Our legacy is only built through the successes of each and every member of our community. WEST strives to provide opportunities for our community to learn and develop the skills they need to confidently bring their best selves to their profession.
This fall is no different. WEST is thrilled to be diving into a busy fall of personal and professional development, networking opportunities, and celebrating 25 years of WEST. This fall you can expect topics like: Expect a MyndShift with SuperPowers in Action, The Promise of Human Possibility: Learn, Adapt, & Grow Amidst Constant Change, and Building Adaptive Strategies for Career Advancement in Science.
Check out the details of our upcoming events below. Don't miss a chance to deep-dive on the many skills that could take your career to the next level or a chance to come and celebrate our silver anniversary!
Expect a MyndShift with SuperPowers in Action - September 10, 2025
MyndShift empowers you to make big shifts and bold moves in your career and personal life. How? Through a proven process rooted in Positive Psychology and real-world results. In this dynamic workshop led by Nancy McCabe, CPPC, you will quickly start turning your visions for the future into reality.
Career Possibilities Panel & Speed Networking: Breaking Traditional Career Boundaries in Biopharma Communications - September 16, 2025
This panel is designed to help you think about your career path and the different options that are open to you. The panel will have an informational interview type feel with panelists sharing their career paths, a look at what their job entails, transferrable skills for those looking to make a change, tips for uncovering opportunities, advice for others, and how to make brave leaps.
WoW - WEST on Wednesdays Networking - September 17, 2025
The WoW - WEST on Wednesdays Networking series has become one of our most popular! These events are great opportunities to network with other STEM professionals while enjoying drinks and appetizers.
Building Adaptive Strategies for Career Advancement in Science - September 18, 2025
Dr. Jenn Felsted-Knight, former neuroscientist turned leadership coach, will present a framework designed to help you clarify your professional purpose and unique value proposition, create a roadmap that evolves with changing priorities, and apply systematic approaches to career decision-making. Then two accomplished women leaders will share how they've navigated their career paths, including strategic pivots that accelerated advancement, relationship-building that opened opportunities, and approaches to balancing technical excellence with leadership development.
Tantalizing Technical Talks: How to Make Complex & Bland Topics Captivating & Compelling - October 2, 2025
When you join me in this talk, you will receive methods that I’ve shared in training over 30,000 career professionals in 30 cities internationally so you can influence with impact.
In this fun and interactive session, you will:
- Receive 3 well-tested practical tools that you can use immediately in your very next meeting or presentation that brings LIFE to even the driest technical topics.
- Understand the 3 most common mistakes that make a presentation a total “snooze-fest” AND what to do instead so you leave your listeners wanting more.
- Discover a profound bonus method that the pros use to ensure that you can win over your audience no matter how technical or bland your topic is.
25th Anniversary Celebration & Awards Event - October 22, 2025
Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate 25 years of advancing women in science, technology, and engineering at the WEST 25th Anniversary Celebration & Awards. This milestone event will bring together our vibrant community to honor the people and moments that have shaped WEST’s legacy—and to spotlight the bright future ahead.
The night will be filled with delicious food, drinks, and meaningful connections as we reflect on the incredible achievements of the WEST network. Enjoy a dynamic evening of networking with like-minded professionals, leaders, and changemakers who share a passion for equity and innovation in STEM.
Our program will feature the presentation of the WEST Awards, recognizing the outstanding individuals and organizations that exemplify the spirit, values, and mission of WEST. We'll also share about how WEST has grown, what we’ve accomplished together, and where we’re heading next.
Leadership Strategies to Advance Your Career in Science - October 28, 2025
Sandra Glucksmann, CEO, Serial Entrepreneur, and Board Member, will share stories of her career challenges and successes. She will touch on the following topics:
- Understanding the difference between leadership and management
- Leadership Abilities and Competencies
- Leadership Styles
- Practical Tools for Leadership (communication, negotiation, leading effective teams, and leadership without authority)
- Leading Technical Individuals
- Reaching Your Full Potential as a Leader
Becoming the She-ro in Your Life - November 10, 2025
In this seminar, you’ll learn how to embrace the power of your mind to shape your career to create the life you want. You’ll learn how to break free of indecision, fear, and disarm your inner critic to work and live intentionally. In particular, you will draft a plan to ensure your career goals are created to align with a life of meaning, joy, and satisfaction. Along the way, this seminar will enable you to define your purpose and solidify a vision of your very best life. Only with this clarity will the right career goals and path materialize for you.
The Promise of Human Possibility: Learn, Adapt, & Grow Amidst Constant Change - December 4, 2025
Many of us are experiencing the most disruptive decade we have faced in our lives to date and feel overwhelmed and unmoored. How do we find clarity and agency amidst disruption and uncertainty? How do we develop, grow, and lead ourselves and others amidst constant change? In this session, led by Julie Jungalwala, you will learn how to do that; you will learn the predictable stages of internal change ('The Terrain of Transition') and the critical adaptive abilities that will enable and sustain your development through ongoing change and disruption. These research-based frameworks are brought to life through inspirational stories of women just like you. Women who are leading themselves and others amidst constant change. It starts with you, creating a renewed sense of purpose, the life that you are here to live, and embracing the greater possibility that lies within all of us - waiting to be unleashed. Participants leave inspired to become architects of their own future, equipped with practical strategies to access the potential of their future self and a customized roadmap to help them get there.
These events can all be found on our Upcoming Events page. Subscribe to our newsletter or Connect with Us on LinkedIn to be the first to know about events added to our calendar!