Overview

Sultana undertakes public speaking engagements in the UK and around the world. She is available to speak at conferences and corporate events as a keynote speaker or as a participant on a panel. She is also available to chair discussions and debates. She speaks at events for multi-national corporations, governmental and NGOs.

She uses her personal journey & experiences to motivate audiences, inspire action and inform policy. Her message is one of resilience, focus and the ability to adapt and succeed against all odds. The lessons to be drawn are multifaceted and relevant to many people and industries.

Conferences & Seminars

• Keynote Speech, Allen & Overy LLP, London 2023

• ‘Afternoon Tea with Sultana Tafadar KC’,Oxford Bar Society, University of Oxford, 2023.

• Keynote Speech, Hogan Lovells International LLP, London, 2023

• ‘Religious Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace’, Keynote Speech, Schroders, London, 2023

• ‘Women in Leadership’ Series, Ernest & Young LLP, London, 2022

• 5th International Women and Justice Summit, Kadem, Istanbul, Turkey, 2022.

• Keynote Speech, Clifford Chance London, 2022

• ‘Breaking Barriers’, Race Equality Committee, Women in Criminal Law, 2022

• ‘In Conversation with Sultana Tafadar KC’, Bird & Bird LLP & Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, London, 2022

• ‘Inspirational Women’ Series, Oxford Women in Business, University of Oxford, 2022.

• ‘Free Speech in the Digital Age’, New College Essay Society, University of Oxford, 2022

• ‘Russia/ Ukraine Conflict and the Rule of Law’, JUSTICE Student Conference 2022

• Society of British Bangladeshi Solicitors, London, 2022.

• ‘The Measures and Impact of the Counter Terrorism and Security Act (2021)’, Crime & Human Rights, JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2021.

• Visible Justice: Embodied Activism Symposium, ‘How the black/ brown injured body is represented in contemporary media and art, and legal frameworks’, LCC, University of the Arts London, May 2019.

• LEAP Annual Conferences, Fair Trials International: Netherlands (Feb 2015), Greece (March 2017), Bulgaria (Feb 2018); 2020-22 (online).

• ‘Charades’, video collaboration between David Birkin and Reprieve on the Third Directive, 2018 https://www.davidbirkin.net/charade/

• ‘Strategic litigation workshop with focus on counter-terrorism’, Sciences Po Paris, School of International Affairs & Open Society Justice Initiative, Paris, 2017.

• ‘Raising the Bar’ with Rob Rinder, Topic: Terrorism laws, BBC Radio 5 Live, 2016.

• 'Race Equality: “Removing Barriers”, Home Office, The Network's 15th Annual General Meeting, London, March 2015.

• Designed & delivered Advocacy training for NGOs, Oxfam, London, 2014.

• Advocacy training programme, Amnesty International, London, 2014.

• Advocacy training programme, Women for Women International, London, 2014