BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260513T140000Z DTEND:20260513T223000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:2026 WOMEN IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION:ABOUT WIB\n\nThe Airdrie Regional and Crossfield Chambers of Commerce are proud to host the upcoming 2026 Women in Business conference presented by ATB Wealth to our communities and beyond!\n\n\nThe Women in Business Conference is created for entrepreneurial women who are passionate about developing and growing vibrant\, sustainable businesses.\n\n\n\nThis year's theme is Evolve: From Potential to Power. Our format includes informative workshops from business experts\, a dynamic & inspiring keynote presentation by Cory Davison - entrepreneur\, author\, founder of 4Xperience & SHE-Community\, networking\, exhibitor tables\, and more! \n\n\n\n\nThe WIB Conference has a proven track record of bringing women together to provide them with the tools\, strategies and connections for their evolving businesses and lives.\n \n\n\n\n KEYNOTE Speaker\n\n\n \n \n \n Cory Davison\n\n Keynote Speaker \n \n \n Draw the Line: Become the Woman Who Gets What She Decides \n\n Uncertainty is not a strategy. \n\n \n\n Yet many women in business operate as if it is\, waiting for more clarity\, more confidence\, better timing\, or fewer risks before moving forward. It's no wonder ideas stall\, decisions stretch out\, and momentum slips away\, not because women aren't capable\, but because fear disguises itself as patience and responsibility.\n\n \n\n This message is for women who are ready to stop doubting and start deciding. In this keynote\, Cory Davison invites you to step into the kind of ownership that allows you to get what you decide. She shares the personal turning point that reshaped how she learned to face uncertainty\, take responsibility for her direction\, and turn intention into disciplined action. Through the simple but powerful act of drawing a line\, she offers a way to distinguish what truly deserves your energy from what drains it. That same practice became the foundation for building businesses\, launching ideas\, and leading through constant change.\n\n \n\n Grounded in her own entrepreneurial journey and her mission to empower business women inside SHE Community\, Cory connects personal agency to real business execution\, leadership\, and the courage to move ideas into the market. As a certified MIT AI Strategist\, she also brings an informed perspective on using AI to increase productivity and growth while strengthening\, not replacing\, human judgment and creativity.\n\n \n\n Cory's message and experience will leave you with renewed authority for your decisions\, clarity on what deserves your energy\, and a simple way to move your ideas into action to get the life you decide.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n WORKSHOPS\n\nYour choice of two workshops to attend! One from each option below.\n\n\n\nWorkshop 1 (All attendees):\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n Sherri Wright-Schwietz\n \n The Cost of Success: Redefining Having It All \n\n \n Join Sherri for an engaging session that challenges conventional ideas of what success as a woman looks like and invites you to define it for yourself. \n\n \n\n You'll be encouraged to step outside your comfort zone\, uncover your authentic style\, and embrace the truest version of yourself.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nWorkshop 2 Options:\n\n \n\n \n \n \n Shona Welsh\n \n Workshop 2 (Option A):\n\n \n Claiming the Room:\n\n Speak with Authority without Losing Yourself\n\n \n\n Ever left a meeting knowing you were right and still felt unheard? This session tackles the invisible dynamics that shape how women are perceived when they speak often without anyone realizing it's happening. Claiming the Room isn't about becoming louder or 'tougher' it's about being intentional in making sure what you mean actually lands without losing warmth\, authenticity\, or credibility.\n\n \n\n Through live demonstrations\, sharp insights\, and surprisingly fun audience participation\, you'll see how small shifts in delivery can dramatically change how authority\, clarity\, and presence are read in the room. You'll recognize familiar habits over-explaining\, softening\, subconscious body language and learn practical ways to hold the floor\, respond under pressure\, and navigate the 'likability trap' with ease.\n\n \n\n You'll leave with simple tools you can use immediately in meetings\, presentations\, and high-stakes conversations\, plus one bold shift you're ready to make the very next time you speak anywhere! \n \n \n \n\n\nOR\n \n\n\n \n \n \n Dr. Heather Cowie\n \n \n Workshop 2 (Option B):\n\n Growing a Business by Giving Back\n\n What if generosity wasn't separate from business strategy but the catalyst behind it?\n\n \n\n What if "that's just business" could instead mean making a meaningful difference in the lives of others?