34th Annual Women in Leadership Conference

Michigan Business Women at Ross presents the 34th Annual Women in Leadership Conference (WiLC)! Join us for the 2026 WiLC at Michigan Ross on Friday, October 9, 2026, for a day of bold ideas, candid conversations, and meaningful connection. This year’s theme, Answer the Call, challenges us to move beyond the traditional leadership playbook and create space for the conversations that shape women’s lives and careers. From career and family to financial independence, appearance bias, relationship status, and coalition building across identities and backgrounds, WiLC will explore what it truly means to define leadership on your own terms. Through dynamic speakers and conversations spanning finance, beauty, fashion, sports, media, and beyond, you’ll hear from women who are challenging expectations, shaping industries, and creating new paths forward. Come to be inspired. Stay for the conversations. Leave ready to answer your call.