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SAVE THE DATE
7-10 October, 2025
COMBINED WITH:
The Veterinary Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Solopreneurs Summit
(details coming soon!)
Ditch the Conference.
Join the Experience.
Lead the Revolution.
We're re-defining what veterinary events look like in Australia, creating an immersive, welcoming, actionable Summit where you'll be welcomed like long-lost family, invigorated by full-length workshops, and sent home with stuff you can DO to make a difference.
Want a seat at the table? We've saved a spot for you!
Women in Veterinary Leadership Summit
Welcoming, inclusive, and warm
Solo-travelers meetup, friend-dating meal breaks, and someone in charge of making sure you know someone
Casual, open, inclusive events with curated, entertaining networking options and someone to connect you with the people you might enjoy
Full-length, practical, actionable content
Choose your own adventure content, with multiple streams and opt-in workshops
Speakers who are just like you, selected for their engaging content and fresh perspectives
Warm, inviting, retreat-style venue with family-friendly options and an escape from real-life
Other events
Feeling like you're not part of the in-crowd
Awkwardly searching for someone to sit with to eat, or more bathroom breaks than are strictly necessary to avoid standing alone
Fancy three-course, black-tie dinners or sundowners that assume we're comfortable standing around chatting to strangers
20 minute snippets with no actionable outcomes
Content curated for you, pitched at a generic level to be applicable to a wide audience
Pale, stale, male dominated speaking panels, chosen for their standing within the status quo
Mainstream venues with corporate vibes that suit people in suits
Experience
Hear from experienced, high profile veterinary leaders and innovators who are kicking arse and making waves in the industry
relevance
Practical business, leadership and self-awareness tools and insights that actually work in the real world, and in the veterinary profession
practical
Real, actionable, achievable takeaways with full length sessions and half day workshops for maximum outcomes and immersion
empowering
Get out of your comfort zone, cheerlead others, and be a part of something genuinely aimed at making an impact on our profession
Be a leader; be there!
Want to stay up to date with early bird specials, programme announcements, and ticket sales?
We are committed to this event not continuing the status quo of veterinary events in Australia.
We're not only aiming for a more authentic, intimate, and immersive event, but also to push the envelope on how we work with sponsors and speakers to create a programme that adds value to us all.
While we don't yet have the logistics fully evolved, please reach out below if you'd like to be involved!
2025 Programme and Speakers Coming Soon
Below are some of the highlights...
Leading without burning out
Welcome
How to be fully present, without losing yourself.
Creating a sustainable profession means sustainable leadership. Not only for ourselves, but as role models for the people who might want our jobs one day!
Leading Change in a Post-Corporate World
Welcome
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How to lead effectively in a world dominated by corporate veterinary groups
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Strategies for maintaining autonomy and values in corporate settings
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Opportunities to lead outside traditional clinic leadership (consulting, board roles, advocacy)
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Welcome
Unconscious bias training
Is DEI woke nonsense, or essential for our professional survival?
What is the cost of it, or the cost of not?
And practically, how do we actually do it in a way that isn't just policy that no one reads?
Performance management
Welcome
Yes, we'll get real. The nitty-gritty, unpleasant realities of managing when things aren't going how they should be.
We'll be honest about the things that can go wrong, managing various unconstructive responses, encouraging self-reflection, and actually moving processes forward.
Practical guide to surviving the mum-juggle
Welcome
Real-life, practical, ways to reduce the busyness, manage the overwhelm, and share the responsibilities.
The Future of Veterinary Work: Innovation, Flexibility, and New Business Models
Welcome
Is it about time we stopped allowing the workplace structures built for the veterinary demographic of the 1950s to dictate how we can or should run a clinic in 2025?
AI, telemedicine, job sharing, retaining top talent, and team-based consulting are all a part of the future that we want to be on the front foot of.
The Big M's, and the practical workplace support for them
Welcome
Practical, actionable, realistic approaches to Menopause, Miscarriage, Maternity, and Menstruation, both for supporting individuals and adapting as an organisation.
Starting / buying your own practice
Welcome
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Optional full day workshop
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Practical, immersive, with take-away guides
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Business, legal, accounting, and practical steps to creating your own successful veterinary clinic
Transforming toxic cultures
Welcome
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Fully immersive half-day optional workshop
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Creating your authentic cultural approach, and making it happen
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The role of the leader, the responsibility of the team, and holding each of us accountable
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Practical, actionable take-aways for your specific situation
What did 2025 attendees have to say?
A super powerful and worthwhile seminar. Thank you so much.
I am really glad I participated and I just wish so many of my female vet friends can have access in the future.
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Testimonials
"Really well presented - detailed enough to be comprehensive but also totally usable... Great knowledge of the presenter. I really loved it. Thank you."
— Vetwest workshop series
