Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

Tracks & Topics

Year

Session Recording Available

Yes

Session Area

Session	Speaker	Share to Vote
Farhat Siddiqui Engineering Leader, AI Research labs & Product Innovation at ETS	How to get a started and get ahead in AI & Data Science Are you interested in breaking in or moving ahead in the field of data science or machine learning? Come join me as I share tips from 20+ years in the tech field. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, data science is one of the fastest-growing careers in the country, projected to grow by more than 30% over the next decade. Data science has also topped LinkedIn’s Emerging Jobs Report for three years running, with the job title “Machine Intelligence Specialist” growing an incredible 74% over the past four years. Did you like this session? Share to vote.… read more
Sree Ratnasinghe Director, Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services	Panel: Transforming Organizational Skills and Culture in the Era of Cloud and AI This panel session is targeted at humans in mid to senior level leadership roles, who are charged with leading transformation, and growing and building organizational skills, all while rapidly delivering results. As the saying goes, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. How do you build a resilient culture and skills in your organization, that can grow, thrive and transform to keep up with the pace of change? These transformational leaders each have a history of growing empowered organizations that drive both entrepreneurial and enterprise transformation initiatives.… read more
Susanne Althoff Author at Launching While Female	How to Be a Better Ally for Women Entrepreneurs Women entrepreneurs face hurdles related to start-up capital, mentorship, bias, sexual harassment, and other factors. The result is a gender gap in entrepreneurship, resulting in fewer jobs, less innovation, and a weaker economy for all of us. Entrepreneurs can address some hurdles on their own, but they also need effective allies. Now is not the time for performative allyship that delivers no real results. Here are the tools to do better. This action plan is based on Susanne’s years spent interviewing 100+ women and nonbinary entrepreneurs for her new book LAUNCHING WHILE FEMALE: Smashing… read more
Maryna Burushkina Founder & CEO at Growth Channel	Startup Growth Marketing in 2021 Traditional marketing focuses on the top of the funnel, often with activities that drive short-term wins for acquisition. Growth marketing, on the other hand, requires you to focus on the full funnel. It's a data-driven approach to find innovative ways to drive user acquisition, keep customers engaged, retain them, and ultimately turn them into brand champions. The session will introduce the concept and show how to get started and apply growth marketing into your operations using technology. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sarah Aviram Remote Work Thought Leader \| Speaker \| Author at Sarah Aviram	The Six Ways to Unlock Your Why When remote workers identify their reasons for working, they can learn how to activate and manage six core motivators to their benefit. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Kim Trevisan Chief Information Officer at Oldcastle APG	You cant have it all Many women in their 40's face a sort of maliase as they grapple with living up to the promises their mother made them about being able to have it all. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sree Ratnasinghe Director, Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services	Want to reach your full potential? How to lead in Cloud and AI! #Leadershipgoals Every one is a natural leader to make a decision from what Ice cream to eat, which school to go or lead a strategic program to create exponential value to the firm. Even the Natural leaders need to learn how to harness and bring out the best, especially when you are in customer or partner facing role. During this session, the Presenters, who are experienced executives building and leading customer facing teams faced on Hybrid Cloud and AI, will focus on Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Gayatri Iyengar Sr Manager Engineering at Uber	"Life - Work” Harmony and Staying motivated through the pandemic So how do you plan your day? Do you wake up in the morning and do all your work and then spend the day at work looking forward to being at home and not working? We all have heard about work-life balance. This sounds like a great idea but it can also imply that we should dedicate at least half of our time to work–and sacrifice time for our “personal life”. To me, that seems… off balance. Because, the truth is, it’s nearly impossible to split your time equally between the two. And, you may end up stressing out if you’re not able to meet that expectation of balance. … read more
Sreyoshi Bhaduri Manager, Global People Research & Analytics at McGraw Hill at McGraw Hill	Lifelong (Un)Learning - Leveraging Data to Forge Ahead According to research by the UN Women, globally, women make only 77 cents for every dollar that men earn. Infact, research by the World economic Forum reveals that if the trends continue, it will take over 200 years to achieve pay parity. We often think that pay parity does not affect us. However, did you know that those who identified as women in computer programming typically earn only 72 cents for every dollar that male programmers make? This was a study published by CNN money that looked at salary within the U.S., for those individuals whose job titles were that of… read more
