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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, October 24, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    Yoga Lounge
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CT
    First-Time Attendee Meet-Up
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Volunteer Central
  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    BD Brachytherapy Manufacturing Tour: Radioactive Implantable Seeds for Cancer Treatment Tour ($)
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
    Child Care
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
    Lactation Room
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
    Prayer/Meditation Room
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
    WE24 Interview Booths
  • 8:40 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    United Airlines Headquarters Tour ($)
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Opening Keynote: Sharon Hong
  • 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    World Of Whirlpool Penthouse Tour ($)
  • 9:45 AM – 12:45 PM CT
    90-min Chicago River Architecture Tour ($)
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Career Fair Prep Room (Printer Room)
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Career Fair Prep Room (Resume Review/Interview Tips)
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Cargill, Inc. Networking Lounge
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Exam Proctor Room
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    PepsiCo Networking Lounge
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Phillips 66 Networking Lounge
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Professional Headshots (sign-up required)
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Rainbow Lounge
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Relaxation Lounge
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Social Lounge
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    SWE Boutique
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    SWE Member Center
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Wellness Lounge
  • 10:15 AM – 10:35 AM CT
    Taylor-ing Your Career (Your Version)
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Blueprints for Boundless Futures: Empowering Our Daughters to Defy Stereotypes
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Building a Personal Brand: What's Your Vibe?
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Finding Harmony in Engineering and Motherhood
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    How to Be a RockSTAR: Mastering the Behavioral Interview
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    I've Been Laid Off, Now What?
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Nail Your Next Presentation! From Flop to Pop
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Navigating Neurodiversity Disclosure: Insights for Engineering Professionals
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    The Importance of Black Women in STEM Careers
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    The Secret Weapon to Your Early Career: Intentionality
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Wonder Woman vs Superman: Take Flight, Not Fight
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Ansys Sponsored Info Session- We are Women in Tech: Career Journeys in Simulation
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Community College Voices: Let's Talk Inclusion and Belonging in SWE
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Lenovo Info Session- Building Your Brand Toolbox: Playing Up Your Strengths as a Technical Woman
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Asian Connections Affinity Group
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Global Women Engineers Affinity Group
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Late Career and Retiree Affinity Group
  • 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Building Resilience: Overcoming Setbacks in Your Professional Journey
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Rapid Resume Review
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Behind the Scenes at Motorola Solutions - The Experience Center, 42nd Floor Tour ($)
  • 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    A Quickstart Guide to an Organized Collegiate SWE Section
  • 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    How to Make the Most of Your WE Conference Experience
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Rainbow Lounge Partner Panel
  • 11:05 AM – 11:25 AM CT
    Bridging the Communication Gap Across Generations
  • 11:05 AM – 11:25 AM CT
    Pink It! What Is the Cost of Being a Woman?
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Breaking Boundaries: The Myth of Disciplinary Lines in Engineering
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Confessions of a Serial Job Hopper: Finding the Right Fit
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    The Power of Microgrids: Community Resilience for a Changing Climate
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    A Career with Boundless Opportunity- Northrop Grumman Tech Talk
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Creating Effective State Level Advocacy
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Empowering Engineers: How to Find Your Perfect Match
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Get Your Hands Dirty: Where Innovation Meets Grit
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    The Men Who Support Me: Stories From Male Advocates
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    To Webcam or Not To Webcam? Remote Working Tips
  • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Building Your Career Toolbox: Success Strategies for Women in STEM
  • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    The MachH2 Hydrogen Hub
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Naval Nuclear Laboratory Sponsored Session
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Boston Scientific Info Session- Growing our Patient Impact - Strategies for Growth and Sharing Information Across Sites and Functions
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    The Nuts and Bolts of Section Scholarships
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CT
    Executive Women’s Luncheon (Invitation Only)
  • 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM CT
    Collegian Welcome Luncheon (pre-registration required)
  • 11:55 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Leading From Any Seat
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    Open Room for Affinity Group Use
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Inspirational Insight: Intersections of Sustainability: Engineering for the Future of our Planet
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Members at Large (MAL) Meeting
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Jacobs Info Session
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    African-American Affinity Group
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Community Colleges Affinity Group
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Public Policy Affinity Group
  • 1:45 PM – 2:05 PM CT
    HeForSWE: Cultivating Inclusion Efforts in Collaboration With Male Diversity Partners
  • 1:45 PM – 2:05 PM CT
    Supporting Employees Through All Eras: Infertility, Parenthood, & Beyond
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Don't Sink the Ship: Avoiding Crucial Mistakes in Employee Well-being
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Leading With Vision and Alignment
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Moving From Contributor to Leader Mindset: Work Smarter, Not Longer
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Reimagine Your Work: Managing Your Career Like It's Your Business
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Rise to the Occasion: Advocacy at Your State Capital
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Strategic Storytelling in Engineering: Making Your Ideas Resonate with Everyone
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    The Power of Perseverance: Managing the Unexpected
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Who Am I Talking To? Or Should It Be With?
