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1 WomenintheWorld:Stories&Solutions ASummitHostedbyNewsweek&TheDailyBeast AGENDA ProgramsandParticipantsSubjecttoChange March810,2012 TheDavidH.KochTheateratLincolnCenter Broadwayand63rdStreet,NewYork,NewYork Hosts:TinaBrown,LeymahGbowee,NizanGuanaes, JaneHarman,MayaHarris,MellodyHobson,LaurenBushLauren,JudithRodin, SherylSandberg,MerylStreepandDianevonFurstenberg Partners:VitalVoicesGlobalPartnership,WomenforWomenInternational, theUnitedNationsFoundation,DVFandtheWomenintheWorldFoundation GenerouslysponsoredbyHP,BankofAmerica,TheCocaColaCompany,Intel,Toyota, AnnInc.

Toyota, AnnInc.,LibertyMutualInsuranceandThomsonReuters WomenintheWorldiscenteredonfirstpersonstorytellingbytrailblazingwomen fromabroadspectrumofcultures.Overthecourseofthreedays,weshowcasethese fearlesspioneers,inspireyoutobecomeinvolvedandencouragecreativesolutions toallthechallengesthatwomenfaceacrosstheglobe.

2 THURSDAY,MARCH8,2012 6:30PM WELCOMEBYTINABROWN COHOSTS:GIVINGVOICE WomenintheWorldcohostsgivevoicetoawomannot present. FORCEDMARRIAGE:AREMOTHERSTOBLAME? An inside account of the dramatic rescue of a female BritishcitizenfromIslamabad,whohasbeenforcedby herfamilytomarryagainstherwill. Moderator:LesleyStahl,Correspondent,60Minutes ChazAkoshile,JointHead,ForcedMarriageUnit, UK AlbertDavid,MBE,HeadofConsularAssistance, BritishHighCommission,Islamabad SabatinaJames,Author,MyFightforFaithand Freedom JasvinderSanghera,CEOandFounder,Karma Nirvana TinaBrown,EditorinChief,NewsweekandThe DailyBeast EVENINGPROGRAM: SUMASSONG AperformancebySumaTharu SumaTharu,RoomtoReadGirlsEducation ProgramScholar

3 THEPRICEOFWAR Despite bearing the greatest brunt of the devastating horrors of war, women remain the pillars of their families and societies, and the source of strength that becomesthefoundationofrecovery. Interviewedby:CharlieRose,ExecutiveEditorand Anchor,CharlieRoseandAnchor,CBSThisMorning MadeleineK.Albright,ChairofAlbright StonebridgeGroup,FormerU.S.SecretaryofState SANDRASSTORY Interviewedby:CharlieRose SandraUwiringiyimana,GenocideSurvivorand Spokesperson,FoundationofHopeMinistries; Photographer TESTIMONY Introducedby:CharlieRose AngelinaJolie,Writer,Director,AcademyAward winningActressandGoodwillAmbassador,United NationsHighCommissionerforRefugees 8:30PM DELEGATEDINNEREVENT* PresentedbyBankofAmerica *OpentoDelegatepassholdersonly REMARKS BrianT.Moynihan,PresidentandCEO,Bankof America

4 WOMANOFTHEHOUR:ACONVERSATION WITHCHRISTINELAGARDE InternationalMonetaryFundchiefChristineLagardein conversation with Niall Ferguson on the European financial crisis, the global economy, and the greatest challengesandtopprioritiesfortheIMFinthecoming months. InterviewedBy:NiallFerguson,LaurenceA.Tisch ProfessorofHistory,HarvardUniversity;SeniorFellow, TheHooverInstitution ChristineLagarde,ManagingDirectorInternational MonetaryFund

5 FRIDAY,MARCH9 9:00AM TinaBrown,EditorinChief,NewsweekandThe DailyBeast

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HOLLANDTAYLORASGOVERNORANNRICHARDS: LADIESYOUMUSTPARTICIPATE! BroadwaystarHollandTaylorasGovernorAnn Richards

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WHEREARETHEWOMENATTHETOP? Has the definitionor importanceof professional successchangedsincethedawnoffeminism? Moderator:SherylSandberg,COO,Facebook JillAbramson,ExecutiveEditor,TheNewYorkTimes ShelbyKnox,DirectorofWomensRights Organizing,Change.org AnneKornblut,DeputyPoliticalEditor,The WashingtonPost CherylMills,CounselorandChiefofStaff,U.S. DepartmentofState GloriaSteinem,FeministWriterandCoFounder, Ms.Magazine

