Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Jennifer Glenski AI and Machine Learning Practice Lead at IntelliDyne	Advancing Medical Research with Natural Language Processing AI has often been used to optimize business processes or automate household activities. Looking forward, the AI industry is seeing a growing interest in using AI for good, to tackle global issues and make the world a better place. Join Jennifer Glenski, a recognized leader in AI, in exploring an exciting real-world application of AI in medical research, with a look to the future. The speaker will share her own experiences and lessons learned from leading an AI project applying Natural Language Processing (NLP) to help advance medical research at the national level. Agenda:… read more
Preethi Natajaran Entrepreneur & Experienced Product Leader at CSE at Microsoft	Making Your Network Work Whether you are established in your career or just starting out, learning the value of networking and relationship building is vital. Changes and reorgs happen, so starting with a healthy mindset around networking can make transitions easier. In this talk, Preethi will share her tips and tricks for networking, as both an entrepreneur and as established Program Manager in Microsoft. She will cover how she handles forming relationships from scratch as well as managing professional relationships in her team, and share her recipe for developing influence. Did you like this session?… read more
Isha Shah Senior Data Scientist at TikTok	Career Path for Data Science - How to be a Data Scientist? In this workshop, we would like to talk about career paths for data science that includes - what is the role of Data Scientists?, Value of Data Science for a Business, Data Science Career Prospects, Skills required to be a Data Scientist and resources/projects for people starting their journey in Data Science. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Saranya Babu Chief Marketing Officer at Cloudinary	Lessons Learned from an Engineer turned CMO Before becoming the Chief Marketing Officer at Cloudinary – the media experience cloud company that top brands rely on to create the most engaging visual experiences – Saranya Babu first started her career as a software engineer. As an engineer, Saranya wanted to understand what was driving business decisions in the products she was building, so she made the shift from product development to marketing. She learned what it takes to bring products to market which helped jumpstart her career to lead marketing teams at high-growth enterprise tech firms like NetApp, Dell Technologies, BDNA,… read more
Catalina Herrera Principal Solutions Engineer at Dataiku	The Power of Collaboration Within the Data Science Pipeline Every organization is going to have to figure out how to bring together teams of people with many different skill sets (data scientists, analysts, data engineers, executive business users) and learn how to build a culture to respect those differences if the company is to truly extract all the value out of its data. During this talk I will highlight some of the key things you must consider when developing a data strategy, explaining key concepts like Responsible AI, AI Governance, and technology resilience through practical examples and life experience. Did you like… read more
Cydni Tetro CEO at Brandless	Why a Blue Sky Mindset Matters For women working toward the C-Suite in the Tech Industry, developing a Blue Sky Mindset is the empowering force that will help you realize possibilities, add value, reframe set backs, and move beyond any barriers that are limiting your ability to move forward. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Devayani Pawar Data Scientist	Art of finding your first job in tech There is nothing more overwhelming than looking for your first job in tech and simultaneously trying to manage your life as a student in a foreign country in the middle of a pandemic. I say it's an art because you have to figure out your style and strokes to recognize how to keep yourself on track while being under the immense stress of finding a job. I met some incredible "artists" aka mentors on my way who taught me certain tools and techniques to ace my job process ( FYI, I started from absolute scratch - no connections, no extraordinary credentials). I strive to give back… read more
Christine Phan Technology Policy Fellow at The Greenlining Institute	Algorithmic Greenlining: The Case for Race Aware Algorithms With the advent of algorithms being used to make decisions at all levels of society, definitions and explorations into algorithmic bias have deepened in the past decade. Algorithms, artificial intelligence have been used to make automated decisions in major outcomes including employment, credit and lending, housing healthcare and more. However, despite popular belief, algorithms can still create and perpetuate long-standing biases and harms against groups of people, including those with protected class status such as race and gender. This impact on protected classes on… read more
Tatyana Mamut SVP, New Products at Pendo	Leading innovation through product-led-growth In this Ted Talk style presentation, Tatyana will discuss the process she uses to get to product market fit, her approach to customer feedback, and how to build teams and advocate for resources for new product innovation. Tatyana can also discuss how she built a career around leading innovation inside established companies. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Taylor Short Job Reset Coach at Harmonious Return	Secret Burnout... are you suffering from it? We have all heard of the term burnout. In fact, it may have been the word for 2021. But have you heard of secret burnout? As a Job Reset Coach, Taylor is seeing this phenomenon run throughout most of the women she works with. They do it all - in their careers, their homes, their communities - but they are silently burning out. In this talk, learn more about this quiet threat to your career and mental health, how to identify if you have it, and what to do from there. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Brooke Taylor Transformational Career Coach for Conscious Corporate Women at Brooke Taylor Coaching & Consulting	The Conscious Success Secret: How to Create A Truly Successful Career from the Inside Out Ambitious women in tech all want one thing: Career satisfaction and success. Yet so many women in tech find themselves stuck in patterns of seeking external validation, playing politics, and cycles of low confidence despite all of the 'success' they might have on paper. This talk is for the conscious, corporate woman who wants to get un-stuck and actually feel successful in her career and life. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ana-Maria Istrate Research Scientist at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation	Using transformer models for your own NLP task - building an NLP model End To End Transformer models have revolutionized the NLP field and are currently state-of-the art on a variety of tasks, such as named entity recognition, language inference or question answering. With new, more performant models being continuously developed (BERT, RoBERTa, AlBERT, ELECTRA, ERNIE, etc), these models are ubiquitous in virtually all domains that make use of natural language processing. So how can you apply these models on your own task? In this talk, we will go over the process of using state-of-the-art transformer models for your own NLP task. We will discuss the entire… read more
