Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

Tracks & Topics

Year

Session Recording Available

Yes

Session Area

Session	Speaker	Share to Vote
Nikita Gupta Founder at FAANGPath	Resume and LinkedIn Building Workshop Debunk most common myths about resume building Learn about the resume shortlisting process Get the elements of a successful resume Dos and Donts for building your resume Before and After samples of successful resume transformations Q and A session with the speakers from the USA Learn how to work with the FAANGPath team for further support Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Candace Giesbrecht Director, Remote Performance Academy at Teamit	Horizon-Setting: A 3-step approach to leading yourself & others in times of change “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where–” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. ~Alice in Wonderland Navigating where we're going, who we're going with and identifying the best path to get there can be stressful and hard. In this practical, insightful session, Candace will provide you with a 3-step process to choose which horizon to focus on and how to stay true to your values in getting there.… read more
Jinjin Zhao Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon	The interdisciplinary nature (mystery) of human learning and how technologies (supernatural powers) can help understand & improve how humans learn Learning is happening every day and second. Understanding how humans learn & improving the way we learn is essential to everyone. I’d like to introduce the novel ML/DS technologies I’ve been working on (8 papers published across conferences) in the past 1.5 years, and how those technologies can integrate well with learning science & cognitive sciences theories / practices to help us discover the mystery of human learning and help us improve the way humans learn. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jinjin Zhao Senoir Applied Scientist at Amazon	A Five-step Thought Process for Self-discovery: From Chemical Engineering to AI Education Science Career and self discovery is a lifelong subject for everyone. Underneath that is the ultimate self-discovery. Self-discovery is a process during which we practice 1. defining who we are, 2. knowing what we want, 3. figuring out ways to achieve goals, and 4. developing the skill set to quickly learn and find solutions. Since it is a process of practices and experiences, young people may not have that crystal understanding of who they are, where they are headed for, and how to get the desired status from the current. This session aims to introduce a practical five-step thought… read more
Alexandria Agresta Chief Purpose Pioneer/Founder at Purpose Pioneers	The Wrecking Ball: How Purpose Ignites Unstoppable Growth in the New Normal Growing a business in the post-2020 era is no easy feat. Our reality changed in an instant. Beneath the rubble of chaos, business leaders are left with one important question to answer, "How do we lead our team, serve our customers and grow ourselves in this new normal?" In this talk, Alexandria shares the key to thriving as a business in the new normal, and it starts with purpose. Purpose is the ultimate ceiling breaker that empowers an organization to cultivate a team that is fully bought into your mission even during uncertain times, transforms you into a leader… read more
Kelly Huang Leadership Coach and Digital Marketing Adjunct at UCSD Extension	Powering Up and Powering Down: How to think about Leadership Levers for women While there are many TedTalks and books advising women to "Power Up" or to "Lean In," but did you know that it is also important to "Power Down"? In my talk, "Powering Up and Powering Down: Dial Up and/or Dial Down with These Four Leadership Levers" I will cover the 4 leadership paradoxes/levers that allow female leaders to effectively Power Up as well as Power Down: Lever 1: Authoritative yet participative Lever 2: Advocating for themselves yet serving others Lever 3: Demanding yet caring Lever 4: Maintaining… read more
Preethi Baskaran Software Engineer at Uber	API Design and Architecture Best practices and guiding light for API design in microservices. In this session you will learn how to design REST APIs to be easy to understand for anyone consuming them, future-proof, secure and fast! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sher Downing CEO at Downing EdTech Consulting	From Sweatpants to CEO: How to rethink YOU for the future The pandemic taught us two things: 1) it's imperative to understand technology and 2) your skills are valued in ways you hadn't even imagined. Perhaps you decided to freelance during the quarantine; or you worked from home but dreamed of being remote and taking on new challenges daily. So as we return to a 'new normal' what's next for you? We'll discuss how to analyze your recent situation, current outlook, and talk about the endless possibilities for what's next in your career. This session can apply to mid-career professionals or those with advanced skills… read more
Kaiann Fu 5G Signal Processing Engineering Manager at Intel	Building Effective Mentorship Programs This session presents strategies for building effective mentorship programs that can be applied at multiple levels, from mentoring colleagues at the team level, to building programs across the organization, to inspiring the next generation of engineers through outreach. Mentoring programs are valuable tools for promoting inclusion and career development, particularly for women and other underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Leveraging learnings from existing mentoring initiatives at Intel, we will highlight key elements important for creating productive and fulfilling mentorship programs… read more
Krishna Subramanian Co-Founder & COO at Komprise	The Cloud Gold Rush: How Businesses Manage Data in a Cloud-First World Cloud is increasingly seen as a key IT strategy for businesses, as over 90% of enterprises are shifting to a multi-cloud strategy according to a study by The 451 Group. Not only are businesses adopting the cloud more, they are also increasing their use of cloud resources by shifting from a “cloud transformation” strategy to a “cloud first” strategy where any new resources are added first in the cloud, not in a data center. How will core enterprise workloads, particularly their large unstructured data sets, move to the cloud? This talk examines the impact of a cloud-first strategy and the… read more
