1-2 October 2025

ExCel London

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Wednesday 02 October

10:00

10:00 - 10:45   |   Keynote Theatre

In Conversation with Baroness Karren Brady

Baroness Karren Brady of Knightsbridge CBE


Vice Chair,
West Ham United

Sonya Barlow


Founder,
Like Minded Females

11:00

11:00 - 11:30   |   Keynote Theatre

Why Marketing isn't Enough

Karene Lambert-Gorwyn


Creating Heart Centred Millionaires,
Heart Centred Business

11:00 - 11:30   |   Women in Business Theatre

Empower Your Financial Future: Key Priorities for Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

Samantha Kaye


Chartered Financial Planner & Fellow of the Personal Finance Society. Her Wealth,
Wellesley

11:00 - 11:30   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

The Hidden Strengths of Women Carers: Transforming Caregiving Skills into Career Success

Alice Boardman


Group Head of Capability & Skills for Engineering,
MBDA

11:40

11:40 - 12:10   |   Keynote Theatre

Don't Come to Play- LFG!

Lara Beers


Global Director of Business Development,
Kraken Technologies

11:40 - 12:10   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Pioneering Change: A Woman's Path in Tech Transformation

Audrey Libert


Head of AI Delivery,
IAG Tech

11:40 - 12:10   |   Women in Business Theatre

Recognising Harassment in the Workplace and its Impact on Women’s Career Progression

Dr. Louise Taylor


NHS GP, Author, Founder of Taylored Menopause and Co-Founder of Work with Women's Wellbeing

12:20

12:20 - 12:50   |   Keynote Theatre

Building Your Brand: The Power of Personal Profile

Vanessa Vallely OBE


Managing Director,
WeAreTheCity

12:20 - 12:50   |   Women in Business Theatre

Do Things Differently in Your Business and Get a Better Result

Anna Goodwin


Creating Heart Centred Millionaires,
Heart Centred Business

12:20 - 12:50   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Enabling Innovation - How to navigate uncertainty

Olivia Bailey


Senior Product Manager,
Tesco

Victoria Leftwich


Software Engineer II,
Tesco

Bethany Long


Software Engineer II,
Tesco

13:00

13:00 - 13:30   |   Women in Business Theatre

What is Intellectual Property and Why is it Important to your Business?

Natalie Salkeld


Business Engagement Officer,
Intellectual Property Office

13:00 - 13:30   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Mighty Minorities: Empowering employees through networks

Lilly Rickenbach


IVVQ Manager and Chair of the Women in Thales Network,
Thales UK

13:00 - 13:30   |   Keynote Theatre

Breaking Boundaries: How Career Switchers are Transforming the Tech Industry

Claudia Harris OBE


CEO,
Makers

13:40

13:40 - 14:10   |   Keynote Theatre

The Inside Story from Linda Plant

Linda Plant


Entrepreneur & Business Woman

13:40 - 14:10   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Put Those Metrics Down - Trust Your Humans!

Laden Oksuzer


Head of Agility,
TMX Trayport

13:40 - 14:10   |   Women in Business Theatre

Financial Empowered Women

Natalie Wood-Crainey


Financial Adviser,
St. James’s Place

Debbie Mahanta


Private Client Consultant,
St. James’s Place

14:20

14:20 - 14:50   |   Keynote Theatre

How to Create a Modern Digital Broadcasting Hub Without Going Off Air

Louise Robey


Director of Growth,
Women In Change

14:20 - 14:50   |   Women in Business Theatre

The Surprising Solution To Making More Money In Your Business

Taylor Smith


Founder & CEO,
Taylor Smith & Co Ltd

14:20 - 14:50   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

The Changing Faces of Utilities

Ruby Heer


Head of CFO Risk, Compliance & Assurance ,
Cadent Gas Ltd

Cath Goulding


Director of Digital Risk and Security,
Cadent Gas Ltd

Hannah Myatt


Senior Control Engineer, Energy Control Center (ECC),
Cadent Gas Ltd

Vicky Hinchliffe


Director of Procurement,
Cadent Gas Ltd

Alyson Billson


Head of Internal Audit,
Cadent Gas Ltd

15:00

15:00 - 15:30   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Transformation: What does it mean for our customers and colleagues?

