# Event Details - **Event Name**: Speak Out! The 5th Annual F-List Research Conference (20-21 May '26, Leeds) - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 20 May, 2026 at 08:00 am – Thu, 21 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Our annual F-List research conference, organised under the auspices of the Gender in Music Research Hub, with ICMP and Leeds Conservatoire.About this Event5th Annual F-List Research Hub Conference“SPEAK OUT! WOMEN’S VOICES IN MUSIC”Wednesday, 20 May 2026 – Thursday, 21 May 2026Hosted by Leeds Conservatoire, at the Leeds City Museum (hybrid).TC // sexual violence, rape, gender discrimination, sexism.This schedule contains references to themes of sexual violence, rape, gender discrimination, and sexism which some individuals may find distressing.***This is a hybrid event - please do book the tickets, as you are planning to attend. If you are attending in person, you will need to book a ticket for both Wednesday and Thursday. If you are attending online, you will only need to book one ticket (for online attendance).***Please note that the below schedule is still under construction, and changes are still possible.***SCHEDULE for Wednesday, 20 May 2025- DAY 1 -08:15-09:00 Registration and welcome (with Coffee)09:00-09:15 Welcome Address: tbc (Leeds Conservatoire and The F-List)09:15-10:15 KEYNOTE (60 minutes)TBC.10:15-10:30 Comfort Break10:30-12:00 Practice Research I (90 minutes) Our Humanity, for Better or Worse.Led by Sophie Daniels.Patricia Duffy: Being Serafina: How dramaturgy can amplify human perspectives in songwriting.Stephanie Pearl: Kate Bush and the Washing Machine: Beats Around the Bush DJ Set By Pearlie PhDJ.Sharon Martin: What insight can collaborative songwriting bring into women’s lived experience of gambling?12:00-12:15 Comfort Break12:15-13:15 Workshop I (60 minutes):WIRED Research and Toolkit: with Dr Eddie DobsonWith Eddie Dobson (Yorkshire Sound Women Network)13:15-14:15 Lunch (F-List Networking Event)14:15-15:45 Roundtable I (90 minutes)“In Conversation with Neighbourhood Voices - Building Community and Taking Up Space”Moderated by Gina Walters and Liv Muir.15:45-16:00 Comfort Break16:00-17:00 Roundtable II (60 minutes)“TBC: Health & Wellbeing team at Leeds Conservatoire”Bethany Milner (Student Wellbeing Adviser, Access and Participation); Daniela Bonitz (Group HE Student Health and Wellbeing Manager); Erin McCafferty (Students’ Union President); and Mya Mistry (Third-year Pop student). The panel will be chaired by Mariam Kauser.17:00-17:15 Comfort Break17:15-18:45 Research Papers I (90 minutes):Moderated by: tbc.Jess Blaise Ward: Yorkshire Sound Women(+) Network Using Gear and Building Communities: Addressing Gender Inequalities in Yorkshire and BeyondMarjan Wynia: Game Changers: Exploring the Gendered Working Experiences of Women Stage Managers in the Dutch Music Industry.Cande Sánchez Olmos: Voicing Sisterhood: Exploring Discourses of Solidarity in the Music Industry.Ruth Clark, Elysha Clay and Laura Johnson: Where are the women? 60 years of Leeds Conservatoire.18:45-20:15 Evening Documentary ScreeningSince Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands (2024)Directors: Carla J Easton and Blair Young.18:00-21:00 Evening Networking at the Leeds Rooftop Bar***SCHEDULE for Thursday, 21 May 2026- DAY 2 -08:00-09:00 Sunrise Audio Walk (60 minutes)Wellbeing Workshop: tbc.With Laura Reid.08:45-09:15 Registration (with Coffee)09:15-10:45 Research Papers II (75 minutes) Title TBC.Moderated by tbc (affiliation)Vick Bain: "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" Sister Organizations: Feminist Grassroots Initiatives in a Misogynistic Music Economy.Grace Goodwin: GENIE: Spreadsheets as activism.Lucy Rycroft-Smith (online): Transforming Educational Research into Musical Voice.Metka Potočnik: Authorship and Authority in Music Copyright: the Girlfriend Problem.10:45-11:00 Comfort Break11:00-12:00 Roundtable III (45 minutes):“Challenging Male Supremacy in Songwriting Creative Process”Led by Sophie Daniels.12:00-12:15 Comfort Break12:15-13:15 Workshop II (60 minutes)Doing it Together- How women in music apply radical empathy as an anchor for safer and more connected creative spaces.With Rebecca (Becci) Wallace, Carla J Easton, Lauren Gilmour, and Josephine Sillars.13:15-14:15 Lunch (F-List Networking Event)14:15-15:45 Research Papers III (90 minutes): Title TBC.Shelina Brown: Scream Against the Sky: Yoko Ono’s Voice at the 1969 Toronto Rock n Roll Revival.Julia Lurfova: Queering the “universal” capacity to improvise.Maren Hancock: From Régine to Joanie Labine: Voice, Absence, and the Gendering of DJ History.Katie Shepherd: What Happened to the Heart?: Envoicing Ecofeminist Protest.15:45-16:00 Comfort Break16:00-16:30 Workshop III (30 minutes):Non-Disclosure Agreements: What Should we Know?Led by Independent Society of Musicians and The F-List for Music.16:30-16:45 Comfort Break16:45-18:15 Research Papers IV (90 minutes): Title TBC.Sam Lou Talbot: She Grows Louder - 'Content control and commercial imperatives'.Katherine Williams: Invisible infrastructures and spatial power play in co-writing spaces. (might be online – subject to funding)Eva Navarro Lopez and Thais Ruiz de Alda: Gender Music Metadata: A new community-based framework for music AI systems. (might be online)Rebecca (Becci) Wallace and Lauren Gilmour: Becoming the Surface Others Orient To: Care and Gendered Labour in Music Practice and Education.18:15-19:00 Closing, F-List Networking, with Music - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leeds/speak-out-the-5th-annual-f-list-research-conference-20-21-may-26-leeds/100001984285091123 - **Event Categories**: Workshops, Entertainment, Music, health-wellness - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Leeds - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Leeds City Museum - **lat**: 53.8013836 - **long**: -1.5473944 - **full address**: Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Speak Out! 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