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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 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?

April 16, 2025 | Virtual

WCDirect

Maneuvering at the Intersection of AI Risk & Opportunity

As AI continues to revolutionize the global landscape, its impact on business and society is becoming increasingly profound. For boards of directors, AI presents a blend of opportunity and challenge that requires vigilant oversight and strategic guidance. WCD and Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business are pleased to bring together an expert panel to discuss AI’s promise and risks including the legal and ethical considerations related to data privacy, intellectual property, and compliance with emerging global regulations, along with good practices for responsible board governance and oversight of generative AI adoption and workforce transformation.

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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

Global Governance Perspectives in Latam & Beyond

In the latest episode of Boardroom Beyond, Marta Viegas—a member of the Board of Executive Directors at Inter-American Development Bank Group—explores global governance perspectives in LATAM and beyond.

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