• Gail Stephens
  CEO, BC Pension Corporation
   

Did You Know?

In 1998 women represented 37% of all national managers compared to only 16%
 in 1971. This number continues
 to climb steadily.
 

Canadian women make up the largest
share of the self-employed of any other country in the world.
 

In BC, women owned and operated
 just over a third of the province’s small businesses in 2003, the highest rate of ownership by women in the country.
 

Women account for almost half the BC
labour force with 85% of women
workers in the services sector.
 

In BC, women account for 56% of
university enrollment and
55% of graduate studies.

• Nadja Piatka
  President & CEO, Nadja Foods

Networking & Exhibit Viewing

The ‘Soup’ – Panel Presentation & ‘Open Mic’

A dynamic panel presentation addressing the corporate and social responsibilities of women in leadership and the role of mentoring as part of this responsibility. The forum will include open dialogue from all conference delegates.

• Mary-Lynn Bellamy Willms
  Founder & CEO, Suburbia Studios & FunctionFox Systems