Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Jill Zeret Entrepreneur Software Engineer	Your True Identity In A Tech World We fight so hard to claim a place in our tech community, we are so eager to feel welcome and being recognized that we forget the ultimate goal that will ever exist... to craft our own identity in a tech world. And here is where you'll find out why it is so important to put yourself first and how you can craft a tech project on your own that will carry your essence and heart. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Susi Burke Chief Impact Officer, Strategic Advisor for Startups at Phin	Escape Room Your Way to Your Perfect Career Searching for that perfect job, one where you are motivated and passionate, is like finding your way out of an escape room. You need to use the right clues to solve the puzzle. If you do this with a team to help you, you will solve it even faster. In this escape room challenge, you will learn how to find the right clues and construct a team that will lead you to solve this career puzzle. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Lana Schwartzman Chief Compliance Officer at Dapper Labs	Panel Discussion: Making it to C-Suite as a Woman in Crypto The climb to C-Suite as a Woman in Crypto - panel discussion with senior tech leaders: The panelists will discuss: - How the challenges women leaders face in crypto are different to traditional finance when coming through the ranks and at the c-suite - How crypto firms culture is impacted by the type & level of risk taking and the influence of women - Share a call to action needed in crypto organisations, from board & c-suite down, and individual women as well Did you like this session? Share to vote.
LIJI THOMAS Technical Manager	Apply AI with Zero machine learning expertise With cloud AI services and tools, now every developer can leverage AI to create innovative applications that solve complex problems. Learn how to create the next generation of intelligent applications using Azure AI. You’ll be able to build apps on your terms- using the tools and frameworks of your choice and deploy your AI models anywhere. You can leverage prebuilt models or build custom models with code-first or code-free experiences. This session will introduce the Azure AI services to help you bring capabilities like speech, vision, language, decision, and search to your applications, no… read more
Suzette Johnson NG Fellow, Lean-Agile at Northrop Grumman	Industrial DevOps for Cyber-Physical Solutions Agile and DevOps practices continue to challenge the status quo and improve mission and business outcomes. Over the years we have seen how these practices have worked well in software and now we are learning how to scale these principles and practices across large, complex communications and cyber-physical systems composed of hardware, firmware, and software. We refer to this new way of thinking and set of principles as Industrial DevOps. Industrial DevOps offers the ability to adapt to changing needs, reduce cycle time for delivery, increase value for money, and leverage innovations. For… read more
Bhuva Subram North America Regional Head at Women in AI	Financial Inclusion & Women Entrepreneurship Women's Financial Inclusion - why it matters? Closing the gender gap in financial inclusion is likely to create multiple positive effects on growth of women-led businesses and household income, including micro-finance revolution and macro-economic advancements. Providing diverse women worldwide with affordable digital tools to advance financial wellness, pursue entrepreneurship and raise capital is critical to both impact communities and empower innovation. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Akhilesh Sharma Founder at SheforceWIT - A Global WIT Initiative	The Future of the Salesforce Economy Pandemic has re-defined the future and trends of emerging technologies and Cloud Computing is one of the key focus areas of today's world. Salesforce - A Cloud Computing Solution has disrupted the Cloud Computing domain through its various Solution Offerings. IDC estimates, By 2026, Salesforce Economy will generate 9.3 million jobs and 1.6 Trillion in New Business Revenues. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Samira Khorshidi Research assistant	Adversarial attacks and defense mechanisms against deep point processes Adversarial attacks and defense mechanisms against deep point processes are a matter of trustworthy ai and machine learning. In this research, accuracy, cybersecurity, and trust come together. More recently, neural network-based approaches to modeling point processes have received attention from the research community. These methods attempt to learn non-parametrically key components of point processes and their intensity to capture real event patterns better than parametric models. However, deep learning approaches run the risk of overparameterizing models and overfitting noisy real-world… read more
Mona Champaneri Managing Director, Experience & Product Service Line at Kin + Carta	Value of Exceptional Digital Experiences On any given day, an individual interacts with a digital experience at least 400 times a day. Whether you are customers are engaging with a brand through it’s a digital experience or you are an employee interacting with a product to get the job done. Your digital experience is the driver to fulfillment on multiple levels. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Nia Asemota Software Engineer at NASA	Leading with Latinidad As a society, I sometimes think that we don't often acknowledge the psychological strength and resiliency it takes for a woman of color to succeed in spaces that are predominantly filled with men. As one of the few Afro-Latina’s at my university studying both Computer Science and Biomolecular Science, I have a variety of stories to tell about being one of only a handful of racially and gender diverse students in a room at any given time. At its core, my talk will highlight the story of breakthrough, resiliency, and personal advancement as I venture into my early career. Did you… read more
