SCHEDULE + AGENDA *Agenda is not final. We are still adding content and there may be changes to the schedule.
SUMMIT DAY ONE : THURSDAY, MARCH 1ST
Tech Crawl + Opening Keynote Speaker Opening Address & Badge Pickup : CASTRO THEATRE 5.30PM
Tech Crawl : Check out demos, technology, and more. 6PM-9PM MEET AT CASTRO THEATRE FOR ALL LOCATIONS
Lesbians Who 12-Step : Come build community & connect with others before the festivities kick off. 6:30PM #offtherecord : CASTRO COUNTRY CLUB, 4058 18TH ST.
Leaders : Lara Avisov Cat Obuhoff Diversity Advisory Council Corporate Operations Engineer & Recruiting, Uber @lavisov at Dropbox, @cathtera
SUMMIT DAY TWO : FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND
Badge Pickup : CASTRO THEATRE 8.30AM
Doors Open + Registration : CASTRO THEATRE 8.30AM
8.30AM : SPEED MENTORING SIGN UP FOR ONE OF OUR ALL DAY MENTORING SESSIONS HERE: bit.ly/SF18SUMMITMENTORING
TECH PAVILION 2 MEETUPS = NETWORKING THAT DOES NOT SUCK + SPEED MENTORING
8:30AM : Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship Meetup & Breakfast Hosted by Stripe
8:30AM : Student Meetup & Breakfast
Recruitment Zone : Submit Your Resume Online + Find a Job 8.30AM
Edie Windsor Tech Pavilion Ida B. Wells Tech Pavilion
9.30AM GLORIOUS MORNING KEYNOTES
MAIN STAGE : CASTRO THEATRE
Welcome 9.30AM Leanne Pittsford, Founder & CEO, Lesbians Who Tech, @lepitts
Let’s Get This Summit Started : Your Emcees 9.40AM Andrea Minkow Danielle Moodie-Mills
Andrea Minkow Consulting VP, SKDK & Host of #WokeAF on Sirius XM @andreaminkow @DeeTwoCents
Ingrid Nilsen 9.50AM Cultivating Your Public and Private Self in the Age of the Internet YouTube Personality, Cover Girl & UN Ambassador, @ingridnilsen
London Breed 10.00AM The State of San Francisco & The Tech Industry. President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors @LondonBreed
10.10AM FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn @MClyburnFCC
Kara Swisher
10.20AM Co-Founder, Recode @karaswisher_
Sheryl Sandberg 10.30AM Chief Operating Officer, Facebook @sherylsandberg
11.00AM : BREAK : HELLO BATHROOM LINES + NEW FRIENDS + GFS
Recruitment Zone : Submit Your Resume Online + Find a Job 11.00AM
TECH PAVILION 2 MEETUPS = NETWORKING THAT DOES NOT SUCK + SPEED MENTORING
8:30AM : Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship Meetup & Breakfast Hosted by Stripe
8:30AM : Student Meetup & Breakfast
11:00AM : Queer Women of Color Meetup Hosted by Google
Tiffany Dockery Leslie Henry Leaders : Product Owner, Spotify VP, Specialist, System & Data Security, Bank of America @tiffanydockery @LKHenry14
12:00PM : Queer Moms + Parents Meetup
Kersh Branz Leader : Founder & Photographer, The Pride & Joy Project and Queer Mamas, @kershbranz
2:00PM : Transgender Tech Meetup
Zoe Jones Leader : Software Engineer, Amdocs
2:00PM : Lesbian Lawyers Who Tech Hosted by NCLR & Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
2:30PM : AMA : Software Engineers : This is for anyone who is thinking about becoming a software engineer
Tara Hernandez Leader : Sr. Director of Engineering, Linden Lab, @tequilarista SQUAD, if you want to host a meetup at #LWTSUMMIT email [email protected]
3:00PM : AMA with Hillary for America's Queer Tech Team Moderated : Krista Davis Jacky Chang Chief Architect, GroundGame, formerly Software Engineer at Stripe, formerly Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer at HFA Software Engineer at HFA, @kyoki Beth Andres-Beck Vanessa Archambault Software Engineering Manager at The Director of Engineering at Flippable, formerly Long-Term Stock Exchange, formerly Staff Software Engineer at HFA, @flippable_org Software Engineer at HFA, @bethcodes
MAINSTAGE 2 : CAFE BLOCKCHAIN & CYBERSECURITY HOSTED BY ZILLOW
Katherine McDonald Erika Voss Emcees : Senior Vice President, Business Continuity Director of Information Security, Zillow Group Manager, Bank of America
