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2026 IWF World Leadership Conference & Gala

Denver, Colorado Nov 11 – 13
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2027 IWF World Leadership Conference & Gala

Miami, Florida Nov 03 – 05

2028 World Leadership Conference & Gala

Los Angeles, California Oct 25 – 27

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8,400+ leaders across CULTURES & careers

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Advancing Women’s Leadership Today and Tomorrow

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Announcing 2026 Susan Hammer Memorial Lecture Speakers

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Betsy Fischer Martin

Betsy Fischer Martin, IWF Global Board Director, appointed as Director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics

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Woman Speaker at IWF Conference

Ilya Espino de Marotta, IWF Panamá, appointed as first woman Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority

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50+ Years of Women Changing The World

Fatma Samoura First Female Secretary General of FIFA
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Julia Gillard First Female Prime Minister of Australia
Olga Sánchez Cordero Mexico Supreme Court Justice
Precious Moloi-Motsepe
Nandita Das
Corazon Aquino
Madame Graça Machel
Annie Leibovitz
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Condoleezza Rice
Ella Fitzgerald
Ellen Ochoa

Fatma Samoura

First Female Secretary General of FIFA
IWF HALL OF FAME HONOREE

Anna Wintour

Chief Content Officer, Condé Nast | Global Editorial Director, Vogue
IWF HALL OF FAME HONOREE

Julia Gillard

First Female Prime Minister of Australia
IWF HALL OF FAME HONOREE

Olga Sánchez Cordero

Mexico Supreme Court Justice
IWF HALL OF FAME HONOREE

Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe

Co-Founder and CEO, Motsepe Foundation
IWF HALL OF FAME HONOREE

Nandita Das

Pioneering Actress and Filmmaker
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Corazon Aquino

First Female President of the Republic of the Philippines
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Graça Machel

First Lady of Mozambique and South Africa
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Annie Leibovitz

Legendary Portrait Photographer
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Nawal El Moutawakel

First African Muslim Female Olympic Gold Medalist
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Condoleezza Rice

First Black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State; First woman to serve as National Security Advisor
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Ella Fitzgerald

Globally Renowned Jazz Artist
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Ellen Ochoa

The first Hispanic woman in space and the first Hispanic woman to serve as the Director of the Johnson Space Center
IWF Idaho

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