“The Women’s Congress” Heads To Boston in March,
Largest Business Conference & Marketplace for Women in the U.S.
Announces Lineup of Renowned Women as Keynotes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boston– January 10, 2007 – The Women’s Congress (TWC), the largest business-to-business conference and exhibition for women in the U.S., today announced several prominent keynote speakers for the two-day event. Sharon Allen, Chairman of the Board of Deloitte & Touche USA, and Maria Otero, President and CEO of ACCION International and one of Newsweek’s “20 of the most influential women in the United States” will present the opening keynote addresses on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Sheila C. Johnson, co-Founder of Black Entertainment Television and currently CEO of Salamander Hospitality and partner in Lincoln Holdings, will deliver the keynote address in a rare area appearance on Friday, March 30. The event will also feature such keynotes as Mary Wilson, former “Supreme” and Jean Chatzky, well-known journalist, author, financial expert, and motivational speaker. In addition to these presenters, the conference will offer a wide range of interactive educational sessions from more than 100 distinguished speakers, with tracks focused on corporate leadership and diversity, business start up and growth, and non-profit success strategies.
Keynote speakers include:
- Sharon L. Allen, Chairman, Board of Directors, Deloitte & Touche, USA, LLP
- Maria Otero, President and CEO of ACCION International
- Nell Merlino, Founder and CEO, Count Me In. Make Mine a $Million Business, a program of Count Me In, provides a combination of funding, mentoring and marketing tools that women entrepreneurs need to help grow their businesses to a million dollars and beyond.
- Mary Wilson, Singer, Author, Humanitarian
- Sheila C. Johnson, CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC and partner in Lincoln Holdings and Co-founder, BET (Black Entertainment Television)
- Jean Chatzky, Award-winning Journalist; Best-selling Author; Motivational Speaker; Financial Editor, NBC’s Today Show; Contributing Editor, Money, Time and Travel+Leisure magazines; Columnist, The New York Daily News; and Featured Money Coach on Oprah’s “Debt Diet” series.
“In securing this group of extraordinary women as keynote speakers, The Women’s Congress has taken on an exciting dynamic” said Karen Vogel, TWC co-founder and president of New Generation Event Solutions (NGES), the event producer. “A professional woman may find inspiration at other women’s conferences. But only TWC delivers a vibrant marketplace, rich in solutions and opportunities, along with experts delivering essential insights and knowledge to help achieve business growth and new heights of career success. The Women’s Congress is proud to offer our attendees an educational program that is both broad and deep, yet targets enterprise-specific needs. Plus we bring various groups together who would not ordinarily meet and conduct business with each other. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime.”
“TWC has partnered with the experts in their respective fields to assure the quality of the content. This is an opportunity to do more for your business or career in two days than many can accomplish in a year or two,” said David Leighton, president of WITI (Women in Technology International), developers of the technology track for the conference. “The WITI technology track is designed to make sure you have the right knowledge and information to drive yourself and your company powerfully into the future.”
The conference program will consist of cutting-edge and practical educational content focused on various business careers, including entrepreneurs, small business owners, corporate executives, non-profit leaders and fundraising, and government. Each track will contain sessions covering sales, marketing, finance, technology, human resource management and leadership topics. The conference program will feature a track keynote to start the program and three breakout sessions with concurrent sessions from which to choose. The conference program will also includes networking breaks throughout the day to schedule appointments with exhibitors and learn about hundreds of business solutions featured in the exhibition.
Education is the primary focus of TWC and the exhibition area is no exception. Sponsors and exhibitors will educate attendees on innovative products and services while demonstrating how to improve their business. Shorter education sessions will take place in the exhibition hall all day, geared to attendees who cannot make it to a full day of conference sessions.
To ensure that women meet fellow attendees with shared objectives and find the appropriate conference sessions and business solutions from among thousands of options, TWC will introduce WomenConnect, a matchmaking system for business. Facilitating a more scientific approach to networking, attendees, sponsors, speakers and exhibitors will be able to schedule appointments with exactly the people they need to meet to develop business and partnerships.
TWC sponsors include IBM, Buick, Pontiac, GMC, UBS, U.S. Postal Service, Monster Diversity, Hollister, American Express Open, AIG, Cisco, Constant Contact and Administaff. The exhibition will also feature hundreds of exhibitors presenting business solutions, technology and software. Media sponsors include: WBZ Radio, Women’s Business Boston, Boston Women’s Journal, Lifetips.com, Boston Business Journal, Inc. Magazine, Shattered Magazine, Black MBA Magazine and Mass High Tech.
Several thousand women are expected to attend the event from Massachusetts as well as states throughout the Northeast, including NY, CT, RI, ME, NH, VT, PA, and NJ. The Conference program has limited space and is expected to sell out in the next month. To register and find additional details, visit www.thewomenscongress.com.
About New Generation Event Solutions
New Generation Event Solutions, based in Orange, Connecticut, an independent trade show and event producer, also provides clients with a unique combination of trade show management methodologies and technology solutions that will maximize the investment by the show sponsors as well as enhancing the experience of attendees. NGES features a team of seasoned trade show veterans with a combined 100 years of experience honed from the leading trade show organizers and service companies in the U.S. Please direct all inquiries for New Generation to Karen Vogel at kvogel@newgenerationes.com or Mary Straub at mstraub@newgenerationes.com.
About The Women’s Congress
The Women’s Congress, the largest business-to-business conference and marketplace for women, is a national event designed to educate professionals across industries and career endeavors on business solutions, ideas and knowledge to improve their careers or grow their businesses. TWC will appear in major cities across the country including Dallas, Miami, New York City, and Washington, D.C. To locate a TWC event in your area, visit www.thewomenscongress.com.
Media Contact:
Ann Murphy, O’Neill and Associates
(617) 646-1031, amurphy@oneillandassoc.com
