Women in Leadership 2025 | July 16-17, 2025 | Cambridge, MA
Women in Leadership 2025 | July 16-17, 2025 | Cambridge, MA
Women in Leadership brings together mid-to-senior career administrators and academic leaders from colleges and universities across the nation.
We welcome submissions from employees of higher-education institutions (U.S. and international), state and federal government agencies, and established education-related non-profits. This year we are also inviting select individuals with expertise in AI and EdTech to apply.
The best way to understand the topics we are looking for is to review the agenda from previous years.
We strongly encourage submissions that focus on reproducible solutions. Presentations with tangible takeaways are highly preferred.
"So You Want to Be a University President"
"Learning from Controversies: Case Studies of Institutional Responses to Public Scrutiny"
'Mind the Gap: Identifying and Bridging Equity Gaps in Promotion for Faculty and Staff"
"Seen and Unseen: Understanding the Broad Spectrum of Disability in Higher Education"
"From Grass Roots to Large-Scale Implementation: Proactively Advancing Women at the University of Texas System" (case study)
"Strategies for Advancing Diversity: A Focus on Hispanic Women in Higher Education"
"Championing Knowledge: Indigenous Women in Academia"
Under the "Speaker or Panelist" section, choose "Both" and fill out the necessary information in the required fields. Your consideration for speaking slots will take precedence, followed by potential placement in panel discussions.
FOR YOU: In the "Do you have co-speakers(s)?" section of the form, select the number of co-speakers you have, then enter their (1) name, (2) university or institution, (3) job title, and (4) work email address.
FOR THEM: If any of your co-speakers are interested in also being considered for panels, they will need to complete the submission form for themselves. When completing the form, in the first field, "Speaker or Panelist," they should select "Panelist only" and select the panels they would like to be considered for. They do not need to submit your speaker abstract again.
If none of your co-speakers are interested in being a panelists, they do not have to complete the submission form. If your group is selected, we will ask for their bio and headshot by email.
Speaker sessions are 45-60 minutes depending on agenda scheduling. You can format your presentation as you prefer. Speakers are welcome to use PowerPoint, videos, online polling, etc. Audience questions can be taken during or held to the end of your session time. Interactive sessions are encouraged.
You’ll need to draft a three-to-four paragraph summary of your talk. What is your talk about? Why is it relevant to women in higher-education leadership? What will attendees take away from your presentation?
Be sure to include an eye-catching session title. If selected, your session title and abstract will be published on the agenda page, and attendees will use this information to select which sessions to attend.
You will be notified of the selection results by email. If selected, you have the option to accept or decline the speaking invitation.
To create the best possible agenda, avoid topic duplication, and highlight a diverse range of voices, the selection process may take several months. We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.
Presenters are responsible for their own registration costs ($2499). If you accept the invitation, you must register for the conference by the deadline listed in your selection letter, otherwise an alternate may be selected. If you have already registered for the conference, and you are selected, the difference in registration costs will be refunded to you.
Speakers are responsible for their own hotel and travel costs. Hotels near campus can be costly. We recommend any business-quality hotel in Cambridge or the surrounding area. Parking around campus is limited. We recommend Uber/Lyft or taxis over car rental.
The topic title, abstract, biography, and headshot you submitted will be published on this website once the agenda scheduled has been finalized. Once the agenda is finalized, your session day and time will be published on the website.
PowerPoint slides are optional, but encouraged. There will be a conference laptop connected to the A/V system that you can use. You’ll need to submit your PowerPoint presentation to us before the conference, so we can test the file and ensure that it displays correctly. There is Wi-Fi available, but please embed all audio and video files into your presentation. You’ll receive a reminder email with additional information as we approach the conference date.
Just complete the brief submission form.
