March 4, 2006 Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley
Striking a Balance
Women In Leadership
conference agenda

Please refer to the Panels page for panel descriptions.


8:00am - 8:45am Registration, Breakfast, & Corporate Sponsor Fair Cronk Gate
Bank of America Forum
8:45am - 9:00am Conference Welcome Arthur Andersen Auditorium
9:00am - 9:15am

Keynote Introduction

Tom Campbell
Bank of America Dean and Professor of Business
Walter A. Haas School of Business


Arthur Andersen Auditorium
9:15am - 10:00am

Morning Keynote Address

Sharon L. McCollam
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.


Arthur Andersen Auditorium
10:00am - 10:15am Break & Corporate Sponsor Fair Bank of America Forum
10:15am - 11:15am


sponsored by FedEx Corporation

Panel Session I

Take Control of Your Money: Financial Planning for Women (Workshop) C220
Communication Patterns Across Genders (Workshop) C210
Making Choices, Taking Chances C230
Your Personal Board of Directors: How to Maximize Mentors C110
Women Entrepreneurs in Action (Workshop) S480
11:15am - 11:30am Break & Corporate Sponsor Fair Bank of America Forum
11:30am - 12:30pm


sponsored by Ford Motor Company

Panel Session II

Perspectives from Women in the Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail Industries C230
Where Women Dominate? Leading in the Nonprofit and Corporate Social Responsibility Fields C210
Achieving Successful Balance in Finance and Consulting C125
Homeostasis: Achieving Balance for Women in Healthcare C110
Challenges & Choices – Women in Real Estate Today C220
Women In Technology S480
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch & Corporate Sponsor Fair Courtyard,
Bank of America Forum
1:30pm - 2:30pm


sponsored by Guidant Foundation

Panel Session III

Business Plan For Life (Workshop) S480
Finding Effective Antidotes to the Everyday C110
Negotiating in Daily Life (Workshop) C230
The Rules at Work: Creating Them, Living by Them, or Changing the Game C220
We Asked for It, We Got it – Now What Do We Do With It All? C210
2:30pm - 2:45pm Break & Corporate Sponsor Fair Bank of America Forum
2:45pm - 3:00pm

Keynote Introduction

Richard Lyons
Sylvan Coleman Professor of Finance and Executive Associate Dean
Walter A. Haas School of Business


Arthur Andersen Auditorium
3:00pm - 3:45pm

Afternoon Keynote Address

Deborah Blackwell
Executive Vice President and General Manager
SOAPnet


Arthur Andersen Auditorium
3:45pm - 4:00pm Concluding Remarks Arthur Andersen Auditorium
4:00pm - 5:00pm Networking Reception & Corporate Sponsor Fair Bank of America Forum