On September 20, 2017, the first Women Influence Community Forum (WIС-F) took place at the legendary Ritz Hotel in Paris. Successful women from the USA, France, Russia, Germany, India, Switzerland, UK, Kenya, Turkey, Luxembourg, Belgium, Australia, China, Nigeria and Bulgaria gathered together to share their unique stories and powerful ways of influencing the world.

As a current key global project of the newly created and launched Women Influence Community (www.womeninfluence.club), the WIС-F Forum aims to unite proactive female business-managers, thought-leaders, philosophers, mothers, artists, muses, investors and entrepreneurs. The project and the community itself help those and other women all over the globe to continue to influence our world and enhance their role in the modern society.

The WIС-F Forum consisted of six equal panels devoted to six ways of women’s influence: Creator, Entrepreneur, Citizen, Professional, and even Mother and Muse. The event attracted many French and international mass media and became a sensation on some internet platforms and social networks. The hashtag #womeninfluence (here) reached an impressive rate of 2.3 million on Twitter and 20 000 on Facebook.

The next global session of the Women Influence Community Forum will be held on September 20, 2018, again at the renowned Ritz hotel, in Paris: register online.

Yanina Dubeykovskaya, WIC-F's Founder & General Director and President of the WCFA Association in Switzerland, shared:

“Today, 50 extraordinary, talented, strong and successful women gathered to share their influence stories, so tomorrow at least 15 countries, 20 business companies, and many women's communities around the world will gain further exposure to new ways of women's influence. This is the type of influence not based on a woman’s place in today's social or business hierarchy, but rather on her mission to make herself, her environment, her country, and the whole world more perfect. For 2018, we have already scheduled additional WIC-F Forums in Russia, America, Switzerland, and Hungary.”

Watch the opening speech of Yanina Dubeykovskaya at the WIC-F Forum:
Huffington Post Blog

Watch a short “teaser” video about the WIC-F Forum: here

Read more information about the Women Influence Community Forum: here

Follow the WIC-F Facebook Page: here

Please, address your questions and inquiries to:
MARINA MALAKHOVA
Contact:Tel:+336 32141373
Email: forum@forumdavos.com

Can you imagine Gabrielle Chanel fighting for equal rights with men?

Not meaning social equality, since access to resources for education and medicine or participation in public decisions should be available for everyone – after all, they should be taken for granted.

We are rather talking here about the role of women in society, which, until today, is interpreted as if women are trying to run the same marathon of success and leadership that men are competing at, and complaining that men are faster.

Wait a minute, why should women need to run this marathon at all? Why not try to find our own ways of influencing the society? Let men run their marathon and take a stop, to think about it!

Looking for the right role of women’s influence requires, first of all, diving deep into the past and getting to know the biographies of influential women of previous times. And then one of them will suddenly knock onto your door and show you a way you couldn’t have noticed before, just because you were trying to run the marathon, seeing only men’s backs.

This is exactly what happened to Yanina Dubeykovskaya, WIC's Founder & General Director and President of the WCFA Association in Switzerland – Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel was the first who knocked at her door...

Reed the interview with Yanina Dubeykovskaya published in our Huffington Post blog and find out how Coco Channel has become a Muse for the upcoming Women Influence Forum, helping us to reconsider the traditional ways of women’s influence: When Gabrielle Chanel knocked at my door...

On the 20th of September the ambitious and innovative Women Influence Forum (WIF) will take place at the famous Ritz Hotel in Paris. Women from all around the globe will meet to discuss their ways of influence on the world.

WIF is a project of the Women Influence Community (www.womeninfluence.club), the main aim and ambition of which is to fully engage its members in the development of powerful women's global influence. It aims to unite proactive female business-managers, thought-leaders, philosophers, mothers, artists, muses, investors and entrepreneurs. The project and the community itself are created to help those and other women to continue influencing the world and strengthening their role in today's global business and society!

The Forum will consist of six panel sessions devoted to the six ways of women’s influence. Thus, the Women Influence Forum is the only platform where not only the classical “entrepreneur” and “professional” roles of women are discussed, but also such ways of influence as: being a mother, citizen, creator, and even a muse.

