PRESENTING SPONSOR DECEMBER 6, 2018 BOSTON CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER AMAL ELIZABETH MAYSOON CLOONEY GILBERT ZAYID JESMYN SHAWN WARD ACHOR 1 SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE #MASSWOMEN #MASSWOMEN TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESENTING SPONSOR WELCOME LETTER ........................................3 CONFERENCE BOARD WELCOME .........................................................4 GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................................5 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE ...............................................7 CONVENTION CENTER MAPS .......................................................... 8-11 OPENING KEYNOTE & SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS .......................... 12 LUNCHEON KEYNOTE & SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS ..................13-14 2018 CONFERENCE SPONSORS ................................................... 16-17 SESSION I BREAKOUT SESSIONS .................................................18-20 SESSION II BREAKOUT SESSIONS ................................................21-23 SESSION III BREAKOUT SESSIONS ...............................................24-26 YOUNG WOMEN’S PROGRAM ..............................................................27 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ................................................................28-49 BOOK STORE & AUTHOR SIGNINGS ................................................... 50 COMMUNITY CONNECTION PAVILION .................................................51 WINE TASTING NETWORKING RECEPTION .........................................51 CAREER PAVILION ..........................................................................52-53 TARGET LIFESTYLE LOUNGE ............................................................... 54 HEALTH & WELLNESS PAVILION ....................................................54-55 SOCIAL HUB ......................................................................................... 56 TECHNOLOGY PAVILION .................................................................58-59 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS MARKETPLACE ................................60-61 SOCIAL MEDIA STREET TEAM ............................................................. 62 CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN TEAM ..................................................... 62 CONFERENCE BOARD MEMBERS .................................................64-67 EXHIBIT HALL MAP .............................................................................. 68 EXHIBITORS ....................................................................................69-73 KEYNOTE LUNCHEON SEATING ................................................ 102-103 GENERAL INFORMATION • Cell phones: Please silence your phones in all keynote and WHERE ARE…? breakout sessions. • ATMs: North Lobby on Level 1 next to the FedEx Offce; • Morning keynote: There are no assigned seats. Southeast Level O outside of Hall C; and Northeast Level 1 next to food court. • Luncheon keynote: Assigned seating is strongly enforced. Please fnd the table number that corresponds to the one • Coat Checks: Level 1 in the North Lobby, and on the lower listed on your badge. Consult the inside back cover of the level in the Exhibit Hall. program to fnd the location of your table. • Concessions: Hall A, and the North Lobby. • Videotaping of keynote sessions on your phone is not permitted. • Lost and Found locations: Registration in the North Lobby, Level 0 security desk, and Level 1 security desk - North Lobby. • Breakout sessions are open seating and available on a frst-come, frst-serve basis. Adding a session to My • Nursing Mother’s Rooms: Meeting Room 106, Meeting Schedule on the App does not ensure seating. Room 158, and Meeting Room 208. • Continental breakfast and lunch: Included as part of your • Restrooms: many of the men’s restrooms have been conference admission. converted to women’s. They can be found in the General Session, the Exhibit Hall, and the North Lobby. • Please remember to hydrate: Fill up your new water bottle (found in your attendee bag) at water stations throughout the Exhibit Hall. Search “MassWomen” in your app store to download this year’s APP! SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE #MASSWOMEN 5 SAVE THE DATE FOR NEXT YEAR’S CONFERENCE DECEMBER 12, 2019 REGISTRATION WILL OPEN IN JUNE- MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER FOR UPDATES! @MACONFERENCEFORWOMEN @MASSWOMEN @MASSWOMEN #MASSWOMEN ActivLocation maps DOWNLOAD THE APP THANK YOU TO CISCO FOR THEIR GENEROUS PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE OUR APP Smart schedule POSSIBLE. DOWNLOAD THIS YEAR’S NEW & IMPROVED APP TO ACCESS plan your day with ease FULL AGENDA, MAPS, SPEAKER INFO, & NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES! SEARCH “MASSWOMEN” IN YOUR APP STORE TO DOWNLOAD. Stronger social sharing & networking explore, share and reach