Conference Schedule

October 16–19, 2026 · Salt Lake City. Tap Add on any session to build your own agenda, then print it or carry it on your phone.

This schedule is subject to small changes.

Friday, October 16 — Pre-Conference

Most women arrive in time for the Welcome Party that evening, and Saturday morning is where everyone starts together.

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Pre-Conference Tracks — choose one
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Choose one ($299)

Practical AI for Fundraising, Advocacy, and Democracy

Anne Murphy

For fundraisers, advocates, organizers, and social-impact leaders who need to move people and money to advance a cause. Use AI to identify who can influence an issue, understand the relationships and motivations around them, prepare stronger outreach and asks, and stay on top of follow-through while keeping the human relationship central.

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CREATE Package

Certified AI Educator Intensive

Six weeks of the Certified AI Educator program condensed into one high-impact week, ending with a capstone and certification. Participants will build and launch their AI education business during the intensive. This is a beta format from She Leads AI, offered at beta pricing before the price doubles. With Michelle Muncy-Silva, Pamela Oberg, and Anne Murphy. Sold as part of the CREATE Package, bundle pricing. See the Certified AI Educator Intensive.

12:00 – 5:00 PM Choose one ($299)

Build Your AI Team: Designing Agents That Work for You

For people ready to move into agentic work across their work and lives. Lauren Irving, Madina Gbotoe, and Beth Lyons will help participants build the infrastructure to support ambitious goals for their future — organizing the context their agents need, designing how the work should move, and creating agentic systems with care, judgment, and a strong sense of responsibility.

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch, Then We Build

3:00 – 3:15 PM

Refuel & Plot

Something sweet.

Nothing added for this day yet.

Saturday, October 17 — Day One

Runs throughout
Analog Art Lab, CREATE Commons, and the MC and Connection Host, Olivia Odileke
7:00 – 8:30 AM

Find Your People

Breakfast, meet-ups, and registration.

9:00 – 10:00 AM Plenary

1,000 Disruptors

Anne Murphy

Women using AI to overturn the status quo.

10:15 – 11:00 AM Breakout 1

From Auditor to AI Strategist: Reinventing Your Career in the Age of AI

Sonia Kentaro

10:15 – 11:00 AM Breakout 2

Your Voice Is Your Edge

Corean Canty

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Plenary

Which ‘Me’ Is Flying The Plane?!

Charity Youngblood

12:15 – 1:30 PM

Lunch With Your People

1:30 – 2:15 PM Breakout 1

From First Hello to Final Handoff: AI at Every Step of Your Client Workflow

Erika Stanley

1:30 – 2:15 PM Breakout 2

Digital Legacy Planning: Made Easy

Niki Weiss

2:15 – 2:30 PM
The In-Between: Move, refill, reset, or keep the conversation going
2:30 – 3:15 PM Breakout 1

We Are The Cavalry: AI Governance and the Matriarchy

Panel

3:15 – 3:30 PM

Snack Break

3:30 – 5:00 PM Workshop

Building Agentic Infrastructure for Your Work

Lauren Irving, Madina Gbotoe + Beth Lyons

5:00 – 6:00 PM Close

Founders Spotlight and Pitch Fest

Every founder gets ninety seconds to say what she is building and what she needs. Then everyone answers. Hosted by Michelle Muncy-Silva, Executive Director of She Leads AI Academy and Founder of Data Parity AI.

7:00 – 8:00 PM
Charge Everything: Yourself, your phone, and your social battery

Nothing added for this day yet.

Sunday, October 18 — Day Two

Runs throughout
Analog Art Lab, CREATE Commons, and the MC and Connection Host, Olivia Odileke
7:00 – 8:30 AM

Gather Again

Breakfast with your new and returning people.

9:00 – 10:00 AM Plenary
10:15 – 11:00 AM Breakout 1

From Auditor to AI Strategist: Reinventing Your Career in the Age of AI

Sonia Kentaro

10:15 – 11:00 AM Breakout 2

Your Voice Is Your Edge

Corean Canty

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Plenary

The Unpunishable Woman in the Age of AI

Ashanti Bentil-Dhue

Read Ashanti at This Isn’t Financial Advice.

12:15 – 1:30 PM

Lunch With Your People

1:30 – 2:15 PM Breakout 1

From First Hello to Final Handoff: AI at Every Step of Your Client Workflow

Erika Stanley

1:30 – 2:15 PM Breakout 2

Digital Legacy Planning: Made Easy

Niki Weiss

2:15 – 2:30 PM
The In-Between: Move, refill, reset, or keep the conversation going
3:15 – 3:30 PM

Snack Break

3:30 – 5:00 PM Workshop

Building Agentic Infrastructure for Your Work

Lauren Irving, Madina Gbotoe + Beth Lyons

5:00 – 6:00 PM Close

The Big Send-Off: Go Build What Comes Next

Nothing added for this day yet.

Monday, October 19

After 11:30 AM
Safe Travels: we’ll see you next year

Nothing added for this day yet.

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October 16–19, 2026 · Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Salt Lake City

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