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Sept. 12, Workshop Sessions
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| Banner of the World Women's Forum outside the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill, the venue of the forum. |
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| Banners of the World Women's Forum in the premises of the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill. |
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| Participants register at the forum site in the morning of Sept. 12. |
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| Sunyoung Lee, MC for the workshop sessions on Sept. 12, introduces a speaker to the audience. |
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| Soonhoon Ahn, Founder and Principal Career/HR Consultant of AHN Consulting, interacts with the audience in her workshop session, " 'Let's Go Global!' - Pathways to a Global Career." |
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| Dr. Hesung Chun Koh, Co-Founder and Chair of the East Rock Institute, speaks at her workshop session, 'Authentic Leadership and East Asian Values.' |
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| Participants listen closely to Dr. Hesung Chun Koh's speech. |
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| Kaori Sasaki, President and CEO of eWoman, Inc., talks to her audience in 'Effective Time Management.' |
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| Jinsoo Terry, Founder and President of Advanced Global Connections, inspires her audiences in her workshop, " 'F.U.N' - Funny, Unique, Nurturing - Achieve Global Success in Business." |
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| Participants at Jinsoo Terry's workshop sing and dance along to her song, 'If Jinsoo can do it, you can do it too!' |
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Sept. 13, Opening Ceremony
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| Group photo of speakers at the 'Global Challenges and Woman Leadership' plenary session. |
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| Ms. Yunsook Lee, a speaker at the Forum, smiles at a comment made by a speaker in the opening plenary session. |
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| Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, expresses his views in the opening plenary session. |
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| Yang Lan, Chairperson of the Sun Culture Foundation in China, addresses the audience during the opening plenary session. |
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| Dho Young-shim, Chairperson, Board of Directors of the UNWTO ST-EP Foundation, addresses the audience in the opening plenary session. |
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| Vishakha Desai, President of Asia Society, speaks to the audience in the opening plenary session, 'Global Challenges and Woman Leadership.' |
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| Ms. An Chak-hee and Mr. Han Jun-ho, the MCs of the opening ceremony, welcome participants to the forum. |
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| Kwon Yang-sook, First Lady of Korea, starts the opening ceremony of the forum with a congratulatory message. |
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| Bae Yong Lee, President of Ewha Womans University and also Co-chair of the World Women's Forum Founding Board, presents her opening message for the forum. |
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| Moon-soon Choi, President & CEO of MBC and Executive Committee Chair of the World Women's Forum, addresses the audience during the opening ceremony. |
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| Mayumi Moriyama, Member of the House of Representatives and Former Justice Minister of Japan, gives a congratulatory message during the opening ceremony. |
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| Nino Burjanadze, Chairwoman of the Parliament of Georgia, address the audience with her keynote speech. |
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| Speakers attending the opening ceremony give an applause to the speaker. |
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| Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Co-chair of the World Women's Forum Founding Board, makes a keynote speech. |
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| Anjali Rao, Anchor of CNN, moderates for the opening plenary session, 'Global Challenges and Woman Leadership.' |
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| The speakers of the opening plenary session smile as they listen to Ms. Anjali Rao's introduction to the session. |
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Sept. 13, Sessions and Special Lectures
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| Yang Lan, Chairperson of Sun Culture Foundation, delivers her Special Lecture. |
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| Futurist Edie Weiner interacts with the audience during her mentoring session. |
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| Mona Al Marri and several ladies from Dubai interact with the audience in a mentoring session. |
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| Jennifer Moyer, Executive Director of Human Capital Management at Goldman Sachs, makes her presentation. |
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| Kimie Iwata, Director & Corporate Executive Officer at Shiseido, delivers her speech in the session 'Best Practice Case Study I: Women in Business Leadership.' |
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| Agnes Gioconda, Executive Vice President of Fleishman-Hillard, expresses her thoughts in the session 'Best Practice Case Study I: Women in Business Leadership.' |
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| Jeong-Woo Kil, President and CEO of JoongAng m&b, holds discussions with the audience in the session 'Best Practice Case Study I:Women in Business Leadership.' |
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| In her mentoring session, Floella Benjamin, Chancellor at the University of Exeter, is introduced by Erica Orange. |
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| Yang Lan, Chairperson of the Sun Culture Foundation, laughs heartily with Sunyoung Lee, MC for Ms. Yang's mentoring session. |
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| Meutia Farida Hatta Swasono, State Minister for Women's Empowerment in Indonesia, addresses the audience in 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| Ha-jin Jang, Minister of Gender Equality & Family in Korea, speaks to the audience in 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| Tracey Lee Holmes, Program Host of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, shares her thoughts with the audience in a mentoring session. |
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| Mehrangiz Kar, Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, joins the discussion in 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 2.' |
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| Amal Jadou, Director General of International Relations at the Office of the President of Palestine, listens as a member of the audience asks a question. |
