Project You: Developing Female Leaders

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Date: 06 March 2014
Venue: M Shed - Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol BS1 4RN
Time: 08:30 - 13:30

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This event aims to expose delegates to local corporate role models through a panel discussion where they will be offering practical tips and advice for career development into senior leadership roles with some short workshops and a discussion about creating a local corporate women's network.

Seminar Summary:

08:30 - Arrival and registration

09:15 - Keynote speaker:

  • Sandra Forbes, Partner and Head of Corporate and Financial Institutions Department, Burges Salmon - Sandra became a Banking Partner in 1996 and 10 years later was appointed the first-ever female department Head of the Corporate and Financial Institutions division.

10:00 - Workshops:

  • 'Using Twitter and LinkedIn in the professional context – a chance to exchange experiences, hits and tips' - Dagmar Steffens, Associate Head of the Bristol Insitute of Legal Practice, UWE
  • 'Mentoring and Coaching' - Associate Professor Carol Jarvis, Bristol Business School, UWE Bristol

11:00 - Coffee and tea break

11:20 - Panel discussion and Q&A:

  • Katherine Finn, Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
  • Professor Jane Harrington, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, UWE Bristol
  • Sally Jones Evans, Chief Operating Officer and Chair of Lloyds Banking Group Women's Network 'Breakthrough'
  • Kalpna Woolf, Chair of Trustees, Frank Water and former Head of Production, BBC

12:00 - Open floor discussion

  • 'Creating a women's network for professionals'

12:45 - Lunch and networking

13:30 - Event close

Cost: FREE (limited spaces available)
Contact: Alison Greenslade
Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 82052
E-mail: alison.greenslade@uwe.ac.uk

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