READY TO TAKE YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

LOOKING FOR A CHANGE? NOT SURE WHAT DIRECTION TO HEAD?

Learn about high-paying careers in the petrochemical industry!

Women, join us for a day of motivation, success stories, career strategies and networking!

This conference is designed for All women—the unemployed or underemployed, high school and college students, veterans, and women in transition.

A Morning Track will get you pumped with information about petrochemical and industrial trades career fields—and how capable, motivated women like you are finding success in a once male-dominated profession. Then, after a powerhouse lunch, an Afternoon Track will include panel discussions about specific careers, and what it takes to obtain and advance in your new field.

During breaks you’ll make new friends and talk to industry representatives from ExxonMobil, Worley, BASF, Dow, Phillips, Occidental, Zachry, Houston Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council, and many others. You’ll visit exhibits and gather important information that will help you begin or move ahead with your own career in a challenging new field with serious salary and benefits.

Your day will end with “how to get hired” sessions sponsored by the area’s nine community colleges. We’ll tell you about financial aid, child care, fast track courses, and certificate and associate degree programs.

Tickets are just $20.

Business casual dress. Breakfast and lunch provided.

Our Commitment to Safety

We are excited that you are considering joining us for the 2022 Conference! Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we want to assure participants that we are working with the conference venue to implement proper safety and sanitary measures. Throughout our planning we have followed best practices recommended by the CDC and abided by the legal mandates and recommendations. For those traveling to be a part of the conference, your health, well-being, and safety remain our top priorities. We are committed to providing respect and care for all attendees.

Health and Safety Measures for the Conference (What to Expect During Conference)

 To provide a safe and healthy event, we are highly encouraging all attendees to be either vaccinated, boosted, or receive a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of the first day of conference attendance. At-home, COVID tests can be ordered for free at www.usps.com./covidtest.

 We highly encourage you to monitor yourselves and stay home if you are not feeling well, experiencing/exhibiting a fever or any COVID-19 symptoms or have recently been in close contact with someone who has tested positive or been diagnosed with COVID-19 within 14 days of the conference dates.

 The Mood Gardens Hotel & Convention Center does not require masks on the property, you are welcome to wear a mask if you like.

 Hand sanitizer will be available at the conference registration check-in desk, and hand sanitizing stations will be made available throughout the conference venues.

 Conference hotel staff will increase the frequency of cleaning high touchpoint areas.

Keynote Speaker

Karen Sobel

Worley, Group President, Americas

Karen is responsible for all Worley businesses in the Americas which includes a large portion of the construction, maintenance and operations business.

Prior to this role Karen held the position of Group President, Major Projects and Integrated Solutions across the organization. Karen joined Worley in 2013 and over her 30-year career has delivered significant projects in both the energy and resources sectors, domestically and internationally. Her extensive international experience provides a strong foundation for building successful, diverse and collaborative teams. She has held senior project and executive positions with global engineering/construction firms. Karen sits on the Worley Foundation Council and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Utah.

Keynote Speaker

Kesha Creeks-Williams

ExxonMobil Chemical Plant, Shift Team Leader

Kesha Creeks-Williams is a Shift Team Leader at the ExxonMobil Chemical Plant in Baytown, Texas, where she was born and raised. She is a graduate of Baytown’s Ross S. Sterling High School and Sam Houston State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology/chemistry. Kesha joined ExxonMobil in 2010, hiring in as a process operator for three years, then as a console operator for five years and most recently a Shift Team Leader. “My number 1 job is being a wife and mother to two amazing little girls. My greatest accomplishments at ExxonMobil are not personal, instead the strides we are making towards recruiting and developing women in this industry. My goal is to normalize the image of female success in Operations,” Kesha says.

Guest Speaker

Crystal Blickley

Dow, HHUB/OPEX/CI/Learning Leader

Crystal leads the Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement teams serving as a conduit that understands the plants opportunities, helps prioritize and align to value, and delivers solutions that utilize the expertise of the OE/CI organization. This includes excellence in operator hiring, on-boarding, and training; as well as, driving site wide work process and standard implementation for the sites. Crystal has 15 years of experience with Dow in various engineering and leadership roles in both Dow’s Houston and Freeport facilities. She is also a steering team member of Dow’s NA WIN (Women’s Inclusion Network), and a member of the SWE (Society of Women Engineers). Crystal has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.