Announcing: the 2010 California Women's Conference

October 25 & 26 ~ Long Beach Convention Center

What's on the Agenda?

October 25 will be A Day of Health, Wellness and Transformation, featuring the nation’s top experts and speakers leading professional, educational and personal sessions offering practical tips and tools for how to transform their lives and become Architects of Change.  Once again, the first day of the conference will be capped off with a Night at The Village where more than 10,000 women will “meet, mix and mingle” with the nation’s best-selling authors, best speakers, best chefs and best businesses, all in a dynamic 160,000 square foot women’s village.

On October 26, the Women’s Conference 2010 Main Event will feature a world-class line-up of speakers around the overarching theme of “It’s Time,” which is intended to be an urgent call to action to inspire women to see this challenging moment in history as an opportunity to come together and transform our world as Architects of Change. The event will feature its signature news-making moments and “once-in-a-lifetime conversations” that combine the world’s most authentic and influential voices with engaging discussions about the issues that matter most to women’s lives – business and entrepreneurship, money and finance, health and fitness, service and activism, news and politics, family and parenting, religion and spirituality, and style and beauty. At the end of the day, The Women’s Conference will honor “Remarkable Women & Remarkable Legacies” with the always inspirational and moving presentation of The Minerva Awards. Held during the afternoon main stage session, the special ceremony is hosted by Maria Shriver. 

Who'll Be Speaking?

A list of speakers for the 2010 event will be announced in mid-June prior to registration.

How--and When--Can I Register?

Online ticket registration will take place on June 24 (subject to change).  Additional information and ticket prices will be available in the Spring; please refer to the Conference website at www.womensconference.org/the-womens-conference/. 

2010 Minerva Awards

The Women's Conference is proud to announce the recipients of the 2010 Minerva Awards.  Created in 2004 by First Lady of California, Maria Shriver, The Minerva Awards have become the country's most prestigious awards given to women "who serve on the front-lines of humanity."

Maria Shriver will present the 2010 award winners at a special ceremony at The Women's Conference. The honorees are:

• Carolyn Blashek – Founder of Operation Gratitude, the largest military support organization sending care packages to deployed soldiers in U.S. history

• Oral Lee Brown – Founder of the Oral Lee Brown Foundation, which provides educational assistance and financial scholarships to school children, and which has sent almost 200 of Oakland's most at risk youth to college

• Sister Terry Dodge – Executive director of Crossroads, Inc., which provides transitional housing, education, career and counseling services and support to women released from prison

• The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor – First woman Associate Supreme Court Justice, and founder of Ourcourts.org, a web-based education program designed to teach students civics and inspire them to become active participants in our democracy

• Oprah Winfrey – Founder of the Oprah Angel Network, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, and a source of education, inspiration and empowerment for women and girls throughout the world.

"This year's Minerva Award honorees are women who live with a deep sense of purpose and who are passionately dedicated to serving others," said Maria Shriver. "These Minervas all identified problems and unmet needs in their communities and have worked tirelessly to solve them. By honoring them, we hope to inspire others to be Architects of Change just like them."

 A limited number of $50 tickets will go on sale Wednesday, June 23.