At most networking events, the same problems repeat themselves. The rooms are too big, the guest lists too mixed, and the schedules too packed with speakers. You can spend an entire day, from 8 am to 5 pm, and still leave with less than a handful of meaningful connections.
For women, the challenge runs even deeper. No matter how accomplished, many still hesitate to talk about themselves or their achievements. Arriving alone often means quickly forming a small group for safety, and then spending the rest of the evening with the same people. Even for leaders who oversee millions of dollars and manage complex operations, the act of networking can feel draining.
Introducing
The Luminary Dinners
The LDS was designed to step outside of this.
Instead of a conference hall, imagine a beautifully set dinner table. Real flowers, candlelight, thoughtful music, and food that feels as intentional as the company. The guest list is carefully curated: CEOs, founders, senior leaders, and cultural figures who share a similar level of accomplishment and experience. Every seat is chosen with care, using background research and personality matching to design the flow of conversation.
This isn't transactional networking. It's not about what you can do for me or what I can do for you. This is about sharing stories, forming genuine emotional connections in a way that rarely happens at traditional networking events. Because something magical happens when people share what deeply moved them.
As the evening unfolds, the hosts introduce each guest, so no one is left to awkwardly promote themselves. Between courses, the seating rotates. In just three hours, every woman has spoken to every other woman at the table. Compared to a traditional eight-hour event where you might leave with five real contacts, here you leave with twenty.
THE OUTcome
is beautiful.
If you’re invited, it means you are used to being a speaker, not really able to fully relax and enjoy the events you attend because you’re mentally prepping to speak. This event takes all that pressure away from you. You are just meant to join the table, and enjoy a dinner curated to you and some extraordinary people you’d enjoy talking to.
Guests build more genuine, valuable connections in one beautiful evening than they could at a hectic full-day event. Women whose stories inspire, whose challenges resonate, and whose paths may cross again in ways no one can predict.
Here's what we bring
to the table.
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A curated guest list, where every guest is invited with the other guests in mind.
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Rotating seating between courses to ensure each invitee connects with each other.
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Done-for-you introductions to avoid the discomfort women feel when talking about their own accomplishments.
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A beautiful atmosphere for connection, where everything from the table set-up to the food is thoughtful.
Be our guest.
In each city, we research, discover, and host 20-24 visionary, amazing women who are founders, CEOs, and inspiring social figures with amazing stories to tell. Also at this table are amazing up-and-coming entrepreneurs and trailblazers with awe-inspiring. This is a space to share stories, form lifelong relationships and change lives. If you'd like to be a part of this or know someone who is the perfect guest for this table, please join our waitlist and make it that much easier for us to find you. We host a dinner per quarter, so keep an eye out on your inbox for our invitation.
Luminary Dinners
Luminary High-Teas
Luminary Reunions
Upcoming
Upcoming
Have a look at our past dinners.
the spark
After attending numerous networking events in many different parts of the world, Madusha was looking for patterns of what made an event memorable and worth attending, and what didn't. Too many felt like superficial opportunities to meet people where you don't make a lasting impression or connection with anyone. With the busy lives that we all lead, people are increasingly losing their connection to community. Part of that might be because most events are thrown together without much intentionality about who they're bringing together. Madusha wants to change that. Having formed support groups for women and chaired women-centric organizations for decades, she has felt firsthand the power of sharing stories. She knows firsthand how this brings about a depth of connection that can never experienced at a generic networking event. And we all know the power of a shared meal. It's a fundamental part of our evolution as human beings. There's nothing as powerful to get people opening up and sharing stories. That is where the idea behind the Luminary Dinner Series was born. The purpose is to intentionally bring together people from different industries who would still fit together. To create friendships that didn't exist before in a way that doesn't feel transactional. After all, true change is best fuelled by true connection.
interested in being a part of the journey ?
We are always excited to meet like-minded people who understand what we're creating and are looking for ways to supercharge our journey (though we are as selective with our partners as we are with our guests). We very much appreciate aligned values. If you are interested in sponsoring these dinners, or hosting these dinners via your organization, click below to keep reading.
