Good morning! New guidelines tell doctors to take IUD insertion pain seriously, Commerzbank celebrated for turnaround, and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International Summit is almost here.
– What to watch. Good morning from Riyadh, where Fortune’s first Most Powerful Women International Summit in the Middle East starts tomorrow.
My colleagues and I are preparing a fascinating program that will blend global business issues with regional perspectives. It’s a big week all around: Fortune’s annual Most Powerful Women in Business list publishes tomorrow, too.
Stay tuned for more, from the details on which 100 executives made this year’s MPW list—and who our number one is for 2025—as well as coverage of the conference throughout the week.
In Riyadh, I’ll be speaking with execs from Unilever and Marriott about putting the consumer first; leaders from Scopely and Wixel Studios about women’s role in the global video game market; and Manna Tree’s Ellie Rubenstein and Pure Harvest’s Serene Farah about building climate-friendly food resiliency.
Other conversations will cover global business through trade wars and geopolitical challenges; the future of AI; VC trends, with experts from Greycroft and Eclipse Ventures; the future of fintech with Emily Chiu of Novo; workforce trends in countries like Saudi Arabia, where nearly 60% of the population is under 30; and the future of women’s health. Policymakers from around the globe, including Estonia, Japan, Kenya, the Philippines, and Tanzania will share their perspectives, as will some of the top female ministers in Saudi Arabia’s government.
Fortune editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell will sit down with former MSNBC president Rashida Jones and Jomana Alrashid, CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group, to talk about the future of media. Fortune’s Diane Brady will speak with Lubna Olayan of the Olayan Group, one of the most influential women in business here. And my colleague Ellie Austin will close out the gathering with an interview with former U.K. prime minister Theresa May.
Stay tuned for more throughout the week—and remember to watch for the 2025 MPW list tomorrow.
Emma Hinchliffe
emma.hinchliffe@fortune.com
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