Seventh Annual Women in the World Summit, NYC

Seventh Annual Women in the World Summit | Photo: Average Socialite

Affair: Seventh Annual Women in the World Summit

When: Wednesday, April 6 - Friday, April 8, 2016

Hot Spot: David H. Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center, NYC

Deets: Women in the World has announced Kerry Washington, America Ferrera, Mindy Kaling, Katie Couric, Padma Lakshmi, and Savannah Guthrie will join the Women in the World Summit. The seventh annual Summit in association with The New York Times will be held April 6-8, 2016 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased here: http://womenintheworld.com/nyc

The Women in the World Summit brings together women leaders, activists, artists, CEOs, peacemakers, entrepreneurs, trailblazers, and firebrand dissidents from around the world who have saved or enriched lives and shattered glass ceilings in every sector. The first Summit was launched in New York City in 2010 and has since expanded to London and New Delhi, with smaller salons across the United States in Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

"With the world in turmoil the need for women's voices and perspectives has never been more important. For the seventh year, women on the front lines of news will convene in New York to set the agenda for progress and change in the year ahead,” said Tina Brown, CEO and Founder of Women in the World.

ABOUT WOMEN IN THE WORLD

The three-day Women in the World Summit, held at New York City’s Lincoln Center, presents powerful new female role models whose personal stories illuminate the most pressing international issues. They range from CEOs and world leaders to artists, activists, peacemakers, and firebrand dissidents. The Summit’s vivid journalistic narratives, high-impact video, and fast-paced staging have made it the premier platform to showcase women of impact. Increasingly, Women in the World also includes the participation, onstage and in the audience, of men who champion women

Spotted: In addition to Kerry Washington, America Ferrera, Mindy Kaling, Katie Couric, Padma Lakshmi, and Savannah Guthrie, the 2016 Summit participants included: Meryl Streep, Former First Lady Laura Bush, Barbara Pierce Bush, First Lady of Afghanistan Rula Ghani, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Diane von Furstenberg, President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards, University of Cambridge Professor Mary Beard OBE, United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director Ertharin Cousin, photojournalist and author Lynsey Addario, journalist Tom Friedman, activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, New America President Anne-Marie Slaughter, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security at Georgetown University Executive Director Melanne Verveer, Fox News anchor and journalist Megyn Kelly, former Mexican politician Lilia Aguilar, University of Houston Assistant Professor Ipek Bozhurt, journalist Amberin Zaman, Dr. Cynthia Peacock, Specs4Us founder Maria Dellapina, Copia Founder and CEO Komal Ahmad, DreamWakers Co-Founder and CEO Monica Gray and DreamWakers Co-Founder Annie Medaglia, singer, songwriter and musician Daymé Arocena, Director, Barkha Dutt Live Media Barkha Dutt, Host and Creator of The Nida’a Show and Founder of Nida’a al Nissa Productions Zainab Salbi, Executive Producer and Host of NPR’s Latino USA and President of Futuro Media Group Maria Hinojosa, and Advocate, Supreme Court of India Dr. Menaka Guruswamy.

Hint For The Average Socialite: Follow Women in the World on Facebook, Twitter and on the Women in the World digital platform in association with the New York Times: NYTimes.com/WomenIntheWorld.

This year’s Summit is generously supported by presenting sponsors Toyota and Merck; leadership sponsors Flex, MasterCard and Microsoft; and supporting sponsors PepsiCo and Thomson Reuters.



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