Keynote Address: Women In The Work Place and Domestic Abuse - How Employers Can Help
As Patron of Woman's Aid and as a survivor of an abusive relationship herself, Melanie will give her own thoughts and insight on the impact of being in a work place for women who are suffering from any form of domestic abuse.
Speaker
Mel B, TV Personality, Author, Patron of Women’s Aid, One fifth of the Spice Girls
Women in Business Theatre
Intellectual Property Explained
Intellectual Property (IP) touches everything that makes modern life more enjoyable, easier, safer, and more prosperous. In the session you will learn the different types of IP and how they affect your business.
Speaker
Emma Richards, Business Engagement and Communications Manager at the Intellectual Property Office
Combining Professional and Personal Passions for Success: Sustainability and inclusion in the workplace
Laura Magnani discusses why it is important to understand both who we are, what our passions are and how we can combine these in our working lives.
Speaker
Laura Magnani, Accenture Technology Solution Architect and UKI Technology I&D Lead at Accenture
The Power of Mentoring
Throughout this interactive and practical session Vanessa will share her top tips having mentored over 100 individuals during her 25 year career in Finance. She will also share her reflections of being a successful mentor for programmes such as Parligender, a House of Parliament Mentoring campaign and the hugely successful CRUK Women of Influence mentoring programme.
Speaker
Vanessa Vallely OBE, Managing Director of WeAreTheCity
Women in Business Theatre
How to Protect Your Business from Cyber-Crime
Andy Bone and Jason Crawford will highlight where businesses are most vulnerable and offer tactical ways to help small business owners and decision-makers protect themselves against cybercrime.
Speakers
Andy Bone, Solutions Specialist at Dell Technologies,
Jason Crawford, Solutions Specialist at Dell Technologies
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
How do you Build a Business around Family Commitments?
Franchising can offer autonomy and more control over work/life balance, allowing you shape a fulfilling career around family commitments.
Speakers
Jayne Aspin-Mayne, McDonald’s Franchisee at McDonald’s Restaurants Limited,
Joanne Jones, McDonald’s Franchisee at McDonald’s Restaurants Limited,
Tina Dekker, SVP, Chief Legal & Corporate Relations Officer for McDonald’s Restaurants Limited
Women in Business Theatre
Inner Critic Masterclass
Clarity on how your inner voice impacts your life. Ditch your inner critic, and shift your mindset for true confidence, wellbeing and success.
Speaker
Harriet Waley-Cohen, Change Catalyst
Aim High: Be Your Own Kind of Leader
It has never been more important than now to understand not what you do but why you do it. Discover how you can be the kind of leader you would follow, being your own kind of leader and the powerful impact and influence we all have on each other.
Speaker
Rachel Daka, VP and Head of Projects & Consulting CIS at Capgemini
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Women In Logistics. Seize the Opportunity
The Logistics sector contributes £127 billion annually to UK economy. There are over 205,000 logistics enterprises in the UK and online retail averaged 28.1% of retail sales in 2020. But despite this only 20% of the workforce are female. What are we waiting for?
Speaker
Gemma Jones, Senior Business Development Manager Programs & Partnerships at Amazon Logistics
How to Attract Investor’s Interest as a Female Startup Founder
Come and learn precisely what it takes to be ready to pitch to investors, how to attract thair interest and make your pitch compelling.
Speaker
Paulina Sygulska Tenner, Founder of GrantTree
Women in Business Theatre
“You don’t have to be great to start but you do have to start to be great.” (Zig Ziglar)
A lively no-nonsense session for anyone who wants to take the leap into a leadership role or into self-employment or who just needs to believe that they are credible, capable, worthy and ready!
Speaker
Kim Morgan, CEO & Founder of Barefoot Coaching Ltd
Women in Cyber Security: Breaking the Ceiling
Join the conversation with leaders at Bank of America as they share personal stories and perspectives about breaking glass ceilings in cyber security, and career tips for women looking to enter the field.
Speakers
Erin Cassell, Regional Information Security Officer for EMEA and Global Cyber Security Engineering at Bank of America,
Ragna Sveinsdottir, Senior Vice President, Cyber Crime Senior Specialist at Bank of America
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Get More Clients Now - How To Effectively Market Your Services
If you'd like to have more of your ideal clients walking through your door, join the Seminar and get more clients now.
