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// The 2026 Concept
Not just safety. Not just access.
Sovereignty.
The conditions shaping women's working lives have never been more volatile, or more full of possibility.​
Five years of pandemic fallout, AI disruption, and online harassment have made this the most unstable stretch for women's working lives in a generation.
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But it's also the most active. Laws are catching up. Work is being rebuilt from the ground up. And the ask has changed — not just safety and access, but sovereignty: ownership of one's economic future, digital identity, and story.
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59% vs 46% women report burnout at work far more than men, while the care economy subsidizing every workplace stays worth 9% of global GDP, uncounted.
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Equiverse Conference 2026 is built around that shift: three pillars, four tracks, one day built for action, not talk.
Pillar 01
Safety — who protects women online and at work, and how
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Pillar 02
Systems — the structures of gig work, care, and burnout that need redesign
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Pillar 03
Sovereignty — the right to own one's future, identity, and narrative
// Key Issues & Thematic Tracks
Three tracks, one throughline:
from what's broken to what we build instead.
Each track puts one of the three pillars — Safety, Systems, Sovereignty — into practice for a specific part of women's working lives.
Digital Safety, Influence & the Future of Gender Narratives
This track examines online harassment, deepfakes, algorithmic representation, and the legal and organisational gaps that leave women exposed — and asks what genuine sovereignty over voice and image requires.
TRACK 01
TRACK 02
The Gig Economy, Flexible Work & the Future of Gender Equity
This session will examine how governments, platforms, employers and creators can work together to build a more inclusive future of work—one that combines flexibility with dignity, economic security and opportunity.
Examine the "flexibility trap" in India's booming gig economy and the structural redesign needed to give people security alongside autonomy.
TRACK 03
Burnout, Care Economy & the Sustainable Career
Reframes widespread burnout as a corporate design failure, shifting the focus from individual wellness to sustainable career policies.
// Who Should Attend
Built for anyone with a stake in how work gets redesigned.
Corporate women and men, including people managers
HR leaders, educators, founders and ecosystem builders
Corporations, NGOs and non-profits working in this space
Young professionals and early-career leaders
Parents and community leaders
Students and youth across disciplines
// Agenda · 25 September 2026
One day. Three sessions.
A round table built to end in policy, not platitudes.
Each track puts one of the three pillars — Safety, Systems, Sovereignty — into practice for a specific part of women's working lives.
09:00 AM IST
Registration & Welcome Tea — participant arrivals, networking over tea
09:45 - 10:00 AM IST
OPENING REMARKS
Welcome by TalentNomics India
Framing the Equiverse vision and the 2026 theme.
10:00 - 10:25 AM IST
Keynote Address I
World and Eve: Rewriting Gender Roles and Representation in the New World Order
10:30 - 11:40 PM IST
Session 1 · Digital Safety, Influence & the Future of Gender Narratives
After the Screenshot: Platforms, Deepfakes & the Law
Who controls women's digital identity, safety, and story? This track examines online harassment, deepfakes, algorithmic representation, and the legal and organisational gaps that leave women exposed — and asks what genuine sovereignty over voice and image requires.
11:40 - 12:00 PM IST
Tea & Networking Break
12:00 - 01:00 PM IST
Session 2 · The Gig Economy, Flexible Work & the Future of Gender Equity
The Flexibility Trap: Gig Work and Freedom Without Security
India's gig workforce is heading toward 23.5 million by 2030 — yet women remain below 30% of it, with no maternity protections, no injury cover, and no retirement safety net. This track interrogates who really owns the terms of labour and what equitable gig work would have to look like.
01:00 - 02:00 PM IST
Lunch Break
02:00 - 02:30 PM IST
Keynote Address II
Fireside Chat / Standalone Address
02:30 - 03:30 PM IST
Round Table
Actionable Policies Through Moderated Discussion
03:30–03:45 PM IST
Tea Break
03:45 - 04:45 PM IST
Session 3 · Burnout, Care Economy & the Sustainable Career
Mind the Gap: Redesigning Work for the Long Game
59% of women report burnout versus 46% of men — and the care economy that subsidises every organisation is worth 9% of global GDP, entirely uncounted. This session makes the case that burnout is a policy problem, the care economy is an equity problem, and mental health at work is a design problem.
04:45 - 05:00 PM IST
Closing
Closing Reflections & Call to Action
// Speakers · 2026
The people opening the conversation this year.
Confirmations for the 11th edition are rolling in through the year — here's who's joining so far.
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Aneesh Patnaik
Chief of Partnerships,
EPIC World
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Lavang Khare
Strategic Communications Advisor, Adfactors PR
SPEAKERS
Ipsita Kathuria
Founder & CEO,
TalentNomics India​​​​
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Deepa Sebastian
Chief Human Resources Officer, Apraava Energy Pvt. Ltd.
Pawani Khandelwal
Founder,
Aatm Nirbhar
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Lopa Ghosh
Senior Advisor, Communications,
Global Health Advocacy Incubator
Vartika Shukla
Former Chairman & MD,
Engineers India Limited
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Suchana Bera Sharma
Brand Management Specialist,
Campari India
// From Previous Editions
Voices who have shaped the Equiverse conversation.
Each track puts one of the three pillars — Safety, Systems, Sovereignty — into practice for a specific part of women's working lives.
// Partners and Sponsors
Built with organisations who back the work, not just the day.
Equiverse runs on partnerships across policy, industry, and media. A limited number of 2026 slots are still open.
