ARIANNA HUFFINGTON ANNOUNCED AS KEYNOTE FOR CANADA'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN: TOP
100™ AWARDS

2010 Top 100 Awards Summit & Gala Celebrates the Remarkable Achievements of Canadian Female Leaders

TORONTO, Nov. 17 /CNW/ - Women's Executive Network today announced that Arianna Huffington, Founder of The Huffington Post, one of the most widely read news and blog sites, will be the Awards Gala Keynote for Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards Summit & Gala on November 29^th in Toronto at the Allstream Centre. The event celebrates and honours the 2010 Top 100 Award Winners and 11 outstanding leaders who will be inducted into the Top 100 Hall of Fame.

Huffington has been recognized as a powerful leader around the world.  In 2006, she was added to TIME list of the world's 100 most influential people. In 2009, she was named one of the most influential women in media by Forbes magazine and one of the 50 people who shaped the decade by the Financial Times.  She has made guest appearances on many television shows, including Charlie Rose, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline, Real Time with Bill Maher, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Today, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Daily Show, Squawk Box, The Colbert Report and The O'Reilly Factor.

The theme of this year's Top 100 Awards & Summit is "The Power of Collaboration and Connectivity". Prior to the Gala, the day features a Summit which allows participants the opportunity to meet 2010 Award Winners, hear from panels of Top 100 Award Winners and enjoy an afternoon of professional development.  The Top 100 Summit Keynotes are Moira Forbes, Publisher and VP, ForbesWoman, and Jordan Banks, Managing Director, Facebook Canada. Full details on the event are available at www.top100women.ca

Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards is Canada's most recognizable award for the country's highest achieving female leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. The 2010 Top 100 Award Winners will join a community of 522 women across Canada who has received this recognition.  The complete list of 2010 Winners will be announced in the December issue of FP magazine and at www.top100women.ca

About the Women's Executive Network

The Women's Executive Network (WXN) is Canada's most influential female audience and the country's leading organization dedicated to advancement and recognition of executive-minded women in the workplace. Since 1997, WXN has expanded rapidly to meet the needs of the growing number of female managers and executives across Canada. In the fall of 2008, WXN launched in Ireland, a first step in creating an international community of women leaders. WXN now delivers innovative networking, mentoring and professional development to 16,000 members across Canada and Ireland. WXN is also a founding member of The Canadian Board Diversity Council, dedicated to increasing the diversity of corporate and federal public sector boards. More information details are available at www.wxnetwork.com or www.top100women.ca

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Sarah Thompson
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