Invent Your Future Enterprises

3RD ANNUAL
INVENT YOUR FUTURE CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN

"Innovation and Leadership:
Breakthrough Strategies for Uncertain Times"

March 31 & April 1, 2009
Santa Clara Convention Center

The Invent Your Future Conference for Women is the premier educational event for
businesswomen in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. This year's conference featured
keynote speakers Cokie Roberts, Bertice Berry, and Rachel Maddow, best-selling
authors, thought leaders and business experts who offered informative seminars,
tools, and techniques to accelerate career advancement.

2009 attendees included professional women in corporations, government, non-profit
organizations and entrepreneurs seeking professional development, products,
services and solutions to take their careers and businesses to the next level.
Different tracks target both established and emerging women leaders, technical
women in high tech and biotech, entrepreneurs, and high school/college young
women. Companies who sent women included Robert Half, Microsoft, Symantec, SAP
Labs, Genentech, Northrop Grumman, Hewlett-Packard, and New York Life. Also in
attendance were established entrepreneurs and consultants from a variety of
industries.

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Purchase audio recordings from one or all of the inspiring sessions from our 2009
Conference.

For questions regarding sponsorship opportunities for upcoming events, contact Ruth
Stergiou at 650-592-9227.

The conference was produced by leading event design and production company
Planning Dynamics, Inc., the team that has successfully designed and produced 40
major conferences for businesswomen over 20 years, including 17 California Governor's
Conferences for Women and 23 Professional BusinessWomen of California (PBWC)
conferences. www.pdy.com

OUR 2009 STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND
SPONSORS:

U.S. Small Business Administration*
College Track
Northrop Grumman
Symantec
Anita Borg Institute for Women and
Technology
Astra Women's Business Alliance

*Co-sponsorship Authorization # 09-0912-46. SBA’s
participation in this cosponsored activity is not an
endorsement of the views, opinions, products or
services of any cosponsor or other person or entity.
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public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable
arrangements for persons with disabilities will be
made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
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"The IYF conference is an
opportunity to be inspired!
The keynote speakers, the
seminars and networking
with successful women in
an extremely supportive
environment is something
you should do for yourself
at least once a year."
-Dea Easton

CBS 5 News Anchor Sydnie Kohara with
speaker Jerry Weissman, Founder of
Power Presentations Ltd.

Young Women's Program "Careers of the Future"
panel: Catherine Jonathan, Genentech; Lisa Kim,
Anchor, NBC Bay Area; Lindsey Bogachus, USC
Ph.D. student; Angela Uzoma, Northrop Grumman.

Keynote speaker Rachel Maddow with Jackie McNab, President of
IYF Executive Women's Leadership Forum and Ruth Stergiou, CEO
and Co-Founder of Invent Your Future Enterprises