Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Seemin Suleri Head of Systems Engineering	From Chaos to Agile, and the demons along the way This is a story of how we turned a perfect start-up culture into an absolute chaos, and how we turned that chaos into agile. In an extremely competitive digital landscape, we had to catch up with the latest technological demands, regain the trust of our customers and motivate and engage our teams. Most importantly, we had to do it fast which meant removing waste, experimenting and innovating at speed while delivering a product our customers would love. This is a glimpse of our journey in overcoming the demons that we came across in the hope that it might help… read more
Ananya Misra Data scientist	Utilization of Data science and Machine Learning in the retail industry Retail industry has always been an industry to which both businesses and consumers can relate to. Retail industry contains a plethora of customer information and transactions, which could be used to gain insights about user behaviour and measure the effectiveness of developed strategies. One important factor for both the customer and the business is price. A study showed that 70% of the customers believe that the main reason behind purchasing any product is its price. How should businesses set the prices so that it is beneficial for both parties ? How can data science help in this regard ?… read more
Ruxandra Dariescu Agility, Performance and Growth Coach	It's All About the People: Resolving Agile Delivery Uncertainties Through People Interactions Agile transformation delivery is a story of the people working together in the same flow resonance towards the same destination. What if the delivery focus shifts from monitoring the standard scope, timeline, or budgets to also including the uncertainty of people interactions? People skills and availability seem to take all the space and be the focal points of most leaders today, and while the people skills may be unknown, they are not uncertain. Yet, the everyday people interactions have a degree of uncertainty that directly impacts the calculated project delivery plans.… read more
Priyanka Gangishetty Senior Azure Customer Engineer at Microsoft Corp	Navigating Careers and Mental Health When I began my career in the US with Microsoft at 24, I thought that was the epitome of a Tech role you could possibly land. I am driven, goal-oriented and passionate about the job. Six months into the job and a wonderful review by the team and my manager, I slowly developed depression which without my conscious knowledge affected my work and personal life. Once I was clinically diagnosed with depression, I refused to accept the diagnosis and it made my mental health worse. It took me years to acknowledge I needed help and once I started seeking therapy, the impact it had on me and my career… read more
Jo Hickson Head of Innovation Lab at Tesco	Innovation through the lens of new technologies I'm often asked how I got the job I have. I'm also often told it's a cool job. I'd like to pull back the curtain on all of that and share my experience and career journey, talking about some of the innovation successes and what it takes to realise them. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jane Sarah Lat Consultant - Financial Planning & Analysis at Verizon	Practical Guide to Building Emotional Intelligence and Insight Achieving excellence in any dimension of life requires a high level of emotional intelligence, especially with the increasing complexities and demands of our careers and life. We will learn how to develop and build emotional insight and emotional control that we can practice every day to have more success in our jobs, better relationships with the people at work and at home, as well as having more happiness in our lives. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ash Gould Transformation Lead	Enhancing the Employee Experience Enhancing the day to day experience for employees can have an enormous impact on productivity and engagement, driving better outcomes for your organisation and its customers. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Diana Gabrielyan Analytics Team Lead at Stockmann	Using Machine Learning for the Benefit of the Economy We have heard and read about all the cool things that machine learning and AI can create and lead to. What we do not hear a lot about is how machine learning applications help policymakers, economists, and central bankers. We don’t talk enough about this possibility because we don’t have good practical examples. Applying machine learning requires strong mathematics and statistical skills, whereas traditionally economists did not need to have these skills. Closest to data scientists are econometricians, but it still does not mean that they use ML and more novel methods for the assessment and… read more
Lisa Mo Wagner Product Coach at codecentric	J.E.D.I. mindtricks to build better products You can make a difference! Our goal as product leaders is to build products that our customers love. Chances are your customer base is diverse. While we don’t want to build for everyone, we should be aware of the impact our products can have. Hiring a diverse team is a great long-term strategy, but how can you get started right now? I want to give you some tools you can start using right after this talk to make your discovery and delivery more inclusive. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Chinatu Uzuegbu Managing Cyber Security Consultant at RoseTech CyberCrime Solutions Ltd.	Combating Cyber Crimes Proactively It is a Digital Age, every trend in Technology comes with its own vulnerabilities and Threats that could be exploited by the bad guys. It is important for the big, medium, small organizations and Work-from-home Woman to understand how to proactively combat cyber crimes without incurring much cost. You will learn how to Identify and Classify your critical Information Assets, up to, implementing and monitoring them. It will also reveal how you could proffer a more resilient and sustainable Cyber Security Solutions around your Critical Information Assets. It will be a valuable Session for… read more
