Women.future Presents Main Event 2001.

Following the stunning success of last year’s inaugural effort, Women.future continues its mission to create an on-going global conversation for and about women in business.

Women.future’s MainEvent 2001, to be held on April 5, 2001, is the world’s foremost gathering of top women business leaders and visionaries, brought together, for one day, to participate in lively, compelling conversations about maximizing women’s impact and growth in the corporate community.

To create a truly open exchange of ideas, Women.future’s MainEvent 2001 will be telecast via satellite to corporate headquarters, movie theaters, and university auditoriums around the globe. At hundreds of locations worldwide, thousands of women and men will gain access to and participate in the discussions via e-mail and fax. Once again this year, the historic event brings together a wide range of successful business figures including entrepreneurs, CEOs of major corporations and leaders in the entertainment field.

“Communication is the key,” said Susan Willett Bird, founder of Women.future. “Women.future’s MainEvent 2001 is the creation of intimate conversations on a global scale. The interaction of executive and audience is a most important element in the mix, and part of what makes us so unique.”

Last year’s inaugural MainEvent attracted a wide range of speakers including First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton; The Right Honourable Kim Campell, Canada’s first female Prime Minister; Anita Roddick, Founder and Chair of Body Shop International PLC; Kathleen M. Sullivan, Dean and Professor of law at Stanford Law School; and Goldie Hawn, actress and film producer.

For MainEvent 2001, a new group of illustrious experts will participate in this unique exchange of ideas, relating their own stories of leadership and responding to questions from around the globe. Among the speakers scheduled to appear in MainEvent 2001 are:

— Martha Barnett, President of the American Bar Association

— Merle Okawara, CEO of eBay Japan

— Ellen Hancock, Chairman and CEO, Exodus Communications

— Tom Peters, author, business guru

— Laura Ziskin, independent film producer

— Betsy Holden, President and CEO, Kraft Foods, Inc.

— Sally Helgesen, Speaker and author, Thriving in 24/7:Six Strategies for Taming the New World of Work

— Mae Jemison, physician, professor and first African American woman to fly on the Space Shuttle Topics for Women.future’s MainEvent 2001 will include:

— Attracting and retaining employees in this era of rapid turnover

— Leadership qualities which will prove critical for future success

— How to market your product to female purchase decision makers

— Understanding the gender differences in the leadership styles of men and women

For more information at http://www.womenfuture.com