Through an innovative agenda, the IPWS Summit will explore this year’s theme: The Courage to Lead, with engaging speakers, interactive workshops, and more.  This highly-anticipated event draws more than 300 attendees each year and will close with a fabulous after-party, and opportunities for networking.  We are delighted to announce that Oscar Fuchs, Former MD and Co-Founder, ChapmanCG | Content Creator and Opinion Leader, Oscology, will be joining the Summit as a speaker.  Curious what Oscar will speak about?  We asked Oscar what Courage […]

March is a special month, as we not only celebrate Women’s Day, but in China, we continue to recognize the 40th anniversary of China’s Opening Up. A major milestone for China and for many expats who have since moved here and call China home. IPWS held a special event to recognize women who have lived in China during this period and witnessed the rapid, and grandiose development of this country. We asked them to share their experiences, insights and most […]

We are very excited to host a unique event this coming Wednesday which brings together women from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. We have asked them to share their experiences, insights and most“teachable moments” with the IPWS community so that we may appreciate how the women living and working here have shaped (and have been shaped by) the China we know today. This event is extra special because IPWS has partnered with live storytelling platform, Unravel. The Unravel […]

In our 5 Minutes With… series, we’re speaking to remarkable women about their career highlights, challenges, who they admire and advice they have for other women. In this edition of 5 Minutes With… we caught up with Enoch Li, 2018 Women Leadership Award recipient of Social Contributor of the Year. What do you do here in Shanghai? Actually I live in Beijing but I travel to Shanghai regularly as some of my clients are there. My company helps other organizations […]

Let’s agree not to be so agreeable. Through the IPWS community and events, we build networks, foster personal growth and develop key professional skills. We have an incredible community here in Shanghai and beyond, and we’d like to bring you an article written by last year’s IPWS Summit MC, Em Roblin. Em Roblin is Founder and CEO of Inner Circles, a company that runs transformational learning journeys for women to grow professionally and personally. “You’re a good team-player!” “You’re thoughtful!” […]

For the third, and final IPWS Thought Activator of 2018, we welcomed Cyrille Jégu  as our Thought Activator. Cyrille is a master trainer for the famous concept Getting Things Done® and he kicked of the evening reminding us just how important managing your time can be. We live in a world with constant distraction, and an overwhelming about of information. Even when we plan, make lists, or write down goals — life happens and the unexpected can really get in […]

We kicked off our Thought Activator event series last week at Kartel, coming together over the topic of female leadership — asking ourselves, do women need to act like men to be leaders? IPWS Thought Activator, the incredible Monica Menghini kicked off the discussion by sharing her experience as a leader, a woman and a mother.  Monica left us with some impactful insights as we then turned within our small groups to discuss our own experiences, doubts and dilemmas we’ve […]