IWF Illinois' members and Chicago Mayor Daley welcome 2007 World Leadership Conference guests at the Opening Ceremony.
       
         
IWF President Gay Cook at the Opening Ceremony.
         
                 
           
Mayor Daley and First Lady Maggie Daley at the IWF Opening Reception.
           
     
  IWF members at the Opening Reception.
     
     
  The Honourable Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and Director of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, discusses women's leadership on a global stage in Plenary I, "Changing the World - Leading the Future".
     
   
The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, Former Prime Minister of Jamaica and Opposition Leader, during Plenary I.
   
   
Former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program and Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University, Catherine Betini poses a question during Plenary I.
   
               
     
  Beth Brooke, Global Vice Chair, Ernst & Young; Padmasree Warrior, EVP & Chief Technology Officer, Motorola; and Linda Dillman, EVP, Risk Management, Benefits & Sustainability, Wal-Mart discuss "Women Executives - The Face of a New Generation - Driving Change" in Plenary II.
     
               
     
  Senior Vice President and Group Publisher, Crain Communications Gloria Scoby moderates Plenary II.
     
Session moderator Donna Carroll, President of Dominican University presents a question during the Thursday Luncheon Program, "Women of Thought - Shaping the Future".
     
 
Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Makerere University, Uganda; Silvia Sioli de Torres Carbonell, Director, IAE Business School, Universidad Austral, Argentina; and Rivka Carmi, President, Ben-Gurion University, Israel discuss the role of women leaders in high education.
 
 
IWF members sing the blues (and take a harmonica class) at the Behind the Blues Break-Out Session at Blues Heaven.
 
 
IWF members in the limelight at the Shakespeare Theater, on the Behind the Drama Break-Out Session.
 
IWF Argentina President Maria Eugenia Estenssoro promotes the 2008 IWF Cornerstone Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
   
           
   
Argentine tango dancers heat up the stage during the 2008 Cornerstone promotion.
   
           
       
  IWF Western Pennsylvania members along with President Esther Bush get the crowd excited about the 2008 World Leadership Conference in Pittsburgh.
       
   

Mina Teicher, Professor of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University, Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Sciences & Technology, and Chairman, Council for Advancement; Irene Pepperberg, Psychologist, Harvard University; and Carolyn Porco, Leader of the Cassini Imaging Team consider "Shaping Prospects for Improved Health & Longevity - Into the Future" in Plenary III.

Read a post-Conference note from Carolyn Porco.

   
   
Ellen Heber-Katz, Professor of Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, The Wistar Institute; Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor, Psychology & Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine; and Session Moderator Andrea Dunaif, MD, Chief of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University during Plenary III.
   
"Taking it the Future - A New Generation Speaks Out" with (back)Molly Tschang, Director, International Programs, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco (USA); Erika Alexander, RVP Select & Extended Stay Lodging, Marriott International, Inc.(USA); Malka Nir, F18 Engineering Department Manager, Intel Electronics (Israel); Joan Mc Glockton, Founder & President, JRM Consulting (USA) and (front) Alicia Enciso, Principal Consultant, Zyman Group (Mexico); Vivian Lau, CEO Junior Achievement (Hong Kong); Lisa Taylor, Technical Director, Black & Veatch (United Kingdom); Totsie Memela-Khambula, Managing Director, Postbank (South Africa); and Session Moderator, Esther Bush, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh.
   
                 
 
   
IWF Forum Presidents from around the world join former IWF Presidents and Leadership Foundation alumnae on stage during the Closing Luncheon "25 Years at IWF - Women Who Changed the World - Shaping the Future".
   
   
Out-going IWF President Gay Cook (CO) passes the gavel to In-coming President Esther Silver-Parker (NY-AR).
   
     
 
Helen Galland talks about her time as LF President, as Former LF President Karyl Innis and Former IWF President Luz Lajous listen.
 
   
 
Karen Erwin (Ireland) and Ann Medina (Canada) shake things up at the Closing Luncheon.
 
   
   
Raghda Kurdi (Jordan) and Marina Vaccari (Italy) march in to close the Luncheon accompanied by traditional bagpipers.
   
   
Members on the Chicago Architecture Boat Tour.
   
                 
       
  New IWF President Esther Silver-Parker opens the 2007 IWF Hall of Fame Gala Awards Ceremony.
       
                 
         
Gala Co-Chairs Grace Barry and Terry Savage welcome guests to Chicago.
         
                 
   
2003 Hall of Fame Honoree Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar celebrates 25 years of IWF.
   
       
   
2007 IWF Women Who Make a Difference Awardees Elizabeth Christopherson (NJ), Barbara Fergus (OH), Teri Hansen (FSC), Nawar Fariz (Jordan), Mary Lowe Good (AK), Ana Maria Llopis (Spain), Judith Mackay (Hong Kong), Kathleen Sendall (Canada), and Svetlana Vrgaova (Russia) with Marilyn Johnson, IBM.
   
   
Dr. Narciso Matos, Executive Director, Foundation for Community Development in Mozambique, with Mistress of Ceremonies Carmen de Lavallade, accepts the IWF Hall of Fame Honor for Graca Machel.
   
       
   
2007 IWF Hall of Fame Award Honoree Sports Legend Billie Jean King takes the stage.
   
   
IWF Hall of Fame Nominee Muriel Seibert brings down the house to close the evening.
   

Thank you IWF Illinois!