The Annual Womansplain Summit 2026

The first Womansplain Summit brings together 120 female founders, entrepreneurs, investors, and creatives who are building the next big thing, for a full day at The Malin Chelsea.This is the space we have been building for the past two years. Keynotes, founder-led panels, fireside chats, hands-on workshops, and the inaugural Womansplain Awards, covering the six themes most important to our community: women's health, CPG and consumer brands, food and hospitality, media, money and wealth, and technology and AI.And we want you to be there.INCLUDED IN YOUR TICKETCollective members will also receive member pricing and an exclusive invite to the mixer event the evening before on October 15.THE KEYNOTE: Stephanie Guild, Chief Investment Officer at Robinhood, opens the day. Money and markets from someone who manages them at scale, and the career it took to get there. (Listen to her episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.)THE SPEAKERSThe entire panel on women’s health: "What Medicine Still Gets Wrong." Cleo Davis-Urman, Co-Founder and CEO of Barrière. She left a decade in corporate fashion (Saks, Moda Operandi) to develop transdermal vitamin and adaptogen patches, inspired by her own health journey. (Read CNBC about Barrière's launch in 1,700 Walmart locations.)Jenny Duan, Co-Founder and CEO of Clair Health, who is building the first non-invasive continuous hormone tracker for women, backed by an $11 million funding round from Khosla Ventures and Anne Wojcicki. (Read the exclusive Fortune report on her funding round.)Samantha Diamond, Co-Founder and CEO of Bird&Be, the modern fertility brand. After her own PCOS diagnosis and pregnancy loss, she built an eight-figure company growing 100% year over year and now available in over 300 Ulta Beauty locations. (Listen to her Womansplain episode.)Lauren Barker, CEO and Co-Founder of Uresta, the bladder control device that helps women live leak-free. A decade in finance taught her how to assess a market; she led the US expansion of Uresta, backed by BDC Capital. (Read the launch announcement.)And from the Fashion & Beauty panel, "Building Brands with Sustainability":Sandra Powers Murphy, Founder and CEO of Scarlett Chase, the performance luxury footwear brand designed for women on the move. After her own search for shoes that could keep up with a demanding career, she developed Scarlett Chase's patented comfort technologies, handcrafted in Europe. (Read the WWD feature on Scarlett Chase and listen to her Womansplain episode.)Allyse Cirillo, Founder and CEO of SAINT JŌ, the luxury skincare and wellness brand that transforms overwhelming routines into a mindful ritual: fewer, smarter products, clinically effective and non-toxic, supporting skin topically and from within. Before building her own brand, she spent years in product development helping scale a consumer brand from $20 million to $200 million in four years. Named to Inc.'s list of 500 female founders in 2026, she recently launched SAINT JŌ in the historic John Bell & Croyden in London. (Read Country & Town House about the SAINT JŌ ritual and stay tuned: her Womansplain episode is coming this fall.)Weekly announcements of additional speakers.WHO IS IN THE ROOM: 120 selected guests: founders from pre-seed to Series B, seasoned entrepreneurs, investors actively writing checks, and creatives and media shaping the founder culture. Our network has raised over $1 billion and has a 98% RSVP rate. THE DAY9:00 AM: Doors open: Coffee, registration, and networking9:30 AM: Opening keynote: Stephanie Guild, Chief Investment Officer at Robinhood9:55 AM: Welcome and kickoff of the summit with Brooke and Sola10:05 AM: Panel: Women’s Health, "What Medicine Still Gets Wrong"10:45 AM: Networking break: Speed meeting tables, curated by industry11:00 AM: Panel: "How to Succeed in Retail: CPG, Food & Retail", sponsored and moderated by Glimpse11:40 AM: Panel: Fashion & Beauty, "Building Brands with Sustainability"12:15 PM: Lunch with curated table topics1:10 PM: Panel: Money, Wealth & the Reality of Fundraising1:45 PM: Fireside chat: Speakers to be announced soon2:20 PM: Afternoon break: Refreshments and sponsor activations2:35 PM: Breakout workshops (choose one): Private Wealth for Founders | Claude Code 102 | Health Promotion & Founder Wellbeing3:25 PM: Panel: Technology, AI & the Future, "Built by Us, For Us"4:05 PM: The inaugural Womansplain Awards4:25 PM: Closing toast with Brooke and Sola4:35 PM: Happy hour until 5:30 PMTHE AWARDS: A live, on-stage moment to recognize outstanding female founders and developers in our community: Founder of the Year, Breakthrough Brand, Community Builder, Rising Star, and the Impact Award. Presented by Brooke and Sola. Know someone who deserves the stage? Nominate them here, self-nominations are welcome.OUR PARTNERSGlimpse | Sponsor of the CPG panel. Glimpse helps leading consumer brands unlock retail cash flow by automating critical financial workflows such as revenue recovery, accounting reconciliation, and managing trade spend. They work with over 200 brands, including Suave, Chapstick, Sauz, Bero, and more. Merry Nebiyu from Glimpse will moderate our retail panel.Another | Community sponsor. Founded by Corina Marshall (also on our Technology & AI panel), Another is the AI-powered platform that helps brands and retailers turn excess and out-of-channel inventory (returns, secondary stock, samples, second-hand) into revenue: a system for inventory flowing everywhere else.Painterland Sisters | Product partner. Painterland Sisters is a women and farmer-founded brand of organic Skyr yogurt that aims to connect consumers with the direct source of their food while restoring the health of the land, communities, and people through regenerative farming practices.BIATCH® Tequila | Happy hour partner. BIATCH® Tequila is an award-winning premium tequila brand created by women for women, handcrafted in Mexico from 100% Blue Weber Agave. Known for its smooth flavor and bold, iconic packaging, BIATCH is unapologetically different. More than just tequila, BIATCH is a lifestyle brand celebrating confidence, individuality, and the unyielding and unapologetic woman who refuses to conform. Find them at biatch.com and @biatchtequila. They will be pouring at our closing happy hour.Interested in a partnership? Some packages are still available. Contact us at [email protected] FOUNDER BUNDLE: The best way to access. A purchase ($400) secures you a year of collective membership, your summit ticket, the exclusive invite to the mixer event the evening before on October 15, and everything the collective organizes throughout the year after the confetti event. Secure the Founder Bundle below, or learn more at womansplainpod.com/membership.ACCESS: Only 120 spots, and most are already taken by members, speakers, and partners. Public tickets are extremely limited. The Founder Bundle is the surest way to secure a spot. Reserve your space below.DRESS CODE: Elevated and business casual.THE LOCATION: The Malin Chelsea, the design-focused workspace at 270 7th Avenue, in the heart of Chelsea. We couldn't imagine a better place for our first summit. Learn more here.QUESTIONS? See our FAQ → CLICK HEREOr send us a message: [email protected] DM @womansplainpodRESOURCES: Want to convince your boss? → Click hereStaying in a hotel in NYC? → → Hilton New York Fashion District → Hampton Inn Manhattan/Chelsea → Renaissance New York ChelseaOr send us a message: [email protected] | DM @womansplainpodThis event will be photographed and filmed. Womansplain and our venue partner reserve the right to use photographs and videos from the event for marketing and communication purposes. By attending, you agree to the use of your image for these purposes.womansplainpod.com | @womansplainpod | [email protected]