FORTUNE MPW Next Gen 2022
The FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit brings together preeminent rising women in business along with select leaders in government, philanthropy, education, sports and the arts.
Agenda
For a founder, raising VC funds is a milestone moment: the money comes, but so does the responsibility of ensuring growth and returning shareholder equity. Likewise, the VC's work doesn't end with financing: VCs actively work with their funded portfolio companies. We talk with VCs and founders on how to ensure startups have what they need to succeed, bring the right people onboard, and scale up the right team and culture.
Cross currents between abortion rights and inflation, the rise of conservative Latino voters, legacy Trump influences, and razor thin senate margins are takeaways from the 2022 midterm election. We reflect and unpack the outcome, and how it impacts the future
Dedicated to the cause of empowering women, Meena Harris’s new production company is helping to shift culture and build community through the power of modern media…picking up a 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical along the way!
Former Facebook executive and now first-time CEO, Deb Liu shares insights from her new book on women taking back their power, plus the challenges and opportunities in her new role as leader of the data-driven genealogy company.
The gaming industry has been on a roller coaster ride over the last couple of years, with peak demand during the pandemic. At the same time, it has also been scrutinized for its toxicity, increasingly under the microscope when it comes to workplace culture and representation in games. We meet the creative women driving the industry’s growth–and trying to fix its woes.
Rather than looking at a college degree as a passport to a job, we hear how companies can help workers get the education they need, looking to upskilling and retraining not just as an employee benefit, but as a solution to the talent crunch.
Since becoming Athleta’s first sponsored athlete in 2019, Allyson Felix has sought to bring equity and accessibility for everyone—and especially for moms—in sports. Now that Felix has wrapped her professional career on the track, she and the Gap Inc. brand are doubling down on their commitment.
FORTUNE is featuring seven renowned female chefs at the MPW Next Gen Summit. Each chef’s signature dish will be paired with a specially-selected wine. Meet the chefs and mingle with your fellow Next Gen participants at an evening designed simply around good food and conversation.