This week is the Women’s Forum, the “new Davos”, taking place in Deauville. On the agenda not only entrepreneurial and business matters, let alone only women’s matters, but a broad spectrum of political and environmental issues. A large group of global women and some men gather to discuss the development of the world from a female point of view. Speakers include:

• James Allen, Partner and Co-Head, Bain & Company’s Global Strategy Practice
• Emma Bonino, Vice President of the Italian Senate
• Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights lawyer and Nobel Laureate  
• Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Global Institute, and former Assistant to the President on Economic Policy at the White House
• Moira Forbes, President and Publisher, ForbesWoman
• Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO, Renault Nissan Alliance
• Ellen Gracie Northfleet, Justice of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil
• Claudie Haignere, President of UNIVERSCIENCE, Doctor of Medicine, first European female Astronaut, former Minister of Research & New Technologies, and subsequently for European Affairs
• Antony Jenkins, Chief Executive, Barclays Retail and Business Banking
• Moushira Mahmoud Khattab, Human Rights Activist and former Minister of State for Family and Population of Egypt
• Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and CEO, Total
• Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Environment, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing of France
• Ann MacDougall, Chief Managing Officer, Acumen Fund
• Valérie Pecresse, Minister for France of the Budget, Public Accounts, and Administrative Reform
• Gina Qiao, Member of the Executive Committee and Senior Vice-President, Human Resources, Lenovo Group
• Monika Queisser, Head of Social Policy Division, OECD
• Viviane Reding, Vice-President, European Commission
• Jérome Tolot, Executive Vice-President, GDF Suez
• Chris Viehbacher, CEO, SANOFI

It’s not surprising that every year the Women’s Forum becomes more crowded with those women that want to take part in discussing world issues, and they are tired at waiting at the gate of the World Economic Forum. The old boys network of Davos is just not receptive enough for new voices.

Waiting to change the old habits of Davos was not enough, and thus the Women’s Forum answers to a need to make global discussion more diverse.

Final goal should be to merge the Women’s Forum and WEC into one Diverse Global Economic Forum. What are we waiting for?

The Next Women will be reporting from the Women’s Forum this week.

The Women’s Forum has chosen for its 7th Edition to draw inspiration from these remarkable events, and to hold the 2011 Global Meeting on the theme of What if? Challenge, imagination, commitment. The focus is on what the future could bring us, politically, economically, socially, and technologically, and what committed actors can do to tip the balance for a better world:

• What if the energy landscape requires us to change dramatically?
• What if corporate key drivers became totally different?
• Will the Arab uprisings truly become Arab springs?
• What if there were new ways to address poverty, precariousness and inequality?
• Wanted: An ethics for our mastery of life

The spirit of the Women’s Forum is to forecast how our world is changing, and what we can do to shape this change.

At the Forum, people are encouraged to exploring the future: Intimate encounters with tomorrow’s leaders, inventors and their inventions, the chance to debate on potential future scenarios.

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