We hope you can join us next year!
WE22's theme was A World of Opportunity Awaits. We had five SWE-ECI members attend the conference, going to multiple sessions across the three days, Oct. 20th - 22nd. Many of them recruited for their respective companies, as well. As part of a long-standing tradition, on Friday night, our professional members got together with 13 Iowa Hawkeye collegiates to get dinner and socialize. Everyone had an enjoyable time relaxing and refueling for the rest of the conference. Between stellar professional development sessions, a massive career fair, and multiple thought-provoking keynote presentations there was no lack of conversation at the dinner table! Lastly, on Saturday two of our ECI members volunteered at SWE's "Invent It. Build It." K-12 Outreach event to encourage girls to choose a career in engineering and technology. We hope you can join us next year!
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WE20's theme was Practice Curiosity and occurred virtually this year over the course of two weeks: Nov. 2nd -13th. We had at least six ECI members attend the conference this year to Practice Curiosity during several live or pre-recorded sessions. We also had members recruiting for their respective companies. The highlight for ECI was being recognized during one of the keynote sessions as winner of the SWE Bronze Mission Award for exemplifying SWE's strategic mission through our section events. There are a few On-Demand sessions available to the general public. If you are interested in checking them out, then you can access them on SWE's website by scrolling down to the On-Demand section dated October 26th-30th.
We are all looking forward to next year's WE21 conference and hoping it can be in-person in Indianapolis, IN! WE19's theme was We Live, We Learn, We Lead; and that is exactly what six SWE-ECI members did at the conference! All members attended multiple sessions across the three days, Nov. 7th - 9th. Four of our six members recruited for their respective companies. On Thursday, Nov. 7th, two SWE-ECI members, Kelly Hentges and Kristen Wagner, along with three other ladies from PepsiCo, presented a session on "Five Different Perspectives on Creating Food from Seed to Shelf". There were over 100 attendees at this session! On Friday night, three of our Professional members got together with 15 Iowa Hawkeye collegiates to get dinner and socialize. To wrap up the conference, on Saturday, Nov. 9th, SWE-ECI received three Mission awards at the Celebrate SWE Banquet!
As part of a long standing tradition, SWE-ECI and the U of I SWE collegiate section had an enjoyable time relaxing and refueling at the Cheesecake Factory after a non-stop high energy day at the WE19 Conference in Anaheim, CA this past week. Between stellar professional development sessions, a massive career fair, and multiple thought-provoking keynote presentations there was no lack of conversation at the dinner table! It was a great conference, and we are all looking forward to WE20 in New Orleans, LA! On Saturday, October 24th, as part of the Society of Women Engineer's Annual Conference. Sr Director of Avionics Programs at Rockwell Collins, Jenny Miller, from Cedar Rapids, hosted an inspiring panel on work life balance entitled "How Does She Do It?" Six other senior executives from major companies across the country joined her for this plenary session. They spoke about what worked and what didn't for them as they have grown their careers and families over the years. Watch the full video below! This year’s SWE Annual Conference was held in Los Angeles, California from October 22nd to 25th. It truly captured the essence of its theme, “A Global Exchange for Change.”
This year's Annual Conference, entitled Make Connections, Make History, was held in Baltimore, MD from October 24th-26th. SWE-ECI was able to send 5 members of it's core board to the conference this year.
What a conference this year! WE12, the 61st annual conference for Women Engineers, was held in Houston, Texas at the George R. Brown Convention Center November 7 through 11. Record-breaking attendence was recorded: a total of 6,400 attendees!
Dr. Ellen Ochoa, Deputy Director of NASA’s Johnson Space center, will discuss “launches, landings, and other spaceflight milestones that have shaped her career and life” during her keynote address at the WE12 Annual Conference this November in Houston.
SWE-ECI members Bernadine Splettstoeszer and Rebecca Reck have each had one session proposal accepted for the WE12 Annual Conference. They will present their sessions this November in Houston.
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