The annual Women Developing Wisconsin Conference returns to the Milwaukee School of Engineering campus Thursday, April 28 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The conference promotes leadership and provides learning and networking opportunities to empower women in male-dominated industries. The theme for 2022 is “Grow Your Effectiveness.”  

Kimberly Kane will deliver the keynote address, “Empowering Wisconsin Women – Fueling Your Career from a Place of Purpose.” Kane is an award-winning journalist and public relations practitioner, and the president and CEO of Kane Communications Group. Her firm is a purpose-driven public relations, marketing and branding, agency that builds, activates, and protects reputations and drives corporate citizenship for organizations around the world. The company has offices in Milwaukee, Racine and Geneva, Switzerland.   Registration is $85 for professionals and free for students, and includes breakfast, lunch and a day filled with learning, breakout sessions, panel discussions and networking.  

Conference topics include:

• What is Psychological Safety?
• The Holistic Approach to Building a Community
• Financial Power, Your Money
• Living Your Truth, Being Your Authentic Self, and Championing Your Story
• How to Start Your DEI Journey
• This Isn’t Working for Me Anymore: Pandemic, Work and the Great Resignation
• Creating Safe Environments in Professional Communities
• Breaking Barriers Through BRGs/ERGs
• Putting Imposter Syndrome Thoughts in the Trash
• Creating Your Own Safe Workspace – Entrepreneurship  

Registration information and a complete schedule can be found at msoe.edu/wdw.  

The conference organizers would like to thank this year’s sponsors for helping to bring this event to fruition: 

GOLD SPONSORS

PieperPower, Mortenson, MSOE Rader School of Business, Walbec Group, We Energies Foundation  

SILVER SPONSORS

BioForward Wisconsin, ECS, Sunset Investors  

BRONZE SPONSORS

The Boldt Company, CJ&Associates Inc., Henneman Engineering Inc., HGA, MSOE, Opus College of Engineering at Marquette University, Wisconsin CREW