Event Details

2019 Conveners 4W: Women, Well-Being, Wisconsin and the World, located in the UW–Madison School of Human Ecology. The thirteen Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies programs and departments of the University of Wisconsin System brought together by the Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium, administered by the UW–Madison Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. 2019 Summit Co-sponsors: 2019 Campus Co-Sponsors:
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Fourth Annual 4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being and 42nd Wisconsin Women and Gender Studies Conference

April 11-13, 2019 Pyle Center, Madison, WI

Transformative Education: Then. When? Now!

Event details

Costs

Registration Fees Prior to March 15, 2019 Full Conference, Early – $150 One-Day Registration, Friday Early – $80 One-Day Registration, Saturday Early – $80 Low Income/Student Full Registration Early – $100 Low Income/Student One-Day Registration Early – Friday $50 Low Income/Student One-Day Registration Early – Saturday $50 I would like to pay for a student or low-income person to attend the conference – $100 Registration Fees After March 16, 2019 Full Conference, Early – $175 One-Day Registration, Friday Early – $90 One-Day Registration, Saturday Early – $90 Low Income/Student Full Registration Early – $100 Low Income/Student One-Day Registration Early – Friday $50 Low Income/Student One-Day Registration Early – Saturday $50 I would like to pay for a student or low-income person to attend the conference – $100 Conference Registration Opens Mid-January 2019

Location The Summit will be held at the Pyle Center on the UW–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin (map and directions). You can view the Pyle Center floor map here.

Conference Hotel There are always many events taking place in Madison on any give day. If you are traveling, we can not stress enough, do not wait to make your hotel reservation. Please note that reservations must be made by March 10, 2019 to ensure room block rates. Reference 4W Summit room block when making your reservations.

Lowell Center 610 Langdon St. Madison, WI 53703

Guest Services and Front Desk: (608) 256-2621 or make your reservation online. Group code is 4WSUMMIT, and the link is http://bit.ly/4wsummit2019

Rates are $115 (standard rooms) and $124 (deluxe rooms). Our room rates now covers both single & double occupancy.

Parking On-site parking is just $10 a day for overnight guests.

Taxi Madison has several licensed taxi firms to choose from. Union Cab – 608-242-2000 Madison Taxi – 608-255-8294 Badger Cab – 608-256-5566 Parking Parking is available on a first come first service basis at the Lake Street parking ramp about two blocks from the Pyle Center.

Conference childcare While we are not able to offer childcare, we will provide family space at the conference.

Accessibility Requirements The 4W Summit organizers support, respect, and value all people’s identities, and see this Summit as part of work toward a transformed, multicultural, and inclusive environment, that promotes increased understandings of feminism and its interconnections with issues of race, ethnicity, age, class, ability status, sexual orientation, and gender identity; and encourage participation representative of our campuses and communities.

Past conference programs Available for viewing here»

Conference Co-chairs:

Lori DiPrete Brown, Director, UW–Madison 4W Initiative Stephanie Rytilahti, Director, UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Special Thanks to the Summit Planning Committee

Summit Contacts:

Stephanie Rytilahti, Director UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Email: srrytilahti@wisc.edu, Phone:  608-262-3056 Dace Zeps, Program Administrator Center for Research on Gender and Women, UW–Madison dazeps@wisc.edu, Phone: 608-263-2053 The 4W Summit co-convenors and sponsors are honored to be holding this conference under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing, and a Culture of Peace as part of a global United Nations Platform on education, science, and culture.