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Welcome to the WE Local Bengaluru 2027 CFP Breakout Session Submission Site


In April 2027, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will offer a WE Local conference in Bengaluru, India. We at SWE are committed to making this WE Local conference, like all our programming, a safe and welcoming environment for all participants. Our goals in this WE Local Bengaluru (WELBenga27) Call for Participation (CFP) for Breakout Sessions (Lectures, Panels, and Snap Sessions) are: to ensure effective programming and speaking opportunities are provided, and to empower attendees to succeed at every stage of their professional development.


New / Important for WELBenga27 CFP

  • Please view the WE Local Bengaluru 2027 CFP Guidelines (PDF), which shows the full content of the application as well as FAQs on the process.
  • Please enter personal email(s), not work email(s), for your Submitter and Presenter(s)! In 2026 we've seen a massive spike in workplace email providers blocking correspondence sent from cfp@swe.org (including the crucial Notification message, which explains whether your session was accepted). If your session is accepted and you submitted using a workplace email that blocks you from accessing your Notification message, you will NOT receive an extension on the Session Agreement and other post-acceptance Tasks.
  • If your session is accepted to WELBenga27, your presentation time will be assigned by the conference organizers and cannot be requested or changed. Please plan to keep both full days of the conference open, as your session could be scheduled at any point during that window. The complete conference schedule, including your assigned presentation timeslot, will be released by early March 2027.
  • Each person may be involved (as Submitter, Speaker, and/or Moderator) in maximum 3 submissions. No exceptions are allowed. If you are a Submitter with many proposal ideas, please choose your best 3 to submit! And, for example, if your colleague is submitting 2 sessions that list you as a Speaker, then you may submit maximum 1 session of your own, bringing your total involvement to 3 submissions. If you are involved in more than 3 submissions, all the submissions you're involved in will be disqualified.


WELBenga27 CFP Timeline


  • CFP Opens: 7 September 2026
  • CFP Closes: 26 October 2026, 11:59pm IST
    • Be sure to enter personal email(s), not work email(s), for your Submitter and Presenter(s)! In 2026 we've seen a massive spike in work emails blocking correspondence sent from cfp@swe.org (including the crucial Notification email).

  • CFP Notifications Sent: early February 2027
  • Session Agreement Task Due: mid-February 2027, 2 weeks after CFP Notifications Sent, ONLY via Harvester portal
    • You will NOT receive an extension on the Session Agreement and other post-Acceptance Tasks if you applied using a work email and it blocks your Notification.
  • Full Conference Schedule Released: by early March 2027
  • PowerPoint Upload and Speaker Updates, Photos, and Bios Due: 18 March 2027,ONLY via Harvester portal

  • WE Local in Bengaluru, India: 1-2 April 2027



Proposals may only be submitted through this form. If you have never submitted to any of SWE's Women in Engineering (WE) conferences before, you'll need to create an account. Please use a personal email, not a work email, to ensure you receive crucial correspondence, including the Notification as to whether your session was accepted. Click Join Now below to get started.

If you've submitted to any prior WE conference CFP process since WE Local 2024, you should be able to re-use your previous login credentials.

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