Learning & Development for Women in Cybersecurity 11.30AM Trish Redmond, Senior Vice President; GIS COO Workforce Strategy, Bank of America
Human Elements of Security Incident Response 11.40AM Vanessa Pegueros, VP and Chief Information Security Officer, DocuSign, @vrpegueros
Are We Losing The War on Cybersecurity? 11.50AM Jessica Robinson, CEO, PurePoint International , @JessRobin96
Welcome to the Blockchain Revolution 12.00PM Tina Lee, Founder & CEO, MotherCoders, @mstinalee
How Blockchain Technology & Decentralization Are Transforming the Global Economy 12.10PM Breana Knight, Director of Outreach & Software Engineer, Maiden Global, @AKewlBreeze
What Happens When You Combine IOT & Blockchain 12.20PM Camille Morhardt, Director, Internet of Things Strategy, Intel, @morhardt
BADLANDS AUGMENTED REALITY, VIRTUAL REALITY & THE ART STORYTELLING
Emcee : Trish Bendix, Managing Editor, INTO, Grindr's New Queer Magazine
Truth and Storytelling on Twitter 11.30AM Jamilah King, Senior Staff Writer, Mic, @jamilahking
The Craft of Augmented Reality Development 11.40AM Rupali Sharma, Programmer, Electronic Arts, @rupali_sharma
The Future is Fictive: How AI and Machine Learning Will Impact Content 11.50PM Carrie Kholi, Founder + Executive Director, Khafra & Company, @kholi
Designing for News in the Age of Trump 12.00PM Alison Zak, Senior Director, Product Design & UX, HuffPost, @alisonzack
Design Challenges and Considerations for Augmented Reality 12.10PM Karen Stritzinger, Technical Artist, Meta, @KarenStritz
TOAD HALL PRODUCT, DESIGN + ENGINEERING
Jessica Blat, Tammarrian Rogers, Emcees : Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon Software Engineer Leader, SnapChat
How to Ship When All the Forces are Conspiring Against You 11.30AM Sophy Lee, CTO, HopSkipDrive, @sophytlee
Testing the Waters: Avoiding an Ocean of Tech Debt Trish Ang 11.40AM Audrei Drummond Front-End Engineer, Slack Senior Application Engineer , Slack @feesh
Navigating Between the Data & the User, Techniques that Best Facilitate Meaningful Analysis 11.55AM Sakshi Pratap, Applications Developer, Oracle, @superJournalist
How App User Growth is Like Dating: Learn about Conversion Optimization, Traffic Quality & 12.05PM Niche Targeting, Esther Hwang, Dir. of Growth, Poshmark
Rapid Type-Safe Data Modelling 12.15PM Jackie Haynes, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, @jsahaynes
Nevertheless She Persisted* with Core Data 12.25PM Kate Rotondo, iOS Content Developer, Udacity, @krotondo
MIDNIGHT SUN PUSHING FOR CHANGE FROM WITHIN
Emcee : TBD
How to Infuse Design, as a Behavior, Throughout Your Company 11.30AM Tamara Hale Christen Penny
Principal UX Researcher, Workday, Manager, Design Education, Workday, Principal UX Researcher @tamaramhale
Democratizing the Workplace 11.45AM Savina Perez, Co-Founder & COO, Hone, @SavinaPerez
Building and Breaking: How Experimental Play Leads to Big Innovation 11.55AM Gabriella Levine, Sr. Hardware Engineer, X
Hacking the Bureaucracy: Strategies for Working from Within 12.05PM Kasia Chmielinski, Product Manager, United States Digital Service, @kaschm
12.20PM PANEL : If Not Us, Then Who: Working in Government in 2018, Hosted by US Digital Service
Julie Meloni MODERATOR : Director of Product Management & Strategy/Operations, US Digital Service, @jcmeloni PANELISTS : Amanda Miklik Kasia Chmielinski Marvo Dolor Director of Design, Product Manager, Deputy Director, US Digital US Digital Service, US Digital Service, Service, Veterans Affairs , @amandamiklik @kaschm @marvokdolor
11.30AM KEYNOTE MIDDAY SESSIONS
CASTRO THEATRE
The Products and Platforms that Will Shape our Future 11.30AM Pamela Rice, Managing Vice President, Technology Strategy, Capital One, @pamela7rice
