Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Reedhima Mandlik Technical Program Manager, Cybersecurity and Risk Services at Slalom Consulting	Level Up Your Security Game: Unleashing the Fun Factor in Awareness Programs In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face numerous challenges in fostering a strong security culture among their employees. This workshop aims to equip attendees with a framework for developing a strong security awareness program that not only educates in a fun way, but also creates a lasting impact. Learn from program creators who regularly achieve over a 98% security awareness training on-time completion rate and developed an annual cybersecurity awareness month program harnessing the power of gamification to enhance learning outcomes and promote active… read more
Sonakshi Pandey Data & Product Leader at Google	Do you hate coding? Craft Your Dream Career in Technical Sales As you know, many engineers begin their careers as software developers. But over time, some of them realize that they don't like coding. This realization can be frustrating, because it can feel like you've wasted your time and effort. But it doesn't have to be that way. There are many other great opportunities available in the tech industry, and technical sales is one of them. Technical sales is a unique field because it combines the best of both worlds: engineering and sales. Technical Sales is the bridge between the cutting-edge solutions and the companies… read more
Janani Prasad Head of Product at MojoStack Limited	Beyond Borders: Navigating Tech, Diversity, and Innovation Embark on a transformative journey through the ever-evolving tech landscape with Janani, a trailblazing tech entrepreneur. From breaking gender barriers to navigating the intricacies of the global startup arena, this talk unveils a narrative of resilience, innovation, and triumph. Discover the power of embracing uniqueness, creating opportunities, and the relentless pursuit of growth. Join this inspirational session as we delve into the transformative power of innovation, the importance of diversity, and the keys to triumph in the dynamic world of technology. A compelling narrative that… read more
Beth Swingler Senior Software Engineer at YLD	What Next? The Future of React React is dead. Long live React? 2024 sees the first new public version of React since April 2022. Is React 19 worth the wait? We now have server components and an auto-caching compiler, so claims that React.JS is dead seem to be greatly exaggerated. But are meta-frameworks, such as Next or Remix, still needed to get the best new features? A deep dive into the latest shifts in the world's largest open-source JS framework, and what these changes mean for developers, servers, and the people paying for them. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Rita Barry Director, Public Cloud Alliances and Partnerships at Ensono	Confidence and the Gender Gap - What Gives? Time and again – the question is asked whether organizations offer women the same level of opportunities to their male peers. At the same time, the question often arises that point to women’s apparent lack of confidence that rule them out of the role. There’s a vicious cycle that leads to our lack of confidence as a key explanation for our under-representation in the tech space. This narrative is an easy one for businesses to use because it allows them to claim that the problem isn’t driven by the organization instead by the employees who aren’t able to step up and speak up. Are we to… read more
Kaoutar El Maghraoui Principal Research Scientist at IBM	AI's Evolution : From Symbolic Representations to Generative Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) has embarked on an extraordinary journey, progressing from symbolic representations to the realm of generative AI. This talk explores AI's captivating journey, providing a concise yet comprehensive overview that begins with its historical origins and traces its remarkable evolution. In today's AI landscape, we witness the prominence of unsupervised learning and generative AI models. We delve into the principles of unsupervised learning, where AI systems autonomously detect patterns and structures within vast datasets, unlocking new… read more
Kaoutar El Maghraoui Principal Research Scientist at IBM	AI's Evolution : From Symbolic Representations to Generative Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) has embarked on an extraordinary journey, progressing from symbolic representations to the realm of generative AI. This talk explores AI's captivating journey, providing a concise yet comprehensive overview that begins with its historical origins and traces its remarkable evolution. In today's AI landscape, we witness the prominence of unsupervised learning and generative AI models. We delve into the principles of unsupervised learning, where AI systems autonomously detect patterns and structures within vast datasets, unlocking new… read more
Alex Chudner Head of ESG, Social Impact and Inclusion at EPAM	Biohacking for Success: Elevating Women to New Heights In the rapidly evolving tech industry, where mental agility and peak performance extremely important, biohacking emerges as a revolutionary approach to personal and professional growth. My talk, "Biohacking for Success: Elevating Women to New Heights," will help you to deep dive into the concept of biohacking - the art and science of optimizing your body and mind through strategic lifestyle changes to enhance well-being, mental health, and productivity. Drawing from my background in biotechnology and genetics, I will introduce you to the transformative world of… read more
