Registration is open: Oct. 2nd to Oct. 4th, 2026 at Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Brampton.

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Summit Faculty 2026

Expert voices, real practice.

Practitioners, advocates, and researchers leading our roundtables, labs, and coaching panels.

Keynotes & labs Roundtable facilitation Research sessions
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Where your voice creates real change.

Every speaker is mapped to a real room and a real audience need — so delegates see why each voice belongs.

Accepted facultyCredibility with purpose

Confirmed voices anchor leadership, care, governance, and resilience through a gender-inclusive lens.

Future intakeRoom and role fit

Applicants fit keynotes, labs, roundtables, research sessions, or media interviews.

Conference speaker presenting to an engaged audience
Faculty experienceEvery speaker helps delegates act after the summit.

Intake is organized by session role, audience need, and leadership problem.

Faculty Details

Meet the people you'll learn from.

Each speaker maps to sessions built to resolve real culture, governance, and equity challenges.

Yvonne Igbinosa Osagie Yvonne Igbinosa Osagie Health Equity & Resilience

Tackling Professional Burnout & Cultivating Resilience

Founder and CEO of Med Melanin, health equity advocate, and former Carleton University student governor. Her work tackles structural burnout in high-demand service sectors with practical frameworks for emotional intelligence, resilience, and balanced care leadership.

Scheduled Session: Day 2 Keynote · Resilience & Burnout (9:00 AM)
Dr. Mary Grogan Dr. Mary Grogan Global Governance

The 7 Cs of Global Systemic Leadership

Educator, counsellor, global leadership scholar, and author of *The 7 Cs of Global Leadership*. Her career spans international governance, education policy, and crisis mediation. She shows delegates how to align board-level governance with on-the-ground inclusive culture.

Scheduled Session: Day 1 Plenary · Leadership in Crisis (10:45 AM)
H.E. Dr. Amb. Isoken H.E. Dr. Amb. Isoken UN Peace Ambassador

Conflict Resolution, Bias Mediation & Peacebuilding

Founder of ISK Consulting, professional mediator, film director, and UN Global Peace Ambassador. Her hands-on labs give managers, HR leaders, and organizers practical toolkits to mediate cross-cultural conflict, surface hidden bias, and build lasting trust.

Scheduled Session: Day 3 Keynote · Leading Systemic Change (3:30 PM)
Expert Exchange

Speakers bring expertise. Delegates bring the real leadership problems.

AHLS is a working room for practitioners, researchers, founders, and executives. Faculty don't just present — they help delegates turn gender-inclusive leadership into habits, decision tools, and accountable next steps.

What speakers bring

Original frameworks, field evidence, and lived leadership practice.

Keynotes, workshops, roundtables, research, and media sessions — with tools that show how inclusive leadership works in real organizations.

What speakers gain

A serious platform to be seen by decision-makers.

Meet employers, executives, investors, researchers, and media actively seeking credible voices and useful solutions.

Showcase Formats

Pick the format where you shine.

Choose your strongest fit: keynote, panel, roundtable, lab, poster session, media interview, book conversation, or founder demo.

  • Feature practical tools delegates can reuse on their teams.
  • Share research, case studies, or lived-practice lessons.
  • Join curated conversations with people who can apply, fund, or partner.
Experts discussing strategy around a conference table
Roundtables, labs, and media sessions let experts contribute where they're strongest.
Who You Meet

Speak to the people who can act on your work.

Employers and HR leaders

Seeking practical frameworks, training partners, and measurable inclusion practices.

Executives and board members

Exploring governance, risk, succession, and leadership accountability through a gender-inclusive lens.

Researchers and students

Seeking applied discussion, indexed proceedings, and research visibility.

Media, partners, and investors

Sourcing stories, finding portfolio talent, and building strategic alignments.

Speaker Preparation

Get ready for the room before you step into it.

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Intake review

Applicants are reviewed by topic, audience value, format fit, and theme alignment.

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Session shaping

Accepted speakers get guidance on outcomes, timing, accessibility, and how their session fits the three-day arc.

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Visibility planning

Profiles, media opportunities, research indexing, and partner introductions, built around confirmed roles.

Call for Experts

Bring the work your field needs to see.

Apply to speak, facilitate, present research, or lead a roundtable for organizations ready to make inclusion everyday practice.

Apply to speak Submit research