The Radical Futures of AI, a Juxtaposition of Possible Futures of Artificial Intelligence 11.40AM Disciplines Shaping our Ethics, Culture and Humanity Ana Arriola, Director of Product Design for Applied Machine Learning & AI Research,
Facebook, @arriola
Augmented Reality and the Next Generation of the Web 11.50AM Marley Rafson, Software Engineer, Web Extended Reality, Virtual Reality + Augmented Reality, Google, @mprafson
The Advancement of Missile Technology and How it Impacts Global Warfare 12.00PM Sandy Adams, Director, Supply Chain, Raytheon
Breaking Barriers to Get to Mars 12.10PM Joy Dunn, Senior Manager of New Product Introduction, SpaceX, @rocketjoy
Why You Should Consider a Career in Cybersecurity 12.20PM Leslie Henry, VP; Specialist: System & Data Security, Bank of America, @LKHenry14
12.45PM : GET YOUR GRUB ON & EXPLORE THE CASTRO
Power Lesbian + Queer Women Lunch Hosted by Mozilla + X REGISTRATION REQUIRED | INVITE ONLY
Kate Kendell J Bob Alotta Special Guests : Executive Director, National Center for Executive Director, Astraea Foundation Lesbian Rights @KateKendell @jbobalotta
Ignite Lunch at Mainstage IGNITE TALKS:
Role of Storytelling and the Importance of Amplifying Women's Leadership at the Grassroots Suhad Babaa, Executive Director, Just Vision, @smbabaa
The Moment Before #MeToo, Kate Stayman London, Author, Pretty Follies, @_ksl
How 2 Win @ Social Media Without Trying #toohard - Engaging with Facebook Audiences Beyond the Newsfeed, Melissa Radzimski, Deputy Editor of Social Media, HuffPost, @melissaradz
Tech Leaderdership : Lunch 1 Tech Leaderdership : Lunch 2 Diversity+Inclusion Leadership Hosted by Hosted by Lunch Hosted by
2.00PM MAINSTAGE KEYNOTE AFTERNOON SESSIONS
CASTRO THEATRE
Sally Kohn, CNN Commentator, Activist & Author, @sallykohn 2.00PM
Why We're Suing White Supremacists, 2.10PM Robbie Kaplan, Founding Partner, Kaplan & Company, @kaplanrobbie
How Paid Social Will Decide the Next 10 Elections, 2.15PM Jessica McGlory, Director of Paid Social, Jellyfish, @emceeglory
PANEL : The Path to CTO : How to Make Moves From Engineer to Leading Technical Teams 2.20PM Noga Tavor Erica Baker
Engineer Manager, Director of Product Senior Engineering Manager, Management, Jelly Button/Playtika, Patreon
@noga_tor @ericajoy
How to Handle Pressure, Jennifer Azzi, WNBA, Stanford Basketball National Champion, Olympic 2.40PM Gold Medalist, NCAA Championship Coach and Public Speaker, @jenniferazzi
PANEL : Lessons in Scaling Venture-Backed Companies 2:50PM Welcome back to the stage former Lesbians Who Tech + Allies Pitch Winners. MODERATED BY: PANELIST PANELIST Aileen Lee, PANELIST Stephanie Lampkin, Laura Bilazarian, Robyn Exton, Founder & Partner, CEO & Founder, CEO & Founder, CEO & Founder, HER, Cowboy Ventures, Blendoor, Teamable.com, @robynexton @cowboy_vc @stephaneurial @LauraBilazarian
3.30PM : TAKE A BREAK, REALLY, YOU DESERVE IT
Recruitment Zone | Submit Your Resume Online + Find a Job 3.30PM
Edie Windsor Tech Pavilion Ida B. Wells Tech Pavilion
2.00PM AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
MAIN STAGE 2 : CAFE AUTOMATION, MACHINE LEARNING & THE FUTURE OF WORK
Emcee : TBD
Evolving From an Information Era to Augmentation: How the Pace of Technology Will Impact Our 2.00PM Future, Usha Nandigala, Head of Solutions Architecture, Amazon, @Nandigala
Countering Algorithm Threat: Using Curated Training Data to Remove Bias in Machine Learning 2.10PM Liz Howard, CTO, Enki, @lizTheDeveloper
Knowing Your Code: Personal Responsibility in the Age of AI and Big Data Analytics 2.20PM Blane Mall, Associate General Counsel, Product Compliance & Diversity, Workday, @BlaneMall
Automation for the People 2.30PM Ghaida Zahran, Product Designer, Netflix, @ghaidazahran
Future of Work: Get Ready to Work for 70+ Years 2.40PM Jenn Prevoznik, Global Head of Intern and Early Talent Acquisition, SAP, @JennPrevoznik
