2009
THE NEW LEADERSHIP AMERICA

Agile Leadership in an Ever-Changing World

presented by
The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future
Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
THIRD SESSION
Washington, DC
Beijing & Shanghai, China
October 2009

AGILE LEADERSHIP—Navigating the World: Connecting the Global Economy

Leadership America will launch in the inaugural session of "Leadership America Abroad" with a trip to Beijing and Shanghai, China at the conclusion of 2009 Session III, October 11 - 13, in Washington, DC. The China excursion departs on Wednesday, October 14.

Prior to departure, a half day preparatory session will convene at The Omni Shoreham Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, October 13. This trip to Beijing and Shanghai will include briefings from State Department officials and economic policy leaders.

A presentation of The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future, this international session will feature an incisive look at China's economy and its ever-expanding impact in the global marketplace. The agenda will provide unequaled opportunity to connect with women leaders in a country whose destiny is inevitably intertwined with our own.

The interaction among women leaders in China and the US will heighten global awareness of where and how our agendas coincide, open opportunities for agile, connective leadership in a rapidly changing world forum, and create a global women's leadership network.

Agenda Highlights

• "My China Journals"—A Conversation with The Honorable Madeleine Kunin
• Briefing from Officials from China Division, US Department of State
• Reception and Early Dinner at Chinese Embassy
• Private boat cruise along Huangpu River and the Bund with Tess Johnston, Shanghai Historian, to give introductory overview on Shanghai historic development.
• Zhujiajiao—historic canal town—guided walking tour and boat ride on canal system
• "The Chrysanthemum Blossom—The Emergence of Chinese Women Leaders in Academia, Business, Politics, and the Social Arenas"
• Shanghai Museum (to be accompanied by a museum specialist)
• French Concession Area—guided walking tour
• Old Town (original Chinese city)
• Temple of Heaven
• Hongqiao Market and/or Silk Street
• "A Conversation With Women Leaders In Education"
• "Artists on the edge—Women in Chinese Contemporary Art and Design", a talk given by resident art expert
• Panjiayuan Weekend Market
• Forbidden City
• Summer Palace with a private boat ride on Lake Kunming (visit led by historian—talk on boat—the Empress Dowager, CiXi)
• After Dinner Conversation—"Traditional Chinese Medicine & Western Medicine—A Blending of Knowledge and Experience"
• Red Sandalwood Museum
• Great Wall at Mutianyu with cable car ride
• Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest)
• National Aquatics Center (Water Cube0
• Evening dinner talk
• Chengdu-Old Town
• Sichuan Folk Performance including face changing
• Panda Research Center—supported in part by Conservation International
• "A Conversation With The Panda Specialists—The Women Professors‐Researchers Are Saving the Panda Population"
• Sanxingdui Museum—outstanding museum of 3,000+ year bronze culture—among the largest such discoveries in all China
• M50 district—art galleries & studios

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