The theme of the day was ‘The Courage of Leadership’, and featured inspirational talks and workshops by special guest Rebecca Stephens MBE, the first British woman to climb Everest & the Seven Summits, as well as Sally Walters, an Old Maynardian & the Young Women Engineer of the Year 2009 and Lawyer Karen Bates of Foot Anstey Solicitors. The delegates were also assigned an ‘Apprentice’-style challenge during the course of the day in which they had to lead and manage a project as a team.