlies withtheattitudesofAfghanmen.Ourguestswillsurpriseyou withtheirstories. Moderator:ChristianeAmanpour,ABCNewsandCNN, Amanpour NoorjahanAkbar,Founder,YoungWomenforChange MohammadNasib,Founder,TheWelfareAssociationfor theDevelopmentofAfghanistan ZainabSalbi,FounderandCEO,WomenforWomen International VIEWSFROMTHECRISISZONE: ANINTERVIEWWITHTZIPILIVNI IsraeliOppositionLeaderTzipiLivnionthecrisiswithIran,the role of women in resolving the Palestinian conflict, and womensrightsversusculturaltenets. Interviewedby:SimonSchama,AuthorandProfessorof HistoryandArtHistory,ColumbiaUniversity TzipiLivni,OppositionLeader,Israel COFFEEBREAK

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4:35PMAFTERNOONPROGRAM(Continued): JOBS:GOODNEWSFORWOMEN? TheChairmanoftheWhiteHouseCouncilonWomenandGirls discusses what the latest research reveals about the role and promiseofwomenintheeconomicrecovery. Moderator:MellodyHobson,ChairmanandPresident,Ariel Investments ValerieJarrett,Chairman,TheWhiteHouseCouncilon WomenandGirls THEWOMENSECONOMY PresentedbyBankofAmerica This program delves into how women are faring in the aftermathofthegreatrecession'andtakesaforwardleaning lookattheemergingjobmarket.Basedonrecentresearchand analysis, this panel of leading business women will compare strategies for meeting the challenges that lie ahead both for creatingjobsanddoingbusiness. Moderator:GayleTzemachLemmon,Author,TheDressmaker ofKhairKhana;ContributingEditoratLarge,Newsweekand TheDailyBeast;Fellow,TheCouncilonForeignRelations CandaceBrowning,HeadofGlobalResearch,Bankof America SpecialGuests

HIDDENSCANDAL: THEINVISIBLEWORLDOFDOMESTICWORKERS Therearemorethan100milliondomesticworkersaroundthe world,representingaglobaleconomyworthbillionsofdollars. Tens of thousands of these invisible workers are psychologically and physically abused, and a shocking percentageisessentiallyheldcaptive.Manydieatthehandsof theiremployers.Thisprogramwillbringthelivesofdomestic workers out of the shadows, and well showcase promising national and international campaigns for their rights and safety. Moderator:TheHonorableJeaninePirro,Fox,JudgeJeanine Pirro AiJenPoo,DirectorandCoFounder,NationalDomestic WorkersAlliance NishaVaria,SeniorResearcher,WomensRightsDivision, HumanRightsWatch SurvivorofDomesticServitude

MOTHERSOFINVENTION:THESOCCKETROCKETS PresentedbyToyota Two young entrepreneurs from Harvard share the story of their incredible sOccket invention, which is bringing electricitytoimpoverishednationsthroughouttheworld. Moderator:JillIscol,Author,HeartsonFire JessicaO.Matthews,CoFounderandCEO,UnchartedPlay, Inc. JuliaSilverman,CoFounderandChiefSocialOfficer, UnchartedPlay,Inc.

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HOWTELEVISIONCOULDSAVETHEWORLD Aroundtheworld,soapoperasandrealitytelevisionseriesare toppling tradition by holding a mirror to cultures and generatingheatedconversationsaboutsocialnorms.Storylines on rape, domestic abuse, child brides, and even themes about financial literacy have evolved from conversationstarters to tools for education and activismsometimes inadvertently. This program features the most innovative creators of these programs. Moderator:AndrewSullivan,Writer,NewsweekandTheDaily Beast;EditorinChief,TheDailyDish IsabelAguileradeSabines,FirstLady,StateofChiapas, Mexico RoseanneBarr,CandidateforPresidentoftheUnited States,WriterandActor SeanSouthey,ExecutiveDirector,PCIImpact

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WELCOMEBYTINABROWN MORNINGPROGRAM:

THERESPONSIBILITYGENE PresentedbyLibertyMutualInsurance AFRICA:ANEWDAWN AsAfricaundergoesenormouspolitical,economicandsocial changes,womenarepoisedtobecomepowerfulleadersin theircountriesandcommunities.FormerCameroonian presidentialcandidateKahWallasharesstories,includingher own,ofwomenembracingleadershiponthecontinent. Interviewedby:AlyseNelson,PresidentandCEO,VitalVoices GlobalPartnership KahWalla,FormerCameroonianPresidentialCandidate andEntrepreneur

