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Get settled and familiar with the virtual platform before the program kicks off at 10 am.

FEATURING BOOTHS, ACTIVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES INCLUDING:

• CareerWorks* offering complimentary 1:1 Career Coaching & Resume Reviews.
• The Learning Stage features mini-masterclasses with actionable takeaways on leadership, career, or wellbeing topics.
• Online Bookstore, featuring exclusive author readings created just for our community.

*First come, first served

JOIN US IN THE CISCO NETWORKING LOUNGE ALL DAY ON CONFERENCE DAY

• Reply to group chat prompts
• Participate in structured and unstructured group networking activities

Career and Wellbeing mini-masterclasses to support your professional and personal growth. Speakers and sessions will be announced soon.

Hormones, Explained: The Truth Your Body Deserves

For too long, women have been told to just “deal with it” — the mood shifts, the brain fog, the sleep disruptions, the energy crashes, and the feeling that your body has stopped cooperating. Dr. Amy Shah is here to tell you: you’ve deserved better information all along. In this presentation, Dr. Shah — double board-certified physician, nutritionist, bestselling author, gut health expert, global educator, and author of Hormone Havoc — breaks down what’s actually happening to your hormones, from your mid-30s through menopause and beyond. No shame, no confusion, just clear, science-backed answers that finally make sense of what you’ve been experiencing. You’ll leave knowing what to expect at every stage, how to advocate for yourself with your doctor, and how to feel like yourself again with the facts to back it up. Your body isn’t failing you. It’s asking to be understood.

Speaker: Dr. Amy Shah, Double Board-Certified Physician and Bestselling Autho

Meet our full keynote lineup. Check back soon to see who’ll take the virtual stage in each Keynote Session.

Bobbi Brown, Makeup Artist and Founder, Jones Road Beauty

Tayari Jones, New York Times Bestselling Author and TIME100 Honoree

Mindy Kaling, Tony-Award Winning & Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer, and Actor
In Conversation With Elaine Welteroth, Award-Winning Journalist, New York Times Bestselling Author, TV Host and Founder of birthFUND

Michelle Khare, Host & Creator of Challenge Accepted and TIME100 Honoree

Ilona Maher, 2X Team USA Rugby Olympian, Olympic Bronze Medalist
In Conversation With MJ Acosta-Ruiz, Emmy Award-Winning Sportscaster

Tunde Oyeneyin, Instant New York Times Bestselling Author, Peloton Instructor, Nike Athlete, Change Maker

Lindsey Vonn, Olympic Ski Champion, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
In Conversation With Lisa Ling, Emmy Award-Winning Journalist

 
Speakers and schedule are subject to change.

From Locker Room to Boardroom: Leading Teams That Rise

What does it take to build a team that shows up fully — not just when it’s easy, but when the stakes are highest? Duke Women’s Basketball Head Coach Kara Lawson makes a compelling case that belonging isn’t a team-building exercise, it’s a competitive advantage. Drawing on her experience leading at the highest levels of sport, Kara explores how clarity, shared standards, and genuine accountability create the conditions where individuals start rising together and perform better when it matters most. Walk away with practical strategies for building teams that drive confidence, resilience, and collective excellence.

Speaker: Kara Lawson, Duke University Head Women’s Basketball Coach and USA Basketball Women’s National Team Head Coach

Moderator: To Be Announced

Host: To Be Announced

The Signal Gap: How to Boost Your Influence

Have you ever left a meeting knowing your idea was right, but watched someone else get the credit? The problem usually isn’t what you said. It’s the gap between what you intended and what the room actually received. In this session, workplace performance expert Henna Pryor breaks down the hidden signals that shape how you’re read in a room — your tone, your body language, your presence in a meeting — and how misalignment between any of them quietly erodes your influence before you’ve finished your sentence. Drawing on behavioral science and her newest book The Signal Gap, she helps you identify exactly where that disconnect is happening and why even your strongest ideas can get quietly doubted or overlooked. You’ll walk away knowing which signals build instant credibility, which ones are silently working against you, and how to align them so your voice lands the way it deserves, in every room that matters.

Speaker: Henna Pryor, Workplace Performance Expert, Author and Columnist, Inc.

Host: To Be Announced

Reclaiming Your Emotional Sensitivity

Have you ever been told you’re too sensitive, too emotional, or simply too much, and quietly started to believe it? In this session, board-certified psychiatrist and author of Too Sensitive Dr. Sasha Hamdani reframes emotional sensitivity not as a personality flaw, but as a highly responsive nervous system doing exactly what it was designed to do. She explores how everyday moments — a delayed text, a shift in tone, feeling overlooked in a meeting — can spiral into self-doubt and withdrawal, and why for so many women this experience is rooted in biology, not weakness. Drawing on her expertise in brain chemistry, hormones, and emotional sensitivity, Dr. Hamdani shares how these factors shape the way we feel and respond, and why this is exacerbated for the estimated 20% of the workforce who are neurodivergent. Learn techniques to regulate emotional intensity in real time, navigate high-stakes dynamics at work and in life, and channel your sensitivity into a grounded, sustainable strength.