Di Spindley


Head of Delivery and Technology Enablement,
Currys

15:00 - 15:30   |   Women in Business Theatre

Women on Top: Thriving in Male-Dominated Industries

Lily Spokes


Account Executive,
Pace Integration

Christina Rajmangal


Business Operations & Finance Manager,
Pace Integration

Zainab Elsaadany


Senior Delivery and Practice Manager,
Pace Integration

Smita Ramgolam


MuleSoft Capability Lead,
Pace Integration

15:00 - 15:30   |   Keynote Theatre

Own Your Power: Dorothy Byrne on How Women Can Take Back Power in their Career and Life

Safiya Ahmed


Podcaster, Journalist & Digital Content Creator

Dorothy Byrne


Former Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4

15:40

15:40 - 16:10   |   Keynote Theatre

Changing the Ratio: Pioneering Generational Change for the Future of Business and Tech

Sheridan Ash MBE


Co-CEO,
Tech She Can

15:40 - 16:10   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

How Talent Transfer and Technology Can Shape Career Success

Dr Tracy Rea


EMEA Banking Lead and Consulting Director,
Concentrix

15:40 - 16:10   |   Women in Business Theatre

PANEL: How Female Led Businesses are Scaling to International Success

Irina Shmakova


Export Academy Adviser, Department for Business & Trade

Elizabeth Vega OBE


Group CEO,
Informed Solutions LTD

Helen Tonks MBE


Co-Founder,
Hydraulics Online

16:20

16:20 - 17:00   |   Keynote Theatre

PANEL: Empowering Women in Tech: Finding Your Voice and Making an Impact

Sonya Barlow


Founder,
Like Minded Females

Jane Mustoe


Enabling Functions Technology, Technology Innovation Lab and Finance Change Director,
Tesco

Eugenia Planas


Deputy Governorship Chief Information Officer,
Bank of England

Rebecca Appleyard


Senior Technical Architect, Legal Aid Agency Digital,
Ministry of Justice

Rachel Connolly


Head of B2B Experience ,
Addison Lee

16:20 - 16:50   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Building Confidence and Resilience – Overcoming “the only one in the room"

Veronica Hart


Data Center Operations Director,
Microsoft

16:20 - 16:50   |   Women in Business Theatre

Redefining Menopause Support: Future-proofing women’s health and wellbeing

Siobhan Kearney


Founder and CEO,
Menopause NI

17:00

17:00 - 17:30   |   Women in Business Theatre

Imposter Syndrome Doesn’t Exist: Rewild yourself from restricting labels

Jane McDowell


Founder,
Rewilding Women’s Voices

Thursday 03 October

10:00

10:00 - 10:45   |   Keynote Theatre

The Answer to Happiness

Katie Piper OBE


International Author, Inspirational Speaker, TV Presenter and Charity Campaigner

11:00

11:00 - 11:30   |   Women in Business Theatre

Marketing Masterclass

Karene Lambert-Gorwyn


Creating Heart Centred Millionaires,
Heart Centred Business

11:00 - 11:30   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Innovating Inclusion: Tech Companies as Catalysts for Gender Diversity

Nina Möger Bengtsson


Transformation Director ,
Kraken Technologies

11:00 - 11:30   |   Keynote Theatre

Mentors, Role Models and Representation: How to enhance your career and empower the next generation

Amanda Whicher


UK&I Technology Director,
Hays

11:40

11:40 - 12:10   |   Keynote Theatre

The Truth About Success

Chris Lambert-Gorwyn


Creating Heart Centred Millionaires,
Heart Centred Business

11:40 - 12:10   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

How “Techie” Do You Need to be to Work in Tech?