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AFRICA:BAGGINGHUNGER AconversationwithLaurenBushontheinspirationandimpact of Project FEED, which has provided over 65 million school mealstochildrenaroundtheworldthroughthesaleofartisan madebags. LaurenBushLauren,CEO,CreativeDirectorandCo Founder,ProjectFEED AFRICA:AFEWGOODMEN Forfortyyears,MollyMelchinghastraveledtovillagesallover Senegal to educate the locals on the inhumanity of female genital mutilation. Thousands of these villages have now banished this oncecommon ritual. Demba Diawara, an imam who has worked with Ms. Melching for decades, joins her to discuss the key to toppling entrenched traditions: the cooperationofmen. ImamDembaDiawara,VillageChiefofKeurSimbara, Senegal;HumanRightsActivist,Tostan MollyMelching,FounderandExecutiveDirector,Tostan

FIGHTINGFORJUSTICE Whether the challenge is domestic abuse, sex trafficking, or gender disparity in the work place, the solution requires powerful women at every level of criminal justice systems police,prosecutors,judges.Anexaminationoftheimpactwhen womenassumeauthoritythroughoutthejusticepipeline. Moderator:CynthiaMcFadden,ABCNews,Nightline KamalaHarris,AttorneyGeneralofCalifornia MayaHarris,VicePresident,DemocracyRights&Justice, FordFoundation

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WOMENWORLDLEADERS:FORCEMULTIPLIERS Membersoftheexclusiveclubofwomenwhohavelednations discusstheglobalimperativetoelevatemorewomenintotheir ranks. 10:35 AM 10:55AM Moderator:AndreaMitchell,NBCNewsandAndreaMitchell Reports TheHonorableJaneHarman,Director,Presidentand CEO,WoodrowWilsonInternationalCenterforScholars PresidentAtifeteJahjaga,President,Kosovo

COFFEEBREAK MORNINGPROGRAM(Continued): GIRLSINTHEWORLD MOTHEROFINVENTION:ASENATHANDREWS PresentedbyToyota A conversation with Principal Asenath Andrews about the educational innovation of Detroits Catherine Ferguson AcademyforYoungWomen. Moderator:JujuChang,ABCNews,Nightline AsenathAndrews,FoundingPrincipal,CatherineFerguson Academy,Detroit,MI WOMENINTHEWORLDONCAMPUS Moderator:JujuChang,ABCNews,Nightline KimAzzarelli,President,WomenintheWorldFoundation

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MOTHEROFINVENTION: TALIALEMANandRANDOMKID.ORG PresentedbyToyota 17yearoldTaliaLeman,CEOandFounderofRandomKid.org, shares the story behind the company that supports and mentors teens around the world who are passionate about improvingthelivesothers.Taliadevelopsideas,strategiesand networksbetweenkidsinternationallytocreatetheirimpact. Moderator:JujuChang,ABCNews,Nightline TaliaLeman,CEOandFounder,RandomKid.org THEDIGITALLIVESOFGIRLS Withtheexplosionofdigitalandsocialmedia,girlslivesnow unfold in the most public of spaces. Yet innovative young women are harnessing digital technology, owning their image and leveraging the issues that are most important to them. From bloggers to ad jammers to social media gurus, this program convenes a group of bold young women to explore how the Internet has transformed their lives and their ability toowntheirimageandvoice. Moderator:ChelseaClinton,BoardMember,Clinton Foundation ShelbyKnox,DirectorofWomensRightsOrganizing, Change.org CrystalOgar,Activist EmilyAnneRigal,FounderandDirector,WeStopHate.org JulieZeilinger,FounderandEditor,TheFBomb (TheFBomb.org)

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GIRLSCANCHANGETHEWORLD PresentedbyIntel SarahBrown,Dr.IdaOdingaofKenyaandShellyEsqueofIntel discuss the importance of educating girls throughout the world,andwhatittakestobreakdownthebarrierspreventing somegirlsfromreceivinganeducation. SarahBrown,GlobalPatron,TheWhiteRibbonAlliancefor SafeMotherhood;CEO,TheOfficeofGordonandSarah Brown ShellyEsque,VicePresidentandGlobalDirector, CorporateAffairs,IntelCorporation;President,Intel Foundation Dr.IdaBettyOdinga,MGH,FirstLady,Kenya SUMASSONG Presenting Suma, one of several remarkable young girls in 10x10s groundbreaking feature film whose life has been transformedbytheopportunitytogotoschool. SumaTharu,SurvivorofDomesticSlavery,Studentand Songwriter,Nepal

BURMA:ADOOROPENS With Burmese elections only weeks away, is this a turning pointforthewomenandgirlsofthehomelandofAungSanSuu Kyi? Interviewedby:TinaBrown,EditorinChief,Newsweekand TheDailyBeast MelanneVerveer,U.S.AmbassadoratLargeforGlobal WomensIssues

ASPECIALTRIBUTEBYMERYLSTREEP MerylStreep,Actor

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