Workshops will run all day, each day from Monday 8 July to Thursday 11 July. Our Young Career Women (YCW) Committee is also organising a series of parallel meetings during Congress.

All Registrants will receive a full Programme with their Congress Documentation at Congress.

SATURDAY 6 JULY

0800-1730

Registrations

1815-2015

Special Visit for Friends of IFBPW and International Fellows "Peggy Guggenheim Collection", Venice

SUNDAY 7 JULY

0800-1230

Registrations

0830-1230

58th Board Meeting

1500-1800

OFFICIAL OPENING, Palazzo del Cinema, Venice Lido

2000-2200

President's Reception

MONDAY 8 JULY

0800-1230

First Business Session

1410-1510

Argentina Hour

1515-1850

Second Business Session (including)

1550-1850

UN & Other Agencies Panel "Partnerships for the Future - A Pragmatic Approach"

2100

Concert

Workshops

0830-1030

Welcome to Congress & Effective Networking

1045-1230

Business and Career

1530-1715

Leadership & Management

TUESDAY 9 JULY

0800-1300

Third Business Session

Afternoon free for Workshops and other activities

2000

Banquet

Workshops

0830-1015

Networking, Interpersonal

1045-1230

Communications, Team Building, etc.

1415-1545

European & Asia Pacific Seminar with Whirlpool Foundation - also open to other Regions

1600-1740

Lobbying Techniques & Mentoring

WEDNESDAY 10 JULY

0830-1015

Seminar on Strategic Long Range Planning

1045-1230

Seminar on "The Role of the Observer"

1400-1745

Fourth Business Session (including)

1645-1730

"Transcontinental Communications Strategies" (presentation by BPW Spain)

1800-1900

Regional Meetings

Free evening

Workshops

0830-1015

Trend in International Trade & Effective Networking-Technology

1045-1230

Public Speaking.

1415-1545

Management Skills

1615-1800

Leadership Skills

THURSDAY 11 JULY

0700-0800

Balloting for President

0900-1230

Fifth Business Session

1300-1400

Balloting for Officers

1430-1700

Sixth Business Session

2000

Farewell Party

Workshops

Morning only

Further details in full Congress Programme

FRIDAY 12 JULY

0830-1230

Post-Congress Board Meeting

1430-1630

Post-Congress Briefing Meetings:

Outgoing-Incoming Executive

Outgoing-Incoming Regional Coordinators

Outgoing-Incoming Committee Chairpersons & Members

Outgoing-Incoming HPC and IPC

1st Meeting of New Executive