Call for Papers: WLEC 2027

The 18th Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference (WLEC2027) invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners to submit their work for presentation. This esteemed event will take place from March 1-3, 2027, in Bangkok, Thailand. Submissions should align with the conference themes of women's leadership, empowerment, and gender equality. All proposals will undergo a peer-review process, and accepted papers will be published in the official conference proceedings with an ISBN number. Each published paper will be assigned a DOI and indexed in CrossRef and Google Scholar. 

Submissions Categories and Evaluation Criteria:

  • Academic submissions:
    1.  Currency, importance, and relevance to the conference themes
    2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
    3. Clearly states design methodology and findings* (applicable for complete research papers)
    4. Originality and innovation
    5. Clarity of abstract as indicator of presentation quality

  • Professional and personal development:
    1.  Relevance to conference themes
    2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
    3. Idea flow as and indicator of presentation quality
    4. Creative and inspirational
    5. Contains applicable and beneficial items

  • NGO, Government, Non-Profit:
    1.  Relevance to conference themes
    2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
    3. Idea flow as an indicator of presentation quality
    4. Clearly stated implementation
    5. Societal impact

Proposals are accepted on a rolling admission basis as long as space is available or by December 25th 2026* at the latest and are to be be submitted along with application form. All submissions will be peer reviewed and acceptance/rejections is based on criteria specified above, as well as professional and personal background of the applicant, in order to ensure a diverse learning environment. Admission decisions are made on a rolling admission basis, within working 10 days after the application has been received. 

​*Admission may close earlier than the date stated above if space in the conference fills up.

Important dates:

  • Submission Deadline: December 25, 2026
  • Notification of Acceptance: Within 10 working days after submission
  • Final Manuscript Due: February 1, 2027

How to submit:

To submit your proposal, please complete the application form and attach your manuscript. For detailed submission guidelines and formatting requirements, please refer to the information below.
Join us at WLEC2027 to share your insights and contribute to advancing women's leadership and empowerment on a global scale!

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Topics
  • Casual factors of leadership development
  • Can leadership be learned? – Nature vs. nurture
  • Creating an innovative leadership
  • Creating a new relationship with your values, especially money
  • Cross cultural aspects of leadership
  • Cultures and women
  • Education
  • Family systems: Change and traditions
  • Gender equality
  • Growing as individuals
  • Leadership development
  • Leadership styles and techniques
  • Leadership values
  • Leading under extreme diversity
  • The role of women in contemporary society
  • The role reversal in the home and workplace
  • Shaping the future by female leaders
  • Success stories: Meet women who have achieved successful careers
  • Women in history
  • Women and leadership
  • Women with disabilities
  • Women and sports
  • Women's studies
  • Women as entrepreneurs
  • Women and environment
  • Women in politics
  • Other topics related to the empowerment of women, women's leadership and women's rights.

Presentation Formats at WLEC2026:
The following presentation formats will be possible at the conference:
  • Oral presentation: Deliver your presentation in person to a live audience during the conference.
  • Poster presentation:  Showcase your poster in the conference hall or on the virtual conference platform (for remote participants). Engage in discussions and answer questions about your work.
  • Video presentation: Submit a pre-recorded video of your presentation, which will be available for viewing and discussions on the virtual conference platform.
PUBLICATION
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Tomorrow People Organization is a member of CrossRef. Published paper will be assigned individual DOI and will be indexed in CrossRef citation database as well Google Scholar and 
WLEC digital library. ​​
Papers presented at the conference will be published in the official ISBN conference proceedings publication.

Tomorrow People Organization is a member of CrossRef. Published paper will be assigned individual DOIs for easy citation and will be indexed in CrossRef database as well Google Scholar and WLEC digital library. 

In order to have your paper published in the official conference proceedings, your submission should have been previously approved and registration arrangements completed.

Paper publication is not mandatory. Authors who have completed registration arrangements and wish to have their paper published in the official conference proceedings publication must submit the final manuscript by February 1st 2027. Otherwise, only the abstract will be published, if it meets formatting requirements and is approved by the WLEC reviewing board.
 
Formatting guidelines:
  • A4 size paper
  • Single line space
  • Margins: 2 cm on the left and 2 cm on the right
  • Format: Align left
  • No footers and headers allowed and no numbered pages
  • Fonts:
                Title: Times New Roman 14 bold
                Subtitles: Times New Roman 12 bold
                Text: Times New Roman 12
  • Front section (first page):
  1. Title of submission
  2. Name/s of author/s
  3. Affiliation/s of the author/s
  4. E-mail address of corresponding author
  5. Abstract of maximum 250 words (or one page)
  6. Key words 3-10 (under abstract)
  • Main section (manuscript):
  1. Introduction
  2. Results (where applicable)
  3. Discussion
  4. Methodology (where applicable)
  5. Conclusion 
  • End section:
  1. Acknowledgments (where applicable)
  2. Funding (authors of academic research papers must clearly disclose sources of funding for conducting their research; any grant received should be clearly indicated. If you have not received any external funding from your research, please state: "This research received no external funding)
  3. Conflict of interest (authors of academic research papers must state any circumstances that may be perceived as a conflict of interest in terms of representing or interpreting the research results. If there is no conflict of interest, please state: "Authors declare no conflict on interest")
  4. References (APA style)

*Full paper template - DOWNLOAD

Deadline for proceedings submissions (for registered authors): February 1st 2027.
Submissions received after this date or/and in a format different than specified will NOT be published. We strongly recommend early submissions to allow enough time for a review and feed back in case there are changes to be made in formatting.