Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Shivani Aggarwal AI Project Leader at DXC Technology	AI & Blockchain Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence are two of the hottest technology trends right now. Even though the two technologies have highly different developing parties and applications, researchers have been discussing and exploring their combination. AI is providing real, tangible value in many myriad ways we talk about every day. Likewise, blockchain is starting to show value across a range of applications and industries. So, perhaps combining AI and blockchain will also show twice the value combined together. In my talk, I will explain the power of these technologies using an… read more
Marlen von Roth Sales Director Cloud EMEA and APJ at SUSE	Is Imposter Syndrome holding you back? This session is for introverts (and extroverts) who experience imposter syndrome. Do you ever feel invisible in meetings? Do you feel others oversee you. Do you suffer from chronic self-doubt and a sense of intellectual fraudulence that override any feelings of success or external proof of your competence and that at any minute you are going to be found out? Then this session is for you. After completing this session, you will have simple advice on how to: 1. Define imposter syndrome and ways it can manifest. 2. Identify risk factors… read more
Caroline De Vos COO at SatADSL	Women in Space In a sphere typically dominated by men, a female COO is spearheading one of the most significant disruptions to the satellite connectivity industry. Caroline De Vos is co-founder of SatADSL, the creators of neXat, a disruptive satellite service aggregator billing itself as the first “booking.com” of satellite services – a marketplace for teleport and satellite operators to resell their satellite capacity. In this talk, Caroline will discuss the challenges she overcame to achieve her goals and what it means to represent women in the space industry. From breaking into the ‘boys… read more
Mrids Palat-Becker Founder and CEO Women Ask for More at Women Ask for More & Savingswize	How to successfully negotiate & ask for more using your mindset, money story, negotiation skills and techniques I founded the Women in Business, Ask for More program to mentor women to ask for more, to negotiate better for themselves, overcome mindset and money stories, provide the skills and tools needed. Hundreds of women have gone through the program and are leading very successful lives today. My topic: How to successfully negotiate & ask for more using your mindset, money story, negotiation skills and techniques * Women are chronic under askers, 8/10 times we walk away without asking for what we deserve, without negotiating. * Most people are blown away… read more
Lenka Zajacova Business Owner / Diversity Ambassador at Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia	Agile LSD - How woman leader can create an agile working environment Agile LSD is the basis that have worked to create an agile working environment. What stands behind? Learn more on the basis of personal stories to get tips and tricks for your personal use. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alison McNamara Senior Innovation Consultant at Pass Consulting	Persistence, Hard-work and Dedication will keep you going What keeps us in technology when our environment is not as fulfilling as we would have hoped? Why stay in an industry that can be harsh and you can be ill-treated? Or is there a way to 'fit' in the industry through persistence, hard-work and dedication? Would increasing the education you receive bolster your career for the future and ensure you remain in an industry that may be asking you to leave? Can we all stay in programming for the long-term or do we all need to go to management in the end? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Eugenia Planas Head of Digital Services at Bank of England	What Happens After Lockdown? Preparing For a Hybrid Working Model Post Covid-19 Covid-19 accelerated tenfold the Bank of England’s adoption of collaboration technologies, remote working practices and our focus on virtual team productivity. In the space of a few weeks, we transformed our ways of working and strengthened our technology to enable our workforce (5,500+ strong) to effectively operate even our most mission critical systems from home. As for so many organisations, this change has had a profound impact on the way the Bank interacts and collaborates today. In this session we will explore the key elements that made this a successful transition, and discuss the… read more
Lucia Stoicescu CO-CEO at mindit.io	Caring as the new business currency Which lenses do you use when looking at partnerships - be them with your dear ones, acquaintances, colleagues, employees, or customers? What about the customers of your customers? Can their focal point be care? Can this shift of perspective have a positive impact on strengthening all partnerships from one year to another? Is care the new business currency? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Rickie Zayee Senior Product Manager at Global Savings Group	How to effectively position your product Positioning is the act of deliberately defining how you are the best at something that a defined market cares a lot about. If we fail at product positioning, we fail at marketing and sales. If we fail at marketing and sales then the entire business fails. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Aistė Miškūnienė Director of Engineering at Vinted	How to be a tech leader without a beard Getting deeper into how cultural background has shaped expectations for women’s behavior at work and is it in line with the expectations for a good leader? What are the challenges when standing out from the male-heavy tech leadership group and how to change that? