Saturday, June 6th, 2009 marks Ascend SF Bay Area Chapter’s 3rd annual leadership conference and gala, “Inspiring Across Generations”, which will be held at the new Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco. With an understanding of the rapidly changing landscape, our conference this year will focus on “Growth and Leadership Through Changing Times”. Our panel of speakers and mentors representing various industries will share ideas on how to successfully prepare for and adapt to such changing times.
Over 500 attendees participated in last year’s conference, and we expect another sell-out this year, so please REGISTER NOW!
Conference Agenda:
Morning Sessions
8:30 AM to 9:00 AM Registration Opens for Morning Sessions
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Executive Seminar (invitation only)
MBA Forum (Free to conference attendees, but separate registration
required. 40 seats limited)
11:00 AM to 12:15 PM VIP Lunch featuring Tammy Erickson (invitation only)
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM General Admission Registration
Conference Opens for General Admissions
12:30 PM to 1:15 PM Welcoming Keynote: Managing, Making, and Moving with Change with
Rich Lyons, Dean of Haas School of Business ****
1:15 PM to 2:00 PM Panel Discussion: Global Economic and Financial Crisis ****
2:00 PM to 2:30 PM Networking ****
Track Sessions (Attendees are required to choose at time of registration)
2:30 PM to 3:15 PM Track A: Standout and Receive Recognition * or
Track B: Differentiate Your Organization and Business **
3:15 PM to 4:35 PM Mentoring Circles A* or
Mentoring Circles B** or
Executive Feedback: Best Practices of Asian Leadership in Corporate
America (open forum)
Group Sessions (All attendees are welcome)
4:50 PM to 5:50 PM Panel Discussion: Web Networking 2.0 ****
5:50 PM to 6:50 PM Networking / Wine Tasting featuring Artesa Winery ****
6:50 PM to 9:00 PM Gala Dinner ****
Note: To better serve our broad spectrum of professionals, we have customized our programming to serve leaders of today, next decade, and next generations. Asterisks (*) are used to denote the tracks for the different audience segments. See legend below for details:
* College students, young professionals and small team leads
** First to mid-level managers and small business entrepreneurs
*** Partners, Board Members, C-Suites and seasoned executives
**** General Admission - all are welcome
For more details on the conference sessions, click here.
For more details on the MBA Forum, click here.
View our list of 2009 Conference Speakers and 2009 Conference Mentors