Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Sonia Hunt Health & Wellness Futurist, Chief Marketing Officer, #1 Best-Selling Author, TEDx (w/1M+ views)	Designing a Well-being Playbook to Thrive in Life We are all on a unique journey to be our best and live our best lives. The past few years have taken a toll on our whole-body and has validated that we no longer have separate work and play lives, we just have one life. In that life, we’ve become stressed to the max trying to balance family, relationships, social lives, happiness, finances, relevancy, and fulfillment, alongside demanding careers. That balance is rooted in our ability to be healthy and well, which unfortunately, has taken a big hit. Today, we’re more stressed, anxiety ridden and physically… read more
Monique Montanino Tech Executive Career Coach at Resume Tech Guru	Becoming a Tech Executive Recruiter Click Magnet Have you ever wondered what tech executive recruiters seek in candidates for director, general manager, and CXO roles? This discussion provides insight into building and optimizing your professional personal brand to become a recruiter click magnet. What does your team or boss say about you when you are not in the room? That, my friend, describes your personal brand. It doubles as the key to your superpower for career moves within the tech industry. In this workshop, Monique Montanino will highlight industry research, share tech executive client stories of female… read more
Dr Neryl East Credibility expert at Neryl East Communications Pty Limited	The Keys to Building Trust Under Pressure Changed work environments mean many people are feeling disengaged and tired of change; perhaps caught in an endless cycle of virtual meetings. Turnover is at an all-time high. Leaders and teams are crumbling under the extra pressure. Now, more than ever, women leaders in technology need outstanding skills as credible and influential communicators. Poor communication is crippling organizations and hindering careers. Across every sector including IT, shrinking confidence is holding women leaders back from performing at their best, especially when the pressure is on… read more
Kelly Gonzalez Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Employee Experience	Assessing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in your Next Career Move Many companies say they value diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this session, you will learn how to evaluate if a company you are interviewing with is genuine and has put actions in their commitment to DEI. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Reedhima Mandlik Technical Program Manager, Cybersecurity at Slalom Consulting	The Rise of Deepfakes What do you do when you can no longer trust your eyes and ears? How did deepfakes come to be, what are they, and what can we do to stop them before they influence us beyond repair? This presentation takes a deep dive into the technology behind deepfakes (“deep learning” and “fake”), which are media that take a person in an existing image or video and replace them with someone else's likeness using artificial neural networks. We will look into the history of deepfakes, how they are made, and how they are being used now in social media and society as a whole. Did you like this… read more
Yuying Chen-Wynn Managing Director CPO/AI Strategy at Wittingly Ventures	AI Productization - Lessons Learned Lessons learned building AI products from my years working in EdTech and profiling AI companies and startups across multiple industries, including generative AI products. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Rupal Shirpurkar Business Head (Cloud BU- APAC) at Click2Cloud Inc.	Technology Entrepreneurship as a New Social Economy for Women Technology has revolutionized the world today, and entrepreneurs are coming up with innovative ideas for their start-ups that have the involvement of technology. Technology has not only made life easier, but it has accelerated it as well. Many tasks are easily accomplished in minutes without a lot of fuss. An important aspect of technology is the ability to use and understand tools, crafts, organizational methods, and systems to solve certain problems or provide certain services. Entrepreneurship, like technology, has added a new dimension to human life. Every form of employment… read more
Joy Ebertz Principal Software Engineer at Split	Feature Flag Use Cases You Haven't Heard About Yet Feature flags are gaining a lot of traction and many of us are familiar with using them to roll out new features. However, there's a lot more that they can do. In this talk, I will very briefly revisit some of their standard use-cases. Then we'll talk through a number of the more creative use-cases that we've used them to solve. Come learn how you can leverage feature flags to help remove dead code, test the parity of new code, evaluate the cost of a new technology, and more. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Krithika Chandramouli Software Engineer at Meta	Code Like an Engineer, Think Like a PM If you are an engineer who is looking to grow to the next level, this will be of interest to you. In this talk I will guide the audience through a suite of skills to build in order to not only operate as an engineer, but also take into consideration the product you are working on just like a PM would. The audience will learn how to efficiently identify both engineering and product opportunities. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Krithika Chandramouli Software Engineer at Meta	Demystifying Code Reviews Code reviews can be daunting, and aren’t talked about much. In this talk, I will start by talking about why entry level and mid level engineers are afraid of code reviews. I will then explore some best practices that can help engineers get started with code reviews. I will finally cover what it takes to be an expert code reviewer, and someone who can contribute in a large way with their code reviews. