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Full Schedule

  • Friday, October 25, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    Yoga Lounge
  • 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Women in Government Meet and Greet
  • 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM CT
    Volunteer Central
  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Nicor Gas' Technical Training Center and Gas Town Tour ($)
  • 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    WE24 Interview Booths
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
    Child Care
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
    Lactation Room
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
    Prayer/Meditation Room
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Obama Presidential Center Tour ($)
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Friday Keynote: Catherine Hunt Ryan
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Rapid Fire I: Graduate
  • 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    Career Fair Prep Room (Resume Review/Interview Tips)
  • 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    WE24 Career Fair
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Career Fair Prep Room (Printer Room)
  • 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
    Break Free! Navigate Your Career Break With Confidence
  • 10:15 AM – 10:35 AM CT
    Engineers! Open Your Eyes to Rewarding Possibilities in Project Management
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Accelerating Sustainability With the Power of E-Mobility
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Building Resilience at 30,000 Feet
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Charting the Course: Navigating Winning Strategies for Effective AI Governance
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Increase Your Credibility by Succeeding Where Most Leaders Fall Short
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Miss Worldwide: A Glimpse into Going Global
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Money Matters: Investing, Personal Finance, Negotiation, and More!
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Personal Branding and Networking to Advance Your Career
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Revolution With Digital Twin in Electrification Products
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Simple but Sensational STEM Activities
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Women in Operations: The Last Frontier
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Caterpillar Tech Talk
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Eaton Tech Talk- Sustainable Horizons: A Fireside Chat on Digital Innovations in Manufacturing
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    GradSWE Community Affinity Group
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    HeForSWE Affinity Group
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Technical Career Path
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 PM CT
    Dell Technologies Info Session- Navigating Dual Career Households
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 PM CT
    Federal Bureau of Investigation Info Session - Trailblazers in STEM: Women Leading the Way at the FBI
  • 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Schneider Electric + Museum of Science & Industry Tour ($)
  • 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Engineering Empathy: Leveraging Volunteer Experience for Leadership Growth
  • 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    The Reality of Extended/Virtual Reality (XR/VR) on the Shop Floor
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Women Defining Possible Luncheon (*pre-registration required)
  • 11:05 AM – 11:25 AM CT
    ​​Unmasking the Positivity Paradox: The Dark Side of Toxic Optimism​
  • 11:05 AM – 11:25 AM CT
    Rise Together with ERGs
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Creating Mid-Career Momentum
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Enabling Product Design Through Materials
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Game Night: Lessons From Board Games Make Networking Fun
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    If Not Me, Then Who? Owning Middle Management
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Lighting the Way: SWE Grants Fueling STEM Dreams and Careers
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    How to Retire Early and Get Ready for What's Next
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    I Have a Diverse Team, Now What?
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Strategy Secrets Shared! SWE Senate Shares Best Practices!
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Tailoring Career Reentry Programs to Align with Your Workforce Strategy: Navigating Returnships, Direct Hires, Defined Cohorts, Loose Cohorts, and Rolling Admissions
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Unveiling Invisibility: STEM Perspectives on Living With Invisible Disabilities
  • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Talk Like TED
  • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    The Power of Intersectionality and Allyship
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Ford Motor Company Info Session
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Henkel Info Session- Navigating Career Paths into Sustainability
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    MathWorks Tech Talk - Watt's Up with Electric Vehicles? Building the Path to Sustainable EV Adoption
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CT
    Women of Color Luncheon (Invitation Only)
  • 11:55 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Engineering to Consulting: Transforming Expertise Into Impact
  • 11:55 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Upper-Body Exoskeleton Impact During Stair Climbing
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    Open Room for Affinity Group Use
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Open Room for Affinity Group Use
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Inspirational Insight: Using Your Superpowers to Rise
  • 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Amtrak Chicago Union Station Tour ($)
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    National Security Agency (NSA) Tech Talk - The Secret to Diversity of Experience at the NSA
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    Whirlpool Corporation Tech Talk
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Engineering Working Mom's Meet-up
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    FIRST® Robotics: A Global STEM Community for All
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Affinity Group Partner Panel
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Entrepreneurs Affinity Group
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Indigenous Peoples Affinity Group
  • 1:45 PM – 2:05 PM CT
    Data-Guided Simulations for Business Strategy
  • 1:45 PM – 2:05 PM CT
    Get Recognized With an Impact Diary
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Bridging the Divide: Addressing AI Biases for Gender Equity
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Calling All Cleantech Innovators: Time to Save the Planet!
