Women in IP Annual Event
A Decade of Development: Navigating The Career Journey after a Period of Absence
Wednesday 18 November 2026
London, online and regional events around the UK
This year’s annual event is kindly being hosted by Carpmaels & Ransford in London (1 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA), with a live link to regional hosts around the UK, as well as online. A panel of speakers will discuss the different challenges encountered when facing and returning from, a period of absence from work, whether it be planned or unplanned. This will include by way of example, absences due to parental leave, ill health, caring responsibilities, and sabbatical, both from the perspective of the individual taking leave, as well as those of colleagues, particularly HR and managers.
 The panel will discuss how policies have changed over the last 10 years, as well as areas for continued development, together with practical ideas and suggestions for ongoing improvements. There will be opportunity for questions following the panel discussion, as well as networking over refreshments both at Carpmaels’ office, and at those of the regional hosts.
Timings
 Registration from 5.30 pm
Panel Discussion 6.00 – 7.00 pm
Questions and Refreshments 7.00 – 8.00 pm
Meet the Panel
More details to follow shortly
Who is it for
This event is open to all IP professionals, regardless of gender, role or career level, including paralegals, IT specialists, marketing and finance teams, media and recruitment professionals, administrators, HR colleagues, and more. We encourage all attendees to consider inviting a colleague along, particularly someone who hasn’t been involved in IP Inclusive before.
Regional Networking Events
As well as being held in person and online, we were delighted to be able to offer you the chance to watch the panel event with a number of hosts across the country and then enjoy some refreshments and networking. We are very grateful to all our hosts, without whose support this wouldn’t be possible.
More events and registration links will follow shortly.
Cambridge
In Cambridge we are kindly hosted by Birketts.
Please click here to register for Cambridge.
Manchester
In Manchester we are kindly hosted by Hill Dickinson.
Please click here to register for Manchester.Â
Registration and cost
Book for the London in person event and the online option below. For all regional events, please use the links that will be provided above once available.
***Please double check you are registering for the event you want to attend***
This event is free. So are all our resources. That said, we do need money to keep the show on the road, so if you are able please consider choosing a voluntary donation ticket. For more information visit our fundraising page.
Please let us know when you register if you have any accessibility requirements; we’ll do what we can to help. Please also give us advance warning if you would like to use an AI note taker.
If you are making a donation, you do not need to book a free ticket as well.