\n\n \n\n In this inspiring and tactical session\, Dr. Heather Cowie shares how embedding purpose into the core of your business can drive loyalty\, strengthen culture\, increase revenue\, and create long-term impact.\n\n \n\n As the owner of a multi-doctor optometry practice and founder of an international public health initiative in Guatemala\, Heather has seen firsthand how giving back\, both locally and globally\, doesn't dilute profit. It amplifies it.\n\n \n\n And beyond profit\, it brings meaning and joy to your team\, your clients\, and your own life.\n\n \n\n Attendees will learn:\n\n How to integrate purpose into your business model (without sacrificing margins)\n\n How generosity builds brand trust and client loyalty\n\n How giving back strengthens team culture and retention\n\n How to start small even in the early stages of business\n\n How to scale impact sustainably as you grow\n\n \n\n This session is for women who want more than financial success they want significance. You will leave with practical strategies\, renewed clarity\, and the confidence to build a business that changes lives including your own.\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop 3 Options:\n\n\n \n \n \n Julie Crawford\n \n Workshop 3 (Option A):\n\n \n How to Work with Complicated People\n\n \n\n Learn how to communicate with confidence\, clarity\, and emotional intelligence even in challenging situations. This workshop will help you reduce stress\, strengthen relationships\, and turn miscommunication into connection.\n \n \n \n\n\n\nOR\n\n \n\n \n \n \n Tiffany Daw\, QAFP\n \n Workshop 3 (Option B):\n\n \n\n The Velocity of Wealth: Accelerating Personal Assets alongside Business Gains\n This workshop will focus on speed and efficiency vs just saving. You'll learn how to use business dividends or salary to fuel high-growth investment vehicles.\n\n How to ensure your personal net worth doesn't get "stuck" inside your company's equipment or inventory. Stop letting your net worth get trapped inside your business.\n\n \n\n Join ATB Wealth's Senior Financial Advisor to learn 'The Velocity of Wealth' a strategic framework designed to help women in business efficiently move profits into personal growth engines without losing momentum.\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n SPECIAL Guests\n\nSpecial Guests Include:\n\n\n TBC\n\n\n \n ROUNDTABLE Discussions \n\nA focused\, small-group conversation centered around a specific topic\, designed to encourage open dialogue\, shared insights\, and collaborative problem-solving.\n\n \n\n\nFOOD\n\nRefreshments\, treats\, and lunch will be provided for attendees.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n ATTENDEE Swag Bag\n\nAll Rural Women in Business Conference registrants will receive an attendee gift bag. \n\n\n\nAre you a business that would like to contribute to the gift bag? \n\nIf yes\, this is a great way to market your business! We require up to 200 items (valued over $5 each) to be included in the bag. The 200 items need to be received by Friday\, May 8.\n\nEmail info@crossfieldchamber.ca for further information. \n\n \n\n\n \n BUSINESS Exhibitor\n\n\n\nBecome a Women in Business Exhibitor at the Event\n\n \n\nIf this opportunity interests you\, please select this "add on" when completing your online registration for the conference. Exhibitor tables cost an additional $100 and you will be prompted at check out to add this option with (+/-). There are a maximum of 15 exhibitor tables for this event and are sold on a first come\, first serve basis. \n\n\n\nTo complete your exhibitor application\, Click Here. \n\n \n\nExhibitor table requirements:\n\n 1. Provide your own linen for the exhibitor table\n\n 2. Have your booth set up no later than 8:45 am (you can arrive for set up as early as 8:00 am)\n\n 3. Have someone at your booth before the conference begins and throughout the day (during all breaks/lunch)\n\n 4. Provide a door prize (to be drawn at the event) \n\n \n\nIf this opportunity interests you\, please select this "add on" when completing your online registration for the conference.\n\n\n\nExhibitor List Coming Soon\n\n \n\n\n\n CONFERENCE Sponsor\n\nInterested in sponsoring this event? Click the button below for more information.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n THANK YOU Sponsors\n\n \n\nPRESENTING\n\n\n\n\n\nRECHARGE\n\n \n\n\n\nADDED TOUCH\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n MEDIA\n EMPOWERMENT\n \n \n \n Air 106.1 FM / Discover Airdrie\n\n airdrielife magazine\n\n ION Outdoor Advertising\n D Knight Consulting\n\n Elements Dance\n\n McKee Homes Ltd\n\n Off the Beaten Path Psychology & Wellness.\n\n TestTech Occupational Testing Solutions Inc\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nRESILIENCE\n\nAirdrie Economic Development\n\nBrella Vida\n\nPattison Outdoor\n\n\n\n \n\nThank you to all our swag bag and prize donors! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


