2016 WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL EMPOWERMENT ALLIANCE (WPEA) Thursday, July 21 - Saturday, July 23, 2016

You asked for it and here it is--the official 2016 WPEA registration form! Here is some additional information you may find useful.

For the Henry Ford tour, attendees will be able to customize their own experience by choosing which part(s) of the attraction to visit on Friday afternoon. We are attaching a page from The Henry Ford’s own website that outlines some of your options. https://www.thehenryford.org/

The Experience will be hosted by an experienced Detroit tour guide and will include as many Detroit highlights as time permits. This tour is limited to 26 people.

Not interested in any of these organized tours? Here are some other options. If you want to go shopping, try Southland Center http://www.shopsouthlandcenter.com/ in Taylor http://www.shopsouthlandcenter.com/ or Laurel Park Place http://www.laurelparkplace.com/ mall in Livonia http://www.laurelparkplace.com/.

If casinos are your thing, there are three in Detroit--Greektown Casino https://www.greektowncasino.com/, MGM Grand Casino http://www.mgmgranddetroit.com/ and Motor City Casino https://www.motorcitycasino.com/Gaming.aspx. Just across the Detroit River in Canada is the Caesar’s Windsor Casino; bring your passport for entry into Canada.

Visit the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and see why so many people and organizations fought so hard to save its treasures during the city of Detroit’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy case. http://www.dia.org/

For a very special art experience, head to Ann Arbor, home of the University of , for the 47th annual Ann Arbor Art Fair (actually four art fairs in one). This is one of the largest and most prestigious juried art fairs in the United States. For detailed information, go to http://artfairs.visitannarbor.org/generalinfo/. This year’s art fair dates are Thursday, July 21-Sunday, July 24. In previous years, the art fair has always ended on Saturday.

BPW/MI members are looking forward to seeing you at WPEA 2016 this July. We’re excited about this conference and hope you are too.