future LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE 

Venue: Ferreira Cellars

Leadership is not about maintaining the status quo, but navigating change with courage, clarity, and compassion. Future Leadership & Resilience is designed to guide professionals in charting their own paths through uncertainty, equipping them with the tools, mindsets, and models needed to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving world.

By cultivating future-ready leaders and embracing resilience, the meetings and events industry is positioned to navigate complexities and seize emerging opportunities. Leadership today requires adaptability, emotional intelligence, and collaborative vision - qualities essential to thriving amid constant change. This track will empower ICCA delegates to deepen their leadership capacities, inspiring confident, purpose-driven action to elevate their organisations and communities toward a stronger future. 

Ferreira Cellars is the backdrop for this track, which blends timeless tradition with forward-focused learning. With more than 250 years of winemaking excellence, Ferreira Cellars is one of Portugal’s most well-known Port wine cellars, offering a rich sensory and cultural experience. Its centuries-old vaults, exhibits, and historical stories from the Ferreira family tree provide a truly unique backdrop for reflection and transformative learning. This track focuses on personal transformation as a driver of industry evolution, diving deep into the processes of internal growth that allow true leadership to emerge. Delegates will explore:

  • Leadership strategies and models to cultivate resilience and adaptability
  • Emotional intelligence and vulnerability as critical components of strong, empathetic leadership
  • Frameworks for lifelong learning, agility, and purpose-driven growth

Ferreira Cellars’s blend of history and innovation provides an ideal context for this journey, inviting attendees to reflect on the past, connect in the present, and build for the future.

Whether you're thinking about launching a start-up, leading a large organisation, or beginning your own leadership journey, this track empowers you to turn personal development into professional impact. At Ferreira Cellars , participants will not only explore their own resilience but create a blueprint for an inspired and purpose-driven future in the global business events industry.


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