Bold & Beyond: fertility, family forming and the spaces in between. Panel discussion and moderated workshop
Healthcare has evolved significantly in recent years, particularly in how we understand and support hormonal health and family forming.
From more open conversations around menopause to increased demand for fertility preservation options such as egg and sperm freezing, topics once considered private are now firmly part of mainstream discussion. This shift reflects lived reality with 1 in 6 couples in the UK experiencing difficulty when trying to conceive and 90% of those undergoing fertility treatment saying it impacts their work in some way. Family forming is no longer a single narrative, nor is it confined to one gender or one path.
Progyny Global and Nexus Connected invite you to join a thoughtful conversation exploring the many variations of modern family building. Through a panel of industry experts, we will share real-life perspectives on fertility journeys and hormonal health, consider the emotional and professional implications and reflect on how acknowledging these experiences can influence organisational culture and inclusion.
This event will create space for an open dialogue on the options and support available today grounded in real world experience. You’ll also be the first to gain access to Nexus Self-Advocacy Toolkit—a free, practical resource designed to help you prepare for appointments, ask the right questions, and walk away feeling like your concerns have been taken seriously.
As conversations around parenthood and hormonal health become more visible, so too does the opportunity to approach them with greater understanding, inclusivity and care.
Speaker Highlight:
Lucia Rodriguez - Investment Associate, AlbionVC
Lucia is an investor on AlbionVC’s tech team, where she focuses on Seed to Series B healthcare companies across healthtech and digital pharma. Prior to joining AlbionVC, she completed her MBA at INSEAD and gained experience in venture building, helping to support and launch digital health ventures.
Karli Buchling - Founder, Blake Health
Karli Büchling is an award-winning entrepreneur who founded Blake Health - building the most comprehensive menstrual blood biobank. Named Top 200 leaders in women's health and FemTech twice; she also won the Liverpool Slush’D & Unicorn summit pitch competitions, and gave a TED Talk on the power of menstrual blood in 2024.
Katie Rollings - Founder & CEO, Fertility Action
Katie Rollings is a mission-driven leader in reproductive health and patient advocacy. As Founder and CEO of Fertility Action, she is working to transform how fertility care is accessed, understood, and supported across the UK, with a focus on education, mental health, and equitable treatment. Drawing on her own experience of infertility and IVF, she has become a powerful voice for change, co-founding Fertility Access UK and helping drive national attention on IVF inequality and male fertility.
Dr Julie Hammond - GP + Founder MamAR
A multi-award-winning NHS and Private GP and health columnist for The Voice Newspaper. Dr Julie has a specialist interest in women’s health and mental health, and is a passionate health equity advocate committed to improving healthcare accessibility.
Hosted by:
Genevieve Stow - Global Sales Manager, Progyny Global
Leo Tyson - Founder, Nexus Connected
Benefits of attending
Exchange stories in a judgment-free environment
Build genuine connections
Leave with tangible tools to help you champion your health
Who should attend
Women’s health advocates and HR leaders.
Healthcare professionals.
Therapists, wellbeing practitioners, and coaches
Health educators and leaders.
Any women looking for more support, community, education and guidance on her health journey.
Progyny Global is a company that provides best-in-class fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and menopause benefits for the modern global workforce. Progyny Global offers an inclusive platform that connects employees with top experts, clinics, and treatments around the world as we reimagine what it means to advocate for ourselves in a healthcare system that hasn’t always made us feel heard.
How will the event run?
5pm-5.30pm: Welcome, food, drinks and networking.
5:30-5:40pm: Introductions.
5:40-6:15pm: Panel discussion.
6:15-6:50pm: Speaker-led group workshop.
6:50-7:15pm: Back to panel set up to share group findings.
7:15pm: Finish.
Event Q+A
Q: How does the panel work?
A: Speakers will share their personal and professional story on their health journey, the misdiagnosis, the medical gaslighting, the looking for answers and everything in between that they went through and how it led them to where they are now.
Q: How does the group workshop work?
A: Once you have listened to the panel you can choose which speaker as your workshop leader you'd like to go with
Q: What will you be doing in the group workshop?
A: This is your chance to share your story, ask questions of your fellow group members and panel facilitators and engage with the advocacy packs.
Specifically we will be workshopping what do you want the future of women's health / health care to look like? Then the panelist will bring back each group's findings to share at the end.
Q: Do I have to engage in the workshop?
A: Nope, you are welcome to just listen.
Q: Timings?
A: You can arrive as late as 5.30pm. Later is fine but please note we will have already started.
Q:Children / childcare? - Welcome to bring children
The location is:
Barclays 120 Moorgate | London | EC2M 6UR