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  <h2>2016 Recap</h2>

  <p>Ela Conf is a conference with a goal to create a safe, supportive, inspiring and comfortable <em>community</em> for adult women (18+) to gain the confidence needed to become leaders, speakers, and teachers in the world of tech.</p>

  <p>In an industry where women are so often marginalized, leadership skills are crucial to making an impact in the field and creating diversity in the workplace. Companies with greater top-level gender diversity perform better financially, are more empathetic, and more innovative. When women become leaders, the entire tech community benefits.</p>

  <p>We held the second Ela Conf on November 4th and 5th, 2016 at Terra Hall at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Learn about <a href="https://elaconf.github.io/2015/">our first event in 2015</a>.</p>

  <p>On Friday night, we hosted a meet and greet and talks. Saturday's day-long event featured 8 main stage talks and 2 break-out sessions with 4 workshops, panels, or talks each. We concluded Saturday with a networking event at Time Restuarant.</p>

  <p>Overall, we had <strong>122 attendees</strong> including <strong>36 speakers</strong>, <strong>27 volunteers</strong>, <strong>14 sponsors</strong>, and <strong>4 organizers</strong>!</p>

  <h3>Thanks again to our 2016 sponsors!</h3>

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