{"id":459129,"date":"2026-10-07T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459129\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:16:08","slug":"texas-conference-for-women-brings-9000-professionals-together-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459129\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Conference for Women brings 9,000+ professionals together in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin, TX \u2014 More than 9,000 professionals gathered at the Moody Center Monday for the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencesforwomen.org\/tx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Conference for Women<\/a>, a day focused on leadership, career growth, well-being and connection. <\/p>\n<p>The annual conference brought together speakers and attendees from across industries and career stages for keynote talks, smaller Power Talks and professional development opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s lineup included America Ferrera, Hoda Kotb, Ilona Maher, Tunde Oyeneyin and Codie Sanchez, along with moderator Lulu Garcia-Navarro and other business and community leaders. <\/p>\n<p>CBS Austin&#8217;s Allison Miller caught up backstage with Maher and Sanchez, who were among the high-profile speakers sharing advice and personal experiences with attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The conference also featured practical resources for professionals, including one-on-one career coaching, resume reviews and professional headshots through the CareerWorks program. Attendees could also explore the Concourse Collection, designed around networking, exhibits and interactive experiences. <\/p>\n<p>For the first time this year, select sessions were also eligible for HRCI and SHRM continuing education credits, allowing attendees to earn up to seven credits through the conference\u2019s partnership with Workology. <\/p>\n<p>The day\u2019s programming centered on three major themes: leadership, career and well-being. Sessions covered topics ranging from navigating nonlinear careers and managing workplace relationships to emotional resilience and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The conference also emphasized networking and community, with attendees able to move between keynote presentations, short-form Power Talks and professional development offerings throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Conference for Women is part of the Conferences for Women network, which describes itself as the largest network of women\u2019s conferences in the country. Its mission is focused on helping professionals reach their full potential at work and in life. <\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Texas Conference for Women was held Oct. 5 at the Moody Center in Austin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin, TX \u2014 More than 9,000 professionals gathered at the Moody Center Monday for the 2026 Texas Conference&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-459129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}