Women in Business Conference

What is the Women in Business Conference?

The United Womenʼs Network holds the annual Women In Business Conference on International Womenʼs Day each year. This conference is UWN’s largest and most distinguishable event, with involvement ranging from UIC’s top female business students to politicians to corporate and banking executives. It is an opportunity for the Women in Business community within and outside of UIC to congregate to celebrate the incredible achievements we have made that year, to discuss the road ahead, to learn and challenge one another, and to honor UWN’s mission of empowering young female professionals.

Each year we ask our most influential speakers to come to campus and share their stories with us with the support and engagement of our corporate sponsors. We have food, games, raffles, networking, and more. The Women In Business conference holds the essence of who we are as an organization, and it motivates us to create a more empowered and inclusive future for the female leaders of tomorrow.

This year’s theme was…

A Decade of Empowerment: Women Entrepreneurs Leading the Way Forward

UIC Business and United Women’s Network were joined by local women entrepreneurs to discuss their ventures and how their identity as a woman impacted each of their career journeys.

Thank you to Brittany Chibe, Bri Daniel, Kris Christian, Olga Camargo, and April Oury for sharing your insights on entrepreneurship as a woman and inspiring advice on how to make it in the business world!

Previous Speakers

  • Maria Manasses

    Deputy Chief Auditor and Partner at Grant Thornton LLP

    2023 Speaker

  • Susan Stelter

    Co-founder and Chief People Officer of West Monroe Partners

    2022 Speaker

  • Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin

    Clinical Professor in the UIC Department of Finance

    2022 Speaker

  • Suzan Morno-Wade

    Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Xerox

    2021 Speaker

  • Jaya Dixon

    Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer for Aon

    2020 Speaker

  • Julie Holzrichter

    Chief Operating Officer at CME

    2019 Speaker