Ana-Maria Istrate Research Scientist at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation	Using transformer models for your own NLP task - building an NLP model End To End Transformer models have revolutionized the NLP field and are currently state-of-the art on a variety of tasks, such as named entity recognition, language inference or question answering. With new, more performant models being continuously developed (BERT, RoBERTa, AlBERT, ELECTRA, ERNIE, etc), these models are ubiquitous in virtually all domains that make use of natural language processing. So how can you apply these models on your own task? In this talk, we will go over the process of using state-of-the-art transformer models for your own NLP task. We will discuss the entire… read more
Jossie Haines VP of Software Engineering at Tile	DEI-logue: Moving Beyond the Checkbox as an Engineering Leader DE&I has been the buzzword for the last several years. Many companies across the globe have DE&I heads and initiatives. But more often than not, DE&I initiatives end up with checking the basic checkboxes. How do you, as a non-HR leader, lead with DE&I principles. How does one incorporate DE&I DNA into the heart and soul of a company. Beyond the company culture, how does one, as a leader, show up, and embody the values of DE&I. As an R&D leader, how do you make sure that the product you are building is equitable? Join Jossie Haines, VP of Software Engineering at… read more
Madeline Carson Engineering Director at MetaLab Design	How to become a successful leader of engineers In this talk I will discuss: - How to make the career progression from engineer to engineering leadership - Key responsibilities of successful engineering leadership - The traits and skills of an effective leader that you can learn and perform while being your authentic self. - What good engineering leadership means - what you can give to your project, stakeholders, and team. - Reflections on my own journey and learnings from individual contributor software developer to leading teams to leading departments. Did you like this session? Share… read more
Claire Hough Chief Technology Officer at Carbon Health	Leveraging Data and Technology to Bring Efficiency to Healthcare In the ever-changing technology industry, it has become increasingly clear one sector in particular is falling behind in adopting the latest advancements - healthcare. Today, the healthcare experience for both providers and patients is laborious - from providers spending hours filling out forms in outdated systems and patching various third party software, to patients losing time on the phone to make appointments and filling out their information numerous times on paperwork. The healthcare stack needs re-engineering to automate many of the tasks physicians lose time on, ultimately losing time… read more
Poonam Garg Vice President at U.S Bancorp	Change Management - Decoding leadership skills & styles for driving digital transformation In the rapidly changing world, organizations need to do things differently to be successful. As per my work experience, organizations are often hooked up in hiring change leaders instead of building middle managers as influential leaders. To be an effective leader, the individual must have many strengths such as communication skills, motivation, etc. A leader should have more qualities such as social skills, team player, coach, etc. To influence own people & follow him, be good a team player, and guide in achieving goals that tie to change management strategy. From my… read more
Anna Scott Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer at Project Canary	Why quality data holds the key to solving our energy crisis We’re living in the golden age of what’s been coined as the measurement economy. But when it comes to climate change, there’s a significant lack of data. This lack of real-time data has far-rippling repercussions, and we cannot measure or eliminate environmental impact without high-fidelity data that helps operators and leaders make actual informed decisions. Simply put: you can’t improve upon what you can’t measure. Data is king, and we can use it to hold companies and governments accountable. Anna can unwrap the complicated challenges of data in the energy sector, talk about the new… read more
Nilima Achwal Founder at The Female Founders Lab	Pitch Like a Goddess - how pre-seed founders with a vision for humanity can defy the stats, and magnetize millions If you've been building your venture for a little while, chances are, you are feeling tired, under-resourced, and pretty lonely. Worst of all, you're scared to dip your toe into raising the necessary "first round" $500k-$2m for your venture. The reason you're scared has nothing to do with the quality of your vision or venture. It's because you have not yet mastered how to "pitch like a goddess" - to anchor deeply into your highest vision for humanity, and then communicate it with authority and clarity to invite others to join you.… read more
Kara Kennedy Digital Skills Trainer	Harnessing the power of automation to streamline your workflows and save time Looking to tap into the benefits of automation? We’ll go over the basics of Microsoft’s easy-to-use Power Automate software so you can begin automating the repetitive tasks and processes in your work or home life. Automation saves you time by streamlining your workflows and frees you up to focus on other things. For instance, instead of having to sort through all of your emails for that attachment you need, you can have all attachments automatically sent to an easily searchable folder. Or rather than have every employee call or email you to approve a request, you can set up a process so you… read more