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“It is our right and responsibility to write ourselves into the future. All organising is science fiction. If you are shaping the future, you are a futurist. And visionary fiction is a way to practice the future in our minds, alone and together.”
- Adrienne Maree Brown, writer, activist and facilitator
Bringing together leading voices from across the cultural, business and academic sectors the AWITA conference invites you to explore the power and practice of intersectional feminist leadership. The morning will open with an artist-led conversation, setting the tone for a programme that blends practical workshops, peer learning, and reflective dialogue.
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Programme
Surprising Overlaps and New Possibilities
The day opens with a conversation between Turner Prize-winner Lubaina Himid CBE and sound and visual artist Magda Stawarska, whose decades-long collaboration explores memory, identity and shared authorship. Their session moderated by curator and writer Fatoş Üstek offers a rare insight into creative partnership across disciplines.
Leading from the Core
Dr Adele Patrick, founder of Glasgow Women’s Library; Melanie Pocock, Artistic Director at Ikon Gallery; and Katy Wickremesinghe, Founder of The Wick, will lead a hands-on workshop exploring emotional literacy and care in leadership - essential tools for fostering more inclusive, human-centred institutions.
Not Your Assistant: Feminist Values in the Age of AI
From scheduling tools to chatbots, AI is quietly reshaping how we lead, organise, and relate to one another. Hilary Knight, Director of Change&, art historian and advisor Martina Batovic and Stefanie De Regel, Chief Development Officer of TAEX, will examine how AI can support a more efficient working life.
Money the Last Taboo: Unlocking Financial and Business Confidence
A panel of philanthropist Anastasia Bukhman, fashion designer Roksanda Ilinčić MBE, funds analyst Dahlia Dana and philanthropy and strategy advisor Leslie Ramos will tackle financial confidence, investment literacy and business skills needed for sustainable cultural leadership.
Honouring Inspiring Cultural Leaders
A ceremonial gathering in front of the Warburg Institute’s historic Coade Stone frieze of the Nine Muses - goddesses of the arts, sciences, and memory - will see AWITA honour nine cultural leaders as Future Muses. Selected by independent curator and AWITA Honorary Fellow 2025, Helen Nisbet.