 If you look at conferences and events, you may notice that the speaker line-up very often is very male-dominated. At Keynote, we are on a mission to bring more diversity to speaking stages. We focus on three different pillars, where the first one is to offer easy access to conference organisers who want diverse speakers. The second is making women speakers more visible. Third, we want to train more women to speak up. Women only need a little nudge, a little push in the confidence and a little bit of training and they will speak up and inspire others. We're not just creating this directory of women speakers because of the fun of it. We're doing this on top of running businesses or full-time jobs because research shows that diversity increases group intelligence. We all stand to benefit. When we get more women to speak up, it has tremendous ripple effects. When all of us get used to listening to women as inspirational thought leaders on stage, we will also get used to listen to women in the boardroom or in government and in academia and even in the home. We need women role models. We need to show that there are successful women out there to inspire other people. I find that women that I work with are very willing to leave their egos behind and be vulnerable on stage. Women may also have a stronger focus on making the world a better place and this is what inspires audiences. We started this initiative in Asia last year and now we have expanded to both the EU and North America. I'm very proud of what a few dozen volunteers here in Singapore are doing to spread our initiative to the world.