Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Samia Sami Electrical Engineer-In-Training at SaskPower	Essential Skills from Female Students to Young Professionals This talk will help one understand the critical skills that 21st-century female students and young professionals should develop for success in their careers and growth. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Kathleen Mitford Corporate Vice President, Azure Marketing at Microsoft	Breaking Barriers: Advocating for Women in Tech As a champion for women in tech and increasing diversity in the industry, Kathleen Mitford will share personal anecdotes from her career journey, lessons learned, and ways to advocate for and support all women in the industry. Within her anecdotes, she will also highlight the value of mentorship, sponsorship, and ways to create lasting change. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alexandria Butler Founder at Sista Circle: Black Women in Tech	(Not So) Hard Conversations: How To Give and Celebrate Actionable Feedback In her "(Not So) Hard Conversations" Series, Lexi B demystifies the art of providing actionable and equitable feedback to team members, encouraging them to thrive. Audience members will leave understanding the actual definition of feedback, explore why it's so uncomfortable, and learn how to create environments where their feedback can be supported, heard, and implemented successfully. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Kristen Dyck Founder & Personal Branding Strategist at AVRO Creative	What We Can Learn from Women in the C-Suite Do you struggle to talk about yourself in those high stakes moments? Are you unsure how and why some people are invited to be on key project teams or rise to the next level at work? Not anymore! Let's uncover what the research tells us about women who are at the top of their professions and what they say they did to get there. The best part? You can do all of these things while remaining true to yourself and your values. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Winn Oo Director	Unlock Your Trapped Data Using AI and Machine Learning Is your data trapped? Historically, unstructured data (i.e. documents, PDFs, pictures, hand-written scans, etc.) often felt trapped and the extraction and ingestion of this data was a laborious, manual, and time-consuming process. Through the use of AI, ML, and some proprietary technology, we have “untrapped” (or maybe “freed” here?) this data and allowed it to be accounted for and analyzed throughout the business. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Bridget Frey Chief Technology Officer	Choosing the Right Tool for the Right Job: How to Be a Diversity Mechanic The tech industry is rife with division right now, with people expressing outrage about discrimination and harassment. Meanwhile, we have engineers with their heads down writing code. But what if we as engineers took everything we know about technology and how to solve problems and we applied it to ourselves? In this session, Bridget will provide concrete strategies for leaders to drive change in the technology industry and for their companies. She'll share her experience with building more diverse and inclusive teams, and offer her advice for how to advocate for broader change in your… read more
Joy Ebertz Principal Software Engineer at Split	How Feature Flags Can Make Splitting a Monolith Safer While there are many very compelling reasons to split a monolith into microservices, it can be a very risky endeavor. The benefits of splitting are likely still worth it, but it is also valuable to take the time to think through the challenges and how you can mitigate them before jumping in. In this talk, I will discuss a brief background on what feature flags are, why you might want to split up your monolith, some of the most common challenges associated with splitting a monolith and finally, how you can use feature flags to help mitigate the risks associated with those… read more
Ivana Ciric Practice Director, Product at Connected.io	How to make the case for product discovery This talk is for folks who are working in an output-driven culture, typically at a large, traditional company, and struggle to bring continuous discovery to their orgs. Based on real case studies, we will review practical tools to convince any team to adopt discovery practices in order to build better products. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Maya Miller Chief People Officer at Blockchain.com	From 100 to 1000: How do you scale culture? Maya shares how business leaders can scale company culture during hypergrowth phases and how to rethink and revise culture-focused initiatives to be fit for scale. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alexandrea Day Founder, Inventor, Author at GenoEmote	Meta-Brain - Reprogramming Your Unconscious for Self-Directed Living I will clearly lay out the results of my own 18 years as a therapist and 18 years as a technologist, demonstrating that we truly are 90% automated and how we can change the programming that generates our behavior, emotions, thoughts, and stress! I have figured it out and I teach it in my new Book (Meta-Brain) and want to leads a hands-on session to help others experience it. I will give real-life examples and teach how easy it is, with some self-awareness, to identify and change beliefs of old, and program-in beliefs a-new. I am here to start a movement, all of us helping to change the… read more
Chindhu Kamaleshan Senior Controls Engineer	Introduction to Controls Engineering The talk aims to walk through basics of controls engineering and to raise awareness on this up and coming field in technology. Having an early start in controls, I would like to walk through the evolution of controls in the past decade. I also hope to inspire and inform women on this highly exciting career path. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Polly Washburn Freelance Game/App Developer at Codyssia	Freelancing as a Ticket to Travel Running my own freelance business has given me the freedom to travel around the world, and spend as much time with friends and family as I want or need to. I spent 5 months in 2019, and 7 months in 2021-22 working while traveling around 12 countries. Despite a variety of Covid-related restrictions, it's still possible to pursue "living the dream." I'll discuss important considerations like Covid testing, quarantines and closures; visas and paperwork; budgeting; being a solo woman traveler and worker. I'll offer tips on how to approach scheduling work, communication… read more