Maggie Jandova UX UI Designer at swat.io	Stop looking for work-life balance, aim for work-life integration Work-life balance has become such a buzzword that companies use it as their selling point and even people that haven't started working know they want it. But why? Work and life aren't two separate things; work IS part of our life. When we're searching for balance, we often want to feel fulfilled at work while having enough time for our friends, hobbies, self-development, and putting effort into staying healthy. However, imagine putting the same amount of energy and time into all the categories while expecting to always be happy and motivated. Impossible. We are humans;… read more
Sacha Dekker VP global Go To Market Enablement at HubSpot	Resilience, mindset and overcoming adversity In August 2015 ago I woke up paralysed down my left side as the result of an intra-operative bleed, after what was supposed to be a fairly straight forward surgery to cure me of the epileptic seizures that started six years previous. Three weeks later one of my medical team told me it was highly unlikely I'd ever walk, work or live independently again. He handed me a list of nursing homes and said I could still have "quality of life" in there. I told him I'd walk on the Great Wall of China and be back at work within a year. On 5 May 2016 the vocational report from the… read more
Priya Gandhi Director of Quality at Aristocrat Technologies Inc	Demystifying Cloud for Digital Transformation Join me for this session as I introduce what cloud technology is and how best to achieve digital transformation through different types of cloud. I'd like to share my understanding of all things about cloud computing, cloud migration, and cloud deployments and how best to scale digital capabilities in an organization. I'd also like to discuss with you different challenges faced during the digital transformation journey, how best to address them to successfully implement cloud computing within your business. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Kaja Pavlinić Product Manager at Speck Agency	Twenty-five and Thriving as a Product Manager In this talk, Kaja Pavlinić, a product manager in the IT industry, shares her story of discovering the world of project and product management right after graduating from college as a Software Engineer. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Emerald de Leeuw Global Head of Privacy at Logitech	4 Steps to Creating a Global Privacy Strategy Many of us run companies or work for companies that have customers all over the world. This means we are the custodians of data that belongs to people in many countries. This comes with a great responsibility to treat that data with the care and respect those people deserve. I've spoken before on ethical technology and that I believe that technology should serve humanity. This talk will be more pragmatic. It is becoming increasingly challenging to keep up with the data laws around the world such as the GDPR, CCPA and the PIPL in China. Privacy law is a very fast-paced legal landscape.… read more
Nikki Lindgren Director of Customer Experience at Positive Intelligence	Customer Experience: navigating disruptive forces with one clear focus How co-created Learning Experiences will revolutionize the future of work (LX) as we know it, through a data and technology-enabled Customer and Employee Experience (CX+EX). Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ayesha Kaleem Software Engineer at Red Hat	OKD - Community Version of Openshift OKD is the community distribution of Kubernetes optimized for continuous application development and multi-tenant deployment. OKD adds developer and operations-centric tools on top of Kubernetes to enable rapid application development, easy deployment and scaling, and long-term lifecycle maintenance for small and large teams. OKD is also referred to as Origin in GitHub and in the documentation. OKD makes launching Kubernetes on any cloud or bare metal a snap, simplifies running and updating clusters, and provides all of the tools to make your containerized applications succeed. Did… read more
Elinor Honigstein Head of UK Office & Strategic Partnerships at UK Israel Tech Hub	How to build strategic partnerships to boost your success Today, our success depends on building the right ecosystems of partnerships for our business, whether it is a startup, venture capital or an enterprise. The goal of ecosystem development isn’t just to make connections. Rather, it is about building strategic relationships that deliver value to our stakeholders, expand our reach, and accelerate growth and innovation. In this session, we will learn the value of ecosystem development, how to identify and build strategic alliances and share concrete examples and case studies. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Daphne Nakabugo Software Engineer, Data & Web Campaigning Lead at DefendDefenders	The need to apply design thinking within NGO contexts Design Thinking is an extremely useful but barely adopted concept within organisations especially ngos, especially those in Africa. Yet, design thinking would solve a lot of critical issues for these organisations within their conceptualisation and ideation processes and facilitate better utilisation of resources. This talk is to reintroduce the topic and stir up interest of its adoption within ngo systems. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Magali De Jaegher Tech Program Director at Veepee	How to turn ideas into reality One of the biggest pain of companies is the inability to effectively and efficiently deliver their strategies; and one of the biggest pain of people is to know how to deliver their dreams and ideas. I have 10+ experience in supporting companies transform their strategies and ideas into reality. I firmly believe the same advices can be applied to both companies and people, and my talk is about sharing those advices. Did you like this session? Share to vote.