The Annual Region i Conference titled Take Flight with SWE will be held February 28 – March 2, 2014, right here in Wichita, KS.
Learn more about the conference on the iCON14 website. Hotel registration is now open.
If you are interested in speaking at conference, there is Call for Speakers tab on the website. The current deadline to submit your speaker proposal form is August 30, 2013.
Wichita SWE will be hosting Region i conference for 2014! Congratulations to the planning team for putting together the winning bid. The conference will be held at the Marriott Hotel on Webb and Kellogg from Friday, February 28 to Sunday, March 2, 2014! If you are interested in helping at any level (large or small), please contact our Conference Chair, Cindy Hoover for more information.
The annual region i conference will be held March 1-2, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska and there is still time to register! Check out the conference website at swe-nebraska.org.
Register before February 20th and avoid paying late registration pricing!
The annual region i conference will be held March 1-2, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska and registration is open! Check out the conference website at swe-nebraska.org.
A discounted EARLY registration rate will be offered until 31 December 2012!
Wichita SWE invites you to join us at SWE’s 2012 National Conference from Nov 8-10 in Houston, TX! The conference website is located here, http://we12.swe.org/. If you would like more information or are interested in attending please contact our conference coordinator, Vickie Glancy-Cannon.
Region i is looking for speakers for the conference on March 1-2 in Omaha, NE.
Session topics of interest are: Networking, Effective communication, Leadership development, Promoting yourself, Financial/investment, Compensation, Project management, Learning to say ‘No’, Dealing with difficult people, Stress management, and Outreach. If you have another presentation topic not listed here, you are more than welcome to submit the abstract for consideration.
Presentations typically last approximately 45 minutes with 10 minutes for Q&A. Presenters should submit the below items to: Lara Syrocki, by October 31, 2012 for consideration.
-Â Title of presentation
-Â Short abstract (100 words or less)
-Â 3 to 4 Learning Objectives of presentation
-Â Short biography (30 words or less) including current job title, very brief description of responsibilities and educational background. If there is more than one speaker, information for EACH panelist must be provided.
-Â Company/school
-Â Contact information
Wichita Section at the Society of Women Engineers Region i conference, with the award for SWE-tention, the highest membership retention rate in the region
11 professional members from Wichita attended the Region i Conference in Tulsa, OK on Saturday, March 3. This year there was record attendance at the conference with around 230 people attending. There were two tours offered to local companies as well as many sessions covering topics such as STEM Outreach, Collegiate to Professional Transfer, and a mini Career Fair. The day ended with a behind the scenes tour of the Tulsa Aquarium followed by dinner held in the Aquarium lobby and a keynote speech given by Wichita’s Cindy Hoover. Region awards were given out at the dinner and the Wichita Professional section won the membership retention award!!! The conference was great for networking and catching up with old friends! The 2013 Region i Conference will be held Omaha, NE.
SWE is currently accepting presenter applications for this year’s conference, November 8-10, 2012 in Houston.
If you are interested in participating, please click here to apply. The deadline for submissions is March 2, 2012.
WE12 Session Tracks:
Career and Life Transitions
Careers in Academia
Careers in Government and Military
Inclusion and Cultural Awareness
Innovation in Technology and Business
Management and Strategy
Outreach
There is also a new session format for WE12 called Lightning Talks. These 20-minute sessions give the audience a succinct overview of an exciting project or research (recent or current). Each speaker will have 15 minutes to present on a topic, and then the audience will have five minutes to ask questions. SWE prefers that speakers use a very limited number of PowerPoint slides, or none at all, during the 15-minute presentation. In addition to Lightning Talks, there are five other session formats to choose from: lecture, workshop, panel, off-site technical tour and poster.
Don’t miss the 2012 Region i conference in Tulsa OK on March 2-3. They have some great events planned including dinner and tour at the aquarium! http://www.okaquarium.org/
