Events
Upcoming AWiA events
2026 Connect to Cultivate
We look forward to welcoming you to Canberra for our 2026 Connect to Cultivate networking session.
This year, we’re bringing our Women on Ag Boards program into the room, creating an ideal space for influential women across agriculture to connect, share insights and build powerful networks.
2026 AWiA National Conference
Join us in Orange, NSW for our 2026 National Conference! This gathering will bring together farmers, industry leaders, and community voices for two days of collaboration, inspiration, and forward‑thinking discussions.
Earlybird registrations now open!
Women on Ag Boards Networking Breakfast
Networking breakfast for our WOAB cohorts and the AgriFutures rural women’s award alumni.
Women on Ag Boards Webinar
WOAB Introduction and Networking Webinar.
For 2026 WOAB cohort only.
link to join will be emailed to program participants.
AWiA National Ag Day Online Forum
AWiA Women in Agriculture Forum: Shaping the Landscape
Members forum
Join AWiA for a special online members’ forum celebrating National Ag Day and the women shaping Australian agriculture.
Building on our 2025 Conference breakout sessions, this interactive event will explore progress, challenges, and practical steps to improve women’s representation across the sector.
🔹 Reflect on key stats and initiatives
🔹 Discuss barriers to diversity
🔹 Share solutions and drive change
🔹 Collaborate on actionable next steps
Members keep an eye you your emails for the link to join!
Advocacy is for every woman in agriculture
Join us for our next AWiA ALL Members Webinar with leadership specialist and RuralScope founder Jo Eady, as we explore what it really means to be an advocate in your everyday life and leadership.
Born and bred on a small dairy farm in Victoria, Jo brings deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by women in ag. She’s spent more than two decades helping over 5,000 people strengthen their leadership, voice and confidence through coaching, mentoring and tailored development programs.
In this interactive session, Jo will guide us through the concept of Leadership for Advocacy, how every action, conversation and decision can influence change. She’ll introduce the PRES framework, a simple but powerful tool for clearly expressing your opinions and ideas with purpose and impact.
Whether you’re leading a team, contributing to a community group, or speaking up on issues that matter, this session will help you feel confident in using your voice to create positive change.
Date: Thursday October 30
Time: 12:30 Sydney time (Lunch and learn session)
Where: Online - zoom link will be sent to all memmbers via email
Together, we’ll discover how leadership and advocacy go hand-in-hand for women shaping the future of Australian agriculture.
AWiA 2025 AGM
All members are invited to join us for the 2025 AGM
22 September, Zoom, 7pm
National Conference
Registrations open for our 2025 National Conference! We’d love you to join us!
More Information and to Register
Visible Leadership: Standing up and speaking out in 2025
Visible Leadership: Standing up and speaking out in 2025
It’s your time to be seen, be heard, and be valued. Join us for this interactive session, facilitated by authors of Core Confidence, Kate Boorer and Fiona Pearman.
Members will receive link closer to the date.
Connect to Cultivate - Canberra
We are so excited to announce that we are once again hosting a networking event at The Kurrajong Hotel in Canberra on the eve of the AgriFutures Australia Rural Women's Award. We look forward to welcoming women from across the country, AWiA Directors, members and friends to celebrate what has been achieved and what lies ahead.
Our Incredible Panel includes:
Pip Job, Loam Bio
Jane Milburn, Textile Beat
Sue Middleton, Co-Founder Agdots
Tickets $30 (includes nibbles) - 10% AWiA member discount
Monday 19th August 5pm - 6:15pm
Hotel Kurrajong, Canberra
Tickets:
Annual General Meeting
Please join us for the Australian Women in Agriculture Limited 2023 financial year annual general meeting. Meet our incoming directors and farewell our exiting directors.
Connect to Cultivate
Australian Women in Agriculture has been connecting and inspiring generations of women in agriculture for the past 30 years. For the past few years connections with rural women and women engaged within the agriculture industry have been so incredibly difficult.
To help bridge the gap following these hard times, AWiA is introducing Connect to Cultivate - a national event series to help rural women re-connect and cultivate incredible outcomes across the country and beyond. Aligned with the 2022 International Day of Rural Women theme of "cultivating good for all", the events will bring together women in agriculture in each state and territory and share stories of rural women cultivating good in their fields.
To launch this event series, AWiA will host a networking event at The Kurrajong Hotel in Canberra on Monday 5 September, on the eve of the AgriFutures Australia Rural Women's Award. Welcoming women from across the country, AWiA Directors, members and friends, this will be an opportunity to celebrate what has been achieved and what lies ahead. You will hear from some very special speakers (soon to be announced) and hear the plan for AWiA for the future from President, Natalie Sommerville.
Attendees will receive a complimentary drink on arrival and delicious canapes to help soak in the energy of Canberra for these special events. At the checkout, you will be able to add any dietary requirements you may have.
Members - your tickets are FREE! Friends - your tickets are $40!
If you wish to become a Member, please select the "I want to be a Member" ticket option and the AWiA team will send you an invoice for your annual membership.
If you have any COVID symptoms or are feeling under the weather, we ask if you could please stay home. Tickets can be refunded up to 48 hours before the event.
We look forward to meeting you in Canberra!
