The Mark Hotel
September 27th and 28th
KEY QUOTES

"Women don't have the big political jobs, because if they have the courage to run and lose, they disappear. Men who lose blame the people, the year, their team, their spouses, etc. Women blame themselves and find it hard to get up and run again. Plus, they get no support from the press. They>re even accused of abandoning their children. Men don't get that."
Lynn Martin, Chair, Council for the Advancement of Women, Deloitte & Touche,
former Secretary of Labor under President George Bush

"Quality of life issues aren't easily quantifiable. Maybe that's why they don't make the cover of business magazines, but they are the things that make people come to work every day and decide whether or not they're going to move their business or family to one state or another."
The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman, Governor, The State of New Jersey
"There is only one thing that all true relationships have in common - a barrier to exit. If you exit the relationship, it's going to cost you something."
Edie, Weiner, President, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.
"Within the First Amendment, there is the presumption of privacy. However, legally what is deposited in the public stream is not private. The Internet has pushed right through the front doors of our homes, and the systems we have in place are just too slow to respond effectively to violations of consumer and business privacy."
Helen Reavis, Managing Partner, Sarola Reavis & Parent
"Governments would prefer businesses to develop and enforce global privacy standards, rather than pass new laws. They're of little benefit when business practices change every six months. In a global market, legislation brings with it many jurisdictional issues and can limit consumer choice."
Susan Ness, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
"Intellectual property must be protected. It takes years to be granted a patent, trademark, or copyright, and there is little government oversight protection. Patents are simply granted. That can be very expensive for businesses and puts the property owner at risk."
Maggie Wilderotter, President & CEO Wink Communications
"Re-intermediation is not a function of technology, but sometimes just really thinking about what customers need. It can occur along product and service categories, but also along demographic lines, in the formation of communities of interest."
Candace Carpenter, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, iVillage, Inc.
"Companies make products, but it's the relationship between the consumer and the product that is the brand. It's only when there's a real connection that you can truly say you have a brand."
Ellen R. Marram, Former President & CEO, Tropicana Beverage Group
"Women want money. We need it, but that's not enough anymore. Many of us entered the workforce when we had to follow the male model for success, and we've paid a heavy price. Now, like Gen Xers, we want time for our families and friends, control over our time and destiny ΓΏ and we want a sense of purpose and meaning."
Connie Glaser, Consultant Author, When Money Isn't Enough
"There are new dynamics not a new physics to money. We're seeing hard assets being run increasingly like financial assets, and, in the 1990s, we saw extraordinary growth. Corporate governance got serious about business performance which helped to boost earning, and that drove stock prices up."
Gail Fosler, Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, The Conference Board
"There is a lot of talk about the opportunities that will be created by the older market. The truth is the baby boomers are not a wealthy generation, and there won't be any commercial opportunities unless they have discretionary income. We need to get people to save and invest for retirement."
Bridget Macaskill, President & CEO, Oppenheimer Funds Inc.
"Women and men are having a multiplicity of careers. CEOs are moving into non-profits, and older, retired people, are moving into the careers they always dreamed of."
Dr. Judith Rosener, Professor, Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine
"This year, we focused on more external issues than on how do I get mine. This is true at many forums at which I participate. Women are looking from the inside out, more than outside in, and this has something to do with the success that we've achieved. We have attained a position of privilege, and now we're trying to find ways to put our power to work for others."
Judith R. Haberkorn, President Consumer Sales & Service, Bell Atlantic