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\n \; \;ABOUT \;WIB

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The Airdrie Regional and Crossfield \;Chambers of Commerce are proud to host the upcoming 2026 Women in Business conference presented by ATB Wealth to our communities and beyond!

\n\n
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The Women in Business Conference is created for entrepreneurial women who are passionate about developing and growing vibrant\, sustainable businesses.
\n\n

\nThis year'\;s theme is Evolve: From Potential to Power. Our format includes informative workshops from business experts\, a dynamic &\; inspiring keynote presentation by Cory Davison - entrepreneur\, author\, founder of 4Xperience \;&\; SHE-Community\, \;networking\, exhibitor tables\, and more!
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\nThe WIB Conference has a proven track record of bringing women together to provide them with the tools\, strategies and connections for their evolving businesses and lives.
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 \;​\;KEYNOTE \;Speaker

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Cory Davison
\n Keynote Speaker
\n 		\n

Draw the Line: Become the Woman Who Gets What She Decides \;

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Uncertainty is not a strategy. \;
\n
\n Yet many women in business operate as if it is\, waiting for more clarity\, more confidence\, better timing\, or fewer risks before moving forward. It&rsquo\;s no wonder ideas stall\, decisions stretch out\, and momentum slips away\, not because women aren&rsquo\;t capable\, but because fear disguises itself as patience and responsibility.
\n
\n This message is for women who are ready to stop doubting and start deciding. In this keynote\, Cory Davison invites you to step into the kind of ownership that allows you to get what you decide. She shares the personal turning point that reshaped how she learned to face uncertainty\, take responsibility for her direction\, and turn intention into disciplined action. Through the simple but powerful act of drawing a line\, she offers a way to distinguish what truly deserves your energy from what drains it. That same practice became the foundation for building businesses\, launching ideas\, and leading through constant change.
\n
\n Grounded in her own entrepreneurial journey and her mission to empower business women inside SHE Community\, Cory connects personal agency to real business execution\, leadership\, and the courage to move ideas into the market. As a certified MIT AI Strategist\, she also brings an informed perspective on using AI to increase productivity and growth while strengthening\, not replacing\, human judgment and creativity.
\n
\n Cory&rsquo\;s message and experience will leave you with renewed authority for your decisions\, clarity on what deserves your energy\, and a simple way to move your ideas into action to get the life you decide.

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\n

 \;WORKSHOPS

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Your choice of two workshops to attend! One from each option below.
\n
\nWorkshop 1 (All attendees):

\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n
\n

\n Sherri Wright-Schwietz
\n 		The Cost of Success: Redefining Having It All
\n  \;\n

Join Sherri for an engaging session that challenges conventional ideas of what success as a woman looks like and invites you to define it for yourself. \;
\n
\n You&rsquo\;ll be encouraged to step outside your comfort zone\, uncover your authentic style\, and embrace the truest version of yourself.

\n
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\nWorkshop 2 Options:
\n \;\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n
\n
Shona Welsh
\n 		Workshop 2 (Option A):
\n  \;\n
Claiming the Room:
\n Speak with Authority without Losing Yourself
\n  \;
\n Ever left a meeting knowing you were right&hellip\; and still felt unheard? This session tackles the invisible dynamics that shape how women are perceived when they speak &mdash\; often without anyone realizing it&rsquo\;s happening. Claiming the Room isn&rsquo\;t about becoming louder or &lsquo\;tougher&rsquo\; &ndash\; it&rsquo\;s about being intentional in making sure what you mean actually lands &ndash\; without losing warmth\, authenticity\, or credibility.
\n
\n Through live demonstrations\, sharp insights\, and surprisingly fun audience participation\, you&rsquo\;ll see how small shifts in delivery can dramatically change how authority\, clarity\, and presence are read in the room. You&rsquo\;ll recognize familiar habits &mdash\; over-explaining\, softening\, subconscious body language &mdash\; and learn practical ways to hold the floor\, respond under pressure\, and navigate the &lsquo\;likability trap&rsquo\; with ease.
\n
\n You&rsquo\;ll leave with simple tools you can use immediately in meetings\, presentations\, and high-stakes conversations\, plus one bold shift you&rsquo\;re ready to make the very next time you speak &ndash\; anywhere! \;
\n
\n\n

OR

\n \;\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n
\n
Dr. Heather Cowie
\n 		\n

Workshop 2 (Option B):

