International Leadership Association
24th Global Conference
6-7 October Online Conference
13-16 October In-Person Conference in Washington, D.C.
Join us at the International Leadership Association’s 24th Global Conference this October to explore wisdom and its role in times of crisis. Discover cutting-edge practice and theory, and meet and connect with the people whose work will inspire you — including successful business executives and public leaders, thought-provoking authors and researchers, experienced educators, game-changing coaches, and organizational development professionals.
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Featured Speakers
Plenary sessions (Keynotes & Keynote Panels) bring together top leaders and thinkers to discuss complex leadership questions with ILA’s signature bridging of theory and practice. They challenge us to think more creatively and inspire us to reimagine leadership together. Additional plenaries plus dates and times of each will be announced soon. Please note: All plenary sessions, whether they are given in-person in Geneva or live online, will be recorded and available for registrants to view through the end of the year. For complete bios, visit our plenary page.
Scroll Through Our Featured Speakers!
New Speakers added weekly. For complete bios, visit our featured speaker page. For dates and times, visit our agenda page.
Live Online 6-7 October
Live Online
John Adair, President, Adair Leadership
Live Online
Margaret (Meg) Wheatley, Co-Founder and President, The Berkana Institute
Live Online
Stella Nkomo, Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Pretoria
Live Online
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change, INSEAD
Live Online
Deanne Den Hartog, Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Live In Person in Washington, D.C. 13-16 October
Live in D.C.
Valerie Biden Owens, Political strategist, presidential campaign manager, & author of Growing Up Biden
Live in D.C.
David Gergen, Political Commentator Presidential Advisor, and Founding Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard’s Kennedy School; Author of Hearts Touched With Fire: How Great Leaders are Made
Live in D.C. via Zoom
Volodymyr Groysman , Prime Minister of Ukraine, 2016-2019; Leader of the political party Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman.
Live in D.C.
Errin Haines, Award-Winning Political Journalist Focused on Race, Gender, and Politics; Founding Mother and Editor at Large of The 19th; MSNBC Contributor
Live in D.C.
Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Live in D.C.
Susan R. Madsen, Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University
Live in D.C.
Sudhanshu Palsule, Fellow, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership; Educator, Duke CE
Live in D.C.
Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the USA; Former Director General for Political Affairs and Chief Operating Officer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
Live in D.C.
Diane Rosenfeld, Founding Director, Gender Violence Program, Harvard Law School
Live in D.C.
Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital, a program of the Aspen Institute; Former President & CEO, NPR; Former Head of NYtimes.com; Global Chair of News for Twitter
Live in D.C.
Raj Sisodia, Founding Member, Conscious Capitalism Movement; Distinguished Professor & Chairman, Conscious Enterprise Center, Tecnologico de Monterrey
Live in D.C.
Brian Stelter, Former Anchor, CNN's Reliable Resources; Shorenstein Fellow; Author of HOAX: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
Margaret (Meg) Wheatley
John Adair
Two of ILA’s past Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Meg Wheatley and John Adair, will be sharing their wisdom via special, can’t-miss, virtual sessions. The online conference takes place 6-7 October! Details on the exact days and times of their talks will be posted soon. Learn more about these leadership influencers by reading the speaker bios on our featured speakers page!
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Announcing Our 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners!
ILA’s Leadership Legacy Program honors individuals who have made a significant lifetime contribution to the field of leadership through their published works and influential support of leadership knowledge and practice. Each honoree is presented with ILA’s Lifetime Achievement Award and has their work celebrated at our annual global conference. Agenda details regarding the in-person award presentations and special sessions will be available soon.
Theme Statement
Wisdom in Times of Crisis
The 24th Annual International Leadership Association Global Conference theme invites an inquiry into how wisdom might catalyze transformation in global systems contributing to environmental, social, economic, and political crises. Read the complete theme and meet our program team.
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Program Co-Chair
Program Co-Chair
In-Person Conference Venue
Located in downtown Washington, D.C. and just blocks away from the National Mall and the White House, we couldn’t ask for a better spot to gather, connect, and share. ILA has secured special rates for conference attendees at three conference hotels. View the hotels by clicking the button below.
Why Attend
#ILA2021Global Conference Co-Chair Amanda Ellis, Executive Director of Global Partnerships at ASU’s Global Futures Laboratory, discusses the critical importance of Reimagining Leadership Together, the big conversations that will take place at this year’s conference, and why everyone’s voice is needed.
Find out why Dr. Konstantin Korotov, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Faculty Lead of the Executive MBA Program at the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin), is bringing 40 students to this year’s ILA Conference!
What is the most important word in Reimagining Leadership Together? Peter Cunningham, #ILA2021Global Program Chair and Head of Leadership at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, shares his thoughts and why he’s so excited about this year’s conference.
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The ILA is the largest worldwide community committed to leadership scholarship, practice, development, and education. We accomplish our mission to advance leadership knowledge and practice for a better world by creating a trusted space for leadership learning and by providing trusted leadership resources. For over twenty years the ILA has convened extraordinary talent across sectors, cultures, disciplines, and generations.
Photo on the left of the logo, from our 2021 conference in Geneva, courtesy Antoine Tardy.