Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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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
Jordan Hod Entrepreneur, Founder of MindTech Guru	The Future of Mental Health: Can Technology Help Us Become Happier? “Mental health is more than the absence of mental disorder” - The World Health Organization. The world of mental wellbeing has changed dramatically over the past decade and gained tremendous momentum during COVID-19. As demand grew, so did the market, with more than 1.5 billion dollars invested in 2020 in teletherapy alone. Many new mental health apps were released into the market, reaching a new record of >10K mental health apps available in 2021. What does the future hold for our mental wellbeing? Can tech help remove the barriers and stigma… read more
Madhu Thorat Software Architect at IBM	Containerized clustered filesystems for new-age business applications in Cloud Today large business applications with heavy information workload can run in the public cloud for various products and services. These applications need to be scalable to be able to grow and shrink based on business needs. They also need to be robust and have high availability. To meet these requirements enterprises are adopting application modernization by containerizing applications rapidly and deploying them in a clustered environment. But containers are stateless by design as they need to be scalable and easily maintainable. But since stateful applications are containerized… read more
Natalia Gabrea Executive Coach, Leadership Consulting and Training at Natalia Gabrea Ventures	Create Your Radical Energy Recovery Protocol - Optimize Your Energy, End Burnout, and Transform Your Leadership and Impact When it comes to C-suite leadership positions it is hardly a newsflash that women face a number of challenges including work/life balance, workplace flexibility, social isolation, extreme stress, and burnout. A 2021 McKinsey & Co and Lean In study on Women in the Workplace found that women are now - almost two years into the pandemic - significantly more burned out, and increasingly more so than men. While there is no shortage of corporate wellness and wellbeing programs, women in the C-suite who are mothers need a new way to reframe their wellbeing by looking at ways to optimize their… read more
Dipanwita Das CEO & Co-Founder at Sorcero	How to build transparent AI to enable more equitable products Artificial intelligence and deep learning technologies have the potential of large-scale, positive change and are already revolutionizing entire industries. However, they aren’t without controversy. In a recent survey by FICO and Corinium of 100 AI-focused leaders from across the globe, almost 70% could not explain how specific AI model decisions or predictions are made, and only 35% said their organization made an effort to use AI in a way that was transparent and accountable. Ethics and AI have become a central conversation in the tech industry, driven by the lack of… read more
Dipanwita Das CEO & Co-Founder at Sorcero	How to build transparent AI to enable more equitable products Artificial intelligence and deep learning technologies have the potential of large-scale, positive change and are already revolutionizing entire industries. However, they aren’t without controversy. In a recent survey by FICO and Corinium of 100 AI-focused leaders from across the globe, almost 70% could not explain how specific AI model decisions or predictions are made, and only 35% said their organization made an effort to use AI in a way that was transparent and accountable. Ethics and AI have become a central conversation in the tech industry, driven by the lack of… read more
Kelly Huang Former Co-chair Boardroom Ready at Women in Bio	Do the Right Thing - Board Diversity in Tech Our rules of law are not keeping up with reality for women. Even though California has become the first state to have 30% female representation in the boardrooms of publicly traded companies since the passing of SB826 3 years ago, as of May 2022, this law has just been overturned. Regardless of the debate over board quotas, getting more women onto boards has been proven to allow for better decision making, demographic representation as well as risk reduction. Did you like this session? Share to vote.