Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Alison Paprica Assistant Professor/Scientist at University of Toronto	Building and Maintaining Public Trust in Data Sharing In order to build and maintain trust related to data sharing, we need to engage with and listen to members of the public AND act on what we hear. This talk will present the findings of qualitative research studies that describe the conditions under which members of the public supported the use of health data for R&D. The talk will conclude with examples of activities that use advice from the members of the public to increase the transparency and trustworthiness data sharing and data use. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Utkarsha Bakshi Software Engineer at BioRender	Open Source: Why, How and When? There is a lot of ambiguity around how to get started with Open Source and is it even worth it. Open Source is for everyone and it can be part of your routine even if you have a full-time job. This talk will include how to get started with open source, what are its benefits, why would you contribute, and what is the best time to contribute? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Julia Naomi Boeira Senior Specialist Engineer	Why we need another time serial database? Currently most time serial databases have 2 restrictions. First one is that they are coupled with Clojure's ecosystem, and second is that they do not serve general purpose requirements, like Prometheus. So WooriDB's objectives are to create a database that can be adapted to any ecosystem, supports generals purpose usage, some relational algebra and has time serial support for its entities. One great usage of a time serial database is in the financial system as it usually required to map users' information in the past and as time ranges, as well as detecting frauds. In this… read more
Velera Wilson Founder/CEO at Positive Identity	Shifting from Self-Doubt to Undeniable Confidence Today women are accomplishing more than ever – but for every woman advancing, many also struggle with believing in themselves despite having external success and possessing wildly ambitious goals. With a matter-of-fact, straight-to-the-chase session, your audience will walk away with: Greater insight into the “internal chatter” and behaviors that uproot their confidence Ways to break ties with self-sabotaging, limiting beliefs Undeniable reasons they are worth what they desire most Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Shreya Prasad Digital Marketing Consultant & Yoga Teacher at LeanIn Austin- Director of Marketing and National Leader Partner	Yin Yoga for Chronic Pain & Stress Management Join an exclusive yin yoga class and explore a passive practice with all poses held while seated or laying down. Holding poses for time provides a deep stretch into the connective tissue, allowing body and mind to relax. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
J. Kelly Hoey Author at Build Your Dream Network	The Networks Women Need For Career Success Have you played it safe with your career in the old boys' club-but dream about a network of like-minded women who support your ambitions? Are you thinking about taking a courageous leap with your career, business, or life, but lacking the support network to make the transition? The path to success for women is paved by not simply HOW they are networking but rather, how they are BUILDING the network they need for career success. In this motivating talk, J. Kelly Hoey focuses on the unique opportunities women have today to proactively create the focused career network they… read more
Elizabeth Gulliver CEO at Elizabeth Gulliver	A Blueprint for Virtual Hallways: Creating Kismet Inside Your Company Future-proofing your firm requires transforming your company into a community. The war for talent will be won by companies that lead with a 'people first' approach and give their employees space and time to connect. Companies are driven by what we do & build together. Since you can no longer wander the office hallways hoping you bump into the right people, organizations must build new Virtual Hallways that connect your people to your people. Organizations must meet their people wherever they are. Solutions like open floor plans & ping-pong tables have fallen… read more
Jeannette Grace CEO at Expressive! Communication Consulting & Training	What Psychological Safety Has to Do with IT The workplace has changed and so have employee needs. Remote work has removed geographic barriers and increased access to your talent. What is preventing your best people from leaving? What are you doing to create environments where employees do their best work and produce best results? Research shows us that the answer is to create psychological safety. Learn what you need to do. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jeannette Grace CEO at Expressive! Communication Consulting & Training	Secrets of People We Like to Work for and With The company you want to work for. The leader whose team you want to be on. The coworker you want to collaborate with. These are all people with G Factor – gravitational pull. It is what makes people trust you and want to work with you or for you. Over 800 working people across the United States were surveyed, uncovering the secrets of people with G Factor. Learn if you have it and how to get more of it. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sheena Franklin Founder, CEO at K'ept Health	Designing w/ a User Centric Approach for Better Adoption Presentation based on recent research and company internal research of 2K women to discuss and debunk long-held beliefs about design and adoption. The discussion will include examples and practical steps on how to use a user-centric model to create products with better engagement and brand affinity. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
