Mrs Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt, will make the keynote address at the Women in Business International Forum on 18-20 May 2009, where leading businesswomen and government representatives from the Middle East and the wider international community with their counterparts in the UK, get together.

An impressive number of high flyers are attending, such as:

• Harriet Harman QC MP, Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Women and Equality;
• Lady Barbara Judge, Chair of UK Atomic Energy Authority;
• Sheikha Hissa Saad Al Sabah, President, Council of Arab Businesswomen; and
• Mme Dariga Nazarbayeva, Founder, 'Khabar' broadcasting agency, Kazakhstan;

Topics on the agenda are:

• international trade and economic development
• human potential - developing the next generation
• financing business growth and development;
• breaking down barriers in entrepreneurship;
• the power and influence of the media.

Several delegations of businesswomen from the Middle East and North Africa region are participating. Further information FORWOMENIN BUSINESS