Women in Leadership & Innovation Luncheon and Symposium 2025

Friday, 20 June 2025 | 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM AEST
Cairns Hilton

Empowering Women. Driving Innovation. Leading the Future.

After the successful 2024 event, we would like to invite you to join us for the Women in Leadership & Innovation Luncheon and Symposium 2025, an event designed to celebrate and elevate women’s contributions to leadership and innovation. Hosted as part of the TIFx program within the Tropical Innovation Festival, this inspiring event offers a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded people, hear from local and visiting female leaders, and gain practical tools to advance your career and community impact.

Event Highlights

Lunch and Networking
Connect with professionals, innovators, and entrepreneurs from diverse industries in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Enjoy a professional lunch while hearing from accomplished leaders who will share their successes, journeys, insights and lessons on navigating leadership and innovation across their industries.

Engaging conversations
Gain valuable insights from prominent female leaders about personal and professional challenges, opportunities and impacts that they have had in their leadership roles.

Symposium
Participate in a series of interactive and practical sessions, including:

Female Founders and Investors Panel: Hear from successful entrepreneurs and investors shaping the future of innovation.
Lightning Innovation Pitches: Discover game-changing ideas from female founders.
Interactive Discussions: When women get together, problem solving and solutions are a given. In this interactive discussion, you will demonstrate innovative solutions to problems worth solving.

Why Attend?

This event is tailored for women (and male allies) who are passionate about leadership, innovation, and driving change. Attendees will gain:

Practical Insights: Take away actionable strategies to apply in your career or organisation.
Inspiration: Be energised by real-life stories of success, resilience, and leadership.
Valuable Connections: Build relationships with peers, mentors, and industry leaders in a supportive and inclusive setting.

Founder Opportunities

Are you a female entrepreneur or innovator? Showcase your ideas and gain exposure at the Lightning Innovation Pitches or within the Tropical Innovation Festival program. Apply here: https://forms.office.com/r/MXqvcVNbuN

Sponsorship Opportunities

Align your brand with innovation, leadership, and diversity. Sponsorship packages for this event or Tropical Innovation Festival offer tailored benefits. Contact us to explore sponsorship opportunities and find a package that aligns with your goals: https://forms.office.com/r/yDm7rcJL1N

If you or your organisation wants to support a female founder without the means to attend (buy one, give one) or donate a raffle prize for the day, please reach out to community@launchyep.com

Event Partners

This event is proudly presented in partnership with:

Launch Y(E)P

Stay Updated

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We look forward to welcoming you to a day of inspiration, collaboration, and innovation. Together, let’s lead and shape the future.