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ieva Kuniejūtė Talent Acquisition Team Lead at Vinted	How the new normal is shaping the future of talent? Changing jobs, careers or industries is never an easy choice, especially during a pandemic. As we entered a new way of working era, the game rules for talent acquisition have changed too. And to play it better than others, first, you have to learn the rules of the game. Let's find out what are the things for candidates to pay attention to in order to win this game. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alina Kovalenko Sr. Software Engineer at Uber	It’s a Match Hop on my racing car and we will drive through the 4 stages of my career journey. I started as a freelance engineer, moved to work for a big IT company, raced through the people management opportunities and finished as a software engineer at Uber. I will share some of the key learning on this journey and tell you why I am now seems to be a match, so I love it that I swiped right! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Nadia Znachko Global Head of Quality Assurance at Luxoft DXC Technology Company	How to Succeed in Diverse Cultures, Geographies and Communities In her talk, Nadia Znachko will cover a variety of subjects regarding leadership and cultural differences, and challenges of career development in a global company. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Marnie McCormack Head of User Interface Strategy & Engineering	Data Modernization: Decoupling code from data As software engineering teams look to deliver scalable microservice architectures built atop modern data solutions, we must find effective ways to decouple our software from the implementation details of how our data is stored. This talk will cover the different patterns than can be used to deliver scalable solutions, designing for the problem(s) you have and talk about common mistakes with RESTful APIs data distribution with some examples of what not to do thrown in! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tatiana Zheltomirska CMO at Innovecs	Is switching between industries a risky career strategy? I will be building conversation around agility, versatility, breadth of knowledge and skills that one gets switching between industries. But not only industries also the agency side and client side. Startup and corporate experience allow building different perspectives that are impossible without switching. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Hristina Nedkova Senior Engineering Manager at Paysafe	Transform your teams to effective engineering community A team is a group of people who work together to achieve a shared goal. Despite where in the org chart they are or what technologies they use, they are trying to achieve something and be successful. In this talk, Hristina will cover the realities of shipping code for a mobile app. She will walk you through stories of Skrill’s releases, process and infrastructure challenges that she and her teams figured out how to overcome to enable the mobile engineers be more productive, ship more regularly and, last but not least, dream for the apps’ future growth. And how their journey… read more
Jitka Steinmetz Managing Director Germany at DXC Luxoft	Going beyond engaging women in Computer Sciences in higher education In the past decades, the focus was on engaging (inspiring, encouraging) women in Computer Science. However, changing attitudes is not enough. Women tend to learn, frame and problem solve differently. Different learning styles and female mentoring in higher education is critical to enable women to make Computer Science their own. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Top Chef Yuka Top Chef Instructor at ChefPassport SàRL	Teriyaki Lunch Menu with ChefPassport CHICKEN / TOFU TERIYAKI MENU - Serving 2 INGREDIENTS: 1-1.5 cups uncooked rice (approx 150g - 225g) For Chicken Teriyaki: 300 grams skin-on boneless chicken thighs 1/4 tsp salt 4 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp Mirin/brown sugar 2 tbsp sake Spring Onion for 2-3 stalks Optional grated ginger For Tofu Teriyaki 300 grams firm tofu 1/4 tsp salt 4 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp Mirin/brown sugar 2 tbsp sake Any mushrooms (one packet depending on the type, please note that mushrooms… read more
Svetlana Stankovic Director SEO at Global Savings Group	Career in SEO: a road less obvious when starting in digital marketing How to kickstart your career in SEO and discover the beauty in cross-functional technical marketing world. What should be your first steps, how to gather experience and professionalize your knowledge and skills to become and SEO rockstar. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tayana Bellis VP Client Services at Egress Software Technologies	Myth Busting: Challenging stereotypes and grasping opportunities As women in tech, the stereotypes put upon us – and particularly those we accept, internalise and resign ourselves to can become the mantras of our whole careers. From “not being technically minded enough” to being “unable to cope with the demands of the job”, our gender and ethnicities can dictate the positions we apply for and hold, and how far we’ll climb. Join Tayana Bellis for this presentation, in which she’ll debunk some of the common myths believed about women in tech (and that we sometimes believe about ourselves!), and provide practical strategies for how to overcome these… read more