The Light Side: How Smart Application of AI Can Help Create Greater Equity for Marginalized 2.50PM People Aubrey Blanche, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Atlassian, @adblanche
Digital Transformations: The Three Steps to Success 3.00PM Belkis Vasquez-McCall, Partner, McKinsey & Company
How Automation Will Impact Manufacturing 3.10PM Nadia Rizk, Sr. Analyst. Manufacturing Services, Rockwell Automation
MIDNIGHT SUN DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Danielle Dupree, Ashley Cortez-Taylor, Emcees : Founder, The Introvert Mind Software Engineer, Microsoft
Leaning into Fear and the Power of Audacity: From Bootcamp Grad to Lead Engineer 2.00PM Chris Dolendo, Software Engineer, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, Exygy, @chrisdolendo
Tech Exec and Mom: Lessons in Advocacy & Leadership 2.10PM Emily Drabant Conley, Vice President, Business Development, 23andMe, @edrabant
Why You Should A/B Test Your Whole Life 2.20PM Kirsten Frisina, Founder, COO, Motive AI, @fluxintime
Let Me Drone On: Differentiate Your Professional Skills by Bringing Your Outside Passions to 2.30PM Work Stephanie Peel, Managing Director - Risk & Quality, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, @SLPeelPwC
Storytelling as the Next Big Skill: Unexpected Lessons from the Lesbians Who Tech Stage 2.40PM Ginger Chien, Device Architect, AT&T, @spacepupster
2.50PM Seeing Blindness: Working Across Ability and Skill Gaps, Lily Gist, QA Team Lead, Squarespace, @lilygist
PANEL : How the Human Factors and Relationships Are Just As Important As the Technology Behind AI, 3.00PM Machine Learning, and Data Science, Hosted by Western Digital
BADLANDS TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL JUSTICE & THE RESISTANCE
Emcee : TBD
Using Technology to Hold Police & Power Accountable 2.00PM Masheika Allen, American Policing Project, Founder & Software Product Manager, NVIDIA, @policing_us
Hacking Corporate Philanthropy and Building Grassroots Programs 2.10PM Lukas Blakk, Mobile Release Manager, Snapchat, @lsblakk
Mobilizing Global Change from the Palm of Your Hand 2.20PM Dom DeGuzman, DevOps & Technical Program Manager, Twilio, @Itshella_dom
Humanizing Technology Through the Arts 2.30PM Josette Melchor, Executive Director and Founder, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, @josettemelchor
How Blockchain Technology Could Create Radical Equality Around the World 2.40PM Sarah Jennings, Director of Ad Innovation, Oath (AOL), @ThatOtherSarahJ
What Journalists Can Do to Make Tech Better 2.50PM Lo Bénichou, Data Visualization Specialist, Mapbox, @lobenichou
Democratizing Technology Through Voice 3.00PM Amy Reams, Sr. Manager, Business Development Alexa New Technology Initiatives, Amazon, @A_Reams
TOAD HALL CYBERSECURITY, TECHNOLOGY TRENDS & THE NEXT 100 YEARS
Emcee : TBD
Building the Future of Work with Mixed Reality 2.00PM Lorraine Bardeen, GM Windows and HoloLens Experiences, Microsoft, @LorraineBardeen How AI & Machine Learning Will Impact Consumerism 2.10PM Cathy Halligan, FLIR Systems, and Wilton Brands, Independent Board Director, Ulta Beauty, @CathyHalligan
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Practical Strategies for Personal Cyber Self-Defense, and What 2.20PM the Future May Hold, Emily Sporl, Product Marketing Manager, Cisco Meraki
Solving Healthcare Challenges with IOT, Artificial Intelligence, VR, & the Cloud 2.30PM Nadia Morris, Foundry Director, AT&T, @reversegremlin
Transforming Industries Through Biology 2.40PM Barbara Frewen, Software Engineer Manager, Zymergen, @zymergen
Phishing Off the Company Dock: Lessons Learned While Baiting Users into Safer Cyberbehavior 2.50PM Chanitra Bell, Cybersecurity & Privacy Specialist , PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Improving Software Security 3.00PM Devika Yeragudipati, Senior Security Architect , Bloomberg L.P.
