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Beyond Bias: Breaking Business Barriers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The 1st WIE World Summit took place 13 – 14 June 2023, MECC Maastricht, The Netherlands <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event was open to all exhibition industry professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are currently looking at dates and venues for the 2nd WIE World Summit, and will keep you all posted.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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About the Summit<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Women in Exhibitions Network inaugural World Summit took place at the MECC Maastricht on the 13 \u2013 14 June 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The summit was preceded by the UFI European <\/a>Conference<\/a> that took place from 14 – 16 June 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who attended? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior, mid-level and senior women and men representing exhibition organizers, service providers, venue operators from across the world. Exhibition organisers, venues, service providers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme of the summit was ‘Beyond bias: breaking business barriers” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus summit was co-moderated by Silvia Forroova<\/strong> & Joseph Kearney. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2023 Programme <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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13 June 2023<\/h4>\n
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Networking Lunch<\/h5> \n

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Panel discussion: Route to leadership: navigating the roadblocks<\/h5> \n

A panel of senior female leaders will share the details of their own journeys to a senior management role, covering the challenges en route. This includes difficulties in plotting that path with fewer role models than their male counterparts and frequently less internal networking opportunities.<\/p>\n

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The speakers will also address how to be an authentic leader, training and development & mentoring opportunities, and how to help ensure work\/life balance.<\/p>\n

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Martha Donato<\/span>, Founder & President, Mad Event Management <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Laura Purdy<\/span>, General Manager, Exhibition Place, Toronto <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Julie Driscoll<\/span>, Chief Executive Officer , Olympia, London<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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DEI session: State of the industry, and how to be more diverse AND inclusive <\/h5> \n

What are the current stats on diversity for our industry? What are the trends? But most importantly of all, how can we be more diverse and inclusive?<\/p>\n

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Meera Somji<\/strong> will share Clusivity’s research on gender diversity, and Ashanti Bentil-Dhue<\/strong> will share key information and takeaways on how to be more diverse and inclusive, including: the mistakes that are being made, a framework for more diversity and what your peers are doing to ensure better representation of women & minority groups.<\/p>\n

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Delphine Guyon<\/strong> will share current DEI practices at RX France.<\/p>\n<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Ashanti Bentil-Dhue<\/span>, CEO and Founder, Good Soil Leaders\u00ae<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meera Somji<\/span>, Co-founder, Clusivity<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Panel Discussion: Intergenerational Exchange<\/h5> \n

Young, middle management and C-level panellists will discuss together their perceptions of the exhibition industry, and the challenges and opportunities that they encounter.<\/p>\n

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They will also share their suggestions on how to make our industry more inclusive, and how they perceive the future of this industry.<\/p>\n

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Cornelien Baijens<\/span>, Head of Event Business\/CCO, Easyfairs Netherlands<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Toni Piela<\/span>, Vice President of Corporate Development\/M&A, The Americas Chapter Chair, RX US Women Connected, RX <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Isa Smeets<\/span>, Project Manager, MECC Maastricht<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Workshop: What Have We Learned \u2013 And How Do We Implement Changes?<\/h5> \n

Join us for a fun, lively and interactive workshop to pull Day One together! Let\u2019s take today\u2019s learnings back to our offices and organizations for immediate implementation. What barriers must be overcome? How do we get paid more? How do we develop a more diverse customer base? Delegates will be divided into small working groups to solve real issues, through collective intelligence!\u00a0 Stephanie Selesnick will lead this workshop.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong> Only those who attend this last session of the day will receive the final list of crowd-sourced recommendations. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Stephanie Selesnick<\/span>, President, International Trade Information, Inc.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Networking Dinner <\/h5> \n

A lovely seated dinner awaits us at Restaurant De Pastory in Cadier en Keer. To empower the networking opportunities, we will bring together the delegates of the UFI HR Forum and WIE World Summit to this wonderful networking dinner.<\/p>\n

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Buses depart at 7:15 from NH and Van der Valk Hotels.<\/p>\n<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section><\/div>

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Welcome refreshments<\/h5> \n

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Session: When there is a will there is a way.\u00a0 Make it happen.<\/h5> \n

Ann was a mother of young triplets without any outdoor experience. Pure hard work and belief led her to being selected from over 200 more experienced women to take part in her first North Pole expedition. Today, she is a world record holder and one of Britain\u2019s leading explorers.<\/p>\n

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Just how did she make it happen? What does it take, apart from a great deal of courage?<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s the next generation looking for: attracting, retaining and facilitating talent<\/h5> \n

The sector is potentially heading for a recruitment cliff and it\u2019s likely to remain an employees\u2019 market.\u00a0 How can the sector present itself as an appealing career option for young people?\u00a0 A panel of aspiring female leaders from the sector will debate on what they are looking for to support their career progression, what brought them to the sector in the first place, and what needs to happen to keep them there?<\/p>\n

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How do these younger generations build networks and who are their role models?\u00a0 This session will help us understand their perspective and hence what the sector needs to be doing to attract aspiring talent.<\/p>\n

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Justine Rabel<\/span>, International Key Account Manager, Eventmaker<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Joy Hurrell<\/span>, 2nd year International Event Management Student , University of Surrey <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Karin Krogh<\/span>, International Senior Sales Manager , Bella Center, Copenhagen<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Networking refreshments<\/h5> \n

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Panel discussion: Sometimes things don\u2019t go according to plan<\/h5> \n

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Alison Jackson<\/span>, Group Managing Director , Nineteen Group<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Laura Shapiro<\/span>, Portfolio Director & President Women in Exhibitions UK Chapter, CloserStill Media <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Philomene Klomp<\/span>, Owner & Entrepreneur, FS&E Services<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Learning from one another<\/h5> \n

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Adam Andersen<\/span>, Executive Vice President | Pharma | EMEA, Informa Markets <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Sonia Thomas<\/span>, Executive Director , Women in Exhibitions Network<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Ashanti Bentil-Dhue<\/h5>\n

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Martha Donato<\/h5>\n

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Silvia Forroova<\/h5>\n

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Justine Rabel<\/h5>\n

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Oana Cipca<\/h5>\n

MECC Maastricht<\/p> \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/section>\n

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Laura Purdy<\/h5>\n

Exhibition Place, Toronto <\/p> \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/section>\n

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Julie Driscoll<\/h5>\n

Olympia, London<\/p> \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/section>\n

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Laura Shapiro<\/h5>\n

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Toni Piela<\/h5>\n

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Karin Krogh<\/h5>\n

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Joy Hurrell<\/h5>\n

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Adam Andersen<\/h5>\n

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Philomene Klomp<\/h5>\n

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Trevor Foley<\/h5>\n

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Sonia Thomas<\/h5>\n

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Joseph Kearney<\/h5>\n

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Meera Somji<\/h5>\n

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Our Valued Sponsors & Partners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Women in Exhibitions (WIE) sponsorship programme offers organisations a great opportunity to support the WIE network, and hence make a difference! <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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WIE INTERNATIONAL SPONSOR, Mad Event Management is an event planning and management company.<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/section>

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WIE INTERNATIONAL SPONSOR, Messe D\u00fcsseldorf North America (MDNA), located in Chicago, Illinois, is the U.S. subsidiary of Messe D\u00fcsseldorf GmbH in Germany. <\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/section>

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WIE INTERNATIONAL SPONSOR, Visit Detroit is the only organization that promotes the metro Detroit regionally, nationally and internationally as a convention, business meeting and tourism destination. <\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/section>

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Event Marketing & Content Experts, Tembo is the summit’s official Marketing Partner<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/section>

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