UC San Diego Women's Conference

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to delay this year's conference to Fall Quarter 2019. Planning is still underway and we will be contacting all of those that responded to our call for assistance with the conference soon. Please continue to check back periodically for new information regarding this coming year’s speakers and vendor participants -- as well as date and theme.

There is a great event coming to UC San Diego in October. More details here.

Annual Global Empowerment Summit Time To Rise ANNUAL GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT Saturday, October 6, 2018 We invite you to attend the Annual Global Empowerment Summit 2018 “TIME to RISE!” During the Summit we will explore the following topics for global change: · The power of collaboration · The power of collective minds · Social impact ....

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2018 Women's Conference and made the event a success! Our keynote speaker, EVC Elizabeth Simmons, was featured in This Week@UC San Diego:

Inspiring Women to Channel Their Inner Leader This Week @ UC San Diego By Erika Johnson Mar 15, 2018 Subscribe Elizabeth Simmons, UC San Diego’s Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego PublicationsInspiring Women to Channel Their Inner Leader Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Simmons shared persona...

Closing Speaker Dulce Garcia - San Diego Dreamer

Alejandra Aguilar, Center for Community From Bullying to asexual Harassment: You Too Can Make a Change great session just ending!

Izabel Caetano Francy, LCSW from the UCSD Faculty and Staff Assistance Program is speaking about “The Conscious Woman” now in Price Center Ballroom West

Happening now in Price Center Marshall Room: Addressing the Human Energy Crisis with Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum

Breakout Sessions 3 starting now! In the Price Center Forum, we have Kelly Jenkins-Pultz leading the Career Development session on “Maximizing Your Career: Negotiating Pay, Benefits and Your Way to Success”

Checkout all of the breakout sessions going in now! Here we have a R**e Aggression Defense (RAD) demonstration w/ UCSD Sgt. Scott Gustafson.

Happening now: Keynote speaker EVC Elizabeth H. Simmons addressing attendees of the 9th Annual UC San Diego Women’s Conference

We are kicking off the 2018 UC San Diego Women’s Conference with AVC-HR Cathy Ledford as this year’s welcome speaker.

SPOTLIGHT ON BREAKOUT SESSIONS: The Conscious Woman

Track: Wellness and Mindfulness

Time: 1:50pm - 2:35pm

Speaker: Izabel Caetano Francy

Bio: Izabel Caetano Francy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), hired in 2014 as a UCSD Faculty & Staff Assistance Program Counselor who has over 15 years of experience as a behavioral health provider and clinical supervisor within the San Diego community. She received her BA in psychology from UC Santa Cruz and went on to earn her Masters of Science in Social Work from UT Austin. Izabel began her San Diego career working as a student mental health therapy intern at San Diego City College. She currently spends the majority of her day providing one-on-one counseling, groups, workshops, departmental consults and crisis management to employees within the UCSD campus community. Izabel also runs the UCSD Working Mom’s Group at the Women’s Center every 4th Wednesday of each month. She is the primary counselor for our Post-Doctoral Wellness Program, as well the Workplace Bullying workshops and classes in collaboration with our Staff Education Department.

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Breakout Speakers View the breakout speakers for this year's Women Conference.