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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, February 26, 2026
  • 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    Lam Research Facility Tour
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
    Nike World Headquarters (WHQ) and Material & Mechanical (M&M) Lab Tour
  • Friday, February 27, 2026
  • 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM PT
    REGISTRATION
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    First Timers Reception (Invite Only)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Breakfast Opens
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Opening Keynote with Carolina Caro: Leveling Up Communication: Unlearning the Golden Rule at Work
  • 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM PT
    Cancer Didn’t Win—But It Sure Fought Dirty
  • 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM PT
    The Clock Keeps Ticking: Staying Calm When Things Go Wrong
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT
    Beyond the Chip: Exploring Hidden Technical Sales Career Paths
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT
    Burnt-Out?! How to Emerge from the Ashes Like a Phoenix
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT
    The Changing DEI Landscape: Impacts, Insights, and Support for SWE Members
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    Technical Workshop: Drag, Drop, Discover: Data Analysis Made Simple with Orange
  • 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM PT
    Human-Centered AI: Designing Ethical Tech with Empathy
  • 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM PT
    Volunteering with SWE
  • 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM PT
    Leveraging Hands-On Technician Experience to Build A Successful Engineering Career
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PT
    Fail Forward: A Case Study in Middle School Outreach
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PT
    Hard Hats to Git Commits: Thriving in the Wild Ride
  • 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM PT
    AI Unpacked: ML, LLMs, and More Systems in 15 Minutes
  • 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM PT
    The Mentorship Multiplier: Growing the Next Generation of Diverse Leaders
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Friday Lunch Networking Hour
  • 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM PT
    Evolving Alongside SWE: My 10 Year Leadership Journey
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    Beyond Employee & Academic Networks: Finding Community in Tumultuous Times
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    Power Moves: Negotiate, Communicate, and Strategically Allocate Your Expertise
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    Powered by Women: Engineering Careers in the Renewable Energy Transition
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    Technical Workshop: The Future of Quality Control: Enhance Visual Inspection with AI
  • 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    Embrace Your Seat at the Table
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    “Engineeringly” BLONDE: Crushing Stereotypes in the Workplace
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    Art of the Design Review
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    Peaking behind the AI Curtain
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    So you want to be a people leader!
  • 4:15 PM - 4:35 PM PT
    Process isn’t the problem. Process dogma is.
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Designing Your Professional Toolkit as a First-Generation College Student
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Engineering our Financial Future
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Want That Promotion? Own Your Path to the Next Level
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Wired for Impact: How Engineers Shape Policy, Standards, and Innovation
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT
    WE LOCAL CELEBRATION
  • Saturday, February 28, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM PT
    REGISTRATION
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Breakfast Opens
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Embrace Your Story: Owning Your Journey in Engineering and Technology
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    SWE Community Connects - Business and Interests SWE Affinity Groups
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    SWE Community Connects - Career Stages SWE Affinity Groups
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    SWE Community Connects - DEIB SWE Affinity Groups
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    SWE Community Connects - SWE Section Leaders and SASWG
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT
    Beyond Collapse Prevention: Engineering Resilience in Structures & Life
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT
    Career Journey Jumanji: Be Ready for that Next Adventure!
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT
    Refugee to Innovator - My Journey
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    The Invisible Career Stage: Thriving Beyond Your First Job
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    Technical Workshop: Learning Lean with Legos!
  • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT
    CAREER FAIR
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PT
    Discomfort Zone: Strategies for Navigating Unfamiliar Environments
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PT
    Engineering Solutions to Biomedical Problems
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PT
    Honoring our SWE pioneers: 25 years of Achievement Award recipients
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Saturday Networking Lunch
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PT
    Can’t Flush This! The Ins and Outs of Wastewater Treatment
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PT
    Connector, Architect, Visionary: Three Mentorship Archetypes to Accelerate Your Career
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PT
    STEMming the Noise: Remixing Bias Into Belonging
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    Technical Workshop: Systems-Driven Criteria for Confident Product Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    I'm back, and I belong here!
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Showcasing Your Best Self
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    When AI Meets Automation: Lessons Learned and Pitfalls to Avoid
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Closing Keynote with Amber Kemmerling: Our Choices, Our Stories