Registration & Networking Over Breakfast
Welcome from our Host, Michelle Moore and summit creator, Arit Eminue.
Please note: the below agenda is subject to change.
Leading from Within: The Courage to Be Who You Are
Opening Keynote
Panel - Building & Leading High-Performing Diverse Teams
Strategies for leading diverse, intergenerational teams in a hybrid environment.
Masterclass - Developing a Coaching Mindset
Practical session to equip delegates with tools to grow people, not just manage them.
Masterclass - Balancing Strategic Leadership with Hands-on Management:
Navigating the dual demands of strategic vision and the day to day operations.
Panel - Communication & Relationship Management
How to lead without authority and navigate leadership dynamics when influencing senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
Fireside chat - Paths to C-Suite
In today’s fast-moving world, gaining insight into how founders, CEOs and C-Suite leaders think, decide, and lead offers emerging leaders a sharper edge.
Creating Behavioural Change
Facilitated by leadership coaches, this highly interactive and engaging peer-to-peer coaching session is designed to support participants turn knowledge into action.
Afternoon Break & Networking
Fireside Chat – Inside the Mind of a CEO: In today’s fast-moving world, gaining insight into how founders and CEOs think, decide, and lead offers emerging leaders a sharper edge.
Creating Behavioural Change: Facilitated by leadership coaches, this highly interactive and engaging peer-to-peer coaching session is designed to support participants turn knowledge into action.
Closing remarks from our Founder & Host
Our Speakers
(More speakers will be announced soon)
While we confirm our exceptional lineup for 2026, in the meantime here is who took to the stage in 2025.
Shola Kaye
Empathy Advocate, Keynote Speaker & Trainer
Empathy Advocate, Keynote Speaker & Trainer
Shola Kaye designs and runs programmes on communication, leadership, and workplace empathy. She’s passionate about helping organisations create a People-First Culture. Shola is the author of two (soon to be three) communication books, the latest being Never Lost for Words: 15 Frameworks for Speaking Up Confidently Under Pressure, and an international trainer and keynote speaker.
She helps organisations build People-First cultures powered by Emotional Audacity — the courage to speak up, lead with heart, and act with compassion. When workplaces are bold and inclusive, people thrive, teams soar, and lasting change happens. Shola is a former LinkedIn Learning instructor, and her clients include Google, Oracle, Sony Entertainment and Deloitte. She’s a former professional singer and her work has been featured in a range of industry journals.
Jenny Garrett OBE
Chief Executive, Author
Chief Executive, Author
Jenny Garrett OBE is an award-winning CEO, author, and changemaker dedicated to helping people lead with their whole selves. From a council estate in North West London to the boardroom, her journey fuels her mission: a world where no one is left behind. Founder of Jenny Garrett Global, she empowers leaders through three pillars:
Inclusive Leadership
Jenny’s work is about giving leaders the tools to create environments where people feel they genuinely belong.
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Jenny helps people and teams embrace a mindset of curiosity and courage, turning challenges into opportunities and new ideas into impactful solutions.
Humanising AI Adoption
Jenny’s consultancy advises on making sure AI adoption is equitable and strategic. Between direct consulting and her podcast AI for Equity, which she co-hosts with her daughter, Jenny ensures technology serves humanity, not the other way around
Author of Rocking Your Role for female breadwinners, Equality vs Equity on race in the workplace, and upcoming book AI for Equity, Jenny is also co-founder of Rocking Ur Teens, inspiring young people. Honoured with an OBE, she is a trusted partner for leaders ready to build fairness, impact, and lasting change.
… and more to be announced.
Afternoon Break & Networking
Turning theory into practice: Highly interactive and engaging peer-to-peer coaching session is designed to support participants to turn knowledge from the afternoon sessions into action.
Closing remarks from our Creator & Host