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The 2024 Women in Manufacturing Symposium will be held on Friday, March 8th, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center of Abingdon, Virginia.
The event will be held in celebration of Women's History Month and International Women's Day. The Symposium is held to celebrate and recognize women's contributions, value, and future in manufacturing. Further, the purpose is to promote the career opportunities women can pursue in the manufacturing industry.
The event will include a welcome and introduction of a keynote speaker and a panel. The panel, comprised of women who work in the manufacturing field from local companies, will be featured. These women will share how their career pathway began in manufacturing, job opportunities which are available to females today, the qualities that women possess that make them excel in manufacturing, wages, a typical day, and the technical skill requirements for today’s manufacturing jobs. The panelists will share their stories about how each of their careers progressed. Our target audience is women currently working in manufacturing, young women interested in pursuing a career in manufacturing, and women working to support manufacturing. The general community, including men and women, are welcome to attend. At the event, SVAM will also recognize the 2024 winner of the “Outstanding Woman in Manufacturing” Award.
Lunch will be provided.