We are thrilled to announce the very worthy recipients of the IPWS Women Leadership Awards 2016! We received a record number of nominations this year, showcasing the vast group of immensely talented women (and men!) in Shanghai’s professional community. We recognized the WLA 2016 winners at the inaugural IPWS Leadership Summit last Friday, 27 May. Photos and further details from the event will be shared on our website in the coming days, so stay tuned! Thank you once again to our […]
With the generous support of our community, IPWS is excited to announce there will be a Fundraising Raffle and a wonderful Goodie Bags available to all attendees of the Leadership Summit & Women Leadership Awards 2016! We are proud to announce that over 25 sponsors are supporting the Women Leadership Awards 2016 by donating exciting vouchers and great prizes for this year’s raffle and goodie bags. When we see you on Friday, you’ll have the chance to bid on everything from designer […]
Introducing our incredible line-up of speakers for this Friday’s IPWS Leadership Summit! A fitting representation of Shanghai’s broad cross-section of professional women, we have speakers hailing from a huge variety of backgrounds, including restauranteur, Michelle Garnaut; film producer Emmanuel Benbihy; charity founder Jerrie Ueberle; executive coach slash future “commercial astronaut”, Elisa Mallis, and TedX speaker, Stephany Zooto mention a few. The full line up of speakers and biographies are below. Tickets are still available to the IPWS Leadership Summit this […]
On March 4, IPWS began the senior executive topical brunch series for the year, in which 20 women gathered for a casual morning to discuss the topic ‘Honoring the Ways Women Lead.’ While preparation for the Women Leadership Awards & IPWS Leadership Summit has been bubbling away for some time, this particular brunch event sparked several ideas & topics, and helped establish this year’s Summit theme of the ‘Changing Nature of Leadership’. After mingling and greetings, IPWS was thrilled to introduce Tricia Nadaff, […]
For the Women Leadership Awards this year, our Official Business Newspaper Sponsor is the Financial Times, and we’re pleased to see our IPWS Leadership Summit & awards advertisement alongside all the current news & reviews in their recent publication (shown above). One of the longest running newspapers in the world, the Financial Times started in 1888, and in 2016 over 70% of FT’s circulation is digital with it’s editorial team of over 600 people in over 40 countries. Financial Times Asia is […]
ANNOUNCING THE WLA 2016 FINALISTS IPWS is thrilled to announce the twelve finalists in the Women Leadership Awards 2016! “We received a record number of submissions this year, and were hugely impressed with the quality of candidates. Whilst this made it challenging for our jury to select the finalists, it is inspiring to see the strength of women leaders within our community, and men who are helping the advancement of women in leadership and the quest for gender equality. Thank you again to everyone […]
We’ve got some news for you today, the deadline for nominations in the Women Leadership Awards 2016 has been extended until Friday, 29 April! So if you know an inspiring woman who deserves to be recognised, or perhaps you deserve the recognition yourself, you have 8 more days to get your nominations in. It’s quick and easy to nominate via our website, and all nominations are 100% anonymous. As the longest running international award in Shanghai for women leaders, the WLA […]
It’s with great pleasure, we here at IPWS announce the Women Leadership Awards… returning in 2016 and now in its 10th year. The WLA recognises professional women who have emerged as leaders in their field. As leaders, these inspiring women have made a marked difference in our community and have forged paths for others to follow. Last year, IPWS hosted a Gala Event to celebrate the winners of WLA, and you can read more about the history of the award here. In 2016, […]
This month marks an exciting new chapter in the EPWS history book. As our organisation has evolved with the times – a larger community than ever before of global women with an international outlook – we too would like to reflect this transition. And so – 23 years on from when we were originally founded, EPWS will re-launch as: IPWS – International Professional Women’s Society. Our community of professional women is strong, diverse and respected. Our roots are firmly […]