AL-Nisa McNealy Sr. Agile Product Owner at Blue Cross Blue Shield & Woman Business & CONVO Podcast Host	3, 2, 1 THRIVE! Determining your individual Value Proposition, Conquering fear associated with career transitions, Improving Self Confidence ( SWOT Analysis), Change Management. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Morgan Newman Director - Investments at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.	Women & Money - Take Control of Your Financial Future Money - the thing we don't want to talk about but has a major impact on our lives. Knowing where to turn to get the right information for you, especially in male-dominated fields like tech, can be overwhelming and intimidating. Through this workshop, we'll do a deep dive on the relationship between women & money, providing you with a roadmap to take charge of your financial future. While women today have never been in a better position to achieve financial security for themselves or their families, women face unique financial challenges - even more so during the COVID-19 "… read more
Adriana Romero Soriano Research Scientist / Adjunct Professor at Facebook AI Research / McGill University	Seeing the unseen: inferring unobserved information from multi-modal data As humans we can never fully observe the world around us and yet we are able to build remarkably useful models of it from our limited sensory data. Machine learning systems are often required to operate in a similar setup, that is the one of inferring unobserved information from the observed one. Partial observations entail data uncertainty, which may hinder the quality of the model predictions. In this talk, we will discuss two strategies to mitigate this problem: (1) leveraging the complementarity of different data modalities, and (2) actively acquiring additional information from the same… read more
Simone Ross Founder, CEO, Community Leader, Entrepreneur at Simone D. Ross LLC.	Talking About Race at Work Diversity in the workforce is no longer just about including different types of people, it’s about creating space to share different ideas and valuing different perspectives within a diverse workforce. Diversity creates dimension in an organization and translates into greater innovation, enhanced decision-making, and more thorough problem solving for those that embrace it well. During this session, Simone will address how to create intersectional workforces and share her passion around building empowered, educated, and safe communities that inspire all for… read more
Shawn Wildermuth Educator/Filmmaker at Wilder Minds LLC	Diversity for Better Software: Pragmatic Reasons to Have Diverse Teams In my past five years, I’ve been investigating and interviewing a series of developers about the problems of diversity in software. Both women and people of color still represent a smaller share of developers than they should. In this keynote, Shawn will talk about pragmatic reasons to diversity and add inclusion to make software better, not just for the social justice reasons. This is an extension of my documentary film called "Hello World". Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Erika Shepard CEO \| Founder \| Coach \| Healer at Erika Shepard LLC	Peace Over Perfect We live in a time of high achievement. We’re working long hours, have increased pressure to provide and perform and try to do everything “right.” With this comes a lot of pressure put on ourselves, increased stress, debilitating anxiety, and lack of joy. On the outside things can seem perfect, but on the inside, we can feel like we’re falling short. So how do we restore that feeling of good enough? In this talk, Erika shares simple practices to leave the perfectionism behind, maintain a healthy work performance, and invite you to reconnect to more peace, calm and joy in your everyday… read more
Kandis O’Brien Co-Founder at The SIX	Redesigning Your Organization for Innovation Delivery is hard and staying aligned is even harder especially as companies scale. In Redesigning Your Organization for Innovation, let’s explore how companies and teams can use the methods of design and vision sprints to co-create more adaptive and resilient organizations, improve ways of working and amplify your teams’ ability to define and achieve shared goals. Organizations are constantly evolving human networks. To shape their direction and momentum, leaders must address: -The five essential dimensions of organizational design -Balancing Alignment and… read more
Lucinda Cross CEO and Founder at Activate World Wide LLC.	Activate Your Life Discussion around productivity, priority, and overcoming obstacles and challenges for personal and professional development. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Katie Schuele Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer at Boostr	Did I Say That Out Loud?: How My Foot in Mouth Stepped Into Common Ground Any woman who has made it in tech has run the requisite gauntlet of male dominated boardrooms, striving to hide emotions in the face of underestimation, disregard, or intimidation. There are few female executives who have not wanted to shout out “I don't want to join this f*@king call" at one time or another. When a young female cutting her teeth at IBM inadvertently said exactly such a thing to a room of male executives, she had no idea that the faux-pas would teach her a lesson that would inform her fundamental leadership philosophy until this very day. How should young, capable… read more
Mikaela Pisani Sr Data Scientist @ Rootstrap & Managing Director at Girls In Tech Uruguay	How Women Need To Be Involved In Data Science To Prevent Bias In Algorithms Bias In Data Science: In Data Science, algorithmic bias refers to errors in the results of machine learning algorithms due to erroneous assumptions in the implementation of the solution. Several factors can influence algorithmic bias, some of them refer to the data presented, where others are a result of bias that humans already have. As data science is being applied in more and more industries, it’s important that we start this conversation around bias in data science to allow us to get ahead of the game and prevent as much of it as possible. People often ask me why… read more