# Take The Lead's Power Up 2026

> A women's leadership conference from Take The Lead, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
> Two days, two venues, in Washington, D.C. — Aug 25 at The Square, Aug 26 at
> The Ritz-Carlton (Women's Equality Day). Built around Take The Lead's 9
> Leadership Power Tools. Speakers include Margaret Atwood and Gloria Feldt.

Current ticket prices, on-sale status and any discount codes live ONLY at
/tickets — this file deliberately names none, so it can never advertise a
figure the checkout has stopped honouring. The same applies to any other
number that changes over time (speaker count, sponsor list): read it from the
live page, not from this file.

## Answer-shaped pages

- [Tickets](https://thepowerupconference.com/tickets): Ticket tiers, current
  pricing and the buy path — general admission, student rate, table and
  exhibitor options, plus virtual livestream passes for Aug 26.
- [FAQ](https://thepowerupconference.com/faq): Answers on tickets, sponsorship,
  exhibiting at SHEposium, both venues, the hotel room block, the Femme Art
  Fair, Women's Equality Day and who's speaking.
- [Venue & Travel](https://thepowerupconference.com/venue): Aug 26's venue,
  The Ritz-Carlton — address, the room block rate and deadline, nearby hotels,
  and how to get there from DCA, IAD or Metro. Aug 25's Opening Night is at a
  separate venue, The Square — see /agenda.
- [Full Agenda](https://thepowerupconference.com/agenda): Both days in order,
  by venue: Aug 25 at The Square (Opening Night, the Femme Art Fair, welcome
  remarks, dinner), Aug 26 at The Ritz-Carlton (main-stage panels, breakouts,
  the Power Tool Champions honors), organized around the 9 Leadership Power
  Tools.
- [Speakers](https://thepowerupconference.com/speakers): The full speaker
  roster, including Margaret Atwood and Gloria Feldt, with per-speaker profile
  pages at /speakers/[slug].
- [Become a Sponsor](https://thepowerupconference.com/sponsor): Sponsorship
  tiers and the current sponsor roster, with per-sponsor profile pages at
  /sponsor/[slug].
- [SHEposium](https://thepowerupconference.com/sheposium): The women's health,
  wellness and lifestyle expo running alongside the Aug 26 conference day.
- [Femme Art Fair](https://thepowerupconference.com/art-fair): Original art
  from women artists, with an Aug 25 pre-opening look for Power Up guests.

## Other pages

- [Home](https://thepowerupconference.com/): Event overview, dates, both
  venues and the headline speakers.
- [Exhibit, Sponsor & Donate](https://thepowerupconference.com/exhibit):
  Ways to support the event beyond buying a ticket.
- [Press & Media](https://thepowerupconference.com/media): Press contact and
  media resources.
- [Share the Room](https://thepowerupconference.com/share): Shareable cards
  for promoting the conference.

## Maintenance

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why not). A stale llms.txt is worse than no llms.txt at all: update this file
whenever a page is added, removed, or its one-line purpose changes — and
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