Carnellia Ajasin Founder & CEO at MIND KATALYST, LLC	Product Validation Bootcamp Product Validation Bootcamp is an introductory workshop where entrepreneurs and aspiring founders will learn how to validate and test their product ideas before they spend money, time, or energy in production. Perfect for aspiring or seasoned entrepreneurs with big ideas and getting their product out to market. Product Coaching is great for anyone stuck on: - Finding product-market fit - Scaling processes for growth - Establishing a coaching/mentoring culture Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Kristen Carbone Founder and CEO at Brilliantly	From Curator to Tech Founder, A Mission Driven Mid-Career Switch I'll share about how my personal experience as a caregiver for my dying mother and subsequent decision to have a preventative mastectomy ultimately led me to leave my career in the arts to commercialize a tech product to help women in the breast cancer community. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Amanda Hughes Founder & Managing Director at Clearest Blue, LLC	Navigating Complexities of OmniChannel Communications So, your Customer Service team has developed a strategic plan to create an exceptional customer experience. They recognize the importance of unifying data across all forms of communication including voice, email, chat, SMS, social platforms, and mobile devices. Now they’re ready to explore potential Contact Center upgrades and/or replacements that will better support their vision to create a seamless brand experience. In this session, we'll unlock 5 key strategies that will lead your organization to a highly successful deployment. Each component will be covered in-depth so… read more
Dr. Kyla L. Tennin Chair of Board, President, & Global CEO at LADY MIRAGE GLOBAL, INC. (parent holding corporation)	Women's Empowerment via Entrepreneurship: The 3-Step Game Plan To Smart Financing and Digital Strategy To empower attendees and then with professional stories, strategies, and resources on how to progress, launch businesses, overcome challenges, and drive career growth and companies forward, including DURING COVID-19 pandemic. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Gianna Scorsone General Manager and Head of North America at Aircall	Counter to the Great Resignation? Being Real with Your Team. If the pandemic era has taught us anything, it is that it pays to be adaptable. The workforce is continually evolving, meaning that the role of leaders will also need to adapt to engage and convince people to work together to achieve common goals. The only way to effectively invite authenticity for employees at all levels is to model it as a leader, Aircall’s General Manager and Head of North America, Gianna Scorsone, argues. How can leaders create an open path for employees to feel heard and valued, empowered to bring their whole-self to work, and provide meaningful contributions, while… read more
Frances West Founder, FrancesWest&Co, Former IBM Chief Accessibility Officer	Taking It Personally: Leveraging Strength from Your Ethnicity, Your Culture to Lead Authentically In this timely talk, Frances speaks about why bringing your whole life to work strengthens your inner compass and helps manage the challenges of adversity and the disruption of the unknown, based on her personal journey as a trailblazing woman in tech from non-English speaking Asian immigrant to the C-suite at IBM. She covers how to lead as woman in times of change or crisis. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alina Vandenberghe Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer at Chili Piper	Examples By Action: How I Enacted Gender Pay Equity in My Tech Company As a female entrepreneur and programmer who grew up in communist Romania, Chili Piper’s CXO Alina Vandenberghe has overcome her share of discrimination in tech. Now at the helm of two successful B2B companies, Alina and her cofounder husband are aggressively enacting change and setting an example by action, including closing a 17% gender pay gap. Externally, they emerged as one of the largest funders of women-run communities in SaaS, including the premier sponsor for Women in Sales, SheSells, Women Sales Pros. Alina will share practical ways we can all pin the needle toward DEI in tech.… read more
Natalie Egan Founder & CEO at Translator, Inc.	How Tech Can Spark Conversations for Change (Empathy + Tech = Change) As an openly trans woman with decades of experience in the corporate tech space, Natalie has a unique vantage point when it comes to merging the human-centric importance of diversity, equity, & inclusion with the analytical needs of businesses. Our identities, challenges, traumas, privileges, and everything else that makes us who we are, don't leave us when we walk through the door of our workplace. Rather than hiding the most human parts of ourselves, it's time to create work environments that not only respect the individualities of their employees but actively seek to… read more
Kelley Kage CIO, Surety Technology at Liberty Mutual Insurance	How YOU can influence change and drive equity in your organization Are you wondering how you can make a change at your company, in society, and in the world? Not sure where to start? Or you have an idea but don't know how to scale it? Kelley Kage is going to share her story about following her passion of helping others and how she was able to drive significant organizational change with focus on equity, and how she has expanded that work nationally and globally. She will share actionable tips and tricks that you can use to do the same. Creating equity and driving change, especially in tech, is up to all of us. Did you like this session? Share… read more
Amy Forando Computer Engineer at UL LLC	Exponential Earth Day - an inclusive initiative to return to our roots, build bridges between old & new, and maximize the impact of individual action This talk is your invitation to use technology for good. Exponential Earth Day is an experiment designed to challenge us to work with each other rather than work around each other. In 1970, the modern Earth Day seed was planted. It has grown into the largest secular observance in the world with more than a billion people around the globe taking action to change human behavior and advocate for global, national and local policy changes. 50 years later, technology has changed the way we connect to each other, share information and meet our basic needs. The… read more