Women's Network Conference

Welcome to the Women's Network Conference, organised by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

Join us on Friday 7th of March 2025, at the University of South Wales – Newport, for a day filled with inspiring talks, networking opportunities, and empowering workshops.

9am - arrival for tea and coffee

9.30am - conference starts

This year, our theme is #AccelerateAction, focusing on driving progress, sparking change, and empowering women to make a tangible impact in their personal and professional lives.

International Women's Day 2025

This event is a fantastic opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with a supportive community of like-minded individuals. Don’t miss out on the chance to be inspired and motivated to reach your full potential. Let’s come together to accelerate action and make a difference.

We can’t wait to see you there!

We are delighted to annouce that Emma Henderson has been confirmed as our key note speaker.

Until September 2020 Emma was one of fewer than 500 female airline captains in the world and had made her mark on the industry as a Peer Support Mentor, Brand Ambassador, Fear of Flying presenter, and had become known as “Captain Emma” in ITVs fly on the wall documentary Inside the Cockpit.

It was this platform and the niche she had carved for herself as a natural and empathetic leader, that allowed her to launch Project Wingman in response to the global pandemic, mobilising thousands of grounded aircrew across the country to provide well-being support to frontline NHS staff.

Now, an award winning CEO of the charity she founded, an Aviation Ambassador, award winning speaker, and with an MBE to her name, Emma draws on her experiences over more than three decades in the air to deliver lessons that are relatable from the flight deck to the board room, inspiring all who hear her with her authentic leadership and her passion for doing the right thing, delivered through storytelling with compassion and bit of wry humour thrown in.

All who hear Emma leave feeling inspired, empowered, compelled to become better versions of themselves and with a “big picture” view of life whether at school, university or in business. Emma shares lessons from behind the flight deck door to develop an authentic, human-centric leadership culture, developing skills including decision making, risk assessment, resilience, well-being in the workplace and the importance of “Leading from the Front” and by example.

Emma lives on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland with her RAF husband, their two labradors, her chickens and a recently acquired (without permission) puppy! Her three adult children return on a regular enough basis to make it feel like they have never moved out - mostly to get their washing done and their cars serviced…

• Panel members
• Networking Lunch
• Workshops in the afternoon

We are in the process of creating a Welsh copy

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

University of South Wales - Newport, Usk Way, Newport, United Kingdom