Private Screening and Women Entrepreneurship Panel

Private screening of the movie “Widow Clicquot” will start at 5:30 pm sharp.

Fireside chat on Women Entrepreneurship, Challenges and Opportunities” will start just after the movie.

Moderator: Chuck Vallurupalli, Angel Investor, Mentor and Coach, particularly keen on female entrepreneurship

Panelists:

• Nathalie Chianura, Founder and CEO, Paris Milan Home
• Corinne Le Bourhis, Founder, Le Bourhis Voyages
• Candice Raine, CEO, Arizona Trauma Institute

Widow Clicquot is based on the true story of the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin (1777–1866) who, at the age of 20, became Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family. Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole (Haley Bennett) and her unconventional, erratic husband, François (Tom Sturridge). After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she defies her critics and revolutionizes the champagne industry to become one of the world's first great entrepreneurs.