Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) will hold its inaugural Global Conference on Women and Entrepreneurship on May 20-21 in Hangzhou, China at the Dragon Hotel. The goal of the conference is to spark dialogue and action on what can be done to encourage more women to pursue their professional and personal ambitions.

The more than 500 attendees will include leaders and executives from the fields of politics, business, finance, technology, fashion and media – women who are not only accomplished in their own right, but who are driving the conversation at their respective organizations as the influencers of current and future generations of women across China.

Several Alibaba executives will give keynote speeches, including Jack Ma, Executive Chairman; Lucy Peng, Chief People Officer and Chief Executive Office of Ant Financial Services Group; and Maggie Wu, Chief Financial Officer.