Women in Local Government Conference 2025

The Women in Local Government Conference was developed to support women in the local government sector. The conference aims to empower women through exploration of leadership and discussion of techniques to address common barriers and challenges. In identifying and discussing workplace cultures that value the contribution of women in all aspects and levels of the organisation, this event seeks to improve workplaces across Queensland councils.

By connecting women across the local government sector, we aim to provide officers with valuable insights, effective real-world strategies from experiences officers and plenty of opportunities to network, collaborate and share ideas. 

International Women's Day (IWD) is a global event celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women. 

Join LGMA in March to celebrate Women in Local Government in Queensland!

Dates: Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 March 2025

Venue: Hotel Grand Chancellor Brisbane - 23 Leichardt Street, Spring Hill Q 4000

Conference Times: 08.30am - 4.00pm (coffee and registration from 08.00-08.30am)

Networking Event: Wednesday 5 March from 4.00-6.00pm - drinks and finger food will be served

Women in Local Government 2025 Brochure

Keynote Presenters:

Gemma Munro

Dr Gemma Munro is an uplifting and award-winning speaker, facilitator and writer, with a PhD in performance psychology and a knack of sparking rapid and easeful change. Known as the Alchemist at Work, Gemma specialises in the science and art of courage, transformation and the creation of impossible dreams.

Gemma has ignited change in workplaces across the planet and inspired over 72,000 people worldwide. She has spoken to global and national audiences at Google, Amazon, Qantas, Vodafone, PayPal and the NHS in London, and her keynote at Google headquarters in Silicon Valley was live streamed to every Google office on the planet.

As a classically trained singer, Gemma has performed in Westminster Abbey, Radio City Music Hall and somewhat heart-stopping, to 53,000 screaming fans as a backing vocalist for the Rolling Stones.

Audience members call Gemma ‘a human alarm-clock’, ‘a lightning bolt of love’ and ‘a witch who gets in people’s heads and makes them think anything is possible’. She is known as a catalyst for immediate and sustained shifts in mindset, behaviours and results. She provokes laughter, a-ha moments and gentle wake-up calls that motivate people to make the changes they want to make (even if they’re scared of change, tired of uncertainty and gold-medal-winning procrastinators).

Gemma was the founder of a business known for its work across Australia, Asia and the UK in rapidly lifting the percentage of women at leadership level. Before that she was a tremendously serious management consultant and a recovering academic, having completed her PhD at a relatively young and impressionable age.

Gemma is passionate about forging a wild new way of working - where work feels like play, life feels in flow and exhaustion and overwhelm are things of the past. She lives on five acres in the Adelaide Hills with her fiancé Ben Barnett and their exceptionally loving, sometimes exhausting and usually hungry blended tribe of three children, forty kookaburras and a farm dog called Lucie.

Lucy Bloom

Lucy Bloom is an accomplished leader with more than 30 years business building experience under a well-known pink mohawk. She led an advertising agency for 20 years before she became the CEO of two international aid charities: One in Ethiopia and another in Cambodia.

Lucy is the founder of an education start up and she’s the author of two books including her best-selling memoir, Get the Girls Out. A browse through Lucy’s blog finds topics like “Procrastination and how I punched it in the face” and “The neuroscience of generosity.” You will find Lucy challenging and entertaining in equal measure. Buckle up for a courageous ride.

Programme topics: The 2025 Women in Local Government Programme will feature

Council Case Studies - a spotlight on the challenges and operational aspects of different communities
Leading and Influencing
CEO Panel
Facilitated Workshops
Overcoming obstacles - tips and tricks for removing barriers
Change - how to manage it
Self-development
Young women in LG

Registrations:

Council Officer (Early Bird) $990 per person - closes 5 February

Council Officer (Standard) $1200 per person - from 6 February - if not sold out prior
Registrations include: Tea breaks and Lunch on Wed and Thurs + the Networking Event on Wed. Accommodation, travel/transport are not included in the registration fees.

Council Subscribers: Buy one, get one free:

When purchasing one (1) Early Bird Registration, subscribing Councils can access one (1) complimentary registration to the Women in Local Government Conference – subject to availability. Terms: Excludes CEO’s, limit of one complimentary registration per Council.

Please complete the attached form. Call us now on 3174 5006 to check eligibility!

Member Benefits: LGMA Members who attend this event receive a discount off their membership fees for the next financial year.

Accommodation: Hotel Grand Chancellor Brisbane - Book directly to receive 15% off the best available rate by using the code LGMAQ in the drop down section from the special code: https://www.grandchancellorhotels.com/hotel-grand-chancellor-brisbane/book/accommodations

Phone: 07 3831 4055 or Email: reservations@hgcbrisbane.com.au
Check in is from 14.00 and check out if at 11.00. Full buffet breakfast is available in Fresco's Restaurant.
Phone: 07 3831 4055 / Email: reservations@hgcbrisbane.com.au

Car Parking: $15.00 per day for all delegates (up to 10 hours) and $32.00 for 10-24 hours

Transport: Translink