Speaker
Anna Goodwin, Managing Director at Heart Centred Business
Advancing Your Career – Personal insights and tips as a female leader
Speakers
Shriyanka Hore, Tribe Lead – Market Infrastructure Communities and Standards Services at SWIFT,
Teresa Meek, Head of Talent & Diversity at SWIFT
Women in Business Theatre
Encourage, nurture, unite: driving representation and inclusiveness within business
Hear Kathy give her thoughts and insight on what more can be done to improve equal representation in traditionally male-led industries.
Speaker
Kathy Quashie, Head Of Indirect Business at Vodafone UK
Automation and The Key to Digital Transformation
Join Sam Pirog, global co-head of Digitization and Workflow to hear how engineers at Goldman Sachs are at the forefront of digital transformation, building world-class technology solutions to automate critical business processes.
Speaker
Sam Pirog, Managing Director, Digitization and Workflow Engineering at Goldman Sachs
Championing a More Equitable Workforce
Explore how to effect change and create a more equitable workforce, focusing on core moments in the recruitment journey.
Speaker
Danny Stacy, Senior Manager, Employer Insights at Indeed
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
How to solve a problem like...Starting a Business
Join Simone Roche MBE as she is joined by a stellar panel of entrepreneurs who will let you in on all the things they wished they had known when setting up a business.
Speaker
Simone Roche MBE, Founder of Northern Power Futures & Northern Power Women
Keynote Address: Karren Brady, Working Mother
Speaker
Baroness Karren Brady CBE, Vice Chairwoman of West Ham FC
Back Yourself!
Join Emma to hear about her business journey with Killing Kittens and sistr and the importance of being unapologetically selfish when it comes to succeeding at bringing your purpose, passion and personality together in business.
Speaker
Emma Sayle, CEO & Founder of The KK Group
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
How to Succeed with LinkedIn
Join Sonya for a LinkedIn Workshop that will help light the fire in your belly for becoming who you want to become.
Speaker
Sonya Barlow, Founder, Like Minded Females
Visibility for Women in a Hybrid Workspace
In this session a panel from CGI Women's Network reflect on the seismic changes that have taken place within the workplace as a result of the pandemic, the impacts they’ve had on women in the workplace and why it’s important to stay visible.
Speakers
Stacey Van Bergen, Client and Account Lead at CGI,
Caroline Gundu, Senior Consultant – Energy Retail | Former Chair of the Women’s Network,
Debbie Street, Director of Consulting Services – Telecoms | Co-Chair of the Women’s Network,
Isobel Voyles, VP Consulting Expert Delivery Leadership - Smart Metering at CGI
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Digital Inclusion: How to tap into £274 billion of inclusive growth
Digital Inclusion: Case studies and advice on how to achieve 20% inclusive growth and tap into £274bn spending power in the UK.
Speaker
Rene Perkins, CEO & Co-Founder of CityMaaS
Menopause Awareness and the Workplace
Celebrating menopause awareness and creating opportunities for furthering equality in the workplace.
Speaker
Dr. Louise Taylor, GP, Author, Founder of Your Midlife Magic and Co-Founder of Work with the Menopause
Women in Business Theatre
Women, Brands and Activating Social Change
Join the panellists from Bauer as they discuss the reseach conducted by Grazia earlier this year around women’s changing priorities and how they expect brands to change accordingly.
Speakers
Hattie Brett, Editor for Grazia,
Lauren Holleyoake, Publisher for Grazia,
Victoria Easton-Riley, Content Director for Bauer Radio Scotland,
Lucie Cave, Chief Content Officer at Bauer Media
How the insurance industry could propel your tech career – 4 inspiring women share their experiences
Speakers
Lisa Hill, DevOps Concepts & Tooling Manager, IT at Allianz,
Victoria Chadwick, Recruitment Business Partner, HR at Allianz,
Hayley Eastman-Dale, Head of Information Security at Allianz,
Michelle Cope, IT Senior Enterprise Architect, Strategy & Architecture at Allianz
The Future Workplace for Women
Wondering what the future workplace looks like for women? Hear from Emma Botfield, Managing Director of RS Components, a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM).
Speaker
Emma Botfield, Managing Director, UK & Ireland at RS Components
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Authority in Social Media - gaining more visibility, more followers, more sales
Join this session to better understand why having online visibility will give you more credibility, increase your reputation and boost your professional profile.
Speaker
Candyce Costa, Founder of Female Tech Leaders
My journey and the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace
In this session Donna Kelly looks back on her own career history and the value of diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace.
