Conference News September 2021 | Page 6

6 Contributors

Contributors

Jill Hawkins , freelance writer
Laura Capell-Abra , founder , Stress Matters
Narmeen Kamran , event director , Desert Island Events
Gabrielle Austen-Browne , co-founder , Diversity Ally
Jill Hawkins casts her eye over the matter of sexism , which still exists in some corners of the events industry . P13
Laura Capell-Abra looks back at some of the touching eventprof stories from the past 18 months . P29
Narmeen Kamran on how the event landscape has changed and what matters in a post-pandemic world . P33
Gabrielle Austen Browne charts her career journey and reveals how it led to the formation of Diversity Ally . P44
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