Speaker: Dr. Sasha Hamdani, Board-Certified Psychiatrist, ADHD Clinical Specialist, and Author, Too Sensitive

Host: To Be Announced

 
Session and Speakers To Be Announced

The Uncertainty Advantage: Finding Clarity When It Matters Most

The path forward isn’t always clear and yet decisions still have to be made, and the stakes have never felt higher. Competing priorities, evolving expectations, and constant change can make it difficult to know when to move forward and how. In this session, decision strategist Parul Somani introduces her Path of Least Regret® framework, a practical approach for making thoughtful decisions when the future is uncertain. Through stories, insights, and actionable tools, she will show how you can evaluate tradeoffs, reconnect with your core priorities, and move forward with confidence. You will leave with a practical framework to cut through the noise, make decisions with conviction, and never look back.

Speaker: Parul Somani, Decision Strategist & Bestselling Author, The Path of Least Regret

Host: To Be Announced

Job Therapy: From Frustrated to Fulfilled

Most of us know when something feels off at work, yet we can’t put our finger on what. So we blame the boss, the workload, or the commute. But according to NYU social psychologist and author of Job Therapy Dr. Tessa West, the real culprit is almost always a deeper psychological need that isn’t being met — and until you identify it, no job change will fix it. This session will explore five common sources of career frustration — from feeling like an underappreciated star to drifting apart from work you once loved — and help you diagnose exactly which one is yours. Through her working week audit, Tessa will help you examine how you’re actually spending your time, where your energy is being drained, and what that reveals about what you truly need to thrive. Backed by cutting-edge insights from interviews with over 1,500 recruiters, you’ll walk away with a practical plan to find work that works for you — whether that means reimagining your current role or finding your next one.

Speaker: Tessa West, Psychology Professor, New York University and Communication Expert

Host: To Be Announced

Why Mattering Matters: The Foundation of a Life Well Lived

In a world moving faster than ever, too many of us are left asking a quieter, harder question: do I matter? Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Jennifer Breheny Wallace makes an urgent case that mattering — the feeling that we are valued and have value to offer — is a core human need, as essential to our wellbeing as food and water. And yet it’s quietly eroding. Drawing on research and deeply moving stories of mattering lost and regained, we will explore how burnout, disconnection, and lack of purpose are rarely about circumstance — they’re about an unmet human need. You’ll walk away with practical tools to strengthen your own mattering core, deepen your relationships, and navigate life’s uncertainties with greater resilience and purpose at work and beyond.

Speaker: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Award-winning journalist and Bestselling Author

Host: To Be Announced

Wired and Tired: The Hidden Health Costs of Our Digital Lives

We know screens are everywhere — but do we know what they’re actually doing to our bodies? Award-winning NPR host and author Manoush Zomorodi set out to find the answer — and the findings from her groundbreaking research from the Body Electric study reveal a surprising truth about what our screen-saturated lives are doing to our bodies. From everyday symptoms like posture problems, disrupted breathing, and restless sleep, to serious long-term conditions like diabetes, high cholesterol, and heart disease — the consequences are real and largely invisible to most of us. And for women navigating hormonal shifts and menopause, a sedentary screen-filled lifestyle can make every one of those symptoms worse. So what if the solution isn’t a total digital detox, but something far more doable? In this session, Manoush will share scientifically-backed ways to counteract the toll of modern life without giving up the technology we rely on. Walk away with simple, powerful habits to interrupt that cycle, reclaim your health, and feel better in your body immediately —without having to overhaul your life.

Speaker: Manoush Zomorodi, Award-winning Host, NPR’s TED Radio Hour and Bestselling Author

Host: To Be Announced

Meet our full keynote lineup. Check back soon to see who’ll take the virtual stage in each Keynote Session.

Bobbi Brown, Makeup Artist and Founder, Jones Road Beauty

Tayari Jones, New York Times Bestselling Author and TIME100 Honoree

Mindy Kaling, Tony-Award Winning & Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer, and Actor
In Conversation With Elaine Welteroth, Award-Winning Journalist, New York Times Bestselling Author, TV Host and Founder of birthFUND

Michelle Khare, Host & Creator of Challenge Accepted and TIME100 Honoree

Ilona Maher, 2X Team USA Rugby Olympian, Olympic Bronze Medalist
In Conversation With MJ Acosta-Ruiz, Emmy Award-Winning Sportscaster

Tunde Oyeneyin, Instant New York Times Bestselling Author, Peloton Instructor, Nike Athlete, Change Maker

Lindsey Vonn, Olympic Ski Champion, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
In Conversation With Lisa Ling, Emmy Award-Winning Journalist

 
Speakers and schedule are subject to change.

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