Susannah Portch


Head of Service Strategy,
IAG Tech

11:40 - 12:10   |   Women in Business Theatre

Engineering a Winning Formula

Yasmin Ali


Project Development Manager (Hydrogen),
RWE

12:20

12:20 - 12:50   |   Keynote Theatre

Embracing Neurodiversity

Danielle Battleson


CX Lead for UK Banking,
Chase UK

12:20 - 12:50   |   Women in Business Theatre

Why Understanding Your Role as a Leader is Crucial to Growing Your Business

Lyn Hamblin


Programme Director,
Help to Grow: Management Course

Elisa Scomazzon


Head of Operations,
UTC Artist Management Ltd

Kimberly Lankshear


Director,
Zeidman Development

Madeleine Osei-Baffoe


Co-founder and Managing Director,
Nextec Engineering

12:20 - 12:50   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

PANEL: Ask the Engineer

13:00

13:00 - 13:30   |   Keynote Theatre

11 Ways to Use AI to Build Your Confidence and Career

Sonya Barlow


Founder,
Like Minded Females

13:00 - 13:30   |   Women in Business Theatre

Empower Your Financial Future: Key Priorities for Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

Samantha Kaye


Chartered Financial Planner & Fellow of the Personal Finance Society. Her Wealth,
Wellesley

13:00 - 13:30   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Elevate Your Career Potential Through Collective Female Empowerment

Laura Barlow


Founder,
The Female Tech Collective

13:40

13:40 - 14:10   |   Keynote Theatre

Facing Adversity with a Smile

Baroness Floella Benjamin


Pioneering Actor, Writer and Campaigner

13:40 - 14:10   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

The Allyship Illusion: Why 'Fixing' Women Is Breaking Tech

Kellie Kwarteng


Founder & CEO,
Halzak | Elevate Women in Tech

Lee Chambers


Psychologist and Allyship Specialist

13:40 - 14:10   |   Women in Business Theatre

Looking for Support to Start or Grow Your Business? Learn More about Grow London Local!

Kristen Montalvo


Business Support Manager,
Grow London Local

14:20

14:20 - 14:50   |   Keynote Theatre

Taking Ownership Of Your Career To Unlock The Next Level

Catherine Wright


Director,
HSBC Innovation Banking

14:20 - 14:50   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

The Future of Work: Transferable and AI Skills to Target Advancement Within Your Career Journey

Diana M. Kauzlarich


Head of EMEA Talent Acquisition,
Genesys

Stefania Covatta


VP Solution Consulting EMEA,
Genesys

14:20 - 14:50   |   Women in Business Theatre

Managing Work in the Era of AI

Stella Pachidi


Assistant Professor in Information Systems,
Cambridge Judge Business School

15:00

15:00 - 15:30   |   Keynote Theatre

Being 10% Braver

Jaz Ampaw-Farr


International Keynote Speaker, Broadcaster, Author and Co-Founder ,
Be Human First Limited

15:00 - 15:30   |   Women in Business Theatre

That Lesson in Business We Should have been Taught at School...by a Qualified Accountant!

Rachel Harris


Director,
Accountant_she | striveX

15:00 - 15:30   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

What’s the Point? The relationship between purpose and great tech

Elena Yegorova


Director of Engineering,
Sainsbury's

Alison Choy


Head of Engineering,
Sainsbury's

15:40

15:40 - 16:10   |   Women in Business Theatre

Empowering Menopause Confidence at Work: Thrive not Survive

Sarah Davies


CEO & Founder ,
Empower4Life

15:40 - 16:10   |   Women in Tech & STEM Theatre

Inspiring and Retaining the Tech Talent Pipeline – from ages 5 to 105!

Jeni Trice


CEO, Founder and Chief Coding Adventurer,
Get with the Program

15:40 - 16:10   |   Keynote Theatre

How to Get a Job in Sustainability - Keep Doing What You Do Best

Helen Fisher


Managing Director, Context Group

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