Archive for March 2009

March 31st, 2009, 8:10 am

2009 Oil and Gas Technology Leaders

by zoe

Energy Hot Topics Series: Tomorrow’s Technology Today – 2009 Oil and Gas Technology Leaders

CALL FOR PAPERS!

Deadline for submission: 1 February 2009

Please submit via email to [email protected]

Gulf Publishing invites you to submit an abstract for review for the upcoming Energy Hot Topics Series – Tomorrow’s Technology Today: 2009 Oil and [...]

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March 31st, 2009, 6:00 am

Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Lawyers

by Liz O’Donnell (Boston)
Women lawyers continue to struggle for equality at work such as equal pay and equal opportunities to make partner. Every generation makes a few more cracks in the glass ceiling for the one that follows. In fact, this fall, women are expected to surpass the number of male students entering [...]

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March 30th, 2009, 1:00 pm

Voice of Experience: Aileen Blake, Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller, Northern Trust

by Liz O’Donnell (Boston)
“A couple of jobs I took along the way weren’t jobs I had my sight set on,” says Aileen Blake, Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller for Northern Trust, “but someone I trusted said they would be good opportunities. At the end of the day, those opportunities opened doors for me.”
For the [...]

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March 30th, 2009, 6:00 am

In Case You Missed It: News Round-up

Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group
In case you were too busy to have kept up with all the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this week well informed:

Mergers and Acquisitions

Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Investments is to take a [...]

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March 29th, 2009, 6:00 am

International Corporate Citizenship Conference

by Pamela Weinsaft

Corporate Citizenship: Leading Change, Finding Opportunity

How can recent gains in corporate citizenship be sustained during this enormously challenging economic time?What are the best corporate citizenship practices during a recession? What opportunities does the economic downturn present? These are no ordinary times. And so the 2009 International Corporate Citizenship Conference will be no ordinary conference. Now, [...]

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March 27th, 2009, 3:30 pm

“Opt Out” or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession?

by Pamela Weinsaft

“Opt Out” or Pushed Out will address the controversial phenomenon described by some as “opting out,” the supposed trend of professional women leaving the workplace to devote their energies to family care-taking, full time. This conference will focus on the dynamics of the “trend” within the legal profession, inviting legal practitioners, professional students, and scholars [...]

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March 27th, 2009, 1:00 pm

Passions: The Art of Cheese

By Heather Chapman (New York City)
Mixing personal finance and cheese isn’t the usual combination, but Paula Harris, co-founder of WH Cornerstone Investments, is managing to mix the two nicely. At first spending her days in human resources before moving to the business development side of her business, Paula is still able to find time [...]

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March 27th, 2009, 6:00 am

Survival in the City

by Elizabeth Harrin (London)
Women from every field of technology joined together last week at the new Deloitte office in New Street Square, London to talk about the issues of the credit crunch and cancer.
The Survival in the City event was organized by womenintechnology, a careers and networking forum for women working in the [...]

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March 26th, 2009, 5:48 pm

2009 Salute to Women’s Business Enterprises: The Bridge to Quality

by hannah

WBENC’s annual Salute to Women’s Business Enterprises: The Bridge to Quality highlights the contributions of WBEs to the United States economy and pays tribute to the 14 WBE Stars representing our organizational partners nationwide. Educational workshops
for more information visit:
www.wbenc.org
or contact
[email protected]

202-872-5515, ext. 8020

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March 26th, 2009, 1:57 pm

The Global Private Equity Imperative

by Pamela Weinsaft

Recognizing the diverse and intricate challenges of the global economy and the opportunities presented to private equity investors, Thunderbird is pleased to host its 5th Annual Global Private Equity Investing Conference.
Some featured panels are:
Alternative Energy Investing Workshop
Moderator: John Moran, Director for Business Development & Client Relations, Overseas Private Investment Coroporation (OPIC)
Panelists:
H. Jeffrey Leonard, Chairman, Global [...]

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