A powerful new headline session announced for NTES 2026 — and you can attend Day One for free if you arrive before 10:15AM.
The Night Time Economy Summit 2026 is kicking off with purpose, power and a packed room. Introducing our Women’s Empowerment Brunch: “Breaking the Glass Ceiling in the Nighttime Economy” – a first-of-its-kind session uniting some of the most influential women in nightlife, music, culture and policy.
Across Europe and beyond, women remain dramatically underrepresented in senior leadership roles. This brunch asks the big questions: Why? What’s still in the way? And what does real change look like?
Together, we’ll move from barriers to breakthrough — spotlighting global best practice, lived experience, and the concrete actions that can accelerate women into leadership across the night-time economy.
A Powerhouse Line-Up Leading the Charge
Michael Kill – NTIA
Opening the Summit and welcoming the sector to Liverpool alongside Mayor Steve Rotherham, setting the tone for a day built on collaboration and change.
Silvana Kill – NTIA / NTIA CIC
Framing why this conversation matters right now — and how fixing the leadership gap transforms not only businesses, but entire cities and cultural ecosystems.
Professor Jane Burns – Chair, NTIA Australia
A global viewpoint from frontline roles to the C-suite:
- Structural and cultural barriers women face worldwide
- Cities getting it right
- Why industry, regulators and communities must work together
Caitlin McAllister – Group Managing Director, Ministry of Sound & The Ministry
From “dancefloor to boardroom,” Caitlin reveals what it means to lead one of nightlife’s most iconic brands through generational shifts — and what it really takes for women to rise at scale.
Vick Bain – Founder, The F-List for Music
Data meets power. Vick connects her landmark research on gender inequality in music with the wider night-time economy — and shows how visibility, evidence and intentional choices reshape who holds influence after dark.
Sarah Walker – Safer Business Network & NTIA Safeguarding Partner
How safety, networks and collaboration become leadership pipelines – and how frontline experience can translate into real power for women.
Eunice Obianagha – Head of Diversity, UK Music; ENSPIRE Management
A 360° look at how women and underrepresented talent move through the system — and where the barriers really are. Eunice breaks down how to turn “diversity talk” into actual leadership change across nightlife and music.
Closing Call to Action – Silvana Kill
An invitation to join the movement:
- Share data and lived experience
- Participate in working groups
- Feed into the new NTIA Women’s Coalition shaping the future of leadership across the night-time sector
Why You Should Be in the Room
This session isn’t just insight — it’s momentum. It’s community. It’s the start of a sector-wide commitment to rewriting the leadership landscape of the night-time economy.
If you attend the brunch AND arrive before 10:15AM on Day One, you’ll gain free access to the entire first day of NTES 2026.
Arrive after 10:15AM?
A standard day-ticket charge will apply — so set your alarms, bring your coffee, and get in early.
Secure Your Spot at NTES 2026
Join 1,500–3,000 industry leaders, visionaries, policymakers, creators and cultural changemakers at Blackstock Market, Liverpool.
- Be part of the conversation.
- Be part of the coalition.
- Be part of the change.
See you at the Brunch – and see you on Day One.
