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As we charge into 2018, women are not only reclaiming our time. We are ready to reclaim our voices and our power.

At the 2018 MAKERS Conference, fearless advocates for women’s rights from tech, entertainment, business, and non-profits will come together Feb. 5 to 7 at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles to push the movement forward and take action. Outspoken changeMAKERS who will take the stage include Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Lena Waithe, Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, Cleo Wade, Monica Ramirez, Jessica Biel, Lena Dunham, and more.

Influential executives including Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Uber Chief Brand Officer Bozoma Saint John will also join the movement and discuss how they are making impactful changes to their company culture.

You can check out the full schedule of events at the 2018 MAKERS Conference here.

Bookmark this page as we will be live streaming the event online, right here.

Tuesday, February 6: 01:30am – 03:00am (5:30pm – 7pm PT)


Marni Walden, Executive Vice President and President, Strategy Initiatives, Verizon, welcome.
Dyllan McGee, Founder and Executive Producer, MAKERS, conference kick-off.
Liza Koshy, YouTube star, on feminism now and forever.
Time’s Up Panel with Maha Dakhil, Rashida Jones, Melina Matsoukas, Katie McGrath, Natalie Portman, Nina Shaw, Jill Soloway and Tina Tchen on what’s next for the movement.
Jennifer Bailey, Executive Director, Faith Matters Network, on building community through better conversations.

As we charge into 2018, women are not only reclaiming our time.
As we charge into 2018, women are not only reclaiming our time.

Tim Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer, Oath.
Jennifer Bailey, Emily May, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Hollaback!, Lennon Flowers, Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Dinner Party.
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: Real.Life.Stories. with Lena Dunham, Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, and Philanthropist; Amber Tamblyn, Author, Director, and Actress; and Gabourey Sidibe, Actor, Director, and Author. Directed and produced by Kathy Najimy, Award-winning Actress and Activist.

Tuesday, February 6 – Wednesday, February 7: 17:00pm – 02:00am (9:00am – 6:00pm PT)


Michelle Tan, Editorial Director, MAKERS, welcomes the audience.
Joanna Barsh, Director Emerita, McKinsey & Company, on early findings for a MAKERS research study on equality in the workplace.
Lowell McAdam, Chief Executive Officer, Verizon, interviewed by Allie Kline, Chief Marketing Officer, Oath, about making effective change in corporations.
Megan Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Shift7, on the hidden figures of history.
Gloria Steinem, Writer, Lecturer, Political Activist, and Feminist Organizer, interviews Barbara Smith, Author, Activist, and Founder of Kitchen Table Press, about the myth of a white women’s movement.
Cleo Wade, Artist, Poet, and Author of Heart Talk, on how radical activism begins at the table
96-year-old Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin interviewed by Luvvie Ajay, Author, Speaker, and Digital Strategist, about her incredible life of service.

Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider, Co-Founders of Harry’s, interviewed by Ahmed Musiol, President and Co-Founder, Wayfarer Entertainment, on expanding definitions of masculinity.
Kumail Nanjiani, Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Writer, and Podcast Host, and Emily V. Gordon, Writer, Producer, and Podcast Host, talk to Lydia Polgreen, Editor in Chief, HuffPost, about diversity in Hollywood.
Fei-Fei Li, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University and Chief Scientist of AI/ML, Google Cloud, on the future of artificial intelligence.
Karlie Kloss, Fashion Model and Entrepreneur, interviewed by Megan Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Shift7, about girls and STEAM.
Gitanjali Rao, America’s Top Young Scientist of 2017, demonstrates her lead-detection device built in response to the Flint, Michigan water crisis.

Jane Fonda, Actress, and Lily Tomlin, Actress, on advocating for fair wages and labor practices.
Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder and President of the ROC United and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley; Mónica Ramírez, Co-Founder and President, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas; Mily Treviño-Sauceda, Vice-President, Co-Founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas; and Jenna Watanabe, ROC United Board Member and Marketing Coordinator, Real Options for City Kids in San Francisco, on leading the way to a just workplace.
Lena Waithe, Writer, Producer, Actress, and Liz Plank, Executive Producer of Divided States of Women at Vox Media, on celebrating diverse women in Hollywood.
Nancy Lublin, Founder & CEO, Crisis Text Line, interviewed by Ann Miura-Ko, Co-Founding Partner, Floodgate, on being a female founder and the importance of innovation.
Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastor, House for All Sinners and Saints, on faith and feminism.
Bozoma Saint John, Chief Brand Officer, Uber, on acceptance and healing.

Rachel Thomas, Co-Founder and President, Lean In, on the state of women in the workplace.
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook, and Laphonza Butler, President, SEIU Local 2015, interviewed by David Smith, Author, Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women, on the importance of mentoring women.
Blake Irving, Board Director and Retired CEO, GoDaddy, on how beliefs can make or break your company.
Amy McGrath, former U.S. Marine and congressional candidate in Kentucky, interviewed by Tim Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer, Oath, on women running for office and the upcoming midterm elections

Wednesday, February 7: 16:30pm – 20:00pm (8:30am – 12:00pm PT)


Dyllan McGee, Founder and Executive Producer, MAKERS.
#RAISEYOURVOICE Pledges from MAKERS@ Board of Directors
Katrina Lake, Founder & CEO, Stitch Fix, on being a female founder and taking her company public.
Willow Bay, Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and holder of the Walter H. Annenberg Chair in Communication, interviews Safiya Noble, Assistant Professor at USC, on old stereotypes in new media.
Sallie Krawcheck, CEO & Co-Founder, Ellevest, reveals an exclusive announcement.
Nicole Richie, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Actress, Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein, Co-Presidents of the children’s non-profit Baby2Baby, on the diaper crisis in our country.
Lisa McCarthy, Founder and CEO, Fast Forward Group, leads a vision writing session that will transform how you approach your work–and more importantly, your life

Marcia Clark, Attorney and Author, interviewed by Nancy Armstrong, Executive Producer, MAKERS, on sexism in the courtroom
Kim Foxx, State’s Attorney, Cook County, on criminal justice reform
Robbie Kaplan, Kaplan & Company, LLP, and Marissa Blair, Plaintiff, interviewed by Lydia Polgreen, Editor in Chief, HuffPost, on Charlottesville and the First Amendment

“This isn’t just a conference. This is history in the making. And we are proud to be leading the conversation towards real change,” our fearless founder and executive producer Dyllan McGee says. “We stand in solidarity with those who have spoken out against sexual harassment. In support of them and all women fighting for equality on every front, we are ready to raise our voices louder than ever before.”

Now in its fourth year, the MAKERS Conference continues its mission to lead the modern feminist movement, uniting women across all industries, at every level around the issues that matter most. Along with amplifying the conversation around sexual harassment, MAKERS will continue to push for change on issues such as equal pay and diversity in the workplace while also celebrating the kickass women who are running for office, breaking ceilings, and lifting up other women.

While the 2018 MAKERS Conference is sold out, you can still have a seat at the table. Join the movement by tuning in live on makers.com/conference or on our Facebook page starting Feb. 5. For more info, sign-up here.

We have listened to #MeToo stories. We cheered for #TimesUp at the Golden Globes. Now get ready to #RaiseYourVoice, take action, and be the change you want to see in the world.

Until then, here’s everything you need to know about The 2018 MAKERS Conference.