6 FIREBRANDFORPEACE:NOBELLAUREATE LEYMAHGBOWEE Thecowinnerofthe2011NobelPeacePrizetalkswith TinaBrownaboutthepowerofwomeninconflictzones to replicate Gbowees interfaith coalition that brought peacetoLiberia. Interviewedby:TinaBrown,EditorinChief,Newsweek &TheDailyBeast LeymahGbowee,FounderandPresident,Gbowee PeaceFoundationAfrica CHANGINGTHEMINDSOFMEN AstheU.S.preparestopulloutofAfghanistan,whatwill becomeofAfghanwomenandgirls?Muchoftheanswer lieswithAfghanmen. Moderator:ChristianeAmanpour,GlobalAffairs Anchor,ABCNews;HostandChiefInternational Correspondent,CNNInternational BibiHokmina,ElectedMember,ProvincialCouncil, ProvinceofKhost,EasternAfghanistan MohammadNasib,FounderandChairmanofthe BoardofDirectors,WelfareAssociationforthe DevelopmentofAfghanistan ZainabSalbi,Founder,WomenforWomen International;Author,BetweenTwoWorlds Note:ShakilaFaqeeri,SeniorCommunicationsAdvisor, TetraTechDPK,willserveasinterpreterforBibi Hokmina. BREAK

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7 10:45AM SECURITYISWOMENSWORK! Dowomenleadersbringdifferentgiftsthanmentothe increasingly complex challenges of local, national, and internationalsecurity? TheHonorableJaneHarman,Director,President, andCEO,WoodrowWilsonCenter PresidentAtifeteJahjaga,President,Republicof Kosovo CathyLanier,ChiefofPolice,MetropolitanPolice Department,DistrictofColumbia SecretaryJanetNapolitano,Secretary,U.S. DepartmentofHomelandSecurity CRACKINGTHECODE: GENDERPARITY,GROWTHANDJOBS In the face of current global economic turbulence, women are a critical force in meeting the demands of thenewemploymentlandscape.MuhtarKent,Chairman andCEOofTheCocaColaCompany,discusseshisview onwhywomenaroundtheglobearesettobecomekey participantsincrackingthecodeforjobgrowth. Interviewedby:RobinRoberts,CoAnchor,Good MorningAmerica MuhtarKent,ChairmanandCEO, TheCocaColaCompany MORNINGPROGRAM(Continued):

8 MURDERANDMACHISMO: WOMENINPERILINLATINAMERICA Over the past two decades, violence against women in Central America and Mexico has surged. Panelists explore whats fueling this perilous culture for women andgirls. Moderator:ChristopherDickey,ParisBureauChief andMiddleEastRegionalEditor,Newsweek&TheDaily Beast NormaAndrade,Founder,NuestrasHijasde RegresoaCasaA.C.(MayOurDaughtersReturn Home) GaelGarciaBernal,Actor,Producer,andDirector SylviaGereda,FounderandEditorinChief,Informe EspecialinChannelAntiguaandZonade Investigacin CongresswomanRosiOrozco,President,Special CommissionAgainstHumanTrafficking,Mexico Note:Thispanelcontainsgraphiccontent. ` HITECHHEALTHFORWOMEN PresentedbyHP Gabi Zedlmayer and Barbara Bush discuss leveraging new technologies to tackle critical global health challenges. Moderator:CherylDorsey,President,EchoingGreen BarbaraBush,CEOandCoFounder,GlobalHealth Corps GabiZedlmayer,VicePresident,Sustainabilityand SocialInnovation,HP LUNCHBREAK

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9 12:30PM CHINASNEWTIGERWOMEN: COMMERCEANDCULTURE 75%ofChinaswomenhaveenteredtheworkforce,and theyre joining the middle class at a blistering speed. Both bound and freed by certain traditions, Chinese women are smashing stereotypes. And the world is watching. Moderator:BarbaraWalters,ABCNews CorrespondentandCreator/CoExecutiveProducerand CoHost,TheView AmyChua,JohnM.Duff,Jr.ProfessorofLaw,Yale University TianX.Hou,FounderandCEO,SeniorAnalyst,T.H. Capital,LLC MelindaLiu,BeijingBureauChief,Newsweekand TheDailyBeast DianevonFurstenberg,ChairmanandFounder, DianevonFurstenbergStudioL.P. MeiZhang,ChairpersonandFounder,WildChina

