THE SPEAKER SUMMIT 2027
How good could your SPEAKING CAREER actually become?
2nd July 2027 | London
Not if you worked twice as hard.
Not if you posted on LinkedIn every day.
Not if you simply did more of what you’re already doing.
But if you identified the few things standing between where your speaking career is now and where you genuinely believe it could be and Up Levelled them.
Because most professional speakers don’t need to start again.
They need to Up Level what they’ve already built.
That’s the idea behind The Speaker Summit 2027.
Perhaps your next level means better stages and higher fees. Maybe it means more consistent bookings, stronger positioning or finally creating a keynote that people don’t simply enjoy, but remember, recommend and rebook.
Perhaps it means having a showreel that makes a booker want to pick up the phone, a reputation that starts opening doors before you’ve knocked on them, or a speaking business that creates opportunities consistently rather than leaving you wondering where the next booking is coming from.
Whatever your next level looks like, on 2nd July 2027, we’re bringing the professional speaking community together in London to help you get closer to it.
TRACK 02 // BEHAVIORAL RESONANCE
And this feels particularly important right now.
The speaking industry is changing. AI is changing how speakers are discovered and researched. Buyers are becoming more discerning. Audiences have access to extraordinary content every day, and simply being a “good speaker” doesn’t automatically create a successful speaking business.
The speakers who thrive will understand how to combine exceptional craft with exceptional commercial thinking.
They’ll understand how to position themselves, communicate their value, create keynotes worthy of premium fees, deliver experiences people remember, build relationships that last and turn one successful stage into the next opportunity.
So for 2027, we’re going to look at all of it.
It’s time to Up Level.
And wait until you see who is already joining us.
TIM GARD
THE MILLION DOLLAR KEYNOTE
Yes, you read that correctly.
The Million Dollar Keynote.
Hall of Fame speaker Tim Gard has built an extraordinary international speaking career using humour to help audiences change perspective, navigate pressure and see possibilities where previously they saw problems.
Tim is one of the funniest professional speakers you’ll experience, but he isn’t a comedian. His genius is using what he calls Comic Vision to create genuine transformation through humour.
And at The Speaker Summit, we’re not simply going to tell you about world-class speaking.
We’re going to let you experience it.
Tim will deliver his Million Dollar Keynote, and if you’re serious about your craft, there is enormous value in watching somebody at this level work.
Don’t just listen to what he says. Watch the structure. Notice the timing. Study the language. See how he creates connection, controls energy, uses humour with purpose and takes an audience somewhere.
Then we’re going deeper.
Tim will also run a breakout session, giving you the opportunity to learn from the thinking and craft behind an extraordinary speaking career.
And our VIPs?
Well, Tim is doing something exclusive for them.
We’re keeping that under wraps for a little longer.
SAHAR HASHEMI OBE
WHAT CAN SPEAKERS LEARN FROM SOMEONE WHO CREATES MARKETS?
A professional speaker is ultimately in the business of ideas.
We need people to understand them, believe in them, remember them and, ideally, act because of them.
So what can we learn from somebody who has repeatedly persuaded people to embrace ideas, products and movements that didn't exist before?
Quite a lot.
Sahar Hashemi OBE co-founded Coffee Republic, helping transform UK coffee culture. She went on to create Skinny Candy and is now behind Buy Women Built, which started with a single tweet and has grown into a commercial movement with a community of more than 2,000 women-built businesses generating over £2.5 billion in turnover.
She is also the author of Anyone Can Do It and Start-Up Forever, and her work challenges some of the things that quietly stop people reaching their next level: perfectionism, bureaucracy and waiting for certainty before taking action.
There’s a lesson in that for every speaker in the room.
Because sometimes Up Levelling your speaking career requires you to stop thinking only like a speaker.
You need to start thinking like an entrepreneur.
How do you make an idea commercially relevant? How do you create momentum? How do you differentiate yourself? How do you turn what you know into something people want to talk about, buy into and share?
That’s why Sahar belongs on this stage.
MARIA FRANZONI
WHAT IF YOU DON’T NEED MORE CLIENTS?
Speakers spend an enormous amount of time asking:
“How do I get more bookings?”
But what if there’s another question we should be asking?
