Panelists: Javed Akhtar (Poet/Lyricist), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Author), Venkat Krishnamurthy (Academy Award winner, CTO, OAT Systems), Harish Saluja (Filmmaker)

"Eight dollars a week or a million a year - What is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer."* Discuss the right answers and approaches to harness one's creative spirit with a panel of eminent writers, filmmakers and artists.

Moderator: Sara Lacy (Author and Freelancer, Business Week and Fortune)

Panelists: Sheila Hooda (Sr. Managing Director, TIAA-CREF), Vani Kola (General Partner, NEA India Ventures),  Carol Mills (Member, Board of Directors, Adobe Systems), Selvi Stanislaus (Executive Officer, Franchise Tax Board)

There has never been a better time than the 21^st century to be a woman. Women can now aspire to the highest position in all spheres: be it corporations, politics of academia. But what does it take to get there? Join our panel of women leaders and achievers discussing their approaches to realizing their career aspiration, while balancing family expectations and personal interests.

Panelists: Vishaka Desai (President, Asia Society),  Shekhar Kapur (Actor/Director/Producer), B.S. Prakash (Consul General of India, San Francisco)

For all the diversity within our culture, we are united in the issues pertaining to our identity – from superficial ones about our accents or skin color, to deeper ones about accepting our hyphenated identities. Participate in a candid discussion on these topics and more with prominent members of the diaspora.