The WBDC Connect & Celebrate: Chicago Conference is the annual gathering of local and regional women business owners and corporate, government, and community partners for a day of learning, connecting, and celebrating our award winners. The focus of the conference is the future of your business. Whether it’s through an insightful keynote interview, impactful procurement connections, informative workshops and panels, or general networking, we want you to walk away with tools to take your business to the next level.

The Women’s Business Development Center aims to:

• Increase awareness of entrepreneurship as a viable means of economic self-sufficiency
• Accelerate the growth rate of enterprises owned by women and other diverse business owners
• Stimulate public policy and system changes that support and strengthen economic empowerment of women and other diverse business owners
• Increase the economic impact on individuals, families, and communities of women and other diverse business owners