AmyJune Hineline Senior Community Manager at Opensource.com at Red Hat	Finding a Niche in Open Source Contributions Come for the code, stay for the community. But what does that really mean? Not everyone who works on open source projects is a Senior Developer or even a coder. Code is very important and so are all the other parts. How did my previous life experiences as a Volkswagen mechanic, mother, hospice nurse, and Sunday school teacher prepare me for my role in Drupal? Through this presentation, I’ll weave my previous life experiences into my journey in working with open-source. Learn how the secret to contributing can be in our triumphs as well as our… read more
Sarah Moody Founder & CEO at Solution Marketing Services, Sarah Moody Coaching	A Simple Brain Training Tool To Confidently Navigate The Changing Tech Landscape Women are leaving the tech industry in record numbers. Why? The top answers are always burn out, gender and racial inequity, and what I'm calling "insecure overachiever syndrome" -- the feeling of not being smart enough, talented enough, productive enough to fit in. With the return to work from the pandemic, women in the industry have a chance to make major cultural and structural shifts, IF we have the tools to make them. Join me to learn the one simple cognitive tool that can help you build your confidence, figure out what you want, and identify goals and strategies to crush… read more
Raluca Apostol Co-Founder & CPO at Nestor	Leveraging Power Skills in The New Hybrid World The shift to hybrid work meant that the workforce is now more geographically distributed and organizations need to adapt to support the emerging challenges in employee retention and development; and upskilling and reskilling have taken a sense of urgency. Power skills go far beyond the impact of the individual – they are central to defining the organizational culture. This talk is about how technology helps organizations to identify power skills and how an individual’s power skills contribute not just to the success of the individual, but to the success of the organization. Did you… read more
Rebel Brown Vice President of Strategy at Quantum Computing Inc.	Is Quantum Computing the Platform for Your STEM Success? As a woman working on the cutting edge of tech, I have not always been met with enthusiasm by my male counterparts. I was often the only woman in the room, which has given me a very unique perspective on how women can take control to create new opportunities to thrive in the world of advanced technology. As we all know, women have always been at the forefront of STEM, unacknowledged, but key drivers of innovation. As women gain more recognition in the workplace, advanced technologies offer unique and powerful opportunities for women to step up to visibly lead key innovations… read more
Char Howland Software Engineer at Indicio	Maximizing Trust and Efficiency: Verifiable Credentials and Decentralized Identity Verifiable credentials (VCs) use blockchain-based distributed ledger technology to create digital credentials that can verify information. Instead of centralizing identity in the hands of institutions and centralized third-parties, decentralized identity empowers individuals to take control of their digital identity and online data. Rather than sacrificing trust for efficiency or vice versa, VCs optimize both trust and efficiency. This talk will introduce decentralized identity, the technology used to create systems to exchange verifiable credentials, and explore their use cases. Did… read more
Alice Fuller Head of Engineering at Sensible Weather	Diving into the Deep End Career advancement comes in many forms, from taking on more responsibility in your current role and growing incrementally, to taking on entirely new opportunities. Jumping into a career, role, or project that is new or outside of your expertise can be both daunting and incredibly rewarding at the same time. This session will provide a framework for when to consider taking the leap in your career, how to identify these opportunities, and how to find the courage to make these exciting changes in order to build a meaningful career. Attendees will walk away with new perspectives, rituals, and… read more
Chia-Lin Simmons CEO at LogicMark, Inc	Technology for the Care Economy: Are you prepared for the Silver Tsunami? The United States is facing a “silver tsunami” as 90% of adults plan to age in place. The AARP’s National Alliance for Caregiving 2020 Report says that 53 million adults in the U.S. today are caregivers. In addition, the 2020 AARP Research Report 'Caregiving in the U.S.' says that only 53 percent of caregivers report using “software or technological tools” to help them. Technology for aging populations is behind the times, and filling this growing need for the ability to age-in-place is a major opportunity. I believe that technology providers can facilitate a better… read more
Chitra Madhwacharyula Senior Director, Customer Success at HPE ( Hewlett Packard Enterprise)	Developing an optimal strategy for customer engagement and success at scale This talk will explore how you can take your organization's customer success and experience methodologies to the next level to offer the best experience to ALL your customers irrespective of their tier or segmentation We will cover the following - How to leveraging a tech touch and hybrid approach for scaling your customer's success and experience in the most effective manner - Foundational blocks to build out a customer success practice for scale - Tips, tricks and best practices to scale your Customer Success practice Did you like this session… read more