Welcome to the WE26 CFP Breakout Session Submission Portal

In November 2026, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will offer its annual, international Women in Engineering conference (WE26) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. SWE is committed to making this WE Annual conference, like all our programming, a safe and welcoming environment for all participants. Our goals in this WE26 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.

WE26 CFP Guidelines document available here (PDF), showing the full content of the application as well as FAQs on the process.

WE26 CFP Timeline

• CFP Opens: January 12, 2026
• CFP Closes: March 9, 2026, 11:59pm US ET
  
  
• CFP Notifications Sent: May 22, 2026
  • Please add cfp@swe.org to your email contacts to prevent your Notification email from going to Spam!
• Session Agreement and Schedule Availability Due: June 15, 2026, ONLY via Harvester portal
  
  
• Backup Session Notifications Sent: June 24, 2026
• Backup Session Agreement Due: July 8, 2026, ONLY via Harvester portal
  
  
• PowerPoint Upload and Speaker Updates, Photos, and Bios Due: October 5, 2026, ONLY via Harvester portal
  
  
• WE26: November 5-7, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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 CFP process since WE Local 2024, you should be able to re-use your previous login credentials.