Women Leadership Conference 2021 | IE University Global Events

March 8th

Opening Day 1

16:00 to 16:30 v Opening Day 1

16:00 - 16:30

Isabela Alcázar is the Global Head of Sustainability at IE will be in charge of the opening ceremony of the Conference. She is in charge of evaluating the impact IE has on the environment and society, as well as fostering diversity and intercultural understanding, respect, tolerance and ethic global citizenship. She also belongs to the Women Action Sustainability (WAS) NGO, which strives to elevate sustainability to the first strategic level in companies, institutions and society in general.

Additionally, in the opening each of the four panels will be introduced, as well as our Keynote Speaker from Amazon and from IBM and sponsors.

Speaker:

Isabela del Alcázar. Global Head of Sustainability. IE University.

March 8th

Keynote Amazon

16:30 to 17:00 v Keynote Amazon

16:30 - 17:00

How Amazon keeps innovating and helping others to do so. We will hear about Amazon`s culture of innovation and how they are helping other companies to keep continuous innovation at the heart of the company.

Speaker:

Suzana Curic. Head of Digital Native and ISV business. AWS.

March 8th

Panel 1 | Challenging Preconceptions of Working

17:00 to 18:00 v Panel 1 | Challenging Preconceptions of Working

17:00 - 18:00

Our ideas about working in 2020 have been disrupted and now we are seeing the value in having flexibility at work. Now that we are no longer able to go to the traditional 9 to 5 office, how is our productivity affected? will we ever want to go back to this way of working?

Speakers:

Marta Echarri. General Manager. N26.

Ana Paredes. Senior Marketing Manager. LVMH.

Yolanda Díaz Villarrubia. HR Tech & Innovation Management. President AMyL, cofounder WA4STEAM.

Dr. Nick van Dam. Chief Learning Officer. IE University.

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March 8th

Panel 2 | Reinventing a New Normal

18:00 to 19:00 v Panel 2 | Reinventing a New Normal

18:00 - 19:00

The pandemic has only accelerated a growing trend of entrepreneurship and a shift away from dependence on corporates. How can we embrace the shift to more independent and digital ways of working? How can we think outside the box and innovate our careers? What role is re-skilling going to play in ensuring you have career opportunities?

Speakers:

Nir Hindi. Founder. The Artian.

Mar Escanez. Zapiens. Chief Operating Officer.

Elana Loewenthal. VP marketing Spain and Creative Lead Europe. HBO.

Andrew Peter Wallace McCarthy. Founding Academic Director, Master in Customer Experience and Innovation. IE School of Human Sciences and Technology (HST).

Giorgia Ottati. HR Manager Spain & Italy. Mastercard.

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March 8th

Cocktail hour Day 1

19:00 to 19:30 v Cocktail hour Day 1

19:00 - 19:30

The closing part of the event will be a special opportunity for networking with the speakers of the Conference. The closing will start off with a Kahoot! on a couple of questions about the conference, where 5 winners will receive a 5€ Deliveroo code to order ingredients for the creation of a drink for the cocktail hour or a pre-made drink. A video of a bartender from the bar “La Santoría” in Madrid will also be shared, where he will walk you through the making of the drink to enjoy during the cocktail hour.

During this half an hour, different breakout rooms will be assigned to participants for Q&A with the speakers, as an opportunity to be in closer contact with them and deepen in any of the matters you found particularly interesting during the Conference.

Speakers:

Yolanda Díaz Villarrubia. HR Tech & Innovation Management. President AMyL, cofounder WA4STEAM.

Nir Hindi. Founder. The Artian.

Cristina Marques Villena. EMEA Leader for Early Professional Hires. IBM.

Mar Escanez. Zapiens. Chief Operating Officer.

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