The Unspoken Conference 2022 by One Roof

The UNSPOKEN Conference is back by popular demand; a week-long virtual conference for women.

This virtual conference exists to bring to the stage conversations that affect ambitious women in business that we desperately need to talk more about. We are covering the important, hard and impactful conversations that need to be front and centre. 

The world is facing unprecedented issues from worldwide pandemics, major issues in the workplace, increased homelessness, the climate crisis and a gender gap in business and entrepreneurship that seems to only be getting worse rather than better. If we do not increase the quality and diversity of our leaders and support more women into successful, powerful and influential positions, we are likely heading for a global disaster.

We have handpicked our guest speakers because we know they are passionate about these topics and are willing to share in a vulnerable, raw and open way. 

Join us for an entire week of online panel events. We will be hosting a different panel of guest speakers every day throughout the week. 

You only need to purchase one ticket to gain access to all the events. 

**All One Roof members attend for free. 

The Conference Agenda:

Building Taboo Businesses. Monday 16 May, 2.30pm - 3.10pm

These women are working in new, innovative and taboo industries. It’s hard enough being a woman in business let alone a trailblazer building taboo businesses. From Medicinal Cannabis to ethics in AI, from Sex Positivity to Psychedelics they will share the barriers and backlash they have faced, how they have persisted and why they are so excited about the industries they each work in.

• Catriona Wallace, Founder of AI startup and the second ASX listed company to have a female CEO and Chair
  
• Lisa Nguyen, Founder and CEO of Astrid Dispensary, Australia’s first female-led dispensary specialising in medicinal cannabis, plant based medicines and nutraceuticals.
• Leeza Mangaldas, one of India’s foremost sex-positive digital content creators, recipient of The Pleasure Project’s Pleasure Fellowship and The Cosmopolitan India Sexual Health Influencer of the Year award 2022.

Business Mum BS. Tuesday 17 May, 12pm - 1:15pm 

How are mums still battling so many UNSPOKEN barriers and issues when it comes to balancing the intersection of business and motherhood in this day and age?! We still don’t talk enough about what goes on “behind the scenes,” including the sacrifices women still make, dealing with fertility issues, pregnancy loss, post natal depression, the mental load, the guilt and more and the UNSPOKEN expectations we place on mums and. not dads. We need to uncover the BS business mums still deal with and then hear from them what they need in order to thrive as women, business owners and mums.

• Richenda Vermeulen, CEO of ntegrity, a digital agency that works with Australia’s leading not-for-profits.
• Cathy Ngo, Founder of Keynoteworthy, a challenger speaker agency to solve the problems that event organisers have in finding and booking speakers that reflect the diversity of gender, sexualities, abilities and ethnicity
• Sophie Walker, Founder and host of the Australian Birth Stories podcast.
• Prue Gilbert, Co-founder and CEO of Grace Papers, a digital platform that provides employees with the strategies, language and framework to give agency - freedom, choice and control - to thrive.

Behind the Boss Babe Mask. Wednesday, 18 May, 12pm - 1:15pm 

Let’s take off the masks women are conditioned to feel they need to wear and talk about what’s really going on behind the success that we all see. From chronic illness to discrimination and thinking ‘there must be something wrong with me’ these boss babes will get truly UNSPOKEN in their journey as women, founders and leaders. In addition, we will discuss the power of words and whether such terms as 'Boss Babe' serve to empower or alienate women in business. 

• Prisca Ongonga-Daehn is the founder/CEO of baresop. She is a disruptor for good with a passion for developing products that solve the world's biggest problems and add value to human life.
• Tyla Hodgson, Founder of Oh My Vibes, a self-love brand with a mission to change the conversation around women’s pleasure.
• Priyanka Ashraf, a lawyer turned self-taught technologist turned self-taught startup founder of The Creative Co-Operative.

Radical Feminine Leadership Styles. Thursday 19 May, 12pm - 1:15pm 

• Michelle Redfern, Founder of Advancing Women, an enterprise providing research and advisory services on workplace gender quality, diversity and inclusion. She is also founder of Advancing Women, an enterprise providing research and advisory services on workplace gender quality, diversity and inclusion.
• Abena Ofori, Talent Enablement Manager at Who Gives A Crap - a fast growing social impact startup that makes eco-friendly toilet paper
• Meggie Palmer, Founder of PepTalkHer, which is on a mission to close the gender pay gap. 
• Holly Ransom, Founder and CEO of Emergent, a strategic advisory firm created to ensure technology is leveraged to create a better tomorrow. Named one of Australia’s 100 Most Influential Women by the AFR, Holly has delivered a Peace Charter to the Dalai Lama, was named by Sir Richard Branson as a Future Game Changer to watch in 2017 and was personally requested by Barack Obama to interview him on stage in 2018.

It's a Business Woman's World. Friday 20 May, 12pm - 1:15pm 

These women are leading, advocating and pioneering new ways of doing business. They do not accept outdated, patriarchal systems obsessed with consumerism, money, the hustle culture and growth for the sake of it. They bring feminist views, First Nations rituals and truly diverse and collaborative perspectives to how they lead and do business. These women are reshaping the business world.

• Ella Bancroft, Indigenous change-maker, artist, storyteller, mentor and founder of “The Returning” and Yhi Collective, Ella is an active advocate for The Decolonisation movement. 
• Mary Crooks AO, Executive Director of the Victorian Women’s Trust and 2016 winner of the AFR/Westpac’s 100 Women of Influence for her years of work in shaping public policy in Australia.
• Christina Hobbs, CEO of Verve Super, Australia’s first ethical superannuation fund that is tailored for women, by women.

We look forward to bringing the unspoken conversations affecting ambitious women in business to the centre stage with you all. For any questions, get in touch with hello@weareoneroof.com, we love hearing from you.