Speaker
Donna Kelly, Senior Vice President and Business Unit Lead for ‘South & Midlands’ Business Unit, UK for CGI
Relationships with Yourself, Work & Partner
Join Caprice to hear her inspirational and motivational story. She will talk about learning how to survive in business, the effects of Covid, how to maintain confidence, how to get creative and how important it is to stay positive.
Speaker
Caprice Bourret, Award-winning Model, Businesswoman
Building teams in Hypergrowth
In this talk, hear about some of the biggest learnings from scaling Shopify Plus and Shopify EMEA in how to build for fast and lasting growth
Speaker
Shimona Mehta, EMEA Managing Director at Shopify
Women in Business Theatre
Heart Centred Sales - How to better serve your clients and make more money
Learn our 5 Step System for Heart Centred Sales so you can better serve your clients and have them happily pay you more.
Speaker
Chris Lambert-Gorwyn, Director at Heart Centred Business
Things Radio Has Taught Me
Harriet Scott discusses her 30-year career in the radio industry and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
Speaker
Harriet Scott, Broadcaster and Presenter for Bauer Media
Women in Business Theatre
Empowerment through Education
Education in its truest sense goes beyond academic work, book learningorexamination
results; It is about the preparation of well-rounded, confident people with a leadership
mindset for the future.
Speaker
Yejide Akiode, Founder / CEO of Eduspace Limited
Designing my work life, a career change story
Find out about Tijana’s journey across sectors, industries and roles and get inspired to start designing your work life.
Speaker
Tijana Tasich, Consulting Director, Experience Design at Zuhlke Engineering
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Why you should use automation to level-up your HR, from old to new
HR pros, snowed under admin tasks, can’t evolve as quickly as they should. Automation might solve the problem.
Speaker
Nicolas Croix, CEO at Moonworkers
Women in Business Theatre
Financial Milestones for Women
The session highlights the importance of having a trusted financial adviser as part of your ‘power team’.
Speaker
Samantha Kaye, Adviser at Her Wealth at Wellesley Wealth Advisory & Fellow of the Personal Finance Society
Customer first: The development of the Santander Homes UK and European Business
Explore the development the new Santander European Homes Regional Business Office and how it plans to drive customer obsession.
Speakers
Tracie Pearce, Chief Customer Officer for Homes at Santander,
Anouska Ramsay, Director of Culture and Capability at Santander,
Andrew Knight, Chief Technology Officer at Santander
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Fear of Going it Alone? You’re Never Alone when you Partner with a Franchisor
Hear how sharing in success could help you to start your own business, equipped with an established system and experienced network.
Speakers
Sarah Lloyd, McDonald’s Franchisee at McDonald’s Restaurants Limited,
Jacqui Moore, McDonald’s Franchisee at McDonald’s Restaurants Limited,
Sarah Carter, Vice President - Operations North at McDonald’s Restaurants Limited
How Fear and Internal Rhetoric can Lead to Self Doubt and Self Defeat
Join Anoushé to learn about fear and internal rhetoric, how to recognise them and the impact they are having on your life, learn self-awareness and build tools to support you on your career and life journey.
Speaker
Anoushé Husain, Civil Servant: diversity and staff engagement lead, public speaker, paraclimber, disability and intersectional advocate
Glass Ceiling or Sticky Floor?
You’ve heard of the glass ceiling, but what about the sticky floor? Tara McGeehan will share tips for becoming ‘unstuck’ to excel in your career.
Speaker
Tara McGeehan, President of CGI in UK and Australia
How Techy do you Need to be to Succeed in a Tech Organisation?
In the session, two of Capgemini’s ‘less technical’ women leaders will discuss the different paths available in a tech business, those roles that are highly technical, those that are highly consulting or advisory and the middle path with encompasses a balance of the two.
Speakers
Joanne Peplow, Director Insights and Data | UK AI & Analytics Team Lead at Capgemini,
Anda Ziemele, Senior Insights & Data Consultant & Data Scientist at Capgemini
Shifting the Culture of your Organisation
Learn how to unlock the potential of your people through storytelling, sponsorship and tapping into your internal influencers. Finding out practical ways you can create a more inclusive culture.
Speaker
Katie Lloyd, Development Director for BBC News & Current Affairs
Create the Career You Want: Join women working at Thales to hear about their journeys, struggles and successes
Speakers
Victoria Howells, Engineering Operations & Strategy Director at Thales,
Nicola Glassborow, Team Leader, Maritime Mission Systems at Thales,
Sarah Milnes, System Engineer at Thales
Women in Business Theatre
23onme by Business Yoga
Join us during your lunch break for our 23onme class designed to improve performance and boost your energy levels!
