Profit from the Network's NEW Leadership Summit 2012 October 22-23 at the all new Omni Dallas Hotel in Dallas. This year's NEW Leadership Summit -- the industry's largest diversity event -- will focus on ways you can take control of your career and your life. You'll hear from two powerful speakers -- high-performance motivator Yvonne Camus and sociologist Dr. Bertice Berry -- choose from concurrent sessions tailored to your experience level and interests and leave with a game plan for reinvigorating your career, organization and life.

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Registration fees

Early bird $695 (expires 9/21/12)
Standard $795

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Monday, October 22

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
NEW Leadership Academy 
Facilitating Challenging Conversations

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
First-timers and networking workshop Networking for Success

5:00 pm - 6:45 pm

NEW Town Hall 2012

5:00 - 5:15 pm
Welcome remarks
NEW Board Chair Michelle Gloeckler Senior Vice President, Home, Walmart US

5:15 pm – 5:45 pm
NEW Annual Members Meeting

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
Special remarks Profit from Your Life Experiences
Dr. Bertice Berry

6:45 pm - 10:00 pm
Opening night gala

12:00 pm - 9:30 pm 
NEW Silent Auction Great stuff, great cause

6:45 pm - 7:30 pm 
Cocktail reception

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
NEW Regional Awards Banquet

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Regional Awards Afterparty

Tuesday, October 23

6:45 am - 7:45 am
Breakfast

8:00 am - 9:30 am GENERAL SESSION

8:00 am ­ – 8:30 am
Opening remarks
NEW Vice Chair Catherine Lindner Vice President, Retail Marketing, The Walgreen Co.

8:30 am - 9:30 am
 Opening Keynote The Future of Women and Retail
Julie Gilbert Newrai President, WOLF and former SVP, Best Buy

9:30 am - 10:00 am
Morning break

10:00 am­ – 11:15 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Track I - Emerging Leaders Workshops on owning your career

Release Your Brilliance
Simon T. Bailey Founder, Brilliance Institute

Reality-Based Leadership
Cy Wakeman President, Cy Wakeman Inc.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett Founding President, Center for Talent Innovation 

12:45 am - 2:00 pm  CONCURRENT SESSIONS  

Track I and Track II -- repeat

Track III - Senior Executives
The Art and Science of Collaboration
Madelyn Yucht  Principal Consultant, Linkage

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm GENERAL SESSION

2:30 pm ­– 3:30 pm
Executive Roundtable View from the C-Suite

Moderator: Alison Kenney Paul Vice Chairman, US Retail Leader and Principal, Deloitte
Irene Chang Britt President, Pepperidge Farm
Susan Chambers Chief People Officer, Walmart
Tom Falk CEO, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Bhavdeep Singh Executive Vice President, Operations, Ahold USA

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Closing keynote Leading a High-Performance Life
Yvonne Camus
High-performance motivator

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Closing message

Hotel

All meetings and events will be held at the full-service Omni Dallas Hotel located downtown in the heart of Dallas. A limited number of rooms are available at the rate of $189 plus tax until September 27, 2012 (subject to availability). Please book online today or call 1-888-444-6664 and mention the Network of Executive Women.

Omni Dallas Hotel

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555 S. Lamar| Dallas, Texas 75202 | 1-888-444-6664 | 214-744-6664

Who should attend

Industry managers and executives
Emerging leaders
Good leaders who want to be great

Early bird $695 (expires 9/21/12)
Standard $795

You must be a current NEW member* with valid log-on credentials to register. Not a Network member? Contact your company's NEW Ambassador or join now for just $200 and enjoy 12 months of NEW benefits, including invitations to national conferences and full access to our online networking and collaboration tools.

*Members are individuals who have registered online as part of their organization's national sponsorship of NEW, or individuals who have paid their annual dues.

Cancellation and refund policy

No refunds 10 business days before the event date. Event registrations are transferable before the no refund period. Name badges are transferable the day of the event at no charge. Any cancellation and or registration transfer requests must be made via the following electronic form CLICK HERE. Please note that while registration fees are transferable, annual membership fees are not. If the original attendee is a member, the replacement attendee must be a member, or become a member, to receive the discounted registration fee.

Video/photography
Portions of this event may be photographed and videotaped for use by the Network of Executive Women in its sole discretion. Any and all attendees of the event may be videotaped and/or photographed while in attendance and attendees will not be compensated in any fashion for use of a video tape or photograph containing any attendees image or likeness.