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WCD PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS

October 5–7, 2025 | In-Person

Conference

Celebrating 25 Years: WCD Global Institute & Visionary Awards

Registration is open for the 2025 Global Institute & Visionary Awards held October 5–7 in Chicago! This year’s theme, 25 Years of Impact: Empowering Global Boards for a New Era, promises to deliver timely best practices and insights for today’s board leaders, while also convening our global community to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Women Corporate Directors.

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April 3, 2025 | Virtual

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Is Your Board Maximizing its Full Potential?

As with any group of high achieving individuals from diverse backgrounds, boards may at times struggle to find a harmonious working rhythm and achieve productive consensus. On-boarding and off-boarding directors and committee restructuring can add further disruption to this dynamic. It’s often necessary to navigate personality conflicts and work through strong opinions to ensure the best outcomes.

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April 8, 2025 | Virtual

Industry Breakout

Financial Services Board Insights

Join us for an exclusive virtual session featuring industry leaders as KPMG and WCD present Financial Services Board Insights. Moderated by Diana Kunz, this session will provide a comprehensive industry overview, backed by key data and emerging trends.

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April 10, 2025 | Virtual

Peer Exchange

Uncertain Times: Strategic Planning & Managing Risk

Join us for a conversation on the board’s role in strategic planning and risk mitigation for private companies. Given today’s global geopolitical environment, what more can private company boards due to help management plan for the year ahead? Uncertainty around inflation and interest rates, trade and tariffs, supply chain risk, and AI/Gen AI technologies are making strategic planning and risk management challenging. Are board members fully leveraging their expertise and broader connections to provide greater perspective and council to the CEO on the global landscape and potential implications for the company?

May 26–27, 2025 | Amstelveen

Regional Institute

WCD Europe Institute 2025

Join us for a Regional Institute covering corporate governance issues focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and technology in the boardroom.

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June 1–3, 2025 | Mexico City

Regional Institute

WCD LATAM Institute 2025

Join us for WCD's LATAM Regional Institute that brings together board members, business leaders and other experts for meaningful conversations about important issues in the LATAM region and across the world such as the economic and geopolitical environment (incl. trade and tariffs), AI/GenAI/new tech innovation and risk, cybersecurity, sustainability and the energy transition, investment trends in the region, among many others.

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Boardroom Beyond Podcast

Leading Through Revolutionary Times

In the latest episode of Boardroom Beyond, Judy Marks showcases how generative AI elevates business by empowering, not replacing, human talent.

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WE ARE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Where trailblazing women transform corporate governance

Expand your local and global network and gain vital thought leadership and business-critical insights to accelerate your success and propel your boards forward.

Global chapters across six continents

Women Corporate Directors, including Board Chairs, CEOs, and C-suite executives from some of the largest companies on indices like S&P 500, FTSE 250, DAX, and Nikkei

Corporate boards on which our visionary corporate directors serve

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WCD connects members with new board opportunities - helping directors expand their own networks and contacts.

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