Canada Joins the Conference as the Presenting
Partner
NEW YORK, May 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- FORTUNE is
expanding its Most Powerful Women series with the launch of the
Most Powerful Women International Summit in Montréal, Canada. FORTUNE Senior Editor at Large and
co-chair of the Summit Leigh Gallagher made the announcement today
at the Most Powerful Women dinner in New York City. The event
will take place on November 5-6,
2018. Canada is the
presenting partner of the Summit.
The FORTUNE Most Powerful Women International Summit in Montréal
will bring together women CEOs, entrepreneurs, innovators, and
leaders from around the world. The theme of this year's conference,
"Redefining Power: Seizing the $12
Trillion Opportunity," will address the potential economic
impact of gender equality on a global scale and how gender equality
can play a key role in solutions to global challenges.
Gender equality is at the core of Canada's 2018 federal budget and a key theme
in its G7 presidency. At the Most Powerful Women International
Summit, Canada will work with
FORTUNE to advance gender equality and promote economic growth that
works for everyone.
The new event is an extension of FORTUNE's fast-growing Most
Powerful Women lineup, which began in 1998 as an annual ranking of
top women business leaders in the magazine, and is now a global
community that features events and programs in London, Hong
Kong, New York,
Washington, D.C. and Laguna Niguel, CA for the most prominent women
leaders in business, philanthropy, government, education, and the
arts. The principal event, FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women
Summit, will take place in Laguna Niguel,
CA on October 1-3, 2018.
"We're thrilled to be expanding the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women
Summit to Canada, particularly
given the country's commitment to women's leadership and gender
equality," said Gallagher. "We look forward to welcoming a
distinguished group of female leaders from around the world to talk
about the most pressing business and leadership issues of the
day—and to address the global economic potential of gender
equality."
"Canada knows women's
leadership is key to growing strong economies that work for
everyone," said the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin
Trudeau. "We're working hard to make sure everyone, no
matter their gender identity, can participate freely, fully, and
equally in our society and our economy – because none of us can
move forward when half of us are held back. At the Fortune Most
Powerful Women Summit in Montréal, we'll build on that progress,
and work together with global women leaders to address the
challenges we face as a world."
Speakers and programming for the invitation-only conference will
be announced in the coming weeks.
The Most Powerful Women Summit International in Montréal is
one of more than a dozen live events produced annually by
FORTUNE Live Media—including FORTUNE Brainstorm Tech, FORTUNE
Brainstorm Health, FORTUNE Brainstorm Design and the FORTUNE Global
Forum.
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