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2026 Women on the Water Conference

at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS)

Linthicum Heights, MD

Hosted by the Consortium of State Maritime Academies with support from the United States Maritime Administration and Great Lakes Maritime Academy and Northwestern Michigan College

The 2026 Women on the Water Conference will take place February 8–10, 2026 at the MITAGS Facility located at 629 Maritime Blvd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. Cadet tickets are free. Other tickets are $299.

Help sponsor the conference or register for the event here

Event agenda items will be added here as they become available.

General Agenda:

February 8, 2026

• 3 p.m. — Check-in Opens
• 4 p.m. — Networking
• 5–7 p.m. — Welcome, dinner and speaker

 

February 9, 2026

• 8 a.m. — Breakfast begins
• 9 a.m. — Sessions begin
• 11 a.m. — Session and Networking
• Noon — Lunch begins
• 1 p.m. — Sessions continue
• 3 p.m. — Afternoon break begins
• 4 p.m. — Networking and happy hour begins
• 5 p.m. — Dinner and Speaker begin

 

February 10, 2026

8 a.m. — Breakfast begins

Head to D.C.! Participants will be transported via bus or may drive themselves to Capitol Hill for the remainder of the programming and keynote speaker, Sara Fuentes.

 

For more information, contact Trisha Meier, Great Lakes Maritime Academy Recruitment & Admissions Specialist, at (231) 995-1209 or tmeier@nmc.edu.