🗓️ Leadership Unlocked | September 2025

Theme: Future Tools, Human Touch — Leading with AI: Empowering People, Not Replacing Them. Creating cultures where technology supports real leadership.

8:30 – 9:30 | Registration, Breakfast & Networking Fuel your morning with good coffee, a breakfast buffet, and meaningful conversations. Connect with like-minded leaders overlooking the pitch at Rodney Parade.

9:30 – 9:45 | Opening with Emma Chandler

Topic: Rebooting Leadership: How We Lead in a Tech-Driven World Emma opens the event with a bold take on what it means to lead in the age of AI and automation, reminding us that the real challenge isn’t just learning new tools, but staying human, connected, and clear-headed as we navigate them.

9:45 – 10:15 | Opening Panel: The Leadership Diary of a CEO

Topic: Leading Change Through Tech – What It Really Takes Join our expert panel as they share honest reflections on what it’s like to lead change in real time, with tech, culture, and people all in motion. This session explores the balance of innovation and impact, and how leaders are adapting mindsets, upskilling teams, and embedding technology into everyday strategy.

10:15 – 10:45 | Keynote Speaker

Topic: How I’m Using AI to Lead Smarter (and Humaner) A future-focused keynote exploring how leaders are embracing AI, not to replace human thinking, but to sharpen it. Learn how data-driven insight, automation, and decision support tools are reshaping the role of leadership, and how to lead confidently in an AI-integrated world.

10:45 – 11:00 | Refresh & Recharge Break

Grab a top-up, meet our sponsors, and keep the conversations flowing.

11:00 – 12:10 | Lightning Leadership Sessions: Real Leaders, Real Change

Three TED-style “Power Talks” from internal leaders sharing practical stories of how they’ve used tech to lead transformation in their organisations.

🎤 Power Talk Titles

1. "Beyond Buzzwords: What AI Actually Changed in My Team" A grounded case study in how one leader used AI or automation to improve performance, engagement, or decision-making, warts and all.

2. "Culture in the Cloud: Keeping Humans at the Heart of Digital Change" A story about how digital transformation succeeded (or failed) because of how the culture was handled, and what leaders did to keep people connected through the change.

3. "Tools, Trials & Turnarounds: The Tech That Helped Us Move Faster" A behind-the-scenes look at a platform, process, or tech-led shift that helped an organisation adapt quickly, and what other leaders can learn from it.

12:10 – 12:30 | Closing Remarks & Final Networking

Emma wraps up with a call to action for leading change with courage, clarity, and curiosity. Stick around for a final coffee and one more conversation that might just spark your next big idea.