Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Peculiar C Umeh An Android Developer\|Open-Source Lover\|Technical Writer	Basics of Android Jetpack Navigation Components Jetpack navigation library was created to provide a better user experience with navigation. However, most developers do not know how to harness the full power of the library. This session is here to help you get a deeper understanding of the library and what it offers. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Irene Fialka CEO at INiTS	The Future is Made by (Female) Tech-Entrepreneurs It is important to create environments that are inviting to female tech-founders and women in tech, in general, for us as societies as well as economies. You will hear ebout the state of female founders building R&D-based businesses and how female entrepreneurs can leverage the fact that they are underrepresented in the startup ecosystems across the globe. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Kay Fabella DEI & Remote Team Expert at Kay Fabella Consulting	Breaking Boxes and Biases: From Identity to Inclusion We've been talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in companies for 50 years, but the conversation isn’t keeping up with how quickly the world is changing. So isn't it about time we updated the conversation for our modern world? In this talk, Kay Fabella shares why our approach to DEI needs to adapt for the future of work — and why we need to reframe our definitions of diversity in ways that resonate with tomorrow's teams. Kay will challenge us to rethink our ideas of identity through her multi-hyphenate approach to… read more
Katie Hoolahan Managing Director/Research Manager at Virtually Healthy	Gamified virtual reality for physical and mental health Low engagement in regular exercise is a major problem in the health and fitness industries. I will talk about gamification and how virtual reality is the perfect tool to apply it for increasing engagement in exercise as well as how it can improve mental and physical health holistically. I will also discuss the research that we are conducting to bring gamified VR into the health and fitness industries. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Priya Gandhi Global Head of Quality & Automation at Hogarth WW	Breaking the myths on Artificial Intelligence The first step to get into emerging technology is to bust the myths, simplify all the jargons around it and to create an awareness of what Artificial Intelligence is and what it's not. This session is for anyone who would like to know what is AI, ML and DL and how best to apply these technologies in realtime to bring sustainable automation. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Salma Elbarmawi Founder & CEO at Zelus PR & Marketing	When to Persevere & When to Quit: From Defeated to Founder People talk a lot about taking risks, but often times when we feel defeated, devalued or demotivated it's challenging to make progress. That, coupled with the doubts and fears projected onto you by others can be paralyzing. Learn practical steps you can take, small developments that can help you progress and how to take BIG risks when you're completely risk averse like I once was). Plus I'll go over the core fundamentals of getting your first customer as a first time founder. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Katherine Byam Founder & CEO of Dieple - Digitally Enabling People at Dieple Consulting & Training Limited	Career Evolution in an ERA of continuous disruption Your career evolution is an ongoing innovation and design challenge. Here are the keys to leveraging your greatest modes of performance. Designing your personal playbook takes habitual practices that generate opportunity, growth and replicability. Learn how to create pathways for your future resilience and success. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Omolola Salako Digital Oncologist at Oncopadi Tech LTD and College of Medicine, UNILAG	Demystifying cancer care in Africa In 2021, millions of people will be diagnosed with cancer. In Africa, more than 60% will be diagnosed at a late stage. Imagine if we could reverse this trend, add more healthy years, and empower cancer patients and caregivers on their cancer journey. Using Medtech we will explore digital cancer care and a new model of medicine that can democratize cancer care for good in Africa. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sarit Pinhas Senior Software Engineer at Duda	Serving TensorFlow models with Kubernetes The rapid growth of using machine learning for modeling and prediction raises the need for monitored pipeline for serving ML models. In this walk, you will get a better understanding about best practices for building and architecting TensorFlow models' serving pipeline, and the various production aspects of building this pipeline including deploying the serving application on Kubernetes and monitoring performance, response time and health. I will also demonstrate the advantages of using this architecture - easily managing the models' versions and improved work between… read more
Elinor Honigstein Partnership Manager at UK Israel Tech Hub	Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship- unpacked Within the tech industry and beyond, Social impact is gaining in currency. Investors and entrepreneurs are eager to show that they are broadly a force for good and can help in solving the UN sustainability goals of equality of Good Health, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Clean Energy and more. They aim to demonstrate that profit is not their only objective. Responsible investment (ESG) and impact investing are on the rise and the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion. But despite this growing interest,… read more
