For Forbes magazine chief content officer Randall Lane, Israel was a natural choice to host the first-ever Forbes “Under 30 Global Women’s Summit,” set to take place in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem from March 31 to April 4 with 600 participants from 50 countries.
It’s not only because participants rated last May’s first-ever “Under 30 Global Summit in Israel” as Forbes’ top event of the year, Lane tells ISRAEL21c
For Forbes magazine chief content officer Randall Lane, Israel was a natural choice to host the first-ever Forbes “Under 30 Global Women’s Summit,” set to take place in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem from March 31 to April 4 with 600 participants from 50 countries.
It’s not only because participants rated last May’s first-ever “Under 30 Global Summit in Israel” as Forbes’ top event of the year, Lane tells ISRAEL21c.
Israel was chosen also because of its track record in making leadership roles available to women, starting in the military.
“Even though the integration of women needs to get better in Israel, as it does all over the world, Israel is a great place to show how we can accelerate the cause of women in leadership,” Lane said, speaking from Tel Aviv where he is enjoying his 10th business trip to Israel; he’s come twice a year for the last five years to set up and execute “Under 30” events.
The global summit will include 200 Israeli and 400 international participants, 80 percent of them female (chosen mostly from the nearly 10,000 names on Forbes’ various “30 Under 30” lists in a variety of categories).
Men wishing to vie for the 20 percent of spots reserved for males had to submit an essay on how they plan to use the event to accelerate the cause of women in entrepreneurship.
“To really create change, it can’t only be women talking to women,” said Lane. “There are still not enough women-led startups being funded, so we are bringing VCs from the US and Israel to focus on how to get the connections made and the conversation going. The entire last day will be at JVP [Venture Partners in Jerusalem] focused on founders and funders, with workshops and meetings to help create that ecosystem.”
