Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Prashanthi Raman Vice President of Global Government Affairs at Cruise	Transforming The Transportation Status Quo with Self-Driving Vehicles Road fatalities are unacceptably high across the United States, and have gotten remarkably worse since the start of the pandemic in both rates of fatalities per mile and overall deaths. Transportation today is not as inclusive as it can and should be. For too long, people with disabilities have faced barriers to reliable, affordable, equitable transportation options. These worrying trends are compounded by the effects of harmful emissions from combustion-engine vehicles and truck traffic –– with transportation emissions being the single largest contributor to climate change. … read more
Prerna Mahajan Chief - Project Oversight and Technology Strategy at California Dept. of Social Services	Work with Purpose and Mindfulness This will help you to find the WHY behind what you do for work and also being mindful of your needs while giving your 100%. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Prerna Kaul Senior Technical Product Manager at Amazon	How to Lead in the Age of Superintelligence In an era where AI will work in tandem and at times supercede humans, this lightning talk will share a perspective on how product leaders can empower their employees, create psychological safety, and build products ethically. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Neethu Elizabeth Simon Senior Software Engineer at Intel Corporation	Unlock the Secrets to Enhancing your Personal Brand through Conference Speakership Similar to product branding, focusing on our individual brand value is very important to help us grow in our career. A personal brand is the unique combination of skills and experiences that makes us who we are. It’s what makes us unique, authentic and sets us apart from everyone else. In an era where people’s attention spans are getting shorter & shorter by the minute, the need to make an impression is more important than ever. Often times, women find it difficult to promote themselves & their work. Learn how speaker has unlocked the secrets to speaking at different conferences… read more
Diana Albarran Power Propulsion Element (PPE) Deputy Program Manager at Maxar	Cultivating Your Own Personal Board of Directors for Career Growth Mentorship, sponsorship and allyship are all vital elements of nurturing career environment, but it can be difficult to achieve the right balance between all three. Women tend to be over-mentored and under-sponsored, and far fewer have allies—even though it’s often the small steps through allyship that can really drive substantial shifts in a woman’s career. One of the best ways to address this gap is by cultivating a network of people—a personal Board of Directors—that can start off as mentors, evolve into allies and ultimately become sponsors. The Board can go beyond the traditional… read more
Arthi Chandran Divisional Vice President of Health Economics and Reimbursement	Healthcare Leaders: Leveraging Data, Emerging MedTech & Collaboration to Meet the Needs of Underserved Communities Healthcare products and medical technology are designed to diagnose, treat and support adherence to post-intervention care, ultimately changing the trajectory of one’s health and life experience. To increase affordability and accessibility, healthcare innovations must be backed by data to ensure products support every person. A cross-collaborative approach between clinical teams, researchers, regulatory and stakeholders is essential to satisfy and enhance patient outcomes. With over 15 years in the healthcare industry, Arthi Chandran designs pathways to success for patients… read more
Woodrie Burich Founder/CEO at The Integration Group	A Model To Set Boundaries: Energy + Choice = Power There is a lot of talk about overwhelm and burnout, and people keep missing the mark. We need to remind ourselves of the power we have to shift our situations – and realize the real impact that this shift can have on our personal and professional lives. I’ve been speaking and coaching in the stress management space for ten years, and the reality is that wellness programs aren’t working. Employees, managers and teams need to start addressing stress from a creativity drop perspective. They need to understand the impact this is having on their workloads and their performance – and from that lens… read more
Cindy Lin Product Management and Data Strategy Consultant at Cindy Lin Consulting	Modeling an Ethical Data Culture We rely on data to run all parts of our business: forecast growth, determine resourcing, improving product offerings, measure performance, and so much more. But do our coworkers and / or employees have the skills and tools to use that data, and as important, do they know how to use that data ethically? As women, we have likely experienced the impact of inequitable data systems and so we have a responsibility to model ethical data practices. This talk will cover what an ethical data culture consists of, how we model ethical data practices, and how being an ethical data user can also improve… read more
Meenakshi Jindal Staff Software Engineer at Netflix	Cost Effective Reliable and Scalable Services in Cloud Platform Cloud platforms provide us the flexibility to build scalable and reliable services with minimum infrastructure setup and management cost. Reliability term used in these offerings is actually very broad and includes most of the service level objectives. Depending on the business, services SLO (service level objectives) varies and defines the expected availability, security and performance. With flexible offerings of the cloud, initially we do not pay much attention to our SLOs and instead set up our services infrastructure using the best of the cloud offerings provided. Over time, this becomes… read more
Kelly C. Huang Executive/Leadership Coach at CoachKellyHuang.com/888	How to shatter the double-paned glass ceiling for Asian American women The glass ceiling for Asian American women is double-paned: One pane represents gender stereotypes and the other represents racial stereotypes. An Ascend study reported that while white women were also underrepresented at the highest levels, Asian women were the least likely to be executives, relative to their proportion of the workforce. Researchers wrote, “The ‘Asian effect’ is 3.7X greater than the ‘gender effect’ as a glass ceiling factor.” To better understand how Asian American women encounter the double-paned ceiling, we can examine the stereotypes and biases they… read more