\n\n

Growing a Business by Giving Back

\n\n
What if generosity wasn&rsquo\;t separate from business strategy but the catalyst behind it?
\n
\n What if &ldquo\;that&rsquo\;s just business&rdquo\; could instead mean making a meaningful difference in the lives of others?
\n
\n In this inspiring and tactical session\, Dr. Heather Cowie shares how embedding purpose into the core of your business can drive loyalty\, strengthen culture\, increase revenue\, and create long-term impact.
\n
\n As the owner of a multi-doctor optometry practice and founder of an international public health initiative in Guatemala\, Heather has seen firsthand how giving back\, \;both locally and globally\, doesn&rsquo\;t dilute profit. It amplifies it.
\n
\n And beyond profit\, it brings meaning and joy to your team\, your clients\, and your own life.
\n
\n Attendees will learn:
\n &bull\; How to integrate purpose into your business model (without sacrificing margins)
\n &bull\; How generosity builds brand trust and client loyalty
\n &bull\; How giving back strengthens team culture and retention
\n &bull\; How to start small &mdash\; even in the early stages of business
\n &bull\; How to scale impact sustainably as you grow
\n
\n This session is for women who want more than financial success &mdash\; they want significance. You will leave with practical strategies\, renewed clarity\, and the confidence to build a business that changes lives &mdash\; including your own.
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nWorkshop 3 Options:\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n
\n
Julie Crawford
\n 		Workshop 3 (Option A):
\n  \;\n
How to Work with Complicated People
\n  \;
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Learn how to communicate with confidence\, clarity\, and emotional intelligence even in challenging situations. This workshop will help you reduce stress\, strengthen relationships\, and turn miscommunication into connection.
\n
\n
\nOR
\n \;\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n
 \;\n
Tiffany Daw\, QAFP
\n 		Workshop 3 (Option B):
\n
\n The Velocity of Wealth: Accelerating Personal Assets alongside Business Gains\n

This workshop will focus on speed and efficiency vs just saving. You&rsquo\;ll learn how to use business dividends or salary to fuel high-growth investment vehicles.

\n\n

How to ensure your personal net worth doesn'\;t get "\;stuck"\; inside your company'\;s equipment or inventory. \;Stop letting your net worth get trapped inside your business.
\n
\n Join ATB Wealth&rsquo\;s Senior Financial Advisor to learn '\;The Velocity of Wealth'\;&mdash\;a strategic framework designed to help women in business efficiently move profits into personal growth engines without losing momentum.

\n
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 \;SPECIAL \;Guests
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Special Guests Include:\n\n\n\n
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 \; \;ROUNDTABLE Discussions \; \;

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A focused\, small-group conversation centered around a specific topic\, designed to encourage open dialogue\, shared insights\, and collaborative problem-solving.
\n \;\n
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FOOD

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Refreshments\, treats\, and \;lunch will be provided for attendees.
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\n \;ATTENDEE \;Swag Bag

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All Rural Women in Business Conference registrants will receive \;an attendee gift bag. \;
\n
\nAre you a business that would like to contribute to the gift bag? \;
\nIf yes\, this is a great way to market your business! \;We require up to 200 items (valued over $5 each) to be included in the \;bag. \;The 200 items need to be received by Friday\, May 8.
\nEmail info@crossfieldchamber.ca \;for further information. \;
\n \;
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 \;\n

 \;BUSINESS \;Exhibitor

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\nBecome a Women in Business Exhibitor at the Event
\n \;
\nIf this opportunity interests you\, please select this "\;add on"\; \;when completing your online registration for the conference. \;Exhibitor tables cost an additional $100 and you will be prompted at check out \;to add this option with (+/-). \;There are a maximum of 15 exhibitor tables for this event and are sold on a first come\, first serve basis. \; \;
\n
\nTo complete your exhibitor application\, Click Here. \;
\n \;
\nExhibitor table requirements:
\n \; \;1. \;Provide your own linen for the exhibitor table
\n \; \;2. \;Have your booth set up no later than \;8:45 am (you can arrive for \;set up as early as 8:00 am)
\n \; \;3. \;Have someone at your booth before the conference begins and throughout the day (during all \;breaks/lunch)
\n \; \;4. \; \;Provide a door prize (to be drawn at the event) \;
\n \;
\nIf this opportunity interests you\, please select this "\;add on"\; \;when completing your online registration for the conference.
\n
\nExhibitor List Coming Soon
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\n \; \;CONFERENCE \;Sponsor
\nInterested in sponsoring this event? \;Click the button below for more information.
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 \;THANK YOU \;Sponsors
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PRESENTING
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\nRECHARGE
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\nADDED TOUCH
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MEDIAEMPOWERMENT \;
Air 106.1 FM / Discover Airdrie
\n airdrielife magazine
\n ION Outdoor Advertising		D Knight Consulting
\n Elements Dance
\n McKee Homes Ltd
\n Off the Beaten Path Psychology &\; Wellness.
\n TestTech Occupational Testing Solutions Inc
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\nRESILIENCE
\nAirdrie Economic Development
\nBrella Vida
\nPattison Outdoor
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Thank you to all our swag bag and prize donors!

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