The WOW Conference Host,
CPL MEETINGS & EVENTS

Linda Pereira is the senior partner and CEO of the L&I Communications Group. In addition to her long and respected career as one of the most influential voices in the Meeting Industry, she is also Executive Director of CPL Meetings & Events. Respected internationally as a speaker, writer and as an educator, she has been an invited speaker in over 143 countries and all continents. Ms. Pereira will be presenting the Keynote: “Do You Want to be in My Gang? Strategic Networking”

 

Keynote Speaker
President, Pelcor

Sandra Correia, founder and president of Pelcor, is a young entrepreneur, with a considerable academic curriculum and an eventful business career. Sandra has been surrounded by cork oak since she was little and knows the industry inside-out. It was her curiosity and perseverance that led her to create her own brand, Pelcor®. With Pelcor, Sandra started working on her dream: making cork a fashionable material and turning it into stylish products. Pelcor began with an invitation to represent Portugal at the Almeria International Fair for Entrepreneur Women in 2002. Ms Correia will be presenting: “From Corporate to Entrepreneurial”

 

Founder & CEO – Women in Ecommerce,
WOW Conference Chair

Heidi Richards Mooney is the President and CEO of Redhead Marketing. She is also an author, coach, small business owner, internet marketing and social media expert who specializes in helping clients get their Website, Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter on. She helps clients GROW their business using all social media channels including Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Instagram and Pinterest. She will be presenting: “The Social MediaChannel that will take you from Expert to Super Star! – Leveraging LinkedIn to Grow Your Business.“

 

Keynote Speaker
Founder and CEO of Mazí Mas

President,
Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa

She is also a qualified chartered accountant and is currently a Director at KPMG with extensive experience in providing business advisory consulting services, including risk consulting, strategy and business development to a number of key organisations both locally and internationally. She oversees some of the key accounts at KPMG, heads up brand and strategy alignment in her region, and is responsible for human resources for her division. Ms. Mall will be presenting her Keynote: “The Decade of the African Woman.”

AUTHOR,
Pure Genius – Simple Solutions
that Work to Light up Your World and Founder of Women of Meaning

DIANA DENTINGER is an Uplifter and Change Maker and the Author: Pure Genius – Simple Solutions that Work to Light up Your World and Founder of Women of Meaning. Diana’s Core Message is: Find your Meaning to Find Yourself. You are Meant to Be so Much More. When you live who you are meant to be, then you find solutions to any problem and answers to any question. Everything you Need really is inside you. What are your Innate Needs. These define your talents, strengths, purpose and potential – what you love to do and do. Her program is People Buy You: Stand Out for Who You Are – Join Diana Dentinger, author of “Modus Vivendi – Your Life Your Way”,  to learn how to show up in the market place, in the work place, and at home with more credibility, reliability and uniqueness just by being yourself. It wins people over every time.

 

President & CEO,
Her Company, Incorporated

NANCY ALLEN is a Champion for Women in Business – She is the President and CEO of the Women’s Business Development Council of Florida, a not for profit organization whose mission is to certify, connect and champion women in business. Her program is How to Turn Your Idea Into a Business. In this workshop, Nancy will discuss self assessment tools to start a business – to know if going into business for yourself is really for you, why you need a strategic plan, why you need a business plan, the importance of and keys to marketing your startup, understanding how much financing you really need and the steps to take to create a business worth selling (your exit strategy).

 

Editor,
HUMAN CAPITAL

Madalena Queirós is editor and anchor of “Human Capital”, a TV program aired by cable channel Económico TV that promotes subjects dealing with Economics, Higher Education and bests practices in human capital management.

The program puts special emphasis on the issue of gender equality in organizational leadership. She is also the founder and editor of the supplement Universities & Employment, released weekly by leading economics daily Diário Económico; as well as Editor of annual publications “MBA Guide Book”, “Master Guide”, “Who’s who in the higher education and training. Madalena’s program, “More Women on Board Project”, seeks to encourage companies to appoint more women to serve on their Boards as Directors and or Independent Non-Executive Directors. This campaign will take place worldwide on International Women’s day, 8 March 2016 and for the years to follow.

Before the foundation of Hotel do Sado, Mrs. Ferreira developed a rich career in managing positions, since 26 years old, in diverse sectors such as industrial machinery and equipment, insurances and distribution, becoming an independent entrepreneur with the opening of a recognized sports and health club in Lisbon in 2000.

Ricardo Nobre started his career at ABB Alstom Power, where worked as site manager in Portugal (Alqueva Hidro-Electrical project) and Thailand (Lam ta Khong pumped storage Project). He joined the international recruitment industry in 2001, having worked as country manager at the start up of an HR consulting company; Randstad, where he provided strategi advice to operating companies in 44 countries.

In 2014 Mr. Nobre founded Cross Border Talents