Jyotsna Manikantan Lead Product Manager, Global Products & Technology at ADP	Designing a Happy Career & Working Happy Career growth in a pandemic? Extraordinary times also present extraordinary opportunities and with a growth mindset and adaptive perspective, we can grow and thrive. Now more than ever, it is important for women to pursue their career as we emerge from the pandemic. Let’s get into the driver’s seat with your Wildly Important Goal (W.I.G.) and press the gas pedal toward your dream destination. We’ll examine the benefits of building tenure and explore lateral moves, stretch assignments, learning on the job, gaining new experiences, building your professional brand and investing in your present… read more
Vijeta Pai Creator and Writer at Cloud Demystified	The Power of Creativity to Demystify Cloud Technologies Have you ever wondered what Cloud Computing is all about? What services do Cloud Providers offer and why there's such a buzz around adopting Cloud technologies? As businesses navigate through an increasing reliance on evolving technologies, it has become predominantly essential to make them accessible to people from different educational and cultural backgrounds. This session presents an overview of Cloud Technologies and their role in the new evolving world; analyzing the interplay between two distinct genres of creative storytelling and technical writing, and examining… read more
Heloisa Carbone Software Engineer at Nubank	The advantages of functional programming with Clojure Have you ever thought about the concept of functional programming? A process of building software avoiding everything that could be a problem in the future, such as shared state, mutable data and side effects, only by composing pure math functions. I had never put a thought in that until I discovered the enlightening and overwhelming way of programming of Clojure. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Caroline Hubbard Product Manager at Better.com	How To Build Thoughtful In-App Experiences That Meet Your Users Where They Are This session will take you through the process of understanding who your end users are, and identifying the User needs your product is uniquely positioned to serve. We will discuss how to gather User data and insights, generate and prioritize hypotheses, and translate those hypotheses into features that add value to the holistic member journey. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Suheil Walker Tech Talent Leader at Anthem	Making money moves Identifying how much should someone make is always challenging but knowing your market value is key. In my career 99% of women do not negotiate and I always wonder why. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Natoshia Anderson VP, Training & Implementation at Woz Ed	You Can Manage Your Boss You and the boss have a prickly relationship. You and she/he can't seem to get on the same page. In this session, I'll give 5 good step towards improving the relationship with your boss AND I'll give you 3 secrets that every boss wishes their employees knew. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Amber Snyder Founder at AGLife LLC	Blue Amber Wellness Are you directly or indirectly impacted by mental health challenges or want to be an ally for someone who is? This session offers strategies and insight for well-being and mental health. I will also discuss the UN Sustainability goal three. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Veena Ramaswamy Senior Data Analyst at Digitas, Founder of Beyoutifully Empower	The Evolution & Importance of Women in Leadership Will be talking about how women have had struggles with imposter syndrome in life and in the workplace and tips of mine on how to overcome and reach your full potential to become a strong women leader. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tawish Naqvi Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft	Accessibility 101 The power of the web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. ---Tim berners-lee, w3c director and inventor of the world wide web Accessibility has been a W3C standard and in the past few years the push for diversity and inclusion has rightfully reignited the discussion on our view of accessibility. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Karen Carey Digital Efficiency Consultant at Structure Over Chaos, LLC	SOS: Systems of Success There are 5 systems all businesses need to succeed. Implementing business systems and automating repetitive processes allows business owners to reclaim time and scale their business consistently. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jenny Cones Senior Sales Recruiter at Procore	You have not because you ask not - a recruiter's guide to salary negotiation Carnegie Mellon's study found that only 7 percent of female MBA graduates had attempted to negotiate their starting salary, compared with 57 percent of their male counterparts. Women leave thousands of salary dollars on the negotiation table every year and I want to give ladies the power to get the raises and offers they deserve. Did you like this session? Share to vote.