Nancy Coblenz Vice President of Marketing at The ActOne Group	DEI&B and Digital Transformation in Tomorrow’s Workforce Technology will radically shape our future workforce, and if we implement it the right way, it will drive diverse and inclusive talent. Understanding how sustainable innovations like A.I., special computing, augmented and virtual reality, and robotics will transform the way we work is key to unlocking the potential of Web 3 and the next generation of workers. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Soni Jiandani Corporate Vice President at the AMD Networking Technology and Solutions Group	From stealth to acquisition: Lessons I learned as a female founder of nine successful tech startups Soni has built nine successful billion+ dollar product lines in her three decades in the tech industry, including Pensando Systems, which was acquired by AMD for nearly 2 billion dollars in 2022. Throughout her journey as a female entrepreneur in technology, Soni has gathered invaluable experience on how to scale a startup and strategically take it from stealth to acquisition. During her talk, Soni will share her knowledge based on relevant experiences and examples drawn from a long and illustrious career. She will speak to: -The importance of strategic partnerships between enterprises… read more
Frances Donegan-Ryan VP People, Culture & Community at Indicio	Don't get left behind! Inclusiveness strategies you can launch today. It is a mistake to lag behind your peers and competitors when it comes to building and implementing culture and employee relations practices and behaviors. Company culture affects all parts of your organization from the technology you build, the success of your customers, the happiness of your employees, and the people you attract. Without focus and dedication on building and maintaining it, data shows you’ll earn less profit, you’ll sign-on fewer customers, and you'll struggle to retain and hire top talent. Building a positive and welcoming company culture should be a… read more
Keely Cat-Wells Founder at C Talent at Whalar	How the creator economy is democratising employment for Disabled people “They call us the “chronically online,” those who “need to touch grass,” the people who need to “log off,” but for Disabled people, online spaces have been a lifeline in a world that seeks to erase and eradicate us. Even prior to the pandemic, platforms like Twitter helped us to feel less alone and gaslit by our experiences and allowed us to contextualize our experiences in a way that gave us peace.” - Imani Barbarin Disabled people have long faced barriers to employment, with a double unemployment rate compared to non-disabled people. The rise of the creator economy offers… read more
Daniela Barbosa General Manager, Blockchain and Identity, and Hyperledger Foundation Executive Director at Linux Foundation	Breaking the Internet: How open source, Web3 technologies can help level the playing field (and smash the tech patriarchy) Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos and, now, Elon Musk. These are the men at the center of the current Internet. Ironic given the network was very intentionally developed to survive and thrive as a distributed communications system. But, thanks to the evolution of web technologies, the data, and therefore the power, is largely centralized on a few key platforms. At first glance, that might seem okay. You can log in with a Facebook or Google account to sites around the world and go about your business without added effort. However, where the data goes, the money goes. And the influence… read more
Paula Reina FOUNDER & CEO at Audiochain & Proliphiq	Emerging Technologies for a Creator Economy Emerging technology for a Creator Ecosystem will shed light on blockchain technology and its peer-to-peer opportunities to increase direct to consumer strategies as well as enterprise level software and tools for this new and growing space. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Lisa Kostova CEO and Founder at CareerClimb® Co	Recession-proof Your Career - a Plan to Make Yourself Indispensable in a Tough Market It's easy to feel scared in this market, especially if it's your first time seeing mass layoffs in the news. Join us for a talk on how to stay focused on the prize and keep doing all the right actions that will make you indispensable and recession-proof your career. At this time, more than ever, especially if you're mid-career or senior, you'll need to think and act in a contrarian way to ensure you're not swept up by the layoff tide. For an even deeper dive into how to recession-proof your career, join my free live challenge at… read more
Becca Savino Organizational Health Consultant	Stop Having Crappy Meetings - You're Killing the Team Why does everyone hate meetings? Because most people do not run meetings effectively, which kills all productivity, innovation and the ability to get s*** done. I'm here to help you understand why your meetings suck and arm you with tools to combat the endless tyranny that is horrendous, soul sucking, and motivation crushing meetings. Together we can whip those meetings to be insanely productive, effective and dare I say it, FUN. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Belle Walker Founder and Lead Consultant at Belleview Consulting	From A Players to an A Team We all know that small organizations rely on independent rockstars who simply "make it happen" while larger organizations crumble without effective collaboration and communication but when does a company need to make that transition? How do you do it? I'll give you a hint: letting it happen "organically" rarely succeeds. Leaders must make a proactive decision to reshape their organization's operating model and shift from a collection of "A players" to a true A team. This talk is all about identifying when that transition is needed and… read more
JeanAnn Nichols Principal at Prismwork	Modern Leadership for the New World of Work With ongoing political unrest, technological disruption, global pandemic, the ‘great resignation,’ “bossism” and the rise of an increasingly diverse and multigenerational workforce, a new kind of leadership is required for success. Today’s leaders must shift from fostering hierarchical, product-focused, profit-driven, office-based cultures to creating democratic, people-focused, people-driven cultures that empower teams across a myriad of locations. Those who master Modern Leadership skills will thrive in the new environment and draw the best talent to their teams. This session is designed… read more