1. Panel Session “Being a Creator” unites speakers such as:
- Alena Baeva, Violinist (Kazakhstan, Luxemburg)
- Olga Podoinitsyna, Member of the Board, VTB Capital (Russia)
- Camilla Webster, new acrylic series, female conscience, identity and desires – together with the world-renowned art consultant Tanya Brillembourg Capriles at IdeoBox Art Space, Wynwood, Miami (exhibition in October 2017), and also best-selling author of The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom: A Woman's Guide to Enjoying Wealth and Power (USA)
- Marie Beauchesne, Free-lanced consultant, entrepreneur, TEDx speaker (France)
- Loren Ferré, Chief Creative Officer of Grupo Ferre Rangel (USA)

2. Panel Session “Being an Entrepreneur” features the speakers:
- Dr. Anusha Ravi, CEO of Park Group of Institutions, Coimbatore/Chennai (India)
- Annie Mutamba, EU-Africa PR & Strategic Comms Consultant, co-founder of Meridia Partners (Belgium)
- Carol Pepper, Founder & CEO of Pepper International LLC, New York (USA)
- Ann Shriver Sargent, Co-founder & President of Porte-cochère (USA)
- Doris Hangartner, Founder & CEO of DORIS HANGARTNER AG (Switzerland)
- Natalia Smirnova, Owner & CEO at Personal Advisor Ltd., Moscow (Russia)

3. Panel Session “Being a Citizen” gives the floor to:
- Lindy Wafula, CEO & Lead Consultant at Village Ventures International (Kenya)
- Catherine Hernandez-Blades, SVP, Corporate Communications, Aflac (USA)
- Dr. Jiahong Chen, Research Director S&C, Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (Germany)

4. Panel Session “Being a Mother” brings to the podium:
- Ilhame Boirie, President of MMM (France)
- Francesca Lana, NetworkHER President, Founder & CEO: ERA International (UK)
- Jan Cavelle, Entrepreneur, Writer, Coach to other women (UK)

5. Panel Session “Being a Professional” presents the following ladies:
- Prof. Patrizia Paterlini-Brechot, MD, Ph.D., Oncologist, Hematologist & Molecular Biologist at Faculty of Medicine, Paris Descartes (France)
- Kara Alaimo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Public Relations, Hofstra University (USA)
- Kiki Keating, Founder & Head of Communications Strategy at KikiNetwork (USA)
- Ekaterina Kozinchenko, Partner, Head of A.T. Kearney, Russia & CIS (Russia)
- Maureen Murphy, Commercialization Advisor, Founder & MD of Clear Track Pty Ltd. (Australia)

6. Panel Session “Being a Muse” welcomes:
- H.E. Mrs Brigitte Touadera, The First Lady at the Presidency of the Central African Republic
- Galina Panina, Public Speaking Couch, Director PR&GR at Leroy Merlin (Russia)
- Chioma Isiadinso, Founder & CEO, EXPARTUS, New York (USA)

Yanina Dubeykovskaya, WIC's Founder & General Director and President of the WCFA Association in Switzerland, says:
“We have been preparing this forum for more than a year now, and I am glad that with our first steps we have managed to collect brilliant, talented and wise women from all over the world – women who comprehend their life and activities as influencing the future: truly influential women!
This year some regional WIF Forums have already been launched and will also be held in other countries. We believe that creating the Women Influence Forum is our first step towards the development of a global movement which will change the destinies of hundreds of women worldwide and make their life more meaningful and happier.”

Interview about WIF with Yanina Dubeykovskaya on our Huffington Post blog:
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-gabrielle-chanel-knocked-at-my-door_us_599d63c7e4b02289f761913c?nc...
Video announce of the project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhV7KgdtStk&t=82s

Background information:
Women Influence Forum is a new project of the World Communication Forum Davos team. The ambition of the project WIF is to fully engage its members in the development of powerful women's global influence.

More information about the Women Influence Forum: www.womeninfluence.club/projects/paris2017/
WIF’s Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/womeninfluencecommunity/videos/442745222729364/
More information about the World Communication Forum: www.forumdavos.com

Please, address your questions and inquiries to:
Marina Malakhova, Tel:+336 32141373, Email: forum@forumdavos.com