SUBJECT: Request to Attend the Wnet Career and Leadership Summit 2016

SUBJECT: Request to attend the Wnet Career and Leadership Summit 2016

Dear <Supervisor's Name>,

I would like to attend Wnet’s Career and Leadership Summit on September 20, 21 in Atlanta Georgia.

Wnet is the premier professional organization for women in the payments industry. The Career and Leadership Summit is the pinnacle event for women who want to continually enhance their leadership skills in the context of industry trends.

I believe my attendance will provide exceptional ROI for our company. It will provide me valuable learning opportunities, which I will share with my team and our organization. I will be able to meet and learn from the most senior level leaders in the payments industry. And I will also develop new contacts which will help raise our company’s profile and increase my business network. It will also send a signal that our company supports women in payments and our culture of advancing our employees’ leadership skills. Many of our company’s prospects and partners will be represented.

The Summit is produced by Wnet and it is unlike any other industry event. It is intimate but features speakers that bring new perspectives and industry leaders that share what they see as the future of our industry. This combination makes it a powerful and intense learning and networking environment.

The Wnet Career and Leadership Summit features 6 hours of networking and 8 hours of learning. The ETA recognizes the value of this program and I can earn 6 credits toward my ETA CPP certification.
Featured speakers include Shark Tank participant Elizabeth Moskow, communications expert Deborah Thomas-Nininger and several other leadership development experts. There will also be a Power Panel of 5 women who hold C-level positions in our industry’s largest players.

The early-bird fee for this year's Summit is only $499 (deadline Aug. 20), which includes all meals, sessions and events. When two hotel nights ($200 /night) and airfare is included, I estimate my total expenses to be less $1,000.

I am confident you will see this as a worthwhile investment -- in my career development and in our organization's future. I appreciate your support of my development and hope you can support my request.
Best regards,
<Your Name>