When Privacy Scales: Intelligent Product Design Under General Data Protection Regulation 3.10PM Amanda Casari, Senior Product Manager and Data Scientist, SAP Concur, @amcasari
SPEED MENTORING REGISTER HERE: COMING SOON SIGN UP FOR ONE OF OUR ALL DAY MENTORING SESSIONS HERE:
3.30PM : TAKE A BREAK + HAVE A DRINK, REALLY, YOU DESERVE IT
4.00PM BADASS CLOSING KEYNOTES
CASTRO THEATRE
Madame Gandhi, Activist & Musician, @MadameGandhi 4.00PM
Tegan & Sara, Activists & Musicians, @teganandsara 4.30PM
Leanne Pittsford 4.40PM CEO & Founder, Lesbians Who Tech @lepitts
Alicia Garza, Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter, @aliciagarza 4.50PM
Bozoma Saint John, Chief Brand Officer, Uber, @badassboz 5.00PM
Kiva Wilson Ilene Chaiken 5:10PM INTERVIEW : Business Partner, Facebook Executive, Producer, Empire & The L Word
@kivawilson14 @ilenechaiken
6PM THAT’S A WRAP! HIGH FIVES
5.30PM : AFTER PARTY : COCKTAILS + CONVERSATION, HELL YEAH!
DECOMPRESS + CONNECT : AFTER-PARTY THE CAFE : 2369 MARKET ST
SUMMIT DAY THREE : SATURDAY, MARCH 3RD
| FIND YOUR DREAM JOB : 10AM to 4PM
Edie Windsor Tech Pavilion Ida B. Wells Tech Pavilion
11.00AM MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
MAIN STAGE 2 : CAFE TECHNOLOGY TRENDS: VR, MACHINE LEARNING, A.I. & MORE
Emcee : TBD
AI: From Automated to Authoritarian, 11.00AM Alexis Puchek, Principal Designer, frog, @frogdesign
Making AI Better with Human Evaluation, 11.10AM Nilab Hoqoq, Search & Recommendations Quality Manager, Apple, @nilab___
Machine Learning: The Next Frontier in Recruiting, 11.20AM Nidhi Gupta, SVP of Technology, Hired, @NidhiGuptaSF
Can Virtual Reality & Extended Reality Make Us More Human, 11.30AM Sandy Cioffi, Creative Director, fearless360º, @sandycioffi
Hacking the Brain: How Purposeful VR Can Impact Real Social Change, 11.40AM Luciana Carvalho Se, New Business & Partnerships, REWIND, @Lcarvalhose
Advancing Analytics in Financial Services, 11.50AM Carolyn Olsen, Senior Data Scientist, Northwestern Mutual
What's Next? Using Data to Reimagine Our Energy Future, 12.00PM Lauren Rueda, Senior Energy Engineer, EcoVox
Five Ways 5G Will Change Everything 12.10PM Dawn Callahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Boingo Wireless, @dawncallahan
MIDNIGHT SUN CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CONFIDENCE & LEADERSHIP
Emcee : TBD
Pivoting with Purpose: The Strategic Entrepreneurial Journey, 11.00AM Dannie Fountain, Associate Account Strategist, Google, @dannielfountain
A Journey to 1M in Funding: Sexual harassment & Pitching 11.10AM Rachel Renock, CEO + Creative Director, Wethos, @rachren1
Be Agile: Be Balanced 11.20AM Cindy Lamar, Leadership Coach, @froflower
How to Get Into the Tech Industry When You Are Not in Tech 11.30AM Charlie Eddington Alison Zak
Data Specialist, Amazon Senior Director, Product Design & UX, HuffPost @c_eddington @alisonzack
Mastering the Art of Being a Generalist 11.50AM Heba Gamal, Head of Market Operations, Common Networks, @htgamal
The Art of Asking Good Questions 12.00PM Vanessa Van Schyndel, Head of UX Research, Patreon
Redefining Weakness 12.10PM LaShana Lewis, Software Engineer, MasterCard @lmlewis517
How to Leverage Your Tech Skills in the Booming Cannabis Industry, 12.20PM Isamarie Perez, Business Development + Operations, Meadow, @theIsamarie
TOAD HALL DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP + SOCIAL CHANGE
Emcee : TBD
11.00AM The Power of Difference, Jennifer Brown, Founder, President and CEO, Jennifer Brown Consulting, @jenniferbrown
