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Women in Sports Business Symposium
"Get Your Head in the Game: Connect with Peers, Meet a Mentor, Leave a Legacy”


2008 Event Schedule

Symposium:

The Symposium is a way to connect apowerful community of individuals at all levels of achievement. The WSBS is an event for industry leaders build relationships and promote the success and advancement of women in sports business.

2:00 - 3:00 pmSymposium Registration, Networking Hour
3:00 – 4:15pm Perspectives of the CEO: One-on-One with Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.D, former CEO of the Women’s Sports Foundation and Gert Boyle, Chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear

This panel will be an informal conversation between Donna Lopiano and Gert Boyle covering topics ranging from career development and their own experiences as industry leaders through the years to the role of networking in career advancement and enhancement then vs. now.

4:30pm – 5:45pm Perspectives of Senior Leadership

Moderated by Donna Lopiano, this panel will provide a forum for today’s senior industry leaders to talk about the importance of networking and mentoring in regard to leadership and career development.

Beth Schnitzer, V.P. of Market Development for Pier 39 and President of the Women in Sports and Events (WISE), San Francisco chapter

Shannon Sweeney-Pruitt, V.P. Integrated Marketing & Sponsorship at Freemantle Media (American Idol, America’s Got Talent, The Price is Right, Family Feud)

Pat Zeedick, V.P.& GM, Global Equipment Division, Nike, Inc.

Awards Dinner

6:00 – 7:00pmDinner Registration, Cocktail Networking and Social Hour
7:00 – 9:00pmWSBS Awards Dinner, Honoring Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.D, former CEO of the Women’s Sports Foundation




Lundquist College of Business | University of Oregon
Warsaw Sports Marketing Center
1208 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1208
wsmrec@lcbmail.uoregon.edu

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