Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Rana el Kaliouby Co-Founder & CEO at Affectiva	Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology During this session, Dr. el Kaliouby will share her life's work: to humanize technology before it dehumanizes us. She'll discuss the technology category she's pioneered, Emotion AI, and how her company Affectiva is enabling technology to have not only IQ, but EQ, or emotional intelligence. Emotion AI is already being applied across industries like automotive, mental health, media analytics and more; and now, amidst the global pandemic, Dr. el Kaliouby envisions future use cases for Emotion AI to help us maintain meaningful connections as we work, learn and socialize online.… read more
Shivani Mehta Graduate Student at University of Texas at Dallas and a current summer intern at Ericsson \| VP at WITI UTDallas \| Women Empowerment Advocate	Getting out of your comfort zone Being a woman in tech I understand how challenging it might seem at the beginning to pursue a career in tech space, I come from a small town in India and only thing that has helped me succeed is taking on challenges by getting out of my comfort zone. I would like to share my story with the young girls and women professionals who have been restricting themselves to get out there and follow their passion and interests. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Parul Gupta Student (Master of Science in Computer Science) at University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA	The (Un)Fair Machine Learning With the growing usage of machine learning and artificial intelligence in real lives, the need for incorporating mitigation of ethical and moral issues into Machine Learning models is rising at an alarming rate. We must develop tools to evaluate 'unfairness' in these models and help data scientists deal with them. By means of this talk, I want to spread the awareness of the biases that exist in machine learning - where they come from, how to evaluate them and various ways to mitigate them to make 'fair' and better real-life machine learning models. Did you… read more
Nikita Agarwal Student	Emergence of NLP for Finance This talk is an attempt to illustrate the journey of financial models and the impact of NLP on them. The work tries to show the evolution of both the financial models and the role played by NLP in those models by leveraging different financial textual sources. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Maria Paula Duque Chief Customer Experience at Avianca Holding	Defining a new corporate language based on women differential leadership skills In the post covid era women leadership stile and unique characteristics are going to become a critical approach to design a new way of working, collaborate, interact and redesign enterprises around the world. women leadership based on sorority, empathy, collaboration, would be critical to help companies to understand the new way of working and attracting talent. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ekaterina Stambolieva CEO at Nina Space	Tech Saves the World: a Space Tech case-study on fighting climate change I have seen a lot of work being done in the philanthropic / NGO sector, a lot of new advances being offered by technology - especially in emerging space tech, and a lot of talk on how humanity needs to save the environment and efforts on how to achieve the 2030 UN SDGs. There is still little intersection between these sectors, but it is there. I am here to share my experience with you that I collected over the last 5 years on how space tech projects protect the environment at scale and how a business can have a sustainable business model and be completely impact-driven to solve a… read more
Simran Yadav Data Analytics Masters student at Loyola University Chicago	Getting started with Data Science - Talking about how aspiring young women can get started in the field of Data Science - Share different sources and tips that will help women who are just starting their data science journey - Talking about my journey from being a humanities student to getting a Masters in Data Analytics. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Rachel Benyola Leadership Coach & Founder at Kova	Exceptional Product Design for Non-Technies Are you a non-technical professional looking to break into the tech scene? Do you have ideas for product design and innovation but lack confidence in bringing your concepts into reality? Rachel Benyola, a former therapist and psychology doctoral student dropout turned inventor & founder of Kova foldable helmets will show you how innovation can come from anywhere. Learn how this Forbes 30Under30 list maker designed a revolutionary patent pending safety helmet. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ngozi Bell Partner	The Perpetual Capacity for Relevant Leadership The power of uncertainty is its unfailing ability to create unanticipated change. This is where LEADERSHIP can come to thrive or be disrobed! This talk focuses the leader’s heart and mind regardless of sector to "the rudiments of the perpetual capacity for relevant leadership." In the transition from the Between-COVID (BC) era and the hope for an After-COVID (AC) era, complicated by the visible impact of racial politics and economics, how will the 4th economy fully emerge? What opportunities exist for you? Goals for this talk: 1-Define the tenets of the 4th Economy. 2-Explore the… read more
