Women in the City Annual Symposium

What is the Women in the City Symposium?

Both individuals and companies attending our Annual Lunch have asked us to provide other opportunities during the year for them to discuss topical issues with their colleagues.  By bringing together a panel of 3-4 experts who each present their personal standpoint on a particular topic and inviting an experienced chair to encourage active debate between the audience and panellists we feel we're bringing something new those working in the professions.   

Our inaugural Symposium, held in July 2009 was sponsored by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and brought together both men and women in London and, via a simultaneous video-broadcast,  Chicago.

The simple, 2-hour format had been designed to be punchy and provocative; to challenge thinking and encourage debate and to cover the hot topic of Managing Risk.  

Each panellist had direct experience of taking and/or managing risk in a variety of environments outside of the City environment and were selected specifically because of this.  They presented "risk" from their own perspective and challenged current thinking.   

The Women in the City Symposium format 2009

• brown bag lunch (quality sandwich, piece of fruit, a soft drink and something naughty but nice!)
• a topical theme
• panellists each of whom will deliver a punchy viewpoint in 3-4 minutes max
• an experienced chair who will summarise and facilitate discussion
• an audience ready to debate and engage