other attendees NOTE: ADDING A SESSION TO YOUR SCHEDULE ON THE No manual updating APP DOES NOT GUARANTEE SEATING. ARRIVE EARLY TO ENSURE A SEAT AT ALL BREAKOUT SESSIONS. Be sure to download “MassWomen” and create an account IF YOU’D LIKE TO BE AN EXHIBITOR OR SPONSOR AT NEXT YEAR’S CONFERENCE, PLEASE CONTACT: [email protected] OR [email protected] 6 MACONFERENCEFORWOMEN.ORG CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 7 8 9 10 11 NOON 1 2 3 4 5 CONFERENCE CLOSES ALL DAY 8:15 - 9:30 10:00 - 11:00 11:30 - 12:30 1:00 - 2:40 3:00 - 4:00 Registration Opening Session I Session II Keynote Lunch Session III Keynote Breakouts Breakouts Breakouts EXHIBIT HALL OPEN ALL DAY FROM 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM 4:00 - 5:00 Book Store, sponsored by Liberty Mutual ..................................................................................see page 50 for offerings Wine Tasting Career Pavilion, sponsored by MFS ..................................................................................... see pages 52-53 for offerings Coaches Corner & Resume Review Community Connection Pavilion ................................................................................................... see page 51 for offerings Health & Wellness Pavilion, sponsored by Boston Scientific......................................... see pages 54-55 for offerings 3:00 - 4:40 Target Lifestyle Lounge Small Business & Tech Roundtables Classroom Sessions Life Balance & Integration Coaching Social Hub, sponsored by State Street .......................................................................................see page 56 for offerings LinkedIn Workshops Technology Pavilion, sponsored by Dell .............................................................................. see pages 58-59 for offerings Technology Roundtables Women-Owned Business Marketplace, sponsored by Wells Fargo .............................. see pages 60-61 for offerings Small Business Roundtables At the Luncheon Keynote Session there is assigned seating. Your table number can be found on your badge. A map of the assigned luncheon tables can be found on the inside back cover. TIME EVENT LOCATION 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration North Lobby 8:15 - 9:30 AM Opening Keynote Session ....................................................................................................................................General Session Antoinette Antonio, co-anchor, WCVB Channel 5 EyeOpener @antoinettea Marian Heard, president & CEO, Oxen Hill Partners, and @MassWomen founding board member Target Storytellers presentation by Laysha Ward, EVP & chief external engagement offcer, Target @target Shawn Achor, New York Times best-selling author, The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential @shawnachor Renee Connolly, global head, communications & corporate responsibility, MilliporeSigma, and @MassWomen board member Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times best-selling author & memoirist, Eat, Pray, Love @gilbertliz 9:30 AM Author Signings ..........................................................................................................................Exhibit Hall, Book Store (page 50) 10:00 -11:00 AM Session I Breakouts ................................................................................................................ see pages 18-20 for session listing 11:00 AM Author Signings ..........................................................................................................................Exhibit Hall, Book Store (page 50) 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Session II Breakouts ............................................................................................................... see pages 21-23 for session listing 12:30 PM Author Signings ..........................................................................................................................Exhibit Hall, Book Store (page 50) 1:00 - 2:40 PM Luncheon Keynote Session ..................................................................................................................................General Session Karen Holmes Ward, director, public affairs & community services, WCVB Channel 5 @karenholmesward Gloria Cordes Larson, president in residence, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and @MassWomen board president Ali Bebo, senior vice president, human resources, Hologic @hologic Jesmyn Ward, MacArthur Genius, novelist, essayist, memoirist and two-time National Book Award winner @jesmimi Maysoon Zayid, comedian and disability advocate @maysoonzayid Kathy Horgan, EVP & chief human resources and citizenship offcer, State Street Corporation and @MassWomen board member Amal Clooney, international human rights attorney. Keynote Speech followed by Conversation with moderator Nick Clooney, Emmy award-winning journalist 2:45 PM Author Signing .............................................................................................................................Exhibit