Fortune Conferences – Where the Best Minds in the World of Business Meet.

Overview

The Summit is the world's premiere gathering of women leaders in business, government, academia, philanthropy, and the arts. Each fall, a select group comes together to interact, debate and learn. The program is diverse and designed to facilitate conversation that is energetic and engaging. Participation is by invitation only.

Past participants have included: Netherlands MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Sara Lee CEO Brenda Barnes , Hearst Magazines President Cathie Black , Bank of America chief risk officer Amy Brinkley , Designer Dana Buchman , First Lady Laura Bush , CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric , Geena Davis , Wal-Mart CIO Linda Dillman , CDC director Julie Gerberding , Goldie Hawn , Chengdu GoldTel Industry Group Chairman Jessica He , Avon CEO Andrea Jung , International Speedway Corp President Lesa France Kennedy , Citigroup CFO Sallie Krawcheck , Cyndi Lauper , Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore , Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy , HM Queen Noor , MTV Networks President Christina Norman , Allen & Co. EVP Nancy Peretsman , South Africa's Mmakau Mining CEO Bridgette Radebe , Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson , Lucent CEO Pat Russo , Good Morning America Co-anchor Diane Sawyer , Dreamworks Chairman Stacy Snider , CBS News Correspondent Lesley Stahl , Martha Stewart , Public Strategies senior advisor and former Texas Governor Ann Richards , eBay CEO Meg Whitman , Oprah Winfrey, and ADM CEO Patricia Woertz.