Welcome to the WE Local Pune Keynote Speaker Nomination Site

In December 2026, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will offer a WE Local conference Pune, India. We at SWE are committed to providing dynamic, appealing, and diverse keynote speakers during this WE Local conference. Our goal in this WELPune26 Call for Keynotes (CFK) is to secure keynote speakers who are energetic and engaging, and who will empower attendees to succeed at every stage of their professional development. The basic requirements for WELPune26 Keynote Speakers are:

• Well-known and recognized for their engineering, scientific, leadership, or entrepreneurial achievement
• Known as a technical, executive, or policy leader in their field by peers
• Engaging speaker
• Identifies as female/woman

Please access the WELPune26 CFK Guidelines document (PDF), which shows the full content of the application as well as FAQs on the process.

WELPune26 CFK Timeline

• CFK Opens: 28 May 2026
• CFK Closes: 31 July 2026, 23:59 IST
• CFK Notifications Sent: October 2026
  • Please add cfk@swe.org to your email contacts to ensure essential, nomination-related communications don't go to Spam!
    
    
• WE Local in Pune, India: 9-10 December 2026

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. Click Join Now below to get started. If you've submitted to any prior WE conference since WE Local 2024, you should be able to re-use your previous login credentials.