Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Onur Korucu Sr. GRC, Data Protection and Cyber Security Manager at Avanade	Digital Protectors of the New Era: Cyber Insurance Cyber insurance (also referred to as cyber risk or cyber liability insurance) is a form of cover designed to protect your business from threats in the digital age, such as data breaches or malicious cyber hacks on work computer systems. Cyber insurance helps to protect your business against a variety of digital risks by supporting financially if you experience a damaging network event such as a cyber-attack. Also known as cyber liability insurance, this commercial cover is designed to react quickly to malware attacks, hacking events and electronic data breaches by funding… read more
Teena Idnani Principal Engineer at Investec	Accelerate your API Led Digital Transformation with Azure API Management Service In this demo heavy talk, we will see how companies who are starting their Digital Transformation using API led integrations to centralise access to data, logic and value can make use of Azure PaaS Service – API Management Service. We will deep dive into benefits of using API Management Service and the core capabilities it provides for companies to publish their APIs to external and internal customers. We will also see a collection of useful patterns when building API Gateways with Azure API Management to create a robust facade in front of backend APIs and deploy one use case to Azure using… read more
Anna (Domashych) Leushchenko Senior Staff Mobile Engineer at Tide	Flutter: one framework to rule them all Since its first stable release in December 2018, Flutter concurred the hearts of thousands of software engineers. It brings a performant and beautiful user experience to all platforms possible: Android, iOS, web, Windows, macOS, Linux, and embedded devices. All from a single codebase. We'll talk about how exactly it is possible, what is the Flutter developer experience, and how to try it yourself. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Maha Alaoui Head of Solution Engineering MEA at Salesforce	How to challenge your cultural background in order to succeed as a Woman in leadership In this session, Maha will shed some light on how our cultural background, beliefs - (Cultural beliefs, religious beliefs, believes created by our societies ( Family and surroundings)) ... can impact our leadership career as a women Maha will walk you through her journey and share with you insights on how you can: * Turn your cultural background and patterns to your advantage * Actionable steps on how to shift your energy and mindset * Practical Tips to make you feel more confident and empowered * How to become more inclusive toward women… read more
Marissa Mocenigo Engineering Manager	Is Engineering Management Right for You? When choosing a development goal, becoming a manager might seem like the next natural step for advancement. However, it's not always a natural progression of the skills an engineer develops while working as an individual contributor. What can you expect when making this choice in your career? I will talk about my experience moving into a management role, what skills have been important in my journey, what questions I frequently hear from new managers, and what tools helped prepare me for success. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Joanne Eberhardt VP Marketing and Communicationsn at Everscale \| EverX \| ChessNFT \| FLEX	The year of the Gamers Economy P2E business model has taken the crypto industry by storm and analysts are estimating that the industry will explode by 100x over the next few years as it bleeds into mainstream culture. My talk will discuss the next gen gamer's economy, gameFi, and how gamification can lower the barriers to entry into the blockchain and crypto industries. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Katja Philipp Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services	Architecting for Sustainability in the cloud As more organizations align their business with sustainable practices, it is crucial to understand the impact of your IT resources. In this session, you will learn how you can use the cloud in your transformation to more sustainability. We'll take a look at the shared responsibility model for environmental sustainability and share best practices for architecting for sustainability. This session dives deep on architecture patterns that can help you make your infrastructure resource-efficient, and therefore more energy efficient, with a focus on user patterns, data and hardware patterns,… read more
Mariana de la Roche Wills Lead Project Manager at IOTA Foundation	Project Management for Social Impact Blockchain Projects There is great potential for blockchain and other DLTs in social impact. With distributed ledger technology, some of the most pressing challenges of our time can be addressed, including climate change, poverty, inequality, food waste, fraud, corruption, and other areas. Technologies have great potential to help us achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The Social Impact Group of INATBA produced a report published this year, which presents the challenges and opportunities faced by blockchain projects addressing the SDGs. Based on the results of the report the session… read more
Maria Svantemark CEO and Co-founder SustainLab at SustainLab Sweden AB	Data for Impact: How better data can lead to better business and a better planet According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2022, some of the world’s top risks for 2022 are unsurprisingly climate action failure, extreme weather conditions, biodiversity, and social cohesion erosion. At the state we are in, the cost of inaction far outweighs the cost of action having a positive impact. It’s time for businesses to move faster in the right direction. In this talk, Maria Svantemark, CEO and co-founder of SaaS sustainability management software SustainLab, will speak about data for impact: how better data can lead to better business, and a… read more
