GT Women's Leadership Conference

Good Afternoon!

The Women's Leadership Conference is looking for a few more workshops for its upcoming conference! Below is the email that went out to several potential speakers! Please consider submitting a workshop!

Mission: The mission of the WLC is to inspire and prepare the women of Georgia Tech to become equal partners in the leadership of our professions, communities, and society.

History: The Women's Leadership Conference began during the winter of 1998 as means to celebrate, recognize, and learn more about the strong leadership exhibited by women of the Georgia Tech community. The conference is a gathering of women who have sought to become leaders in the classroom and the boardroom as well as the communities where they reside. As an infant coming into the world of annual campus activities, the conference was phenomenally successful. Now in its 14th year, the conference is again striving to expand its reach. This year we hope to use the conference theme Horizons to broaden the personal, professional, and global horizons of all conference attendees. The two-day conference offers workshops, speakers and discussions aimed at training female leaders on area campuses and in the Atlanta community. The 2012 conference will be particularly exciting, as this year celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Matriculation of Women at Georgia Tech.

Date: This year's conference will take place Friday night November 2, 2012, and Saturday November 3, 2012. The location is the Student Center Ballroom on the Georgia Tech campus.

Theme: "Horizons". This year the committee came up with this theme to encourage the idea of women "broadening their horizons" and learning more about the world around them, whether it be on a personal level, a community level, or global level. We hope that the workshop and keynote speakers who will be speaking at this conference will bring some empowering lessons for conference attendees to carry with them into the world, whether they be related to business, health, Atlanta, well-being, volunteer efforts, issues related to human trafficking, or whatever your area of expertise. 

Schedule:

Friday evening schedule

5:00 - 6:00 PM: Networking Fair and Reception, Georgia Tech Student Center 3rd Floor
6:15 - 6:30 PM: Entertainment
6:30 - 9:00 PM: Alumna Speaker to be followed by the Women of Distinction Awards Ceremony

Saturday schedule

8:00 – 8:45: Breakfast and Entertainment
8:45 – 9:40: Morning Keynote Speaker
9:45 – 10:40: Workshop I
10:45 – 11:40: Workshop II
11:40 – 1:30: Lunch
Keynote Speaker
Recognition of 2011 Sponsors
1:35 – 2:30: Workshop III
2:30 – 2:45: Evaluations and Conference Gifts

Workshops: Workshops take place on the Saturday of the conference. They last approximately 50 minutes each, and workshop speakers typically have 20-30 attendees in their workshop.

Benefits: Workshop speakers benefit by attending the conference at no cost to them.  Your presence at this conference also provides great networking opportunities. 

If you are interested please complete the Call for Programs by Tuesday, October 9, at noon.

Thanks!

Colleen M. Riggle

Assistant Dean of Students

Director, Women's Resource Center

Georgia Institute of Technology

Office: 404-385-1563

Fax: 404-385-6637