Women in Media National Conference 2025 full program drops, featuring Claudia Karvan, Hannah Ferguson, Aimee Buchanan and more
The Women in Media National Conference returns to Sydney on 15 August with a powerhouse lineup and sessions on power, PR, AI, and the future of media.
The announcement:
Claudia Karvan, Hannah Ferguson, Bridget Brennan, Aimee Buchanan and more lead a bold, agenda-setting lineup as the Women in Media National Conference returns to Sydney on Friday, 15 August – with sessions that go there on power, PR, AI, and the future of media – and a community dedicated to supporting women in media to thrive in their chosen paths and careers.
This one-day event brings together Australia’s most influential voices across journalism, production, comms, politics, tech, PR, publishing and the screen sector – live at ICC Sydney.
Just some of the headliners include:
Claudia Karvan OAM – Award-winning actor, writer and producer and one of the country’s most enduring talents whose work has been recognised with multiple Logies and an Order of Australia.
Hanna Rosin – Podcasting pioneer, author of The End of Men and one of US journalism’s most distinctive voices – heard on We Live Here Now, Radio Atlantic and NPR’s groundbreaking audio series Invisibilia.
Shankari Chandran – Miles Franklin Award-winning novelist of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens and Song of the Sun God, which are both being adapted to screen.
Hannah Ferguson – Gen Z magnet and CEO of Cheek Media who committed to running for Parliament in her recent National Press Club address.
They’ll be joined by a swathe of industry leaders, creators, movers and shakers. The line up includes:
Monica Attard ⦁ Binowee Bayles ⦁ Edwina Bartholomew ⦁ Molly Benjamin ⦁ Angela Bishop ⦁ Bridget Brennan ⦁ Deirdre Brennan ⦁ Aimee Buchanan ⦁ Petra Buchanan ⦁ Sue Cato ⦁ Shankari Chandran ⦁ Sally Cray ⦁ Lais Dos Santos ⦁ Miguel D’Souza ⦁ Amanda Duthie ⦁ Hannah Ferguson ⦁ Adam Ferrier ⦁ The Hon. Katy Gallagher ⦁ Libbi Gorr ⦁ Olivia Humphrey ⦁ Anita Jacoby ⦁ Claudia Karvan ⦁ Paula Kruger ⦁ Amanda Laing ⦁ Maria Lewis ⦁ Jodi Matterson ⦁ Beverley McGarvey ⦁ Charlotte Mortlock ⦁ Hanna Rosin (USA) ⦁ Jessie Stephens ⦁ Sarah Stinson ⦁ Dilpreet Kaur Taggar ⦁ Sarah Thornton ⦁ and more!
Full program over page and HERE. Session highlights:
- Crisis Comms – The best in the biz reveal how they’d handle everything from Kiss Cam to product flops, marketing missteps to workplace misconduct.
- New Power: Women Content Creators – Once underestimated and now unignorable, these creators wield so much influence even the PM lines up for them.
- The Future of Media – Women leaders at the top unpack what’s next for an industry in constant flux.
- DEI, Quotas & Backlash – Representation, resistance, diversity targets – and what it means for you.
- Flipping the Script: Women Shaping the Story – Meet the creators changing who and what we see on screen, in print and on air – and rewriting tired stereotypes for good.
Tickets on sale now: womeninmedia.com.au/national-conference-2025
Source: Feature Communications
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