Speakers
Emily Rider, Co-Director of Business Yoga,
Ella Mesma, Founder and Co-Director of Business Yoga
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Money Mindset - How to make more & keep more in a heart centred way
In this seminar you will learn how to change your Money Mindset, so you can start keeping more of the money you make!
Speaker
David Roylance, Head of Strategy at Heart Centred Business
Finding Your Perfect Fit
Join Natalie for advice on how to develop at work by making the most of what you already have in your career backpack.
Speaker
Natalie Tedstone, Recruitment and Talent Director t IRIS Software Group
Employee Wellbeing: The best investment a company can make
Louise O’Shea, CEO of Confused.com shares how being branded a female CEO was the lightbulb moment for realising that wellbeing in the workplace still has a long way to go. Listen to her advice on how to create a work environment that harbours employee wellbeing and inclusion.
Speaker
Louise O’shea, CEO of Confused.com
Woke Women at Work: A Force for Good
Join Helen to see how can leaders create the right conditions for diverse teams to succeed in a polarised world?
Speaker
Helen Trim, SVP Marketing, EMEA & APAC at Coupa Software
Women in Business Theatre
Investing for the Future: How to make your money work harder
Join this session and let us show you the powerful impact that investing can have on your finances.
Speakers
Alice Proctor, Chartered Investment Manager at Brewin Dolphin,
Joy Moir, Chartered Investment Manager at Brewin Dolphin
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
How to Use NFTs to Make Your Startup Stand Out From the Crowd!
There is no denying that Blockchain, Crypto and NFT's are here to stay; this session will help startup's use it to stand out from the crowd
Speaker
Lavinia Osbourne, Blockchain, Welltech & NFT Specialist and Thought Leader
Keynote Address: From She-Cession to She-Recovery
Speaker
Baroness Karren Brady CBE, Vice Chairwoman of West Ham FC
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Changing Banking for Good: My Story
Join Anne Boden, the first woman to found and build a bank in the UK from scratch, to hear her inspiring story of the determination, innovation and entrepreneurism needed to do what everyone said couldn’t be done.
Speaker
Anne Boden, Founder and CEO of Starling Bank
How To Turn Adversity Into Achievement
Have you ever had to face adversity? On your knees asking for help adversity? Juggling children and career progression adversity? Trying to navigate your way through business adversity? Did you ever have to pick yourself up from rock bottom adversity? Join Scarlett Allen-Horton as she shares her inspiring and vulnerable personal journey.
Speaker
Scarlett Allen-Horton, Founder of Harper Fox Partners and BBC Apprentice Finalist 2019
Different Ways in Which Women Can Enter and Build Careers in Technology
Hear how technology is a great career choice for women to contribute, grow and have a great work-life balance.
Speakers
Arti Godkhindi, Business Analysis Manager, Technology at McDonald’s Restaurants Limited,
Tina Marley, PMO Manager, Technology at McDonald’s Restaurants Limited,
Susan Devally, Senior Product Manager, Technology at McDonald’s Restaurants Limited
Women in Business Theatre
Why Consider Post-Graduate Business Education
There are endless career options to accelerate your career and thrive as a leader: when to consider business education and is it worth the investment.
Speaker
Lydia Wakefield, Associate Director, External Partnership & Scholarships at London Business School
3 Reasons You’re Not Making Money Using Instagram
Join Author, Speaker and Instagram Expert, Estelle Keeber, as she shares her incredible and easy to understand tips on how every business can make money on Instagram.
Speaker
Estelle Keeber, Instagram Expert & Founder of Immortal Monkey
Confronting bias – In products, machine learning, and myself
Join this session to learn how to solve the bias in the surfacing and selecting of images on the world’s leading image buying platform.
Speaker
Andrea Gagliano, Director, Head of Data Science at Getty Images
Business Starter & Franchise Education Theatre
Boost Your Confidence So You Can Boost Your Business
Through this transformational talk, we dive into Nada Lena's science-based methodology, C.O.R.E., and essential elements that are vital to building your success and career confidence.
Speaker
Nada Lana, Founder Rise Up for You, TEDx Speaker, Author
Women in Business Theatre
Being Brave: Leveraging your experience with purpose
Bringing courage and purpose to build a portfolio career leveraging your experience and true to your values.
Speaker
Carolyn Clarke, Founder & CEO of Brave Consultancy