Global Engagement
A Legacy of Global Engagement
Although its founders hadn’t envisioned the Society as a global organization, SWE has counted international members among its ranks since its early years and has expanded its programming in the past two decades to create a global exchange for change.
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SWE had a member in Montreal, Canada, before it had a section west of the Mississippi River, and in its early years welcomed several international members while they completed their degrees in the United States.
SWE welcomed 529 women engineers and scientists and approximately 125 guests from 35 countries to the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists in New York City in June 1964.
SWE began laying the groundwork for renewed global engagement in the mid-2000s, and hosted symposiums and workshops in Europe and India in the early 2010s.
To better reach the Society’s global members, SWE launched a conference in Europe in 2015 and in India the following year, which have become annual WE Local events.
The Society debuted its global affiliate and ambassador programs in 2013, helping members outside the United States to form local, SWE-affiliated networks.
