Professional Development Conference

The sponsorship period for the 2023 conference is now closed. If you would like to sponsor next year's conference, please send an email to icsew@ofm.wa.gov.

You can request a refund through Eventbrite or send us an email. You may also transfer your ticket to another attendee. Please send an email to icsew@ofm.wa.gov for help.

All attendees must register for the conference through EventBrite. However, due to the generosity of our sponsors, the 2023 Professional Development Conference will be offered free of charge for all attendees.

The presentations will be recorded and available in the conference materials (link on the upper right) for 30 days following the conference. Recordings will be added within one week after the original presentation.

Slide decks are available for some speakers and can be found in the conference materials (link on the upper right) for 30 days following the conference.

ICSEW members, BRG members, their networks, and mailing list participants were invited to submit speaker applications. A survey was conducted after the applications were received for them to select the speakers they were most interested in hearing from.

At the beginning of each session, an ICSEW representative will go over what to expect during the session. These expectations are based on each speaker’s preference. The speakers have expressed their desire and excitement to interact with our audience through authentic participation. Some of our topics this year may trigger strong feelings and reactions. We understand that some presentations may not align with your personal beliefs. When learning about someone’s experiences and perspectives, consider how you can ENGAGE today to create the future you’d like to see for all of us.

Chat

Chat can be distracting to speakers and attendees at times. With this in mind, the chat feature may be temporarily disabled until the speaker requests audience participation. We encourage you to pause before chatting. This is a space to listen to the real concerns, issues, and interactions experienced by women in the state of Washington. Let’s be supportive and open to hearing them before offering our reflexive reactions. Ensure your participation will be encouraging to others. This year, we hope you’ll think about how you can ENGAGE with others to support positive change.

Questions

The Q&A function will stay active during most presentations and should be used only for questions. We do not want to lose your questions! The moderator will help to guide the speaker to questions when there are pauses during the presentation.

Mute

Participants will be on mute during most presentations. However, you’ll be notified when the speaker is ready for verbal participation. Please use the raise hand feature to indicate you would like to speak.