 Women in management, business and public service, WinBees today, held a press conference to discuss the lineup of events towards its forthcoming 21st annual conference for the year, scheduled to hold on the 3rd and 4th of November 2022. WinBees, a non-profit organization, has over the last two decades implemented programs to inspire, empower and advocate for greater representation of women in leadership positions in the public and private sectors. The chairman of the conference planning committee, Binta Maks Binneje, while addressing the press stated that the theme for the conference is firing forward the future in focus. So the theme for this year is firing forward the future in focus and we have taken the time to create an excellent conference agenda. We have carefully looked at people, topics that are of interest, that's topical, that are trending, that we should look at at a time like this and we have found the right people who are experts in their different professions who will talk to the topic and do justice to it at the conference. She mentioned it's a hybrid conference so we would have people in the house. We expect close to 2,000 people give or take physically in the room on that day, 3rd and 4th of November. We also expect another 2,000 who will be with us virtually and join us at that conference as well. Our conference chair this year is Mrs. Osarete DeMarie. We're very privileged to have her. She was the first director, female director in central bank of Nigeria. She's retired now but not tired. She's still firing on all cylinders as well and she was the first female chairperson of Guaranteed Trust Bank. We've engaged with her. She's excited about being with us and we're looking forward to a great time with her staring us right during the conference. We've got keynote speakers who have accepted our invitation, who will be in the house on that day as well. We're honored this year to have Ms. Ngozi Chinamanda Adichie. We all know who she is. I'm sure just the Google before you put in Ngozi Adichie the rest of it will come up. So we're honored to have her this year. We're looking forward to having her. She would be a keynote speaker. She's bringing us a message of hope and I'm sure encouraging everyone to fire forward as well. Another keynote speaker that's on the card is his Excellency, Senator Bukalasaraki. As you know, he's been in politics. He's a guru if you like and with the fact that we're going into a year where there'll be elections and because we have made this clarion call in Wimbis repeatedly for women to join the race and put themselves forward for political office, we thought he was needful to have someone who's been there done that, got the t-shirt if you like, to come and share with us tips, nuggets that will help our women who have thrown their hat in the race and who are running or vying for political office. We do have our exciting aspects of the conference and those are the things that always keep people at the edge of their seats. This year we have our debate and the debate is focused on the great resignation, to quit or not to quit. I'm sure we all know what is happening in our nation apart from the japa and so many other things that are happening. People are leaving for so many reasons. They're not just leaving the country but also leaving employment and so these are some of the things we want the debaters to highlight and then we will be able to decide for ourselves whether we are to quit or not to quit. Having said that, we have our after party, another highlight at the end of the conference after we have been sitting for two days, we will unwind and at the after party we have Dottun, I'm sure we all know the energy God. He will be our anchor on that day. We will have some performances but it's important for me to mention that our after party is going to be a sneaker party. So for those of you that will be coming with your high heels, that is the time to drop them outside the hall and then just put on your sneakers and make them your dancing shoes for the night. Tech is the new gold right? And what is a world without technology? So this year just as has been shared the conference is going to be hybrid which means that we will have people physically in the room but you can also join virtually. What that means is you can join from whatever country you're in, there is no limitations, there is no barriers. We have an app which we're very very proud of and all conference attendees have access to the app. Once you register and we'll talk about the registration details how to register later on but once you register you get an instant notification that gives you access to the app. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.