Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Alison McNamara Senior Innovation Consultant at Pass Consulting	Persistence, Hard-work and Dedication will keep you going What keeps us in technology when our environment is not as fulfilling as we would have hoped? Why stay in an industry that can be harsh and you can be ill-treated? Or is there a way to 'fit' in the industry through persistence, hard-work and dedication? Would increasing the education you receive bolster your career for the future and ensure you remain in an industry that may be asking you to leave? Can we all stay in programming for the long-term or do we all need to go to management in the end? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Eugenia Planas Head of Digital Services at Bank of England	What Happens After Lockdown? Preparing For a Hybrid Working Model Post Covid-19 Covid-19 accelerated tenfold the Bank of England’s adoption of collaboration technologies, remote working practices and our focus on virtual team productivity. In the space of a few weeks, we transformed our ways of working and strengthened our technology to enable our workforce (5,500+ strong) to effectively operate even our most mission critical systems from home. As for so many organisations, this change has had a profound impact on the way the Bank interacts and collaborates today. In this session we will explore the key elements that made this a successful transition, and discuss the… read more
Lucia Stoicescu CO-CEO at mindit.io	Caring as the new business currency Which lenses do you use when looking at partnerships - be them with your dear ones, acquaintances, colleagues, employees, or customers? What about the customers of your customers? Can their focal point be care? Can this shift of perspective have a positive impact on strengthening all partnerships from one year to another? Is care the new business currency? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Rickie Zayee Senior Product Manager at Global Savings Group	How to effectively position your product Positioning is the act of deliberately defining how you are the best at something that a defined market cares a lot about. If we fail at product positioning, we fail at marketing and sales. If we fail at marketing and sales then the entire business fails. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Aistė Miškūnienė Director of Engineering at Vinted	How to be a tech leader without a beard Getting deeper into how cultural background has shaped expectations for women’s behavior at work and is it in line with the expectations for a good leader? What are the challenges when standing out from the male-heavy tech leadership group and how to change that? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ieva Kuniejūtė Talent Acquisition Team Lead at Vinted	How the new normal is shaping the future of talent? Changing jobs, careers or industries is never an easy choice, especially during a pandemic. As we entered a new way of working era, the game rules for talent acquisition have changed too. And to play it better than others, first, you have to learn the rules of the game. Let's find out what are the things for candidates to pay attention to in order to win this game. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alina Kovalenko Sr. Software Engineer at Uber	It’s a Match Hop on my racing car and we will drive through the 4 stages of my career journey. I started as a freelance engineer, moved to work for a big IT company, raced through the people management opportunities and finished as a software engineer at Uber. I will share some of the key learning on this journey and tell you why I am now seems to be a match, so I love it that I swiped right! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Nadia Znachko Global Head of Quality Assurance at Luxoft DXC Technology Company	How to Succeed in Diverse Cultures, Geographies and Communities In her talk, Nadia Znachko will cover a variety of subjects regarding leadership and cultural differences, and challenges of career development in a global company. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Marnie McCormack Head of User Interface Strategy & Engineering	Data Modernization: Decoupling code from data As software engineering teams look to deliver scalable microservice architectures built atop modern data solutions, we must find effective ways to decouple our software from the implementation details of how our data is stored. This talk will cover the different patterns than can be used to deliver scalable solutions, designing for the problem(s) you have and talk about common mistakes with RESTful APIs data distribution with some examples of what not to do thrown in! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tatiana Zheltomirska CMO at Innovecs	Is switching between industries a risky career strategy? I will be building conversation around agility, versatility, breadth of knowledge and skills that one gets switching between industries. But not only industries also the agency side and client side. Startup and corporate experience allow building different perspectives that are impossible without switching. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Hristina Nedkova Senior Engineering Manager at Paysafe	Transform your teams to effective engineering community A team is a group of people who work together to achieve a shared goal. Despite where in the org chart they are or what technologies they use, they are trying to achieve something and be successful. In this talk, Hristina will cover the realities of shipping code for a mobile app. She will walk you through stories of Skrill’s releases, process and infrastructure challenges that she and her teams figured out how to overcome to enable the mobile engineers be more productive, ship more regularly and, last but not least, dream for the apps’ future growth. And how their journey… read more
