Women's International Networking (W.I.N) Conference - Oct 5 - 7 (8) - Rome, Italy

Hi Everyone, It's W.I.N Conference time again, and this year the "Creating History" themed event for 800-1,000 participants will be held in Rome, Italy. If you have not registered yet, but you have time to attend, I highly recommend it. I attended in 2007 in Oslo and only have great things to say about the event, the humble founder Kristin Engvig, and the wonderful women that attend.

The speakers this year include:

• Mikael Ohlsson, Swedish, President and CEO, IKEA Group
• Jeanette Horan, British, VP and CIO, IBM
• Dr. Debra Clary Gmelin, American, Corporate Director, The Leadership Institute, Humana, Inc.
• Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, French/Canadian, CEO, 20-first
• Alison Smale, British, Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune
• Nuria Chinchilla, Spanish, Professor, IESE Business School
• Zoë A. Yujnovich, Australian, President and CEO, The Iron Ore Company of Canada
• Dr Yolanda Nokuri Hegngi, American/Cameroonian, Founder, Stimulus, LLC
• Gabi Zedlmayer, German, Vice President Global Social Innovation, HP
• Poonam Ahluwalia, American, President, Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
• Fabrizio Castlelucci, Italian, Professor, SDABocconi
• Binna Kandola OBE, British, Senior Partner, Pearn Kandola
• Dominique Turcq, French, Founder/ President, Boostzone Institute
• Marguerite Barankitse, Burundian, Founder, Maison Shalom
• Nancy Fina, American, Fashion/Advertising photographer
• Umran Beba, Turkish, President Asia Pacific Region, PepsiCo
• Lorella Zanardo, Italian, Author and Director, Il Corpo delle Donne (Women’s Bodies)
• Karen Tse, American, Founder and CEO, International Bridges to Justice
• Dr Kumkum Pareek Malik, American, Founder, Dr Malik and Associates
• Dr Amany Asfour, Egyptian, President, Egyptian Business Women Association
• Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Malaysian, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Humanitarian Futures Programme Kings College London
• Barbara Shipka, American, Owner, Barbara Shipka Designs
• Dr Graeme Codrington, South African/British, Founder and Senior Partner, TomorrowToday
• Emma Bonino, Italian, Vice President, Senate of the Italian Republic

Plus friends of mine/ExpatWomen that will be speaking at W.I.N.:

• Melody Biringer, American, Founder, The CRAVE Company
• Jo Parfitt, British, Publisher, Summertime Publishing
• Mary Farmer, Canadian/Dutch, Lecturer, Les Roches Gruyere University/Glion
• Tracy Ann Curtis, American, Founder, TAC Global Organizational and Talent Development Consulting
• Dana Frost, American, Master Certified Life Coach, Dana Frost Life Coaching Services
• Jeanne A. Heinzer, German/Swiss, Director, Heinzer Consulting
• Heidi Forbes Oste, Swedish/American, Global Social Strategist

And many, many more great speakers. To see the full, impressive list of confirmed speakers, please click here. To register for the conference, you are invited to click here. (Make sure you ask for your 100 Euro discount for mentioning "ExpatWomen.com". And no, we receive no commissions for promoting this great event).

Everyone going to W.I.N. this year, enjoy! Andrea

Are You An Expat Woman In Singapore? Andrea Martins at PrimeTime & CRCE Events Next Week

Hi Everyone!  If you are an expat woman living in Singapore, I invite you to join me next week at the following events hosted by two great local networks in Singapore:

Seminar Topic: Trailing Spouses: Be Inspired to Live Your Best Life In Singapore!
Host: Career Resource Center for Expats (CRCE), American Association of Singapore
Date: Wednesday 10 November
Time: 10am-12pm
Cost: $10 CRCE members, $20 non-CRCE members
Venue: American Association of Singapore
Address: 10 Claymore Hill, Singapore, 229573
Phone: 6733-4257 (online registration now full, so please phone to register instead, thanks)

"Come and enjoy a powerful presentation from visiting international guest speaker, Andrea Martins, co-founder of the ExpatWomen.com.  Andrea will share with us some of the wisdom she has gained from 3½ years of answering thousands of emails from expat women around the globe, plus inspirational stories of expatriate women that she has interviewed who have turned their lives and careers around abroad.  Learn how you can:  

• Feel that you are not alone in your feelings of ‘loss of identity’ 
• Overcome challenges as a trailing spouse
• Think more creatively about your career path abroad
• Focus on making your time in Singapore a positive life and career experience"

Seminar Topic: Inspiring Stories from International Women Around the World

Host: PrimeTime: Business and Professional Women's Association
Date: Thursday 11 November
Time: 6:30pm-10pm
Cost: $45 PrimeTime members (by 6 Nov), $50 PrimeTime members (post 6 Nov), $60 non-PrimeTime members (includes dinner)
Venue: Traders Hotel, Singapore
Address: 1A Cuscaden Road, Singapore
Phone: 6738-2222

 "We invite you to be inspired by Andrea Martins, co-founder and director of ExpatWomen.com, the world’s largest website dedicated to women living abroad.  From her many interviews, Andrea will share the stories of enterprising and successful expatriate women who have followed their passion and started new lives and new ventures from hotels to print media companies, foodie retreats, bikini boot camps and a Fiat touring club. Come and be inspired by women like you who are creating a new life abroad!"


If you are in Singapore and would like to come (or know someone who might), thank you in advance for your support - I look forward to meeting you there!

Warmest wishes, Andrea.

ps. My apologies for using my name in the blog title... I am told that it helps with SEO (search engine optimization), so I am testing if that is true. :-)