What constitutes progress? Where are we headed? At a time of major world change, what forms of progress do we most need and want? How can we ensure that benefits are shared by all? What are our hopes for our future?

The Women's Forum in Deauville will be the moment to challenge conventional thinking, at both a collective and individual level. Ideas, scenarios and provocative views will open minds and eyes in three spheres: the individual, work and society; life sciences and technologies; the global picture.