Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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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.
Alexandra Levy Recruiter at Google \| Career Coach at Cognos Coaching	Managing Mixed Messages: The Internal Struggle Regardless of where we are in our careers, we all have times where we struggle with inner conflict. As women, we're told that we can have it all - but at what cost? We question our abilities, our motivations, our ambitions. We receive mixed messages all of the time. In this session, we will look at how our internalisation of these mixed messages can make us feel trapped and maybe not as happy as we could be. We will look at how we can manage these complex, messy conflicts within us to help us do the things that are truly most important to us. Did you like this session? Share to… read more
Lilian Mantilla Rey BI Manager at Moonfare GmbH	How to build and scale a BI environment at a fast-growing startup In today’s digital world, BI plays a key role in business decision-making. Enterprises are driven by data, or more precisely, by the information that is gleaned from it. Getting from raw data to consumable information requires integration, design, modelling, and architecting, among other work. It can be a lengthy and complex process, but there is a path. Frameworks and guidelines are the way forward. So, if you are eager to understand the entire implementation picture from data integration to analytics, this is the talk for you. I will walk you through my journey at Moonfare as the first… read more
Paola Cáceres Customer Success Manager at Userlane	Breaking Into Tech: Lessons from Customer Success We have seen that Customer Success specialist role is in high demand within the tech industry, making it a great starting point for a career in technology. I want to share my journey as a Customer Success Manager, lessons learned in the field, and what it's the actual meaning of being the voice of the customers and their trusted advisor. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Patricia Gestoso Inclusion Strategist & Founder at Patricia Gestoso Consulting	Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability: The good, the bad, and the ugly There is a growing effort towards exploring the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For example, AI has already been helped to enable circular business models, accelerate the scientific discovery of new materials and drugs, and reduce e-waste. It is also true that AI has a cost to the planet in terms of natural resources and CO2 emissions. Moreover, the exponential increase of AI applications has powered the rise of AI ethics, a field that studies the main ethical dilemmas and moral questions… read more
Amanda Whiteside Head of Worldwide Customer Optimization & Enablement at AWS	Building for scale - how to build a global organization from the ground up This talk is designed to help tech leaders learn the fundamentals and pitfalls of building and scaling a large global organization. During her 20min session, Amanda will share her experience in building large, diverse teams both from scratch as well as merging local established organizations to achieve global parity. Using real life examples, she will share how she overcame common challenges in defining a global vision, getting stakeholder buy in, requesting funding, hiring/developing, receiving pushback and inspiring diversity. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Adela Mehic-Dzanic Head of CSP Segment (currently on a maternity leave) at MAVOCO AG	My Network is my Google In my talk, I will touch upon the power of networking and how this life skill - that is unfortunately not (yet) thought at universities, or even high schools, has transformed my life, privately and professionally. I don't Google things, I ask my support circle, about anything and everything. From the best places to go out, to books to read, classes to visit, and jobs that circle around and that are not available at the job sites. I am a giver and believe that the power of the network is about the number of people we can introduce to one another, instead of… read more
Sue Parker Speaker, Podcaster & Data Leader at Sue Parker / Radius	How to grow your authentic, confident, killer personal brand & boost your career If you are looking to become the 'go to' expert. To boost your career kickstart a freelance career or new business then join this session. We will unlock the blockers to our own success. And walk through the powerful personal branding roadmap, to kickstart your new career or entrepreneurial journey. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Katia GIL GUZMAN Chief Technology Officer at Emera	From the Corporate to the Startup world Do you have this little voice in the back of your head that tells you that maybe you should try and build your own thing? But also this other voice, who reminds you that you cannot give up your comfortable situation to venture into the unknown? After all, you don't know the first thing about building a startup. But that shouldn't stop you. In this talk, we'll discuss what to expect when transitioning from the Corporate to the Startup world, and how the ways of working in those environments are completely different. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sen Kanner Junior Engineer at Klarna	How to give and receive feedback - tips & tricks Feedback is usually presented in a negative light, but this shouldn’t be the case. We all need feedback to learn and grow, and we shouldn’t be afraid of it. In my talk I will show you how important feedback can be, and how you can be better at giving and receiving feedback, regardless of the context. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Gail Rego Co-founder at Work Ally	LinkedIn for career success Social media has redefined the expectations for people on the job hunt. LinkedIn, especially, is widely used by recruiters and hiring managers to find the best candidates for open positions. The benefits of LinkedIn for job seekers allow them to find new opportunities, reach a new audience, and build their professional networks. In many career paths, you can no longer find a job simply by filling out applications and distributing resumes. Job seekers need to create an online presence that highlights their experience, abilities and connections. The benefits of LinkedIn for job… read more
Filipa Castro Data Scientist at Continental	Traditional Software vs Machine Learning Software Smart digital products, such as Alexa and autonomous cars, are taking over our lives. The development of such products, which are based on machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) features, brings new challenges to the table. In contrast to traditional software, the results of a ML model are not deterministic. Thus, managing expectations and setting clear requirements is key for the project kick-off. The expected performance of the ML models must be realistic and well defined. State of the art methods and human performance should be used as baselines. … read more
Ivett Ördög Founder at Lean Poker	What Transitioning From Male to Female Taught Me About Leadership In a Tech Environment Not many leaders transition late in their lives but Ivett did and it gave her a unique perspective on courage, humility, diversity and inclusion in the context of leadership. In this talk she will tell the story of her transition and along the way you will learn how you can become a better leader. She's been struggling with gender dysphoria (a debilitating sense of disconnect from the gender assigned to someone at birth) for decades, but it took her until not so long ago to realize what it was, and how it could be treated. Nothing has been the same since. Transitioning and… read more