Jamie Klingler, writer, consultant & campaigner for women’s safety; and Lori Meakin, best-selling author, strategist and entrepreneur have been announced as speakers at NDA’s fourth International Women’s Day (IWD) Lunch.
Taking place on 5th March 2026, the Digital Women, a joint venture with The Advisory Collective, IWD Lunch brings together inspiring women and allies for an afternoon of food, drinks, and conversation.
Klingler and Meakin join a speaker lineup including LG Ads Senior Sales Director Elsa Murray, and Zuzanna Gierlinska, Partner, Bluestripe Group.
“We are incredibly pleased to have such inspiring speakers kick off our annual IWD lunch,” said Ellie Edwards-Scott, Co-Founder of The Advisory Collective. “But this event is definitely not restricted to women. We again want to encourage male allies to take part and help shine a light on the opportunites and challenges faced by women in our industry.”
Jamie Klingler is a writer, consultant & campaigner for women’s safety. As co-founder of Reclaim These Streets, she was part of the group that successfully sued the Metropolitan Police for breaching her human rights after they banned a vigil for Sarah Everard.
She launched her own agency, Creative Influence Alliance in 2017 and has worked with Calm, Humanity, INCITE, Battersea Power Station, Arena Flowers, Biotiful Dairy, Avast at the Science Museum, Beano Studios, TVC Group, Foodism and iNews.
Lori Meakin, Planning Partner at Adam & Eve/DDB, is a best-selling author of No More Menemies: Getting Beyond the Fear & Frustration of the Gender Wars.
Meakin’s work on gender equality has seen her work with organisations including #timeTo, Just Like Us, the English Collective of Prostitutes, My Image My Choice and Women in Journalism. She is a member of Wacl and a Fellow of The Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
To find out more and secure your place at the IWD lunch, please click here.
