The 2024 World Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky® – the success and leadership summit for women was held live on Nov 11, 2024 with executives from over 100 of the world’s most sucessful companies leading as Participating Companies. This is the 10th annual world edition of the summit to be held in Singapore and the 37th international edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky® and brings together in-person the world’s best leaders (especially female leaders across functions and levels) from the most successful organizations to share best practices for leadership, diversity, equity & inclusion (especially gender equality) and success. The summit is an excellent opportunity to learn from the best practices of the world’s best companies and leaders across business categories and support and inspire your teams to greater success and contribution. Specifically, it equips women leaders in particular with the tools and experiences needed to progress towards more senior leadership positions and enables organizations to accelerate their journey on gender diversity & inclusion.
The summit supports House of Rose Professional’s overall MISSION 2029 FOR A BETTER WORLD – the 10-year action plan which kicked off in mid- 2020 to quintuple the number of Female CEOs in the world’s 500 largest Companies by end 2029 (using 2020 as base year) from 14 to 70, and double the number of Male CEO Champions for gender diversity & inclusion actively investing in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and through this shape a better, more equal world.
Break the ceiling touch the sky® is the world’s premier forum for women in leadership and male champions for diversity & inclusion with editions for the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Greater China, Africa, ANZ, India, Japan and the world edition currently anchored in Singapore. Since 2015 the Break the ceiling touch the sky® brand has enabled over 40000 women leaders and several thousand other leaders to greater success.
With the conclusion of this 2024 world edition we now focus on a final VIRTUAL EDITION for Africa on Nov 26, 2024 and then commence the 2025 World Tour of Break the ceiling touch the sky®.
To lead as a sponsor for the 2025 Editions of Break the ceiling touch the sky® please email [email protected].
TESTIMONIALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
“Gender diverse companies are financially more successful, better employers, greater innovators, and better corporate citizens. By accelerating gender diversity at the world’s largest companies through MISSION 2029 FOR A BETTER WORLD we can change the trajectory of global business for the better and influence a more sustainable, better world. Break the ceiling touch the sky® will equip professionals with the leadership best practices to win in a rapidly evolving global economy and serve as inspiration for further progress on Mission 2029.”
Bob McDonald, 8th Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs and Retired Chairman, President and CEO of The Procter & Gamble Company and member of the Mission 2029 Global Advisory Council
“Congratulations on an amazing summit. Such a wealth of information and wonderful people across industries. I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the summit, and the entire Emerson team gained a lot from the speakers and the attendees. Its an honor for me and Emerson to be part of this great Mission you are driving and we look forward to continued partnership with House of Rose Professional.”
W. Haddad, VP & General manager, UAE, Oman, Yemen and Lebanon, Emerson Automation Solutions
We are delighted that House of Rose Professional has once again chosen Dubai as the host city for the 2024 Middle East & Africa Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky®.AmCham Dubai deeply believes in the power of gender diversity & inclusion. AmCham Dubai is pleased to partner once again with Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky® and support gender diversity which is a key business priority for the Middle East region and for our corporate members.”
Cara Nazari, Chief Executive Officer, AmCham Dubai
“Thank you so very much for supporting mothers and children in India through the book sales (of Break the ceiling touch the sky). I’m so pleased that your organization continues to make such tremendous progress on issues that are vital to the core of Save the Children’s own work in gender diversity, and that you raise awareness about women’s leadership to new heights. You have done so much to drive this movement forward! It was an honour for Save the Children to once again be the recipient of the proceeds of your book. I join my colleagues in sending my grateful appreciation for your continued support for Save the Children’s work – in India and around the world. Thank you for your commitment and dedication.”
Carolyn Miles, CEO, Save the Children
“It is always a pleasure to attend this amazing event, this was my fourth year. Something I really look forward to. It was a day of great learning, reflection and planning for me. My team were also very appreciative to be part of this forum. Best wishes to you to continue on this great initiative and accomplish the 2029 goals, hopefully ahead of time.”
A. Singh, Director, Cigna
“The Coca-Cola Company is proud to be accelerating accelerating gender equality at all levels of our organization and within the communities we serve. As a founding and world sponsor of Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky ® and partner for MISSION 2029 FOR A BETTER WORLD, we are delighted to spotlight how women are reshaping, reinventing, and transforming industries.
Christina Ruggiero, President, Global Nutrition Category, The Coca-Cola Company
“Congratulations for another successful event Anthony Rose! I love how you bring the right leaders and organizations with the same goals into one room to have important conversations and to drive ACTIONS when it comes to gender equality! Well done! Glad that UPSers were able to be a part of it.”
Christina Struller da Costa, Vice President – Corporate Affairs, ISMEA, UPS
“I have seen Break the ceiling touch the sky® conference go from strength to strength every year, bringing together great participation from CEOs, C-suite Executives, D&I practitioners and founders/heads of businesses. The BTCTTS summit is really mobilizing a movement for building more gender balanced workplaces. It has something for everyone – CEOs to learn from one another on how to drive change and progress towards gender diversity. Women who are looking for advice on how to take their careers forward and men who want to be champions for change.”
A. Chaudhury, Group Head, ESG, AIA
“Nine years ago, I joined my first Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky event, a summit that became a movement that Anthony Rose started, and is dedicated to the advancement of women in business, and a platform that brings together so many leaders, companies and industries for a common cause. Fast forward 34 events and almost a decade later, it’s so impressive and inspiring to see what Anthony has achieved in bringing people together from around the world to address diversity and inclusion strategies that are critical to business sustainability.
Joining many of our (Eurofins) clients this week was a great way to reinforce that importance of building a better world together through DEI and reimagined business practices.
We are grateful for the opportunity to be part of such an impactful event!”
Natalia Shuman, Group Executive Vice President, Europe & Asia, Eurofins
“Break the ceiling touch the sky” annual conferences bring some of the best business leaders from all over the world together. They share their experiences, insights and views on advancing gender equality, positive workplace culture and true inclusion in work teams. The content is always of a consistent high quality and the networking is of a high order. So, if you care anout gender equality, inclusions and getting more women in company senior positions and on Boards, join the conference. You will benefit and so will your collaegues and businesses. Thats why I attend the conference and why Singapore International Chamber of Commerce is a supporting Industry partner year after year. ”
Victor Mills, Chief Executive, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.
“What an inspirational day attending the Break the ceiling toucgh the sky leadership summit for women. Its exciting to see so many leaders and Companies supporting this initiative. Thank you Anthony Rose for hosting and organizing!
Nicole Silva, Accessories Product Manager at General Motors