Amanda Obidike Founder and Strategy Lead at STEMi Makers Africa	Future-focused Options and technology hacks to be self-reliant Looking at the technology growth and world trends over the past decade, we can clearly see the massive progress we have made in terms of new technology and its applications in our everyday lives as well as in business/ organizations. This proposed topic is to prepare the audience to see how they can leverage and apply future technology inventions in their business, academics and community. We will be looking at some hacks and future technology predictions they can harness to be self-reliant, innovative and problem solvers. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sofia Michili Service Designer	Unhooked - How to spot and reverse addictive technologies Big Tech has become part of our daily lives, making us give our attention and energy while sometimes ignoring our own goals or becoming depressed on the way. How did these technologies become so addictive? It's not by accident, but by design. Addictive technologies know exactly what triggers us and have mastered the art of behavior change and influence while using the ease of technology to access our attention all day long. Both as designers and as individuals, we have the responsibility to understand the mechanics of these technologies and be transparent when we use them. This talk will… read more
Agne Nainyte Digital Transformation Consultant at Schuberg Philis	How a watermelon got stuck in a ‘millennial crisis’ In 2019 I was faced with what I call “millennial crisis”. This was the time when I realized that an imaginary perfect life (i.e. graduate from a prestigious university, get a good job, connect with cool friends and don’t ever have to worry about what you wish to buy) didn’t work for me anymore. So I quitted my corporate job at Maersk and went to rural Uganda to volunteer with women. I strongly believed that working in an NGO would naturally bring me my purpose. Unfortunately that didn’t happen so easily… but it did taught me a lot! During my talk I share with my personal insights and… read more
Nicole van der Hoeven Developer Advocate (Performance Testing) at k6.io	The Convergence of Code and Speech Programming code and human speech are often seen as being positioned at different ends of the spectrum. At one end, code is terse, strictly logical, and limited. On the other end, speech is unbounded and often verbose. However, the gap between the two is narrowing. Programming languages are becoming more and more abstracted, and writing tools are becoming more and more action-oriented. How can we prepare for a future where coding and writing are the same thing? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Darien Maples Managing Director at Girls in Tech Dallas	Finding your place in Tech Sharing my journey through tech with no tech background. Showing the growth in the community through volunteering and using your network. Empowering women all over to try the tech space and learn more. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Anna Sroka IT Service Manager at Oerlikon	Leadership with Empathy Empathy means being able to understand the needs of others. Empathy cultivates better communicator. It times of crisis Emphatic Leader is the Best Leader. My speach will be about how empathetic teams managed in the covid era and how to be an empathetic leader. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alina Kornienko COO, co-founder at Quppy	Financial Digitalization and Disruption in post-COVID world Fintech development is inseparable from remote presence and localization in all industrial and economic spheres. Working for a better living of every customer, enabling hyper personalized banking and financial experience, fintech field will continue boosting demand for expertise in software development, especially in Big data. Thus, fintech would create both directly and indirectly higher tech expertise and workplaces which is one of the top priorities in post-pandemic and post-crisis world. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Precious Kolawole Data Scientist/ Machine Learning Engineer at Lendsqr	Explain Machine Learning as to a kid Machine Learning programs today can learn to identify objects in images, videos, translate between languages, even master arcade and board games. In some cases, like DeepMind’s AlphaGo program, the AI even exceeds top humans at the task at hand! However, Machine Learning and AI are nothing more than buzz words. Let's learn it here together in its simplest form. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Precious Kolawole Data Scientist/ Machine Learning Engineer at Lendsqr	Explain Machine Learning as to a kid Machine Learning programs today can learn to identify objects in images, videos, translate between languages, even master arcade and board games. In some cases, like DeepMind’s AlphaGo program, the AI even exceeds top humans at the task at hand! However, Machine Learning and AI are nothing more than buzz words. Let's learn it here together in its simplest form. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Cristina Baldi Blockchain Manager and Trainer at Blockchain Era	The blockchain: the new trustless paradigm outside and inside the business value What is blockchain? Why is blockchain important in the supply chain? How does it allow the company to gain a competitive advantage on the market? What are the steps for the introduction of blockchain in the company? Transparent and immutable records, cost reductions, interoperable data creation, digital agreement management and value sharing are the traits that characterize blockchain technology. The aim of the webinar is to highlight the most significant features of the technology defined as the new internet, the methods for its implementation and the opportunities offered by the market for… read more