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    CodeCrush: Navigating Gender Bias, Imposter Syndrome, Brotopia in Engineering Arena
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Discover and Enhance Technical Talent With Hackathons
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Launching a Global Women’s Network in a Multi-Cultural Organization
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Leading High-Performing Teams Across Cultures
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Operation Outreach: A Workshop With the Society's Outreach Committee
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    STEM Women: Financial Independence Blueprint for Success and Early Retirement
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Weathering the Storm: Detecting and Addressing BIPOC Health Disparities
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Working in Construction: Don't Let It Intimidate You
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    HP Inc. Info Session
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Johnson Controls Info Session
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    State of Women in Engineering
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Booz Allen Hamilton Tech Talk - Accelerating Space Mission Readiness with AI, MBSE and Cyber Testbeds
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Bose Corporation Tech Talk - Better Sound through Innovation in Consumer and Automotive Audio
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Meet the Poster Finalists
  • 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Close Listening: Music for Emotional and Professional Growth
  • 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Concrete Pathways to Decarbonizing the Cement Industry
  • 2:15 PM – 6:45 PM CT
    River North Walking Food Tour ($)
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Fellows' Tea (Invitation Only)
  • 2:35 PM – 2:55 PM CT
    Empower Innovation: Build Cloud Services - Inclusive Power
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Creating Personal Resilience – How I Survived a Professional Nightmare!
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Ditch the Pitch: Why Your Elevator Pitch Isn't Working
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Generative AI: The Basics, the Fun, and the Future Hellscape
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Jack of All, Master of One – A Robotics Career
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Managing through Disability: How to Effectively Light the Bat-Signal
  • 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Redefining Engineer Moms: AI's Role in Work-Life Integration
  • 2:45 PM – 3:34 PM CT
    Transforming Your Expertise: From Technical Lead to People Manager
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Building Scholarly Connections: Effective Networking and Follow-Through Strategies
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Empowering STEM Comebacks into the Workforce: Triumphs from Individuals who Returned to the Engineering and Technology Workforce
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Leading From the Back: Cultivating Lifelong Leadership Skills
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Stay Lit: How to Tend Your Career Fire
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Punch Above Your Weight: Be a Technical Leader Beyond Your Title
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Unleashing Engineering Superpowers: Transformative Free Courses
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Milwaukee Tool Info Session - Empowering Innovation: From Design to Manufacturing Excellence
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    SWE Committee Fair
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Global Networking: Engineers Around the World
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Sponsors and Exhibitors Reception (Invitation Only)
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Affinity Group Open House
  • 3:25 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Demystifying 3D Printing in Healthcare
  • 3:25 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First!
  • 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Growing Green: Exploring Sustainability Career Possibilities
  • 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Overcome the Resistance to Change
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Embracing New Challenges With a Growth Mindset
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Empowering Women to Advocate for Their Inventions and Obtain Patents
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Optimism, Pessimism, Realism: Zeroing in on Stronger Data Protection
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    You're Kenough: Unlock Your Kenergy and Write Your Resume
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Almost Famous: Choose Your Own Career Adventure and Reimagine Retirement!
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Breaking Barriers: Women Pioneers in Aerospace
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Choose Your Own Adventure, Chart Your Own Path
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Construction Engineers: What Should I Build?
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Engineer to Entrepreneur: Case Studies in Business Ownership
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    In My Supervisor Era: Essential Insights for First-Time Managers
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CT
    McMaster-Carr Info Session - Building Indispensable Software - Lessons Learned from Designing & Implementing a Content Management System
  • 4:25 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Money Matters: How to Talk to Your Friends About Finances
  • 4:50 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Religion in the Workplace: Accommodations & Adaptations
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    Collegiate Leaders' Reception
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    Graduate Student Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    WE24 APEX Awards Presentation
  • 6:45 PM – 10:30 PM CT
    Chicago Brewery Tour in a Beer Barrel ($)
  • 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CT
    Awards Reception (Invitation Only)