Utah women looking to get a handle on budgeting, credit, retirement or even starting a business have a two-day event aimed squarely at them next week. The Utah Women in the Money Financial Empowerment Conference runs Oct. 22-23 in Salt Lake City, offering more than 25 workshops alongside a keynote dinner, with in-person tickets as low as $15 and free online attendance for anyone who cannot make it downtown.
According to womeninthemoney.org, the conference opens Thursday, Oct. 22, with a dinner and keynote running from 6 to 8 p.m., followed by a full Friday program from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. In-person registration starts at $15, while joining online is free. Every session streams live through the event app, and online attendees can connect through interactive Zoom, per the same site.
The event's Thursday keynote features Amanda H. Christensen and Melanie D. Jewkes, both identified on the conference website as USU Extension professors. Workshop topics include budgeting, building credit, starting a business in Utah, retirement access, saving, investing, career and entrepreneurship, the site notes. The conference website states it expects more than 1,000 Utahns to participate in building financial confidence together.
Conference Sessions for Utah Women
The conference offers practical financial education for people at every income level and stage of life, with sessions on managing everyday expenses, building credit, advancing careers, and investing.
That framing echoes the conference's own pitch: a program designed for attendees at any income level or life stage, with sessions covering managing money, building credit, and starting a business.
Survey Finds Gap in Financial Confidence
The push for financial education comes amid new survey data from Utah State University's Utah Women & Leadership Project. The project surveyed 5,212 Utah participants between Oct. 1 and Nov. 19, 2025, using both representative and convenience samples, according to usu.edu.
Nearly all respondents, 95.4 percent, agreed on some level that it is important for women to be competent and confident with money, the university reports. Yet about 15.9 percent of women surveyed were neutral or disagreed when asked about their ability to independently manage personal finances and make informed decisions to improve their financial wellness. The same survey found nearly three of four respondents, 74.4 percent, agreed that college is worth the financial investment.
Organizers haven't tied that survey directly to the Salt Lake City conference, but the gap it identifies lines up with the event's stated goal of helping women build confidence and take control of their financial future, regardless of where they're starting from.
