THE 2024 WORLD EDITION OF BREAK THE CEILING TOUCH THE SKY®

Nov 11, 2024, LIVE SUMMIT, THE ST. REGIS, SINGAPORE

AGENDA. 

REGISTRATION AND PICK UP OF DELEGATE BADGES  OPENS 730 AM. (Enter for the early bird draw)

0800 to 0830:  NETWORKING 

0830 to 0845WELCOME

0845 to 0900OPENING OF CONFERENCE by  MISSION 2029 FOR A BETTER WORLD Council members  and key Partners  and VIPs.

0900 to 0915: THE BIG PICTURE ON GLOBAL GENDER EQUALITY AT THE C-SUITE AND BOARDS – INSIGHTS FROM THE 2024 BREAK THE CEILING TOUCH THE SKY 101 BEST GLOBAL COMPANIES FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP.  Looking back at the progression of women in leadership for the past five years and predictions for the next five years by Anthony A. Rose, Chairman and CEO, House of Rose Professional and founder of Break the ceiling touch the sky®. 

0915 to 1005:   WINNING IN A VUCA WORLD. THE FUTURE OF WORK AND LEADERSHIP. WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL:   Senior executives  discuss the forces transforming business globally and how this will impact the careers of women in leadership. AI, Gen Z and Y, Health and wellness, Competition, Future skills. Insights into the personal career paths of these key leaders and what it takes to be CEO. How are these leaders training for the future?

  • Max Rangel, CEO & Global President, Spin Master
  • Tiffany Bloomquist (Pfaff), Head of Startups, General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan, Amazon Web Services
  • Preeti Arora Razdan, CEO, Southeast Asia Diageo
  • Guillermo Frydman, Area Managing Director, MedTech Southeast Asia, Johnson & Johnson
  • Sheela Parakkal, Group Head of Leadership, People Development & Experience, Prudential plc

Session chairVikram Khanna, Associate Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore.

1005 to 1105:  SMASHING YOUR CAREER AND LIFE GOALS. WINNING IN LIFE AND IN BUSINESS. SUCCESS SECRETS OF THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN:  Learning from the world’s most inspirational women in leadership. Inspirational women leaders across different industries share their success strategies and the specific best practices they is to balance work and family, plan their career paths, build successful careers and lead their organziations to consistent success.

  • Natalia Shuman, Former Group Executive Vice President, Europe/Asia and Group Operating Council Member, Eurofins
  • Billie Tan, President of International Sales and Solutions, APAC and EMEA, UPS 
  • Wee Wei Ng, Senior Managing Director – Market Unit Lead, Southeast Asia, Accenture 
  • Danni Peirce, CEO, 7-Eleven, DFI Retail 
  • Sylvie Gleises, CEO Singapore AXA XL 
  • Jinping Nah, First Female F-15SG Pilot. Head, SAF Women’s Outreach Office, Ministry of Defence Singapore

Session ChairAnthony A. Rose, Chairman and CEO, House of Rose Professional, founder of Mission 2029 and  author of “Break the ceiling touch the sky: success secrets of the world’s most inspirational women.”

1105 to 1135: BREAK.

1135 to 1225:  THE BREAK THE CEILING TOUCH THE SKY® 2024 DEI CHALLENGE:   The world’s best Companies  share success cases from their organizations on how Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programming is building their business and their  leadership capability and organization. Case examples that have high replicability potential.

  • The CEOSmith® program, by Vaidy Swamy, Senior Advisor CEOSmith®, House of Rose Professional
  • Best Practice on DEI from Reckitt: Adrick Ang, Country Commercial Director – Singapore, Reckitt
  • Best Practice from Accenture : Anca Vasilescu, Managing Director, SEA Inclusion & Diversity, Accenture

MISSION 2029 FOR A BETTER WORLD council members as co-judges for the Challenge round that follows

1225 to 1330 : LUNCH BREAK

1330 to 1340: GROUP PIC

1340 to 1400: RECOGNITION SEGMENT FOR THE 2024 BREAK THE CEILING TOUCH THE SKY® MOST INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN AND GLOBAL MALE CHAMPIONS FOR GENDER EQUALITY

1400 to 1430:  BUILDING A GLOBAL CAREER:  A CHAMPION YOU AND CHAMPION TEAMS: Keynote address by Vijayanand Sinha, Regional CEO – ASEAN, Japan and Korea, Reckitt

1430 to 1520: UNLEASHING THE BREAK THE CEILING TOUCH THE SKY®  CHAMPIONS FOR GENDER EQUALITY :  The best Allies for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion  from the Break the ceiling touch the sky® global Male Champions for gender equality and Asia’s Most Inspirational Women share how to be great allies for diversity & inclusion and ultimately accelerate positive business impact via diversity & inclusion.   Practical tips and advice that address the most relevant scenarios confronting women in their careers. 

  • Koh Boon Chye, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Singtel Singapore
  • Greg Lukasik, SVP & Market Head, Southeast Asia, Ecolab
  • Tony Thomas, VP/GM – Flow Controls Asia Pacific, Emerson 
  • Jerrica Chooi, Country Holding Officer, Singapore ABB
  • Charlie Bower, Vice President, BowerGroupAsia 

Session Chair: Victor Mills, Advisor to the Board and Interim Chief Executive, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce

1520 to 1535: BREAK AND TRANSITION TO MENTORING

1535 to 1625: SPEED MENTORING FROM KEY EXECUTIVES. Get mentored on specific topics from top Executives across industries.

1625 to 1715:  THE Q&A SESSION ON TAKING ACTION; ANSWERING ALL YOUR TOUGH QUESTIONS ON CONVERTING YOUR LEARNING FROM THE DAY TO TANGIBLE ACTIONS:   Inspirational executives share their success techniques and answer your toughest questions from the day on leadership and success.  

  • Vikram Rao, Managing Director, Enterprise, ASEAN, Amazon Web Services
  • Michelle Ho, Senior Advisor and Executive Coach, House of Rose Professional 
  • Supriya Rao Patwardhan, Executive Vice President, Global Head of IT Services, DHL Group 
  • Madhulika Mathur, Co-Founder & Director, WeddingSutra.com

Session  Chair: Anthony A. Rose, Chairman and CEO, House of Rose Professional, founder of Mission 2029 for a Better World and  author of “Break the ceiling touch the sky: success secrets of the world’s most inspirational women.”

1715 to 1730:   ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS

Note: Timings of sessions and agenda could change with features being deleted or added only if absolutely necessary. Agenda above is now final.