Empowered Women, Empowered Leaders 2025
8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 11
°®¶¹´«Ã½ Health Sciences Campus in Johnson City, NY
The °®¶¹´«Ã½ Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and SUNY Broome invite everyone to this dynamic, day-long event. This inaugural conference will bring together women leaders, co-conspirators, advocates, university faculty/staff, students and community members to address critical issues such as wage gaps, career advancement, and social empowerment.
This will be a space where women from all walks of life and intersectional identities can network, learn, and inspire each other to take meaningful steps forward in their personal and professional lives. Attendees will discover effective strategies utilized by leaders in different industries that they can apply to their own work.
The planning committee sincerely thanks our sponsors for financially supporting this inaugural event! Sponsors include:
- Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; °®¶¹´«Ã½ Universty
- Division of Student Affairs; °®¶¹´«Ã½ Universty
- Multicultural Resource Center; °®¶¹´«Ã½ Universty
- Q Center; °®¶¹´«Ã½ Universty
- United Way Emerging Leaders Society
- United University Professions (UUP) DEI Committee
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Schedule at a Glance
Event Highlights (Subject to Change):
8:30 - 9:30 A.M. - Check-in & Welcome Breakfast
Morning - Opening Remarks, Keynote Speaker, Panel Discussion | Health Sciences Building
Lunch & Local Women-Owned Business Pop-Up Shop | Pharmacy Building
Afternoon - Engage and Learn sessions | Pharmacy Building
Evening - Social mixer | Goodwill Theatre's Schorr Family Firehouse Stage -
Registration
Conference registration is free for all Broome County community members; $20 for non-Broome County community members. Email martinn@binghamton.edu with any questions about registration.
This conference welcomes:
- all °®¶¹´«Ã½ and SUNY Broome faculty, staff, students
- local community members
- faculty, staff and students from upstate New York colleges and universities
- women-owned business leaders from upstate New York
- Event Location & Parking
This event will take place at both the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health Sciences Building (48 Corliss Ave, Johnson City, NY 13790) and the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (96 Corliss Ave, Johnson City, NY 13790) in Johnson City, NY.
An evening social will be held at the Goodwill Theatre's Schorr Family Firehouse Stage (46 Willow St, Johnson City, NY 13790) across the street from the Health Sciences Campus.
A limited number of parking spots are available in the attached parking lots of each building. The parking lot across Corliss Ave. attached to the Firehouse Stage has also been reserved for this event. Attendees are encouraged to follow signage to park in the Firehouse Stage lots first. If those lots are full, attendees can park in either the SOPPS or HSB lots.
- Hotel Information
If traveling into town for this conference, please consider staying at the hotels listed below.
225 Water St, °®¶¹´«Ã½, NY 13901
(607) 722-7575
3708 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY, 13850
(607) 797-5000 - Vendor & Sponsorship Information
Sponsorship Information
As this is the first year for this event, we are actively looking for corporate sponsorships and local women-owned business sponsorships and participation. Sponsors will be included on all marketing materials and materials distributed during the event. We are planning for up to 150 attendees for this important event.
Please email ctoulon@binghamton.edu and martinn@binghamton.edu with any interest in sponsorships.
Vendor Information
If you would like to be a vendor at this event, please complete this interest form and organizers will contact you with additional details.
