Women in Media Conference | Gold Coast | 2022

Overwhelming interest in the 2022 Women In Media Australia National Conference and it’s exciting line up of Speakers means tickets have sold out earlier than ever! If you missed your chance to purchase a ticket, don’t worry, you can still register for the waitlist and we’ll be in contact immediately if anything becomes available. Click on “Get Tickets” in this event page and select “Join Waitlist” for your preferred ticket type.

Women in Media returns for its fourth national conference!

Over the past two years, we have had to manage and master CHANGE. 

We have found ourselves adapting to change in work-from-home, changes in careers, championing change, changes in life stages from becoming a mum to facing retirement - change seems to have been the constant theme for everyone over the past couple of years.

This year’s conference has been designed as a celebration of change; how YOU have found your rhythm in this new landscape. It will provide the tools to help you continue to grow and adapt. We’ll have a variety of fabulous panels and speakers, as well as workshops designed to educate, empower and elevate Women in Media.

The two-day program has been designed so we can come together at Bond University to listen to some of Australia’s most senior women in media, as well as taking part in specialised daily workshops. Speakers for this year will include Leigh Sales, Lisa Millar, Beverley McGarvey, Natalie Barr, Faith Agugu, Karen Koh, Virginia Tapscott, Adele Ferguson, Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon, Lisa Muxworthy, Glynis Traill-Nash, Tangiora Hinaki, Narelda Jacobs, Patricia Powell-Hughes, Tanya Denning-Orman, Annabelle Hickson, Dr Libby Sander, Professor Jeff Brand and many more! 

You may be new to the industry or a veteran with years of expertise or somewhere in between. The Women in Media Conference is an important event to build your network, challenge your thinking and hear from speakers that are reinventing media as we know it.

Don’t worry, we will ensure there is plenty of time to catch-up. The ticket price covers your WiM delegate bag, lunch with drinks each day and drinks with canapés in the amphitheatre well into Friday evening.

This year, for the first time, we will  be releasing only two-day passes, with single-day entry no longer available. We also have special pricing for our members and an early bird 10-pass package price. A code to access hidden member pricing has been sent to all members via email. If you aren’t already a member, you can become one now. 

Here are the workshops coming your way for 2022! - Take note because you will enter your selections at checkout

• Negotiate your worth: From negotiating a payrise or promotion, to securing flexible work/life balance arrangement, or to confidently approaching any business deal - the art of negotiation is a tool every woman needs. Sam Trattles will teach you the art of negotiating with confidence. Her methodology will ensure you never avoid those uncomfortable conversations again, you’ll embrace negotiations, and may even learn to love them (or at least not hate them).

• Career resilience: With many of us feeling more vulnerable when it comes to job security and career stability, anticipating risk, limiting fallout and developing our 'bounce-back' factor is essential in building career resilience. Whether you are on a conventional journey or forging your way along a zig-zag path, Margot Andersen will walk you through the steps to help you assess career priorities and overcome the challenges of determining 'what's next'.
  

• In the frame: Foolproof your photography without the F-stops, Focal points and other F-words ... You don't have to be a pro-shooter, it's about the tricks to take you to the next level and knowing what images work for the media. The Canberra Times picture editor Karleen Minney explains how to get the best out of storytelling with beautiful images, focusing on composition, perspective and depth.
  

• How to assemble a basic mobile journalism kit: Mobile journalism (mojo!) university lecturer Rob Layton, who is doing his PhD in mojo, will show attendees how to assemble a basic mobile journalism kit, showcase essential apps, outline how to achieve a mobile-only workflow, and how to then take your mobile video production to the next level.
  

• Law in the limelight: An in-depth guide to the law of defamation for journalists, business owners and anyone using social media in a digital era. With defamation law reform introduced around the country last year, media law expert Sophie Robertson will canvass the relevant new developments.
  

• Leverage social media to realise your professional credibility: How is your personal professional reputation playing out on social media? Does it consist of random posts, likes, comments and shares? Or have you considered a personal strategy to help achieve your professional goals, connect with your niche, and enhance your professional credibility? This workshop looks at mastering your social media strategy to help establish and grow your personal professional reputation and brand, while building your influence and connections with target audiences. In this hands-on workshop, you will start constructing a strategy to raise your professional profile, strengthen  relationships and discover new opportunities. You’ll learn with Bond University award-winning educators Michele Clark and Jennifer St George, who have extensive expertise in creating and delivering communication strategies using multiple platforms for corporate, government and not-for-profit organisations.

We will also have a bonus workshop on Saturday morning at 8am! 

• Mindful connection (Optional): Is your mind more full than mindful? Interested in meditation but don't have the time? Join us at 8am on Day 2 for a relaxing, guided meditation. Led by Ann Lund, former QUT Journalism lecturer and winner of the 2021 Clarion Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, it will be the perfect start to your day. This is open to everyone - whatever level of experience you have with meditation - and especially for beginners.

In addition to having plenty of fun, WiM has put together another fabulous raffle. Tickets can be pre-purchased through Humanitix, which means you don’t have to be at the event to win some wonderful prizes. Money raised will help fund our WiM initiatives and future events. 

Due to popular demand, we have added an option to 'pay it forward’. These contributions will help WiM bring deserving young, remote or regional media women to the conference. 

And, if you need some motivation to keep your WiM merch growing, we have the 2022 WiM conference T-shirts available for pre-purchase now. We look forward to seeing you wearing your new merch!

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

WiM Events are held in accordance with the official Australian Government Coronavirus Guidelines. 

All tickets purchased for the postponed 2021 conference will automatically be transferred for the 2022 conference. 

Thank you to our sponsors for making this year’s conference possible: 

Major Sponsors

Supporting Sponsors