amphitheater there, similar to what we have here, but there were over 10,000 people per day during the week and over 20,000 on the weekends. it was a fantastic crowd. the reaction from the people was absolutely brilliant. people were still cheering the sailors and the athletes. this is really about going back to creating a proper sport around this event. this is not a luxury yachting. this is hard core athletics, and the people were able to appreciate that, and it was really exciting. this would be the temporary side of the team basis. to give you a glimpse of how that will look, this is what it was like. the team basis is effectively our pit row. we think of ourselves as formula one on the water. this is a hugely popular area for the public, where you can

walk down, see what the teams are doing, had a glimpse of what this operation is all about. it generates huge crowds. eager to be close to the votes. you get a sense of what it is about. it is one of our key drawing boards, which means the area will have some attention drawn to it that it has not had in the past. it is also something i think is good for future plans for that location. then, this is the heart of the event in 2013. this is really the focal point. the finish line extensions off of this pier, and you can see it on the diagram. it is not just a paper trail. that is the finish line, so this is where the core of the activity will take place. it is open to the public. there will be entertainment. there will be corporate opportunities. it is going to be our ground zero -- sorry, i forgot. i have been speaking in europe for a long time.

not ground zero. this is going to be our heart and core of the event. we also have other places we will be working on. we are hoping we will have really fantastic and huge crowds around this event. as we mentioned earlier, someone pointed out the fact that part of our impact is that this is over three months if we look at it in 2013 from the time the race's first began until we are finished. it is really pretty exciting. 3032 is where the team bases will be for 2013. this area will be ready. the teams will be able to get set up well in advance and get their training activities set up. this is also open to the public again. there will be merchandise opportunities, the ability to get close to the votes, close to the action, close to what is going on and really be in the

event. our message is about open access and drawing attention to this. that includes, of course, residents of the area as well as -- i think it is 10 million or so tourists the peer gets every year. this is going to be a calling card. we are promoting all of this. just to wrap up all the action, it is all available on americascup.com. if you would like to have a glimpse of what we will be bringing, there are plenty of opportunities as well again to participate either on the corporate hospitality level or just as a spectator. you will get to see really these amazing votes and this fantastic event of close and personal. from there, we will be in newport, rhode island, june of next year. same thing again, that being the

traditional home of the cup. i can tell you since i was there last week, those people are extremely jealous that the cup has moved west. i think with the aspects -- assets san francisco has to offer, it would be difficult for anyone to want to take the event anywhere else. final point -- everything is available for free on the web. it is all stream, all of our content live and on demand. it is there for you now if you want to look at some of the exciting highlights that will also give you goosebumps. please follow us. please come and join us. thanks again. look forward to seeing you in a few months in 2012. [applause] >> thank you. what a great story. we love to tell it. it is a great technology story. there is a great get back to the community. it is a wonderful, long legacy that will live with us. we wish you well.

thank you. all of our speakers -- let's have a huge round of applause for all of them. [applause] forget about what is going on in the stock market. this is great stuff. thanks to all of you. thanks for allowing us to go a little bit over. i want to thank again our sponsors. thank you to all of our sponsors for making this possible. thanks to all of you and the great community we have. we look forward to a bright future. thanks again to everyone. [applause]

>> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women

were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated

her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns.

>> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly stopping these meetings as a politically active figure. doing everything they could to ground the campaign in domesticity. >> despite their efforts, the link made it tough whenever voters were in the big city. a specialist in francisco. >> the problem with san francisco is that women's suffrage as an idea was associated. >> susan b. anthony joined the provision party.

a deadly idea in san francisco. liquor was the foundation of the economy. and >> anything that touched on the possibility of prohibition was greatly and popular. >> the first campaign was a great effort, but not a success. >> the war was not over. less than one decade later, a graphic protests brought new life to the movement. >> women's suffrage, the republican convention in oakland, this time it was the private sector response. 300 marched down the streets of the convention center.

women were entitled to be here. >> joining together for another campaign. >> women opened a club in san francisco. it was called the votes for women club. if she could get the shopkeepers to have lunch, she could get them to be heard literature. the lunch room was a tremendous success. >> it was the way that people thought about women willing to fight for a successful campaign. what happened was, the social transformation increase the boundary of what was possible,

out word. >> there were parades and rallies, door to door candidacies, reaching every voter in the state. >> the eyes of the nation were on california in 1911, when we all voted. it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were

interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's.

in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same.

[chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching.

[applause] >> good morning. good morning. [cheers and applause] >> good morning, everyone. thank you. thank you so much. it is absolutely a pleasure to see all of you here today. i have been getting reports about the conference, and i am

so excited to join you today to talk about what we are focused on here at this summit on women and the economy. before i begin, i want to apologize for the delay, but there were so many people who showed up, and because this is the largest gathering of distinguished foreign diplomats in san francisco since the founding of the united nations, there was a little more of a delay in getting everyone in. there are still people outside we hope we will be able to get in. before i begin my remarks, let me recognize a few of our special guests here. we have two members of congress . zoe lohgren and jackie spears. thank you for being here.

