2017 IWF World Leadership Conference Highlights, Houston, Texas
2017 Hall of Fame Honoree :
The Hon. Hillary Clinton
Former First Lady, US Senator, Secretary of State
2017 Women Who Make a Difference :
IWF Maine
Danielle Conway
Dean of the Maine School of Law
Law/Academia
Women’s Forum of Colorado
Barbara Grogan
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Western Industrial Contractors
IWF Jordan
Reem Habayeb
Co-Founder of the Silsal Design House and humanitarian
IWF Washington State
Joanne Harrell
Senior Director for U.S. Citizenship and Public Affairs at Microsoft
IWF Texas
Joanne King Herring
Political activist, philanthropist, diplomat and Founder of Marshall Plan Charities
IWF Jamaica
Minna Israel
Special Advisor to the Vice Chancellor at the University of the West Indies
IWF Mexico
Luz Lajous Vargas
Former Mexican Senator, entrepreneur and Founder of IWF Mexico
IWF Wisconsin
Susan Lubar
First Vice President-Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley
IWF Canada – Calgary
Mary Rozsa de Coquet
Mary Rozsa de Coquet, CM, LLD (for program)
President of the Rozsa Foundation
The International Women’s Forum (IWF) World Leadership Conference in Houston brought together nearly 1,000 women experts and innovators from 40 nations to discuss the world’s most pressing challenges. The two-day conference provided an important platform for women thought-leaders from across the globe to engage on topics ranging from infectious diseases and public health to space exploration. These influential leaders convened to exchange ideas and develop strategies that result in meaningful change. This year’s theme, Global Citizens: Interconnected, Inquisitive, Engaged, explored the definition and significance of global citizenship in today’s often polarized world.
2017 IWF Cornerstone Conference Highlights, Stockholm, Sweden
IWF members and guests from more than 30 nations gathered in Stockholm on May 17-19, 2017 to explore the massive shifts underway in technology, privacy, sustainability, migration and demographics, as well as political shifts toward insularity throughout the world. The conference sessions examined what can be done to create more sustainable societies, economies and environments in the face of this dramatic change. IWF spotlighted the music and innovation of Sweden and went behind the scenes into Stockholm’s most iconic institutions and celebrated sites.
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