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Elise Smith Co-founder and CEO at Praxis Labs	How to Make Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion a Reality With Virtual Reality Combining the power of immersive learning experiences with a research-backed curriculum, every employee can show up as a conscious and inclusive leader. Using a newly developed VR tool, companies can now gauge ongoing results utilizing a dashboard that shows aggregated data on employees' progress and engagement. The overall goal? To make society more equitable by advancing workplace inclusion and belonging. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Shelli Brunswick Chief Operating Officer and Forbes Technology Council Contributor at Space Foundation	Global Transformational Leadership (GTL) Shelli Brunswick brings a broad perspective and deep vision of the global space ecosystem — from a distinguished career as a space acquisition and program management leader and congressional liaison for the U.S. Air Force to her current role overseeing Space Foundation's three primary divisions: Symposium 365, Center for Innovation and Education, and Global Alliance. Advocating for space technology innovation, entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion, Shelli collaborates with organizations around the world to connect commercial, government and educational sectors in the… read more
Christina Tasooji Founder at Conscious Feminine Leadership	Flow State: Unlocking Professional Potential Through Menstrual Cycle Awareness Flow State is a workshop designed to help female professionals manage stress and optimize productivity using a natural biohacking method: Menstrual Cycle Awareness. This methodology helps people harness all four phases of their cycle to optimize hormonal advantage, manage stress, unlock professional potential and prevent burnout. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Morvareed Salehpour Managing Attorney at Salehpour Legal	Key Legal Issues in Digital Health Discussing business issues and challenges of healthcare technology firms, including sharing some tips on negotiating and drafting contracts in this new and complex digital health environment. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Hannah Austin CEO/Founder at SheShatters LLC	How to Burn Bright Without Burning Out Are you feeling the burn or reaching the end of your fuse? Are you ready to let your inner light shine through? Tech professionals all over the world are struggling with fatigue and exhaustion - but it doesn’t have to be this way. Organizational Wellness Coach and Facilitator Hannah Austin is here to help you create a life that restores your most precious resources - your energy, time, and passion for the things that truly light you up. This powerful session will provide actionable key takeaways to help you find your way back to you, and to move forward with more focus, enthusiasm, and… read more
Raji Rajagopalan Partner Director of Engineering	Daring to be Different Do you want to break barriers as a minority in tech? Do you want to learn from someone who went from being a misfit to a global leader? Do you want to hear some real talk on how you can do it? Then join Raji Rajagopalan for her talk where she will share the top skills that helped her thrive in a 20-year career in tech. She will explore the insights from her book "Daring to be Different: Stories and Tips from a Woman Leader in Tech" and draw on her lessons from her own unique career journey. This talk will help you learn how to adapt and excel in… read more
Morgan Bell Product Manager at Google	Personal Branding 101: What is a personal brand and how do I build one? Much like companies, every individual has their own 'brand'. Your brand is defined by your actions, beliefs, and passions. However, and if you don't invest in defining and exemplifying your personal brand, others will do it for you. So, come learn about what it takes to build an authentic personal brand and the steps you can take to get started sharing yours! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Meagan Pollock Founder at Engineer Inclusion	How to Intentionally Engineer Inclusion™ and Belonging Belonging and being valued are fundamental human needs. Each of us can facilitate structural belonging for those around us, which is imperative to create cultures, schools, teams, and organizations that drive equitable outcomes for historically marginalized and minoritized people. To Intentionally Engineer Inclusion™ and belonging, we can learn and employ practical strategies that enhance performance, collaboration, attendance, reduce turnover and cultivate every employee’s well-being and success. This talk examines a four-part, iterative, reflective, and reflexive framework for developing… read more
Ruchi Goyal Director of Engineering at Nike	Communication Might Be The Most Advanced Technology Yet We as technologists constantly strive to provide ideas for the most advanced technology that solves solutions, but what we might be missing is that communication of those ideas might be the most advanced technology yet. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Shalini Sardana Co-founder at She Raises Capital Inc.	Angel Investing for C-Suite Women - How to Build Legacy and Generational Wealth Female founders start businesses at the similar rate as men yet 50% drop off in early stages due to lack of access capital. In 2022, women received less than 2% of all VC funding. In addition, only 12% of all decision makers in VC funds are women. This has a cascading effect: 1. The world is missing out on solutions to problems that often disproportionately affect women like reproductive health. 2. Due to lack of representation on investor seats, such solutions are not considered worthy of investment and get passed over. Women with power and money, like… read more