Carrie Freeman Co- Chief Executive Officer at SecondMuse	How Building More Inclusive Communities Creates Opportunities for Impact Carrie Freeman will talk through her experience at SecondMuse where she is leading the company in important work that advocates for and advances women in and through technology. She can speak to various examples of progress in this regard, such as the GET Cities program with Pivotal Ventures. This program is building a more inclusive future in tech, aligning local tech and entrepreneurial ecosystems to support both short and long-term change. In addition to this, Carrie will be able to speak about how SecondMuse has been able to help entrepreneurs build innovations that serve women and… read more
Vivian Chan Global Head of Digital Sales at NexTech AR Solutions	How is XR going to change the way we interact? XR footprint expands beyond Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed reality — encompassing a constellation of technologies which includes smart eyewear, game engines, natural language processing, non-fungible tokens, and haptics. Together these emerging technologies create a new digitally mediated reality that will be pervasive in both B2C and B2B applications in media and entertainment, CPG, education, and medical, as well as the way we convene on mass via events or experiences. In this session, you will learn about: • The difference uses and applications… read more
Nadia Ho CEO at DaMon Education	Advancing in your career during and after a professional break In my speech, I will discuss career breaks, including their causes, consequences, and possible solutions for career advancement after long professional breaks. Women are more susceptible than men to taking long career breaks for childcare, eldercare, relocation, and other reasons. I will mention the issue that over a hundred thousand of female foreigners living in the USA are facing each year: due to their visa dependency on their spouses and the lack of a work permit, they cannot get remunerated jobs in the USA despite having advanced degrees in many cases. I will provide examples and ideas… read more
Ashima Sharma Group lead, Product Strategy	Don't navigate your career alone, get yourself a mentor Everyone tells you to get a mentor in you career, but no one tells you why or how to find one. I will walk through: the research that proves why having a mentor and sponsor is so important in one's career, the steps to find a mentor, and how to overcome the limiting belief that we need to do everything on our own. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Anisha Sekar Chief Product Officer at MoneyHash	Automating Your Finances: Stop Wasting Time and Start Saving Money Most financial advice asks you to do more: budget more, have more willpower, pay more attention more often. But this advice isn't just impractical for most people, it's counterproductive. Today, we'll talk about how to save money by doing less. We'll take a systems approach to your money, providing frameworks for understanding your finances and techniques to make smart money moves automatic. We'll also discuss how to protect your hard-earned money from fees. By the end of this session, you'll know how to allocate your money between cash, savings… read more
Chaitra Vedullapalli Co-founder and President at Women in Cloud	Digital Economic Development led by Women using Cloud and AI technology Let me paint the current landscape that we believe is going to constitute to global crisis for women in the upcoming years as a direct impact of the current pandemic: Lack of Representation: 30 years ago, the computing women workforce was 36% and in 2019, that number has fallen to 27%. This has created a gap of 8M women in the tech workforce while every business on the planet is becoming a digital business driven by a pandemic. Lack of supplier diversity allocation: Today, only 3% of corporate procurement dollars and 5% of federal contracts are going to women-… read more
Candice Quadros Director of Productivity and Program Management at Roku	So you want to be a Technical Program Manager? Technical Program Management (TPM) is a booming career option for many entry-level, mid-level and executive level professionals. Now more than ever TPMs are in high demand across the tech industry. This session is intended for professionals wishing to move into TPM. Key Takeaways: 1. Build an understanding of the "TPM toolbox". 2. Create an actionable plan to switch to TPM. 3. Successfully jump start your TPM career Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alice Jacobs CEO at Convergence Group	The Coming Transformation of Engagement “Engagement” is top of mind for leaders in organizations across industries. From customer engagement to employment engagement to partner engagement, student engagement and patient engagement, organizations see the need for better, more predictable engagement as the key to their ongoing success and growth. Unfortunately, true engagement – in the sense of meaningful interactions between organizations and those they serve that lead to deeper relationships and better outcomes – is increasingly difficult to pull off. The number of engagement channels continues to proliferate. We… read more
Serena Oduro Technology Equity Fellow at The Greenlining Institute	AI Needs Black Feminism: Principles and Questions to Guide AI Development and Policy “AI Needs Black Feminism: Principles and Questions to Guide AI Development and Policy” will introduce the audience to why Black Feminism provides the theoretical foundations to thwart algorithmic oppression. I will present my poetic guide forthcoming from Meatspace Press, “Do we need AI or do we need Black Feminisms? A Poetic Guide” that provides questions that can guide not only developers, academics, and policymakers interested in algorithmic equity, but all creating or influencing technology who want to ensure that their work is not furthering racial inequality. Did you like this… read more
Adonica Shaw Founder at Wingwomen	Shatter Your Own Glass Ceiling: Break the Wellness Habits that Are Holding You (And Your Career) Back Most women know self-care and wellness are integral to long term success in life and business. But what they most likely don’t know (or won’t admit), is the fact that they are the largest factor for why they haven't achieved the level of success they seek in their lives. Understanding their role in personal self-care as well as their behavioral patterns of these different personality types can be the missing element in shattering habits that hold us back. This talk from Adonica Shaw on the eight self-care personality styles and how to leverage them in life and business, will… read more