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10 2:15PM AFTERNOONPROGRAM: WOMENINCOMBAT:FIGHTINGONTWOFRONTS In Afghanistan, U.S. women soldiers are reinventing counterinsurgency in remote, volatile regions. Yet far more female soldiers in the U.S. military are exhibiting trauma caused by sexual assaultmost often committed by their fellow soldiersthan trauma from the front lines. How to simultaneously empower and protectwomenwhowanttoservetheircountry? Moderator:MarthaRaddatz,SeniorForeignAffairs Correspondent,ABCNews ZoeBedell,Analyst,ForosGroup SusanBurke,LLC ClaireRusso,CFRInternationalAffairsFellow, InstituteforInclusiveSecurity CongresswomanJackieSpeier,HonoraryChair, ProtectOurDefenders.com THENEWTHREATTOWOMENSRIGHTS The 2012 campaign year has unexpectedly been dominated by social issues, particularly when it comes to womens rights. Celebrating her 25th anniversary in Congress, the Democratic Leader in a candid conversationwithPatMitchell. Interviewedby:PatMitchell,PresidentandCEO,The PaleyCenterforMedia RepresentativeNancyPelosi,DemocraticLeader, U.S.HouseofRepresentative

11 MOTHERSOFINVENTION:THESOCCKETROCKETS PresentedbyToyota TwoyoungentrepreneursfromHarvardsharethestory of their incredible sOccket invention, which is bringing electricity to impoverished communities aroundtheworld. Interviewed by: Allison Samuels, Senior Writer, Newsweek&TheDailyBeast JessicaO.Matthews,CoFounderandCEO, UnchartedPlay,Inc. JuliaSilverman,CoFounderandCSO,Uncharted Play,Inc.

RUSSIA:COVERINGADESPOT RussianjournalistMashaGessenonherexplosivenew bookonVladimirPutin,andwhetherRussiamightbe primedforanotherrevolution. Interviewedby:ChrystiaFreeland,GlobalEditorat Large,ThomsonReuters MashaGessen,Author,TheManWithoutAFace: TheUnlikelyRiseofVladimirPutin

THEWOMENSECONOMY PresentedbyBankofAmerica Thisprogramdelvesintohowwomenarefaringinthe aftermath of the great recession' and takes a forward leaning look at the emerging job market. Based on recent research and analysis, this panel of leading business women will compare strategies for meeting thechallengesthatlieaheadbothforcreatingjobsand doingbusiness. Moderator:GayleTzemachLemmon,Author,The DressmakerofKhairKhana;ContributingEditorat Large,Newsweek&TheDailyBeast;Fellow,TheCouncil onForeignRelations CandaceBrowning,HeadofGlobalResearch,Bank ofAmericaMerrillLynch SusanLyne,Chairman,GiltGroupe AmandaSteinberg,FounderandCEO,DailyWorth

12 4:15PM 4:40PM BREAK AFTERNOONPROGRAM(Continued) JOBS:GOODNEWSFORWOMEN? Women's economic security is American economic security: the Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls and Senior Advisor to President Obama discusses the role of women in the economic recovery and how women are integral to keeping Americacompetitiveinthe21stcentury. Moderator:MellodyHobson,President,Ariel Investments ValerieJarrett,SeniorAdvisortoPresidentBarack Obama;Chair,TheWhiteHouseCouncilonWomen andGirls VIEWFROMTHECRISISZONE: ANINTERVIEWWITHTZIPILIVNI Israeli Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni on the crisis with Iran, the role of women in resolving the Palestinian conflict,andwomensrightsversusculturaltenets. InterviewedbySimonSchama,UniversityProfessor andAuthor TzipiLivni,Head,KadimaParty,andOpposition Leader,Israel ONTHEEDGEOFREVOLUTION AtributetolegendarywarcorrespondentMarieColvin, and an interview with the PulitzerPrizewinning photographerwhowaskidnappedbyGaddafisforces. Interviewedby:ChristopherDickey,ParisBureau ChiefandMiddleEastRegionalEditor,Newsweek&The DailyBeast LynseyAddario,Photographer