Abigail Geronimo Founder-CEO at Bycicle	Women TICs in the entreprises TensorFlow makes use of a graph framework. The graph gathers and describes all the series computations done during the training. In this talk about classified images with keras and Tensor flow to get label training. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Priya Mouli Director, Technology Risk Advisory at KPMG	Demystifying Cyber Risk Metrics and Reporting The presentation will cover the below areas : 1) Risk Appetite as a Foundation for Risk Metrics 2) The What, Why and How of Risk Metrics 3) Communicating Risk through Risk Reporting and Automation Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Velera Wilson Keynote Speaker; Director of Marketing at Positive ID	Confidence to Command Your Worth Today women are accomplishing more than ever – but for every woman advancing, many also struggle with believing in themselves despite having external success and possessing wildly ambitious goals. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Pinky Hajra Account Executive, South Region at Avanade	Digital Technology Transformation and Women Participation Beyond Digital Transformation Trends, Facts for 2020 and Beyond! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ketaki Vaidya Lead Software Engineer at Oracle	Build an Influential Brand at Work to Boost your Career The corporate world remains a mystery for many. Some view it as a race that they can never win. Others view it as a hustle that becomes a part of your life. How can we truly understand its power and bring our authentic self to work? In this talk, I share the strategies to elevate one's credibility at the workplace and inculcate a growth-oriented mindset to boost your career growth. These include the techniques of : - Building an influential personal brand at work - Building meaningful relationships and trust through networking - Communicating for… read more
Kesha Williams Principal Training Architect at A Cloud Guru	Machine Learning in the Cloud Are you curious about machine learning (ML) but don't know where to start? ML is a pervasive technology that is relevant to today's IT development, but transitioning your skillset to ML can be challenging. Cloud computing platforms democratize ML and put it in the hands of every developer. Attend this session to learn how to jumpstart your ML journey using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We'll explore machine learning concepts and see first-hand the steps to train and deploy a machine learning model, consume and process data, and generate real-time predictions. You'll walk… read more
Robin Rosenberg CEO at Live in Their World	Digital, Remote, Virtual Work: Rethinking "Workplace" From the Ground Up As we settle in the “remote and distributed” reality for the long haul, there are critical questions emerging - how might we foster team collaboration when you may not have the chance to meet your team in person? Ever. What does it mean to be a manager when you can no longer physically “supervise” the work or see the nuances of non-verbal communication among your team members? How can you deal with conflicts when there is no natural opportunity to work through the tensions once the zoom call ends? How can we create an environment where everyone feels they belong and feels included? Can you… read more
Afreen Aliya Software Developer at WealthSimple	Differential Privacy – What is it and why should I care? differential Privacy is a relatively new field and it has been used to analyze user data without having to violate an individuals privacy. The talk will cover these key points: – How and why it works – How to apply Differential Privacy to your data The attendees will walk away with an introduction to a new topic, it’s applications and benefits and how to apply it in their own systems if they are working with data. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alexandra Micu CEO at She is Mom	Power of Personal Branding The shortest definition of a personal brand is that your brand is your story as a person IN your business, as opposed to the story OF your business. What is your story? How do you tell the story in a marketable way while offering value to your audience? What you’re about and what you stand for as a person within a business entity are attributes that future customers seek when they’re looking for help. It’s important for you to be able to identify your story or even your savviest potential clients never will. If your clients are unclear about who you are, it’s easier than ever for them to find… read more
Felecia Hatcher Transformational Speaker/ Entrepreneur at Blerd Factory	Who gets to be an Innovator - Redefining D&I and who we think gets to be an innovator. Working in this new normal requires you to step into your Zone of Genius, to be mentally prepared to design the future, and develop new ways that foster collaboration, culture, creativity, and commitment to working on something much bigger than ourselves. In this session, you will learn how to find your north star, step boldly into your personal zone of genius to achieve peak performance, pivot your mindset, become more engaged and impact within the innovation economy, and recharge with the ability to take on the world. This also requires us to re-frame the story that we tell… read more
Colleen Tartow Director of Engineering at Starburst Data	Data, Diversity, and Culture: Building the Best Engineering Teams The secret is out - more diversity in leadership leads to more innovation, more revenue, and better products. This is particularly true in engineering, although harder to achieve in practice. Even those companies championed for inclusivity in engineering are still largely homogeneous at the leadership levels, and only a small fraction of technology leadership is female. In this talk I will present a concrete plan of action to help you reap the rewards of a more diverse engineering leadership team, based on 15+ years of my own research and experience. By embracing a wider… read more