THE CONFERENCE FOR AMBITIOUS WOMEN
THE LEVEL UP SUMMIT
The Level Up Summit brings together 200 ambitious women across industries, careers and life stages women who have built from scratch, broken ceilings, started businesses without mentors, moved countries, changed careers, started again and created lives they once had no blueprint for. Because sometimes you don't need another qualification. You need proximity.
21 November 2026 |SOFITEL FRANKFURT OPERA
FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY
CONNECT BEYOND YOUR BUBBLE
Your circle can only show you what your circle knows.
Come and meet women outside your everyday world : Executives, founders, entrepreneurs, seasoned professionals, first gen, young professionals and women building their next chapter across completely different industries.
Hear what they're working on. What they're figuring out. What they're doing differently.
200 Women
Come and meet women doing extraordinary things. Hear stories of building from zero, failing, standing up and keep going.
One Room
A full day exploring career, wealth, business, leadership, motherhood, health, ambition and reinvention.
Spend the day with women who're building, leading, creating, risking, reinventing and refusing to settle.
What Awaits You At The Level Up Summit 2026
MASTERCLASSES. KEYNOTES. PANELS
Learn directly from women who have already navigated the challenges you're facing today. Because success leaves clues, and sometimes one insight can save you years of trial and error.
DIRECT ACCESS TO DECISION MAKERS
Meet and speak directly with executives, senior leaders, founders, recruiters and people who make hiring, business and investment decisions without having to fight your way through an inbox first.
VISIBILITY. EXPOSURE. NEW MINDSET .
Put yourself out there. Meet people outside your world. Hear different ideas, careers and stories. Discover opportunities you didn’t know existed and leave thinking differently about your own next move.
2026 GUEST OF HONOR
A FIRESIDE CONVERSATION WITH
SOUÂD BENKREDDA
MEMBER OF MANAGEMENT BOARD & DEPUTY CEO OF DZ BANK AG
From being the first in her family to attend university to becoming Deputy CEO of DZ BANK, Souad Benkredda is the epitome of what it means to defy the odds. Born in Frankfurt to Algerian parents who immigrated to Germany, she rose to the highest levels of global finance and remains one to be one the few most influential and highly respected women at the top of European banking. Her story challenges everything statistics tell us about people from non-academic backgrounds. But more than that, she is proof that your background may shape your beginning, but it never has to define your ceiling.
The Women At The Level Up Summit
Women who were told their background would hold them back. Their name would make it harder. Their accent would be a disadvantage. Their education wasn’t enough. Their experience didn’t fit. Their ambitions were too big. And yet, they built the careers. Started the businesses. Took the seats. Changed industries. Created opportunities where there were none.
Srbuhi Sakunts
Founder, International Business Development Strategist, Cross-Border Business & Career Consultant & Former M&A Lawyer
Tammy Okwara
AI Adoption & Transformation Consultant with experience leading AI, cloud, and SaaS adoption programs for global enterprise organizations
Sharon Robinette
A Successful Corporate attorney with deep expertise in M&A, private equity, and corporate governance.
Are you ready to spend a day that could change the way you think about your future, expand your network, challenge your limits and remind you of what's truly possible for your life?
Your Host
At 19, I arrived in Germany with a suitcase, a dream, and no idea how much resilience it would take to build a life from scratch. Like many other international women, I know what it feels like to be the first. The only one. The different one.
I know what it feels like to navigate unfamiliar systems, build a career in spaces where you often have to prove yourself, and chase big dreams while feeling like nobody truly understands your journey.
Over the years, I built a successful career in banking, created a thriving community of internationally-minded women, and dedicated my work to helping women realize that they are capable of far more than they have been led to believe.
The Level Up Summit was born from a simple idea and I cannot wait to make this day very special for you!
Erica Burett- Host & Founder of The Level Up Summit
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