The 2021 Women|Future Conference (November 1-5) is gearing up to deliver a five-day virtual event filled with education and networking opportunities to better position women and their organizations in today's ever-changing world.

Each year, the Women|Future Conference hand-selects a group of women based on their career experience and valued insights to serve on its Advisory Board. These eleven women, along with the Women|Future Conference staff, are reviewing over 1,000 speaker submissions received to build the 2021 program. Click the image or button below to read more about each of these remarkable women on the Advisory Board.

The 2021 Advisory Board is made up of a diverse group of leaders, influencers, and changemakers from around the globe. Advisory Board members discuss and evaluate the content that will be on the agenda to help attendees Cultivate Their Tomorrow. We are pleased to announce our amazing group of Advisory Board members:

Kanica Allagh, Director of Strategic Finance and Corporate Operations at Capsule
Lauren Conaway, Founder & CEO of InnovateHer KC
Mary Cravets, Founder of Simply Get Clients
Rupa Dash, Co-Founder & CEO of World Woman Foundation
Charanya Kannan, Head of Global Customer Insights and Market Research Strategy at PayPal
Laurie Maxson, Intrinsic Leadership Coach, Your Essential Insights
Amanda Obidike, Strategy Lead & Executive Director of STEMi Makers Africa & Calal Global
Heidi Solomon-Orlick, Founder & CEO of GirlzWhoSell, LLC
Carol Vera, Strategic Communications Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
Suzanne Willian, Co-Founder of The Co-Co, a women-focused co-working and co-learning community
Tiffany Zhang, Founder of Wall Street Girls

This year's program will focus on a wide range of topics from the female perspective, including workplace diversity, lessons learned through the pandemic, advice from successful entrepreneurs and business owners, self-improvement, and emerging trends ahead. The conference sessions are designed to deliver meaningful conversations, takeaways, and offer attendees the option to meet one-on-one or chat with relevant women in their fields. In July, the Women|Future Conference will announce the 2021 agenda, speakers, and new features of the conference including mentorship matching. View the 2020 Agenda and highlights from the 2020 Women|Future Conference to see what attendees experienced at our third annual event.

Here's what attendees can expect to learn about and experience this November:

Infusing diversity, inclusion, and equity in an organization’s business
practices
Growing your business through social media, branding, and marketing
Overcoming and disrupting the imposter syndrome
The power of female leadership in professional and personal life
Standing out in a crowd for small business owners and entrepreneurs
Financial wellness, investing, and managing your relationship with
money
Mentorship matching feature for attendees interested in mentoring or being a mentee
“Shark Tank”- Style Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition
1:1 Networking: our online platform/mobile app will have AI matchmaking capabilities to match you to different attendees, sponsors, sessions
AND MORE!

Call for Speakers Deadline Extended

The call for speakers deadline has been extended from the original May 14 deadline to May 21 at 11:59 pm EST. If you or someone you know was considering applying to speak at the 2021 Women|Future Conference but missed the deadline last week, apply to speak here.

More About The Women|Future Conference

The fourth annual Women|Future Conference hosted by the Stevie® Awards encourages engaging connections, professional and personal development, and health and financial wellness. lt will focus on a wide range of topics from the female perspective, including workplace diversity, lessons learned through the pandemic, advice from successful entrepreneurs and business owners, self-improvement, and emerging trends ahead.

Whether you're a female entrepreneur, small business owner, executive, or employee, the Women|Future Conference welcomes movers and shakers like you, looking to Cultivate Your Tomorrow. With 30+ panel discussions, a must-see keynote, invaluable networking opportunities, case studies from Stevie Award winners, and a Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition, there will be sessions for women in all stages of life that open your mind and inspire action!