Parneet Pal Chief Science Officer at Wisdom Labs	Transform Stress to Resilience: The Power of Social Connection Stress, burnout and loneliness rates among women in tech are rising to epidemic levels globally. However, as women, we have an inbuilt biological superpower that we can train and strengthen to build our mental health, resilience and wellbeing. In this talk, we will discover what that is, and how we can use it to adapt to any challenge and grow through adversity. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Michelle King Advocate for fixing workplaces, not women, Director of Inclusion at Netflix	Fix workplaces, not women. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alexandria Butler Senior Program Manager, Speaker and Freedom Fighter at Twitter	Build An Authentic Career Brand In order to build a long lasting career, you need a career brand. Your brand should reflect your values and your passions. To strategically define your career brand you need to define who you are as a person and make parallels between your authenticity and the work that you do. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tara King Full Stack Engineer, Developer Outreach Manager at Pantheon	Inclusive Leadership for Managers, Tech Leads, and Open-Source Maintainers Always wanted to make your team a place that’s welcoming and supportive to everyone? Always wanted to know why the underrepresented engineers you hire keep leaving...or maybe never apply in the first place? Wondering what you’re missing when it comes to supporting your marginalized colleagues? This session is ideal for anyone in leadership (whether as CEO, tech lead, open-source maintainer or somewhere in between), but anyone with coworkers should find it helpful. We’ll learn why it’s hard to be underrepresented at work and what you can do to be a better ally. Expect a… read more
Megan Byrd-Sanicki Manager, Research & Operations, Open Source Program Office at Google	Open Source Programs Offices (OSPOs) Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Rachel Sheppard Co-creator Female Founder Initiative & Director Global Marketing at Founder Institute	Female Founder Pitch Bootcamp: Get Feedback on your Startup Ideas I have reviewed hundreds of pitches in many formats and from many industries. On this live and interactive event, I will listen to pitches and provide practical feedback for early-stage female founders looking for next steps and advice on their ideas, and I'll share best practices from Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed accelerator. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Mariah Lichtenstern Aspen Tech Policy Fellow / Founding Partner, DiverseCity Ventures	Entrepreneurship - Advocating for Tech Funding Equity Current technology startup capitalization policies put socioeconomically disadvantaged founders, particularly women and underrepresented people of color, at a disadvantage. The U.S. forgoes an estimated 9 million jobs and $300 billion in collective national income due to discriminatory funding practices. At the same time, regulations prevents more than 90 percent of prospective investors from qualifying as “accredited investors” and limits how much they can support these founders. It's long overdue for the Securities and Exchange Commission dismantle discriminatory investor criteria, so… read more
Yun Freund Senior Vice President at Equinix	How Cloud Technologies enables Work From Home movement Digital Transformation and Hybrid Cloud is the future of the enterprise growth. Especially after the COVID-19 and working from home and video conference demands more network bandwidth and more virtual connections for the work force. I will show cloud technologies that can help scale that remote work force. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Chinwe Esimai Managing Director, Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup, Inc.	Pillars of Life & Career Architecture Topic: Pillars of Life & Career Architecture Abstract: this talk will discuss how to own your past, present, and future; and how to create your formula for life and career fulfillment. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alana Karen Director, Search Platforms at Google	Well-Being Ups & Downs: 18+ Years Growing Up in Tech Leveraging personal narrative regarding the challenges of taking care of ourselves while meeting the demands of technical roles, I detail the 5 levers we have to help control our stress and guide attendees about how to simply incorporate them into their lives. The key takeaway is that attendees are the CEO of their lives and do not have to have it all/do it all, but do need to take care of themselves to do their best work and sustain high performance. No prep or knowledge required. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Liesl Yearsley CEO at a·kin	Frontier Tech Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Lori Nishiura Mackenzie Co-founder, Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab; Lead Strategist, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Stanford Graduate School of Business	The Power of our Collective: Reimagining Inclusion The current state of events-- the pandemic, racial violence, unemployment--is impossible to ignore, nor should we. Many in our field of diversity and inclusion express real concerns that the gains of the past decade are being eroded. In this session, we will ask ourselves this question: What if we could take three bold actions to help employees now AND create space for stronger, better and more inclusive organizations? What are those actions for you? Did you like this session? Share to vote.