[applause] and we have two distinguished mayors. i want to welcome mayor edwin lee and his wife anita from right here in san francisco. [applause] and mayor gene kwan. thank you for being here. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge a wonderful friend and former chief of protocol, charlotte. thank you, charlotte. [applause] >> now as this summit comes to a close, we will adopt a decoration for the first time in apex history that will affirm this organization and each member economy's commitment to improving women's access to capital and markets, to building women's capacities

and skills and supporting the rise of women leaders in both the public and private sectors. it is fitting that this decoration would be adopted here in san francisco because it was just one mile from here in the herbst theater where the united nations charter was signed 66 years ago. in fact, the apex summit which brings you all here is a celebration of that important occasion and a recognition that history is made right here in san francisco. because san francisco is an appropriate venue for this economic discussion. this is a community that is renowned for its spirit of inclusion and opportunity for all. so on behalf of the united states and our people, i give each of you and your nations my

heartiest welcome and my heartfelt thanks for being here and undertaking this great mission with us. now there will be a temptation on the part of those observing or covering this summit, perhaps on the part of those of us attending it as well, to say that our purpose is chiefly to advance the rights of women, to achieve justice and equality on women's behalf. and that is of course a noble cause to be sure and one that is very close to my heart. but at the risk of being somewhat provocative at the outset, i believe our goal is even boulder, one that bush bolder, one that extend to all women. the big challenge we face in the early years of the 21st century is how to grow our economies and to ensure shared pro's parities for all nations

and all people. we want to give every one of our citizens, men and alike, young and old away, greater opportunity to find work, to save money and pursue happiness, to live up to their own god-given potential. that is a simple vision to state. but to make it real, to achieve the economic expansion we all seek, we need to unlock a vital source of growth that can power or economies in the decades to come. that vital sort of growth is women. with economic models straining in every corner of the world, none of us can afford to perpetuate the barriers facing women in the work force. because by increasing women's participation in the economy and enhappensing their efficiency and productivity, we can bring -- enhancing their

efficiency and productivity, we can bring about a dramatic impact on the growth and efficiency of our economies. because when everyone has a chaps to participate in the economic life of a nation, we can all be richer. more of us can contribute to the global g.d.p., and the gap between the developed and the developing countries would narrow significantly as productivity rises in economies from haiti to new begin -- new guinea. but that great global dream cannot be realized around the edges of reform, nor candidly can be it be secured through any singular commitment on the part of us here. it requires, however, a fundamental traps formation, a paradigm shift, in how governments make and enforce laws and policies, how

businesses invest and operate, how people make choices in the marketplace. the transformational nature of this undertaking that lies ahead is in my view not unlike other momentous shifts in the economic history of our world. in the 19th century, many nations began moving from an agricultural to an industrial economy. then the inventions and mass productions of that era gave rise in the 20th century to the information age and the knowledge economy with an unprecedented rise in innovation and prosperity. as information transcends border and creates opportunities for farmers to bank on mobile phones and children in distant villages to learn remotely, i believe that here at the beginning of the 21st century we are entering the participation age where every individual regardless of

gender or other characteristics is poised to be a contributing and valued member of the global marketplace. in some apex economies, this transformation has been under way for quite a while now. in others it has begun more recently. but in all, progress has been too slow and too uneven. but there is no doubt that the increasing numbers of women in the economy and the rising productivity gained from improving the distribution of their talents and skills has helped fuel significant growth everywhere. and economies that are making the shift more effectively and rapidly are dramatically outperforming those that have not. so if we are serious about this undertaking, if we really want to achieve parity for women in the work force both as they participate and how they participate, then we must remove structural and social

impediments that stack the deck against them. now i don't urge this because it is the right thing to do, though i believe it is, but for the sake of our children and our nations it is necessary to do. because a rising tide of women in an economy raises the fortunes of families and nations. my husband often says in making the argument that everyone should be involved that we don't have a person to waste. i think that's true. when it comes to the enormous challenge of our time, to systemically and relent leslie purse -- relent leslie purr sighs those things. the case for unlocking the potential of william and including them more fully in the economic life of our nation

respect begins with an accounting of how women are driving growth. the 21 economies of apex is the most dynamic of the world. together we equal more than that half of global output. they are opening stores. they are running businesses. they are harvesting crops. they are assembling electronics and designing software. the economist points out that the increase in employment of women in developed countries during the past decade has added more to global growth than china has, and that's a lot. in the united states a study found that women went from holding 37% of all jobs to nearly 48% over the past 40 years. and that in sheer value terms, these williams have punched well above their weight. the productivity gains attributeable to this modest

increase in women's overall share of the labor market accounts for approximately one quarter of the current u.s. g.d.p. that works out to more than $3.5 trillion, more than the g.d.p. of germany, and more than half the g.d.p.'s of china and japan. so the promise is clear. what then is the problem? if women are already making such contributions to economic growth, why do we need a major realignment in our thinking, our markets and our policies? why do we need to issue a decoration from this summit? well because evidence of progress is not evidence of success. and to be sure, the rate of progress for women in the economies of our region varies widely. laws, customs and the values that fuel them provide road blocks to full inclusion. in the united states and in every economy in apeck,

millions of women are still sidelined, unable to find a meaningful place for themselves in the work force. some of those though get to enter the work force are really confined by very clear signals to a lower rung on the job ladder, and there is a web of legal and social restrictions that limit their potential. or they are confronted with a glass ceiling that keeps them from the most senior positions. only 11 of the c.e.o.'s of the fortune global 500 companies are women. that is less than 3%. some women in the apec region don't have the same inheritance rights as men. so they can't inherit property or businesses owned by their fathers. some don't have the power to confer citizensship on their children, so their families have less access to housing and education, and they must

constantly renew residency permits, making it harder for them to work. some are even subject to different taxes than men. too often they are denied access to credit and may even be prohibited from opening bank accounts, signing contracts, purchasing property, incorporating a business or filing lawsuits without a male guardian. some women earn almost as much as men before they have children, but less afterwards, and even less if they are single mothers. these barriers and restrictions some formal, some informal, erode women's abilities to participate fully in their economies and to support their families whether as employees or entrepreneurs. these barriers are certainly not unique to this region. variations of them can be found everywhere in the world. but because this is the most dynamic economic region in