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Work Hard Play Hard: Integrating Passions to Enhance Your Career
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Pfizer Info Session- Project Management Practices for Experienced Professionals
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Info Session
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Engineers Working Through Infertility Meetup
  • 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    WE24 Career Fair
  • 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Creating a Better Future Through Mentoring for Women, Industry, & Society
  • 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Emotional Design: Crafting Products That Resonate With Users
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Abbott Tech Talk
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Medtronic Tech Talk
  • 2:35 PM – 2:55 PM CT
    Discover Insurance as an Uncommon Engineering Career
  • 2:35 PM – 2:55 PM CT
    Make Me Laugh! How Stand-up Helped Me in My Career
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Attention Retention! Your Plan to Retain Your Rock Star Team Members
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Empowering Women in Tech: Building Resilience and Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Etymology for DE&I: The Darker Historical Origin of Common Phrases
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Fueling Futures: Winning Strategies for Early Career Employee Networks
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Is Science Diplomacy for Engineers?
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    K-12 Outreach, It’s Not Just for Kids Anymore
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Pumps, Flats, Heels or Sneakers: A Shoe in Leadership!
  • 2:45 PM – 3:34 PM CT
    Career Readiness in Aerospace
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Career Paths in the Built Environment
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Hydrogen Economy Transition: Tools and Technologies Required for Destination Zero
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    When Change Finds You: How to Handle Organizational/Department Restructuring
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    How the Circus Helped Me Grow as an Engineer
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    You Are Still Amazing: Reinventing Ourselves After 55
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Info Session
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Cummins Info Session
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    DisAbility Inclusion Affinity Group
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Early Career Professionals Affinity Group
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    SWE Members in Small Businesses Affinity Group
  • 3:25 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Rising Strong: Harnessing Stoic Wisdom for Career and Personal Success
  • 3:25 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Your Career Compass and the Power of Values-Based Navigation
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Apple Tech Talk - Innovating Together: harnessing our skills, networks, and experience to blaze a path in tech
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Polaris Tech Talk - Think Outside: Feature & UI Development for Harsh Environments
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Halo Reception (Invitation Only)
  • 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Empowering Futures: Mentoring College Students Through Self-Discovery and Professional Growth
  • 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Engineering, Epilepsy, and Exceeding Expectations
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    AI in Healthcare: Unleashing the Future of Medical Innovation
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Becoming an Innovator: Breaking Barriers to Having Your Ideas Heard
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Chew-Chew: Can Locomotive Engines Run on French Fries?!
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Explore Endless Possibilities With Sensor Fusion in Smart, Intelligent Homes
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    From Aerospace to Telecommunications to Semiconductors: Roadmap to Career Transitions
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Crafting Your Trajectory: Career Pathing Toward Program/Product Management
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Empowering Latina Engineers: Strategies for Advancing to Executive Positions
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    I’ve Been Working on the Railroad – Women in Rail
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    President's Reception (Invitation Only)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    RTX Tech Talk- Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Safe and Sound: Why Your Technical Input Matters
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Starting a Research Program on a Shoestring Budget
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CT
    Honda Info Session
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CT
    Merck & Co., Inc. Info Session
  • 4:25 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    A Journey Through an Engineering Career with a Disability
  • 4:25 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Techniques to Establish Trust for High-Performing Teams
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Canada Meet Up
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Discover Tech Talk- AI and ML in Payment Fraud Detection
  • 4:50 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    How to Develop and Bring a New Product to Market
  • 4:50 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Networking Navigator: Mastering Connections With Confidence and Purpose
  • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    ALWE and WIA Reception (Invitation Only)
  • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Collegiate Competition Networking Reception
  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
    Past Presidents' Reception (Invitation Only)
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Air Products Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Clorox Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Eaton Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    GLOBALFOUNDRIES Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Jacobs Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Lockheed Martin Corporation Hospitality Suite (Invitation Only)
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Micron Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Milwaukee Tool Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Mortenson Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Rockwell Automation Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    RTX Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Siemens Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Southern Company Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Texas Instruments Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Trane Technologies Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Turner Construction Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    United Parcel Service (UPS) Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Wabtec Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Hospitality Suite
  • 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM CT
    Life Members Reception (Invitation Only)