2025 Inspiring Across Generations (IAG) Atlanta Chapter Symposium
Engage & Grow: Cultivating Leadership for the Future
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025​
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM ET ERG/BRG Workshop [Invite Only]
2:00PM - 5:30PM ET Main Session
Venue: Coca-Cola HQ​​, 1 Coca-Cola Pl SE, Atlanta, GA 30313
Admission: Member: $100 I Non-Member: $150 I Students: $25​​
​Attire: Business Casual
Description
Please join the Ascend Atlanta Chapter for our annual Inspiring Across Generations Symposium. This year’s theme is Engage & Grow: Cultivating Leadership for the Future. Sessions include building relationships, upskilling with AI, and communicating with impact. Meet industry leaders and expand your professional network!
Agenda
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Arrival and registration
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
BRG leader workshop (invite only)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
5:05 PM - 5:30 PM
Closing remarks
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Networking reception sponsored by Coca-Cola Asian Pacific Inclusion Network
Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Stacey Mollohan
General Counsel,
Mercedes-Benz USA
Engage with Change: Upskilling in a Rapidly Evolving Workplace
Speaker
Neelam MacLeod-Nocera
Senior Manager, Compliance, Cox Enterprises
Speaker
Hong Yang, Ph.D
Principal Software Engineer
Microsoft
Moderator
Manesh Lad
Senior Manager
PwC
Engage for Influence: Communicating with Impact, Fireside Chat with The Coca-Cola Company
Speaker
Sandhya Pillay
VP, Freestyle & Equipment Innovation, North America
​The Coca-Cola Company
Moderator
Wenjia Zhang
The Coca-Cola Company
Engage your Network: Building Relationships that Drive Results
Sammi Li
Head of Client Insights & Analytics
Flagstar Bank
Sophia Toh
CEO
Illuminate U Coaching, LLC
Linda Yang
Partner
Burr & Forman
Program Partner
IMPORTANT: Due to security measures, you must register by November 11th at noon ET. You will receive a QR code via text and email to allow you to enter the Coca-Cola campus. All guests must use the entrance on North Avenue.
Safety of our guests is paramount to Ascend. Attendees are responsible for monitoring their own condition and agree to comply with the safety, hygiene and CDC identified pandemic level communicable illnesses (including COVID-19) guidelines established by relevant health authorities. We request that attendees not attend an event should they test positive or if they experience COVID symptoms prior to the event.