Jitka Steinmetz Managing Director Germany at DXC Luxoft	Going beyond engaging women in Computer Sciences in higher education In the past decades, the focus was on engaging (inspiring, encouraging) women in Computer Science. However, changing attitudes is not enough. Women tend to learn, frame and problem solve differently. Different learning styles and female mentoring in higher education is critical to enable women to make Computer Science their own. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Top Chef Yuka Top Chef Instructor at ChefPassport SàRL	Teriyaki Lunch Menu with ChefPassport CHICKEN / TOFU TERIYAKI MENU - Serving 2 INGREDIENTS: 1-1.5 cups uncooked rice (approx 150g - 225g) For Chicken Teriyaki: 300 grams skin-on boneless chicken thighs 1/4 tsp salt 4 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp Mirin/brown sugar 2 tbsp sake Spring Onion for 2-3 stalks Optional grated ginger For Tofu Teriyaki 300 grams firm tofu 1/4 tsp salt 4 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp Mirin/brown sugar 2 tbsp sake Any mushrooms (one packet depending on the type, please note that mushrooms… read more
Svetlana Stankovic Director SEO at Global Savings Group	Career in SEO: a road less obvious when starting in digital marketing How to kickstart your career in SEO and discover the beauty in cross-functional technical marketing world. What should be your first steps, how to gather experience and professionalize your knowledge and skills to become and SEO rockstar. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tayana Bellis VP Client Services at Egress Software Technologies	Myth Busting: Challenging stereotypes and grasping opportunities As women in tech, the stereotypes put upon us – and particularly those we accept, internalise and resign ourselves to can become the mantras of our whole careers. From “not being technically minded enough” to being “unable to cope with the demands of the job”, our gender and ethnicities can dictate the positions we apply for and hold, and how far we’ll climb. Join Tayana Bellis for this presentation, in which she’ll debunk some of the common myths believed about women in tech (and that we sometimes believe about ourselves!), and provide practical strategies for how to overcome these… read more
Michelle Coombs Director at The Tech Leader Network	The Unconscious Use of Hands and How They Add or Detract From Your Message Have you ever watched a video/presentation with the sound off and you think it is a standup comedy you are watching as people's arms are waving around, and then you turn the sound on to find out that actually, it is something quite serious? Or ever wondered why you don't get the outcome you expect to get when you are presenting? It might not be the words that are the problem. It's estimated that 7% of communication is through words, 38% is the tone of voice and 55% is body language. So, as over half of the communication is picked up through body… read more
Patrice Caire Consulting scientist, writer and Ethical-AI advocate	Does Artificial Intelligence (AI) Support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is deployed everywhere—from smartphones to search engines—raising ethical questions particularly concerning women and minorities. However, governments and companies have been slow to address AI biases and discriminations. In this talk, I focus on the question whether AI supports diversity, equity, and inclusion. Using daily life use cases and examples, I illustrate the significance of the input data while training models. Then I stress the importance to recognize, understand and remove biases in this input. All along, I present recommendations like… read more
Patrice Caire Consulting scientist, writer and Ethical-AI advocate	Does Artificial Intelligence (AI) Support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is deployed everywhere—from smartphones to search engines—raising ethical questions particularly concerning women and minorities. However, governments and companies have been slow to address AI biases and discriminations. In this talk, I focus on the question whether AI supports diversity, equity, and inclusion. Using daily life use cases and examples, I illustrate the significance of the input data while training models. Then I stress the importance to recognize, understand and remove biases in this input. All along, I present recommendations like… read more
Emma Donery Software Engineer at OpalQuick Limited	How To Design and build scalable APIs and Why it Matters APIs are the core mechanism for Decoupling front ends from back ends and for decomposing monolithic infrastructures into composable enterprises. APIs enable teams to focus on their core value proposition while allowing customers to achieve bigger goals by connecting to data and functionality with tools they prefer to use. But to deliver on these myriad benefits and objectives, teams must design APIs with scale in mind. APIs that are built without scale as a consideration will suffer from poor usability, have limited availability, are open to security issues, and more. Hence, there is need to… read more
Elena Cureva Chief Financial Officer \| FinTech professional	Digital transformation in financial services provider to create impact and icrease financial inclusion in less developed countries • Digital transformation - a necessity for sustainable growth and improve the access to financial services. • Opportunities and Threats arose from digital transformation • Discussion on Technology implementation and expected progress. • Discussion on potential risks (financial, operational, material risks) Did you like this session? Share to vote.