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| Mariam Almahdi, Spokesperson of Sudan's Umma National Party, speaks in the session 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 2.' |
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| Rajaa Al-Khuzai, President of the Iraqi National Council of women, makes her presentation in 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 2.' |
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| Pera Wells, Secretary-General of The World Federation of United Nations Associations, moderates for the session, 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 2.' |
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| Kaori Sasaki, President and CEO of eWoman, Inc., shares her thoughts with audience in her mentoring session. |
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| Lorna Wright, Professor at the Schulich School of Business at York University, smiles as she listens to the other speakers. |
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| Myoung-hye Kim, Professor at Dong-Eui University, addresses the audience in the session 'Women and Information Technology.' |
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| Kio Chung Kim, Executive Director of the APEC Women's e-Biz Center at Sookmyung Women's University, speaks to the audience with a large smile. |
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| Barbara Bauer, President of GlobalSight Partners, delivers her speech in the session, 'Women and Information Technology.' |
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| Unna Huh, President of the Information and Communications University, moderates for the session 'Women and Information Technology.' |
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| Hoick Suk, President of the Korea Information Society Development Institute, delivers a Welcoming Speech in the session 'Women and Information Technology.' |
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| Gaby Lasky, human rights attorney from Israel, offers her views during the session 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 1.' |
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| Archana Kapoor, Founder of SMART, expresses her views in the session 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 1.' |
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| Mona El-Farra, physician and human rights activitst in Palestine, shares her opinion in the session 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 1.' |
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| Hala Al Saraf, Founder of Access to Health in Iraq, shares her thoughts in the session 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 1.' |
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| Deborah Fikes, Advisor for Human Rights Advocacy for Ministerial Alliance of Midland in Texas, moderates for the session 'Women as Catalysts for Peace and Stability 1.' |
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| Yee Shoon Yu-Foo, Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports in Singapore, speaks in the session 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| Inamova Svetlana, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairwoman of the Women's Committee in Uzbekistan, speaks in the session 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| An Chakhee, the MC for the World Women's Forum, informs the audience about the sessions due to be held on Sept. 13 and 14. |
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| Beth Brooke, Global Vice Chairman of Ernst & Young, addresses the audience during her special lecture, 'Leadership in the 21st Century.' |
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| Kim Moon-soo, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, addresses the audience with his Welcoming Speech at the Luncheon. |
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| Hesung Chun Koh, Co-Founder and Chair of East Rock Institute, addresses the audience in her special lecture, 'Leadership, Women and Culture: The Heritage of Korean Women.' |
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| Pilwha Chang, Professor of Department of Women's Studies, Graduate School at Ewha Womans University, moderates for the session 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| Laura Albornoz, Minister of National Women's Service in Chile, addresses the audience in the session 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| Clare Beckton, Coordinator at Status of Women Canada, speaks in the session 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| Geeteara Safiya Choudhury, Honourable Advisor of Women and Children Affairs in Bangladesh, addresses the audience in the session 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| Heike Claessen, Assistance Ministerial Counsellor Gender Equality Division in Germany, speaks to the audience in 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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| Sarra Kanoun Jarraya, Minister for the Affairs of Women, Family, Childhood and the Elderly Tunisia, addresses the audience in 'Good Governance for Women's Empowerment.' |
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Sept. 13, Welcoming Dinner and Concert
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| Oh Se-hoon, mayor of Seoul Metropolitan City, delivers his speech before the welcoming dinner. |
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| Audiences listen to mayor Oh Se-hoon's speech. |
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| Bae Chul-soo, a popular singer in Korea, hosts the "Bae Chul-soo's Music Camp" after the welcoming dinner at the World Women's Forum. |
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| Members of Noriter, a crossover Korean traditional music band, begin the concert. |
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| A member of Noriter blows on the sogeum (small bamboo transverse flute). |
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| Big Mama, a popular vocal group in Korea, sing their hearts out on stage. |
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| Bae Chul-soo chats with members of Big Mama after their performance. |
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| Bae Chul-soo and Cho Young-nam, a popular singer and radio & TV personality in Korea, share a few words before Cho's performance. |
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| Cho Young-nam, a popular singer and radio & TV personality in Korea, performs on stage. |
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| Cho Young-nam says thank you to speakers of the Forum after his performance. |
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Sept. 14, Sessions and Special Lectures
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| Frances Sun, Director of Hill & Knowlton China, delivers her special lecture. |
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| Vice President of Tsingtao Brewery Company, Yan Xu, delivers her special lecture. |
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Workshop Sessions
Opening Ceremony
