November 13, 2025
Join hundreds of ambitious women and their supportive male counterparts on Thursday, November 13 in Raleigh at Women Lead NC, North Carolina’s premier leadership and personal development conference. Discover the latest tools and strategies to supercharge your career, enhance personal well-being, and achieve professional fulfillment.
Expanded with bigger names and a more interactive event space, we expect a sold-out crowd of 1,000+ to join us. This dynamic event offers a transformative full-day experience of promoting women in leadership, fostering advocacy, nurturing mentorship, prioritizing self-care, and striking work-life balance.
Event Features:
- Globally-renowned, inspirational keynote speakers who will ignite your passion and drive.
- Informative breakout sessions with interactive Q&A, and pop-up sessions covering timely topics.
- Networking opportunities, from speed networking to guided networking groups, for forging valuable connections and expanding your community.
- Expanded exhibit hall, showcasing organizations dedicated to fostering both professional and personal growth and women-owned businesses.
- Women’s bookstore with handpicked selection of the latest titles, professional headshot photography, and more!
Watch a highlight from last year’s event to get a glimpse of the experience:
SPEAKERS: Please submit submissions with materials for review here and we will reach out if a fit for our event.
EXHIBITORS: Interested in being a vendor and connecting with 1000+ female professionals before the holiday season? Learn more here.
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Agenda
Thursday, November 13
| 8:00 am | Registration and Exhibit Hall Open |
| 9:00 am | Opening Session & Keynote: Likeable Badass Alison Fragale, Ph.D., Organizational Psychologist, Professor, and Best Selling Author of “Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve” |
| 10:00 am | Networking Break |
| 10:45 am | Breakout Sessions |
| 11:45 am | Lunch and Networking |
| 12:45 pm | Breakout Sessions |
| 1:45 pm | Networking Break |
| 2:30 pm | Closing Keynote: A Conversation with Misty Copeland Misty Copeland, First African American Woman Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre |
| 4:00 pm | Event Concludes |