Program areas at IWF
Conferences:world leadership conference: iwf conferences amplify topics of critical concern to global leaders through a woman's lens. Our cutting-edge content and world-class speakers inform, educate and inspire our members to lead change in the world. Iwf hosts two global conferences each year. The world leadership conference is held in north america.cornerstone conference: iwf conferences amplify topics of critical concern to global leaders through a woman's lens. Our cutting-edge content and world-class speakers inform, educate and inspire our members to lead change in the world. Iwf hosts two global conferences each year. The cornerstone conference is held at an International location.hall of fame awards and gala:iwf International hall of fame honors women who are truly transformative figures tackling the most urgent issues facing the world. Recent hall of fame honorees include mary barra, chairman and ceo of general motors; fatma samoura, secretary general of fifa; and dr. donna strickland, 2018 nobel laureate in physics. Past awardeesinclude ellen johnson sirleaf, mary robinson, isabel allende, ginni rometty and billie jean king.as a part of the hall of fame awards, iwf's women who make a difference salutes members nominated by their own forums for the tremendous accomplishments and contributions they have made to their communities and the world.
Membership: the International Women's Forum (iwf) is a network of the most accomplished women in the world. We connect women leaders across every professional sector in support of each other and the common mission of advancing Women's leadership and championing equality worldwide. Established in 1974, today iwf is comprised of over 7,900 preeminent women leaders in 33 countries. Iwf is the only organization of this scale that builds significant relationships between c-level women across countries and careers. Iwf members are committed to inspiring and empowering the next generation of women leaders. Worldwide research consistently confirms three key barriers that restrict the potential of women leaders: limited access to business networks, lack of mentors and inadequate leadership training. Iwf's development experiences, including our leadership fellows program and iwf virtual leadership intensives, directly tackle these barriers to help tomorrow's most talented women realize their full potential.our members are nobel laureates, olympic athletes, ceos, heads of state, academics, artists, astronauts, lawyers, financiers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and more. Our members build, create and transform our business, our society and our world.
Fellows program: the iwf leadership fellows program, launched in 1994, provides high potential women with networking opportunities through iwf conferences, assigns mentors from our roster of outstanding members and includes customized International leadership training sessions at both harvard and insead. Annual classes of up to 40 fellows are sponsored by companies, local forums or individuals and selected by an International review committee of iwf members. The iwf leadership fellows program has elevated and enabled over 650 outstanding women since inception to maximize contributions to their companies, communities and the world.
Intensives and virtual programming:iwf produces virtual thought leadership programming throughout the year drawing on our member's diverse expertise. Iwf intensives answer corporate needs for customized and compact leadership training dedicated to their most valuable women executives. These tailored programs feature iwf members who share knowledge from their outstanding careers on the enduring leadership challenges such has how to evolve from star performer to star boss, how to manage teams, how to manage change, how to manage failure and how to self-assess. Iwf works with corporate hr to determine the right structure that always includes small group conversations with iwf leaders to achieve personal impact.