13 THEARABSPRING:HAVEWOMENLOST? A year ago they stood with the men in Tahrir Square and demanded democratic reform, but since then Egypts revolutionary women have been attacked, jailed, and marginalized. Women from across the countrys political spectrum describe their efforts to elevatetheinfluenceofEgyptianwomenatthishistoric turningpoint. Moderator:AndrewSullivan,Editor,TheDishatThe DailyBeast;Columnist,Newsweek NameesArnous,ExecutiveDirector,BokraforMedia Production,MediaStudiesandHumanRights SondosAsem,CoEditor,MuslimBrotherhood's Ikhwanweb.com;MediaResearcher Dr.OmaimaKamel,Member,MuslimBrotherhood's FreedomandJusticeParty;ProfessorofPublic Health,CairoUniversity DaliaZiada,EgyptDirector,AmericanIslamic Congress DIVA! Anna Netrebko, worldrenowned Russian soprano and star of the Metropolitan Opera, gives a special live performance. AnnaNetrebko,WorldRenownedOperatic Soprano DELEGATEEVENT:DVFAWARDS* *OpentoDelegatepassholdersonly Tina Brown and Diane von Furstenberg host The DVF Awards, a celebration dinner to recognize and support women who are using their leadership, courage and strength to transform the lives of other women. The fournomineesarePanmelaCastro(RedeNami),Jaycee Dugard (The JAYC Foundation, Inc.), Layli MillerMuro (Tahirih Justice Center), and Chouchou Namegabe (Association des Femmes des Mdias du Sud Kivu). Honorees receive $50,000 from the Dillervon Furstenberg Family Foundation in support of their organization (U.S. 501c3) to further their work. Oprah Winfrey will be honored with The Lifetime Leadership

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15 SATURDAY,MARCH10 9:00AM TinaBrown,EditorinChief,NewsweekandThe DailyBeast MORNINGPROGRAM: WELCOMEBYTINABROWN

RESPONSIBILITYPROJECT:RIGHTTOPLAY PresentedbyLibertyMutualInsurance A short film highlighting the efforts of Olympic runner Allyson Felix as an Athlete Ambassador for Right to Play. Through games and sports, Right to Play is committedtoprovidingopportunitiesfordevelopment, health, and peace through the power of play, encouraging the physical, social, and emotional developmentofboysandgirlsaroundtheworld. AFRICA:ANEWDAWN As Africa undergoes enormous political, economic, and social changes, women are poised to become powerful leadersintheircountriesandcommunities. Interviewedby:AlyseNelson,PresidentandCEO,Vital VoicesGlobalPartnership KahWalla,CEO,STRATEGIES!,andPresident, CameroonPeoplesParty

AFRICA:BAGGINGHUNGER AconversationwithLaurenBushontheinspirationand impact of FEED Projects, which has provided over 65 million school meals to children around the world throughthesaleofartisanmadebags. Interviewedby:AlexWitt,MSNBCAnchor,Weekends withAlexWitt,andNBCCorrespondent LaurenBushLauren,ChiefFEEDERandCo Founder,FEEDProjects,LLC

16 TOPPLINGTRADITION For forty years, Molly Melching has used community empowermentinSenegaltopromotehumanrightsand totrytoendfemalegenitalcutting.Thousandsofthese villages have now banished this oncecommon ritual. Demba Diawara, an imam who has worked with Ms. Melching for decades, joins her to discuss the key to topplingentrenchedtraditions:thecooperationofmen. Moderator:SherylWuDunn,PulitzerPrizeWinning Journalist,President,TripleEdge,andCoAuthor,Half TheSky ImamDembaDiawara,VillageChiefofKeur Simbara,Senegal;HumanRightsActivist,Tostan MollyMelching,FounderandExecutiveDirector, Tostan AbdoulieSidibeh,TostanCommunity EmpowermentProgramParticipant,HumanRights Activist,Tostan MAKINGJUSTICEREALINTHEWORLD What happens when women assume authority in the justice pipeline, and how do they make real change happen? Two powerful champions of justice, both lawyers who happen to be sisters, talk about their approachestocreatingamorejustfuture. Moderator:CynthiaMcFadden,CoAnchor,ABCNews Nightline KamalaD.Harris,AttorneyGeneral,California MayaL.Harris,VicePresidentforDemocracy, RightsandJustice,FordFoundation