Clare Warburton UX Manager, DemoX at Pegasystems	Practical tips for inclusive design in your prototypes and demos A demo is key to any enterprise sales cycle. The demo is the starting point of your clients' relationship with your product, get it right from the beginning and it will surely improve the outcome. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Clare Warburton UX Manager, DemoX at Pegasystems	Practical tips for inclusive design in your prototypes and demos A demo is key to any enterprise sales cycle. The demo is the starting point of your clients' relationship with your product, get it right from the beginning and it will surely improve the outcome. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Oge Akinola CEO/ Health & Well-being Consultant at Bump n Chic	The Executive Woman: Embracing Motherhood in the C-Suite Being a mother is one of the most gratifying and demanding occupations in the world. As a result, moms have some of the most in-demand soft skills, such as leadership, problem-solving creativity, innovation, communication, active listening, time management, and emotional intelligence which are skills highly needed to succeed in the C-suite. Every mother I know, including myself with 4 children, has taken on projects like organizing house moves, turning unknown or new ingredients into delicious and healthy meals, managing varying schedules, meeting deadlines, managing other peoples’… read more
Ronke Babajide Founder & CEO at The Queen Bee Hive	Unlock the Secrets to a Successful Career in Tech Making a career in tech isn't just about what certifications you hold, how skilled you are in the field you've chosen, or how much effort you put into your daily work. In male-dominated fields like tech, it's about behaviors that men take for granted. To make sure you don't fall behind while your male colleagues climb the career ladder with ease, you need to understand the rules of the game. In this 20 minute session, I'll give you a quick overview of simple adjustments you can make to ensure your career path in tech is successful. Did you like… read more
Dorina Timbur Customer Success Manager at HashiCorp	Cloud Transformation through the HashiStack: a CSM's perspective You can expect a short presentation of HashiCorp (achieving IPO in December 2021), its recent growth and current career opportunities. I will briefly go through its portfolio of products (Terraform, Vault, Consul and more) and how they enable multi cloud transformation for teams of any size and any step of the journey they are at. Then, I will share my personal experience as a CSM working with customers and providing added value to their engagements with HashiCorp, touching upon the challenges of working with practitioners from DevSecOps teams, as well as management… read more
Dorina Timbur Customer Success Manager at HashiCorp	Cloud Transformation through the HashiStack: a CSM's perspective You can expect a short presentation of HashiCorp (achieving IPO in December 2021), its recent growth and current career opportunities. I will briefly go through its portfolio of products (Terraform, Vault, Consul and more) and how they enable multi cloud transformation for teams of any size and any step of the journey they are at. Then, I will share my personal experience as a CSM working with customers and providing added value to their engagements with HashiCorp, touching upon the challenges of working with practitioners from DevSecOps teams, as well as management… read more
Leonor Frias Engineering Team Lead	Building a team from a reorganisation My team was born as a split of an existing team, in the context of a reorganisation aimed at having an e2e ownership of domains. With many commitments, tight deadlines, small size and the shift to hybrid work, this is probably not a typical start for a team. In this session, we’ll discuss pressing issues that any team leader has in these situations: creating a new culture and way of working while having to manage highly important priorities, effectively onboarding new members, coordinating handovers and takeovers, planning shared out-of-office support, enabling cross-craft collaboration, and… read more
Amanda Obidike General Manager at The Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation	Women Setting the Pace in Technology Now more than ever, it has become important for women to be intentional and step forward, be more self-confident, and claim a seat at the table. Naturally, tables are not given to people, and most times, are merit-based. As young women, what can you do to earn this table? How can you increase your confidence at work and still be lovable, firm and assertive? Are you mentorable? These are key questions with answers that can demystify the confidence narrative for women at the workplace. The session will be very interactive because I… read more
Olga Kanishcheva NLP Engineer at CHI Software	Dialog Summarization: Business Cases and Features Dialogue summarization aims to extract the most important information from a dialogue into a shorter passage, which can help people quickly understand of a semistructured and multi-participant dialogue without reviewing the full вialogue context. Standard methods of summarization cannot always be used for this type of summation. However, this type of summarization has a very large application in business. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sarit Pinhas Senior Software Engineer	DynamoDB - Everything You Need To Know About Single Table Design DynamoDB is a serverless database with automatic scaling and maintenance by AWS. It is a fully-managed NoSQL key-value database. Although DynamoDB provides many great advantages, those advantages come at a cost. There is no native support in joining two tables during queries, and therefore data modeling may be less intuitive compared to relational databases. In this talk we will present DynamoDB advantages and usage using single table design pattern via a real case study. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Madhumalti Sharma Founder and President at Workshop4Me a.s.b.l.	Coding to impart the 4Cs of education - 21st Century skills The 21st Century skills that students must learn to be future-ready are the 4 Cs’ – creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication. Integrating these within every subject ensures that students exercise these skills, making them better prepared for the real-world. CODING is a great way to bring these into all subjects. Did you like this session? Share to vote.