Full-Day Program Overview

8:00 to 9:00: Registration and Networking Breakfast
Resource tables open. Quiet space available.

9:00 to 9:20: Opening and Welcome
Setting the context for income security and mental wellbeing across working lives.

9:20 to 10:15: Opening Keynote

Economic Justice and the Mental Cost of Precarious Work

This keynote examines how income instability, caregiving, and insecure work affect women’s mental wellbeing across the life course. It reframes burnout and stress as structural outcomes and explores what sustainable participation in work requires.

10:30 to 11:45: Breakout Session Block 1 (Participants choose one session.)

Income Security and Pay Equity
Understanding wages, benefits, negotiation, and rights in today’s labour market.

Mental Health, Burnout, and Economic Precarity
Exploring burnout as a systems issue and building strategies to sustain participation in work.

Entrepreneurship and Business Readiness
Assessing readiness, managing risk, and building businesses that support both income and wellbeing.

11:45 to 12:45: Lunch and Resource Fair

Connect with employment services, financial coaches, business supports, and community partners.

12:45 to 1:30: Midday Plenary Panel

Women’s Working Lives: Care, Health, and Economic Trade-Offs

A cross-sector panel examining caregiving, health, and workplace design and what must change to support women’s economic security.

1:30 to 2:45: Breakout Session Block 2: (Participants choose one session.)

Financial Capability and Wealth Building
Reducing financial stress and building long-term security across non-linear careers.

Workforce Pathways and Skills Transitions
Navigating career pivots, re-entry, upskilling, and job search fatigue.

Care Economy and Work Design
Advocating for flexibility, accommodation, and sustainable work models.

3:00 to 4:00: Employer and Ecosystem Commitments Forum
From conversation to commitment. Employers and partners outline tangible actions including mentorship, hiring pathways, flexible work pilots, and referral partnerships.

4:00 to 4:30: Closing Plenary
Reflections, next steps, and how to stay engaged beyond the Summit.

4:30 to 5:30: Networking