WACL Talent Festival – 20th May 2025

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Formal close of FOT 2024, with Kerry Chilvers and Camilla Kemp, WACL Festival of talent, 2May2024, Photographer BronacMcNeill

An unforgettable day for ambitious women building their future in media, marketing and communication leadership.

WACL Talent Festival 2025 is a one-day leadership accelerator designed by women for women. An all day event taking place on 20th May 2025. 

Both in person and virtual tickets are now available  – book here 

In just one amazing day we’ll explore 5 topics – each designed to tackle the key leadership challenges for today and tomorrow.

About the Day: 5 ways to accelerate your leadership

-The day will help established and emerging female leaders:

-Discover innovative new leadership models

-Transform “imposter syndrome” in to a catalyst for growth and success 

-Acquire impactful negotiation skills and boost commercial confidence 

-Navigate health challenges unique to women – from menstruation to menopause

-Build resilience as a leader through times of uncertainty

Delivered through inspirational workshops and talks, this hands-on day is designed to bring new thinking, ideas and leadership tools so you can make a bigger and better impact for your organisation and the world around you.

Invest in your leaders, or yourself, and come to network, be inspired and take away new skills.

WACL Festival of talent, 2May2024, Photographer BronacMcNeill

Fantastic line up of Speakers and panelists already confirmed include:

Aline Santos – Chief Brand Officer & Chief DE&I officer, Unilever

Amanda Mackenzie OBE – NED, Trustee, Chair

Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah – Co-founder and CEO of UK BlackPride

Mandu Reid – Former leader of the Women’s equality party

The Essentials:

When: Tuesday 20 May 2025

Where: Sky, The Osterley Campus, West London or virtual

Pricing: Individual tickets start from £150 + VAT and booking fee (virtual ticket)

Great value for in person and virtual group bookings – 10 tickets for the price of 8! 

All profits go to supporting WACL’s purpose of accelerating Gender Equality including our chosen charities NABS and the WACL Talent Awards.

Thank you to our wonderful Sponsor, Sky.

The event will be hosted & broadcast from The Sky Campus, Grant Way, Isleworth TW7 5QD.

WACL Festival of talent, 2May2024, Photographer BronacMcNeill

Reviews from Festival of Talent 2024

‘What a brilliant day. An excellent consistent narrative to give me space and time to reflect, and grow. Thank you’

‘I loved the practical workshops giving advice and frameworks to help engender authenticity. Feeling empowered and inspired. So needed!’

‘I felt inspired ! Really made me light up’

‘Honest and inspiring’

FAQS

Who should attend?
This accelerator is designed for emerging and established female leaders. Ambitious women from any discipline or part of the media, marketing and communication industry who lead or want to lead in the future. Most of our attendees have five to fifteen years’ experience – we’d say the minimum experience to get the best out of the day is around three years
When will it take place?

Tuesday 20th May 2025 9:00am – 5:00pm  

The event will be hosted & broadcast from The Sky Campus, Grant Way, Isleworth TW7 5QD

How can i get tickets?

TICKETS – sold out last year so don’t miss out!

Individual ticket at Sky Campus – £320 +VAT and booking fee

Group of 10 in person tickets at Sky Campus – £2,560 +VAT and booking fee

(20% discount on when you buy a group of 10 tickets, i.e. 8 tickets for the price of 10!)

Virtual individual ticket – £150 + VAT and booking fee

Group of 10 virtual tickets – £1,200 + VAT and booking fee

(20% discount on when you buy a group of 10 tickets, i.e. 8 tickets for the price of 10!)

All profits go to supporting WACL’s purpose of accelerating Gender Equality including our chosen charities  NABS and the WACL Talent Awards.

Tickets on sale here or through our Events page here

 

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