“Am I maximising the lifetime value of the clients I already have?”
Our Speaker Summit Ambassador Maria Franzoni has spent decades inside the professional speaking industry and understands what happens on the other side of the booking conversation.
What makes somebody valuable to a client? What makes an organiser want them back? What turns one keynote into another opportunity, another introduction, another event or a relationship lasting years?
Imagine what happens to your speaking business if you stop viewing every booking as a single transaction and start understanding its potential lifetime value.
Because perhaps your quickest route to more speaking revenue isn't finding another 20 clients.
It could be becoming considerably more valuable to the clients you've already earned.
That’s the commercial thinking Maria will bring into the room.
Because Up Levelling isn’t simply about becoming better on the stage.
It’s about becoming smarter about what happens before and after it.
Breakout Session with
ERICA FARMER
YOUR NEXT BIG STAGE MIGHT BE A SCREEN
There is another market sitting in front of professional speakers that many still haven't fully embraced.
Virtual.
And if your virtual keynote is simply your live keynote delivered through a webcam, there is a huge opportunity to Up Level.
Having trained and upskilled more than 5,000 trainers, tutors, presenters and consultants, Erica Farmer understands what makes virtual audiences lean in rather than quietly open another browser tab.
In her Virtual Stagecraft for Speakers breakout, Erica will explore how audiences behave differently online, how visual design can strengthen engagement and retention, and practical interaction techniques you can immediately introduce into your virtual delivery.
No complicated technology. No endless polling. And definitely no awkward breakout rooms simply because somebody said online audiences need interaction.
Instead, you’ll discover practical ways to become a more engaging, memorable and confident virtual speaker.
And commercially, think about what that could mean.
New clients. International audiences. Global organisations. Opportunities that don't require flights, hotels and days away from home.
The screen doesn’t have to be the poor relation of the physical stage.
Used properly, it can become another market, another revenue stream and another stage.
AND WE’RE ONLY GETTING STARTED.
We still have speakers to announce, sessions to reveal, experiences we’re developing and a few things we’re absolutely not telling you about yet.
But I can tell you what I want to happen when you leave The Speaker Summit 2027.
I don’t want you walking away with 37 pages of notes, a branded pen and a warm feeling about all the things you mightd o one day.
I want you looking differently at your speaking career.
Is your positioning genuinely clear?
Is your keynote as good as it could be?
Does your marketing make it immediately obvious why somebody should book you?
Are you charging based on the value you create or the confidence you currently have?
Are you making the most of the clients you've already earned?
Are you creating enough opportunities? And are you genuinely treating speaking like a business?
Most importantly, I want you leaving with clarity around one question:
What does my next level actually look like and what am I going to do to reach it?
Because Up Levelling isn't about doing everything.
Sometimes it’s about discovering the one or two things that change everything else.
One improvement to your keynote could transform how an audience responds.
One change to your positioning could make your value immediately clearer.
One improvement to your showreel could get you shortlisted.
One conversation could lead to a booking.
One introduction could open an entirely new market.
And one relationship could create opportunities for years.
That is why getting into the right room matters.
NOW, ABOUT THOSE TICKETS...
We're about to release a strictly limited number of tickets for The Speaker Summit 2027 at a genuine no-brainer price.
And the people on the waiting list will hear about them first.
No payment today.
No commitment.
You're simply putting yourself at the front of the queue for first access to our lowest-priced limited ticket release before we make tickets more widely available.
Once that allocation has gone, it has gone.
So if you're already thinking, “I need to be in that room,” don't wait until everybody else gets access.
The Speaker Summit has never simply been about putting speakers on a stage and filling seats.
It’s about building a stronger professional speaking community. Sharing what genuinely works. Learning from people who have done it. Creating relationships. Opening doors. Challenging ourselves to become better at both the craft and business of professional speaking.
Because the next level of your speaking career probably isn't going to arrive by accident.
You have to decide to build it.
The Speaker Summit 2027
2nd July 2027 | London
Your keynote. Your delivery. Your positioning. Your fees. Your marketing. Your network. Your opportunities. Your business.
Your next level.
If you're happy with more of the same, keep doing more of the same.
But if you know there’s another level available to you...
Come and find it.
It’s time to UP LEVEL.