Welcome to the WE Local Dublin Keynote Speaker Nomination Site

In Spring 2026, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will offer a WE Local conference Dublin, Ireland. We at SWE are committed to providing dynamic, appealing, and diverse keynote speakers during this WE Local conference. Our goal in this WELDub26 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 WELDub26 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

WELDub26 CFK Guidelines document available here (PDF), showing the full content of the application as well as FAQs on the process.

WELDub26 CFK Timeline

• CFK Opens: 21 July 2025
• CFK Closes: 15 December 2025, 11:59pm Irish Time
  Note: Nomination Portal shows Western European Time, 1 hour earlier than Irish Time
  
  
• CFK Notifications Sent: January 2026
  • Please add cfk@swe.org to your email contacts to ensure essential, nomination-related communications don't go to Spam!
    
    
• WE Local in Dublin, Ireland: 23-24 April 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.