text: Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry (EWOC) is a scientific conference designed to bring the research and career interests of women in organic chemistry to the forefront and seeks to empower all marginalized individuals by promoting equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion across all chemistry fields. EWOC is the world's largest gathering of women in organic chemistry, and hosts an annual meeting of women (students, post-docs, faculty and professionals) who work or plan to work in the field of Organic Chemistry, broadly defined, from all types of institutions (academic, industry, biotech, non-profit and government).  
  The meeting goals are to
  *Establish a peer group network for collaborating and recruiting diverse talent
  * Afford a novel mechanism to provide advice and counsel for women organic chemists
  * Share stories from different perspectives about career development and challenges faced – and overcome – along the way
  * Establish an inclusive community, with an emphasis on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, to engage, network and support each other in the field of Organic Chemistry
  * Provide support and guidance to graduate students and post-docs making career decisions
  * Provide community support to enhance retention of women in chemistry.