17 WOMENWORLDLEADERS:FORCEMULTIPLIERS Membersoftheexclusiveclubofwomenwhohaveled nations discuss the global imperative to elevate more womenintotheirranks. Moderator:AndreaMitchell,ChiefForeignAffairs Correspondent,NBCandHost,MSNBCsAndreaMitchell Reports TheHonorableJaneHarman,Director,President andCEO,WoodrowWilsonCenter PresidentAtifeteJahjaga,President,Republicof Kosovo MargotWallstrom,Chair,TheCouncilofWomen WorldLeadersMinisterialInitiative;UNSpecial RepresentativeoftheSecretaryGeneralonSexual ViolenceinConflict

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BREAK MORNINGPROGRAM(Continued): GIRLSINTHEWORLD Introducedby:JujuChang,Correspondent,ABCNews Nightline WOMENINTHEWORLDONCAMPUS Anexcitingnewinitiativetoengagecollegeaged women Interviewedby:JujuChang,Correspondent,ABCNews Nightline KimAzzarelli,President,WomenintheWorld Foundation

18 MOTHERSOFINVENTION: TALIALEMANandRANDOMKID.ORG PresentedbyToyota 17yearold Talia Leman, CEO and Founder of RandomKid.org,sharesthestorybehindhergrassroots organization that supports and mentors children aroundtheworldwhoarepassionateaboutimproving thelivesofothers. Interviewedby:JillIscol,Ed.D.,President,IF HummingbirdFoundation,andAuthor,HeartsonFire: TwelveStoriesofTodaysVisionariesIgnitingIdealism IntoAction TaliaLeman,CEOandFounder,RandomKid.org THEDIGITALLIVESOFGIRLS With the explosion of digital and social media, girls lives now unfold in the most public of spaces. Yet innovative young women are harnessing digital technology, owning their images, and leveraging the issuesthataremostimportanttothem. Moderator:ChelseaClinton,BoardMember,Clinton Foundation NoorjahanAkbar,CoFounderandMember,Young WomenforChange ShelbyKnox,DirectorofWomensRights Organizing,Change.org CrystalOgar,ActivistandBlogger,SPARKSummit EmilyAnneRigal,FounderandDirector, WeStopHate.org JulieZeilinger,FounderandEditor,TheFBomb (TheFBomb.org)

19 MOTHERSOFINVENTION:PRINCIPALASENATH ANDREWSandTHECATHERINEFERGUSON ACADEMY PresentedbyToyota A conversation with Principal Asenath Andrews about the educational innovation of Detroits Catherine FergusonAcademyforYoungWomen. Interviewedby:ReneMontagne,CoHost,NPRs MorningEdition G.AsenathAndrews,FoundingPrincipal,Catherine FergusonAcademy,Detroit,MI TiffiniBaldwin,CatherineFergusonAcademy Graduate AshleyRodgers,CatherineFergusonAcademy Graduate GIRLSCANCHANGETHEWORLD PresentedbyIntel SarahBrown,Dr.IdaOdingaofKenyaandShellyEsque of Intel discuss the importance of educating girls throughouttheworld,andwhatittakestobreakdown the barriers preventing some girls from receiving an education. Moderator:JuJuChang,Correspondent,ABCNews Nightline SarahBrown,CEO,OfficeofGordonandSarah Brown,andPresident,PiggyBankKids ShellyEsque,VicePresident,GlobalAffairs,Intel; President,IntelFoundation Dr.IdaBettyOdinga,MGH

20 SUMASSONG PresentedbyIntel PresentingSuma,oneofseveralremarkableyounggirls in 10x10s groundbreaking feature film whose life has beentransformedbytheopportunitytogotoschool. Moderator:JujuChang,Correspondent,ABCNews Nightline RichardRobbins,Director,10x10Film SumaTharu,RoomtoReadGirlsEducation ProgramScholar BURMA:ADOOROPENS With Burmese elections only weeks away, is this a turningpointforthewomenandgirlsofthehomeland ofAungSanSuuKyi? Moderator:TinaBrown,EditorinChief,Newsweek& TheDailyBeast ZinMarAung,DemocracyActivist PeterPopham,Author,TheLadyandthePeacock: TheLifeofAungSanSuuKyi MelanneVerveer,U.S.AmbassadoratLargefor GlobalWomensIssues 1:05PM ATRIBUTEBYMERYLSTREEP MerylStreep,Actress

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