Thrive: Defining Success in the 21st Century featuring Arianna Huffington

Join the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia to examine the possibilities for successful solutions to the challenges we face each day in our personal lives and professional environments.

Arianna Huffington, chair, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, a nationally syndicated columnist, author of fourteen books – and one of the world’s most influential women - makes an impassioned and compelling case for redefining what it means to be “successful.”

In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet. In 2012, the site won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.

She has been named to Time Magazine's list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.

She serves on several boards, including HuffPost’s partners in Spain, the newspaper EL PAÍS and its parent company PRISA; Onex; The Center for Public Integrity; and The Committee to Protect Journalists.

Her 14th book, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder was published by Crown in March 2014 and debuted at #1 on the New York Times'Bestseller list. Each paid ticketholder will receive a complimentary copy of Thrive.

SCHEDULE
5:30 p.m. Registration and speaker cocktail reception, book signing, and candid photos
6:00 p.m. Registration and refreshments reception
6:15 p.m. Program with Arianna Huffington
7:15 p.m. Ajay Raju Millennial Program panel discussion
8:15 p.m. Conclusion

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7:15 to 8:15 p.m. 
Following Arianna Huffington's discussion

Thriving in Philly and a Global Economy
A panel discussion featuring women entrepreneurs 

Leaders in the arts, media, business, government and humanitarian organizations will share their personal and career experiences and discuss efforts to combat gender discrimination, promote advances in education and health care, and suggest effective methods for achieving success in their respective fields, both at the local level and at the global level.