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As most of you know, MA Conference for Women 2018 registration opened and sold out Wednesday, June 6th in record time. The MA Conference for Women has grown into a massive event—and we’re proud of that and of the community that has coalesced around it and contributed to its success. 

As demand for tickets has increased, we have added programming to address the increased demand—four years ago we launched Opening Night to bring more people into the experience. (Tickets are still available for this year’s December 5th evening event.)

We’ve also had to address the technical challenges that come with thousands of people trying to register at the same time.

To accommodate increasing ticket demand and avoid crashing the registration system, this year we deployed a “virtual waiting room.” As with anything new, we learned some lessons.  Read More →

The lunch menu has been chosen for the 2017 conference and we are pleased to offer the following:

Standard Meal:

❦  Chicken & Vegetable Farro Salad: Butternut squash, dried cranberries, endive lettuce, charred kale, basil and maple citrus dressing with sliced marinated grilled chicken
❦  Granny’s Purse: Granny Smith apples wrapped in old-fashioned pie dough with caramel crème anglaise

Alternate Meal:

(The alternate meal is gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan.)

❦  Quinoa Salad: Butternut Squash, dried cranberries, endive lettuce, charred kale, basil and maple citrus dressing
❦  Raw Coconut Lime Tart: Coconut flax seed crust with fresh coconut, avocado and lime filling

If you or any of your attendees require the alternate meal, please have the main registrant log in to the registration and make that choice no later than Monday, November 20th. (Only the main registrant, the person who bought the tickets, can log in to the registration). The login information was provided in the confirmation email sent to the main registrant.

If you and your attendees are having the standard meal there is no need to make a selection.

If neither of these choices works because of preferences or allergies, attendees are welcome to bring their own meal. These are the only two choices and they cannot be customized. We will be unable to accommodate on-site requests.

If you have questions, please contact [email protected]

Thanks, and we’ll see you for lunch in a few weeks!

—MA Conference for Women

While attending the MA Conference for Women at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, please note that magnetometers will be in use and weapons of all kinds will be forbidden from the event.  Please refrain from bringing large bags containing unnecessary items to expedite your entry through security. Backpacks will be allowed, but are discouraged due to the amount of time it takes to search all of the compartments. Please consider bringing as few bags and packing as few items as possible.

Items like pepper spray, tasers or stun-guns, knives, guns, or any other projectiles, bottles or aerosol cans larger than travel size, or extended sharp items like long handled metal combs or screwdrivers, will be confiscated and not returned. Security will not store items for later pick up under any circumstances.

For the comfort and safety of all attendees, laser pointers, air-horns, whistles, and other noise makers are prohibited. 

Big hearts warm tiny hands and little ears: Help Cradles to Crayons collect 2,500 hats and gloves for local children in need.

Bring your donation of new hats & gloves with you to the conference – booth #233!

Winter is upon us, and the Massachusetts Conference for Women and Cradles to Crayons are once again teaming up to collect 2,500 pairs of hats and gloves to distribute to children in poverty and homelessness before the really cold weather begins! Help prepare Massachusetts’ most vulnerable kids by bringing new hats and gloves on conference day.

Cradles to Crayons’ vision is that one day every child will have the essentials they need—to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued. This winter, they aim to support 32,500 local children by providing warm clothing, shoes, boots, and other necessities to keep them safe from harsh winter conditions!

Our partnership is helping to collect the 11,000 hats and gloves that Cradles to Crayons still needs to meet this winter’s demands. We invite you to support their mission of providing children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school, and at play.

You may drop off your donation of new, kid-sized hats and gloves at Booth #233 in Exhibit Hall A.