Welcome to the WE Local Bengaluru 2027 Keynote Nomination Portal

In April 2027, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will offer a WE Local conference in Bengaluru, India. We at SWE are committed to providing dynamic, appealing, and diverse keynote speakers during this WE Local conference. Our goal in this WELBenga27 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 WELBenga27 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 view the WELBenga27 CFK Guidelines document (PDF), which shows the full content of the application as well as FAQs on the process.

Need help submitting your nomination? Please view our short tutorial video on how to submit a Keynote nomination.

WELBenga27 CFK Timeline

• CFK Opens: 17 September 2026
• CFK Closes: 16 November 2026, 11:59pm US ET
• CFK Notifications Sent: January 2027


• 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. 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.