Digital Accessibility 101, 11.10AM Raquel Breternitz, Senior Designer , Pivotal Labs, @raqueldesigns
How We Used Bro Culture To Spark A Feminist Revolution, 11.20AM Heidi Heffelfinger, Product Quality Assurance Manager, FIS Global - Mobile Banking, @HeidiHeff
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome, 11.30AM Daniela Petruzalek, Senior Software Engineer, Globo.com, @danicat83
Steer the Fear: Safely Navigating Spaces That Are Not Diverse, 11.40AM Sheree Haggan, Staffing Services Associate Lead, Google, @ShereeLanette
What Role Can Technology Play in Democratizing Access to Land Ownership and Food Security, 11.50AM Andrea Martinez, Product Manager, PastureMap, @andreamv113
Continuous Integration, DevOps Your Project and Your Life, 12.00PM Sweekriti Satpathy, Microsoft Software Engineer 2, Mobile Development Division @SweekritiS
30 MIN WORKSHOP : Addressing Sexual Harassment & Gender Discrimination in Tech 12.10PM Yana Calou Jen Kagan
Engagement & Training Manager, Tech Fellow, Coworker.org, Coworker.org, @teamcoworker @jen_kajan
BADLANDS PRODUCT, ENGINEERING, DATA & DESIGN
Emcee : TBD
How to Lead Remote Teams, 11.00AM Daisy Onubogu, Global Head of Community, Roam, @madame_daisy
It's Not Just a Phase: Learning to Love Full Stack Development, 11.10AM Alexis Moody, Full Stack Software Engineer, Contactually, @AfroDevGirl
Agile Development 101, 11.20AM Bethany Pagels-Minor, Senior Product Manager, Sprout Social, @bethany_minor
The Power of Open Source Technology, 11.30AM Thacher Hussain, Patient Advocate & Front End Developer, WiserCare, @thacherT1D
Running Your First Kubernetes Cluster, 11.40AM Emma Haruka Iwao, Developer Advocate, Google, @Yuryu
React / Redux at Scale, 11.50AM Virsaviya Efraim, Software Engineer, @VirsaviyaEfraim
Where the Wild Things Are: What Picture Books Teach Us About Reducing Complexity in Tech, 12.00PM Hana Nagel, User Experience Researcher, SAP Hybris, @Miss_Hanie
20 MINS : Create a React Native App Today, 12:10PM Narmin Shahin, Frontend Engineer, Vimeo, @NarminShahin
1.00PM MAINSTAGE AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Future of Work, AI & Democracy CASTRO THEATRE
12.30PM WELCOME : EMCEES
Sex & Tech: Innovating to Up-End the System 12.40PM Dawn Laguens, Executive Vice President & Chief Brand and Experience Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, @dawnlaguens
Recognizing Cultural Bias in AI 12.50PM Camille Eddy, Current Student and Stanford University Innovation Fellow, @nikkymill
Accelerating Artificial Intelligence Adoption: Inevitability 1.00PM Joannie Fu, Chief of Staff for Programmable Solutions Engineering, Intel, @Joannie_Fu
Robots vs. Humans 1.10PM Cynthia Yeung, Robot Evangelist, SoftBank Robotics, @ctwy
The Future of Urban Aviation, 1.20PM Megan Prichard, General Manager, Uber, General Manager
Making San Francisco's Government Work Better for Everyone 1.30PM Carrie Bishop, Chief Digital Services Officer, City and County of San Francisco, @carriebish
SATURDAY KEYNOTE 1.40PM Megan Smith, CEO, Shift 7 & 3rd CTO, United States, @smithmegan
TECH PAVILION 2 STARTUP SHOWCASE + SPEED MENTORING
2:00PM : Startup Showcase
ALL DAY : Speed Mentoring
2.00PM AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
MAIN STAGE 2: CAFE CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CONFIDENCE & LEADERSHIP
Emcee : TBD
Crafting a Compelling Resume & Portfolio 2.00PM Daniela Herrera, Recruitment Manager, R/GA, @ohdaeni
Your Crash Course on Securing the Perfect Internship 2.10PM Alison Logia, Stanford University Undergraduate
Tackling the Perils of Perfectionism 2.20PM Arianna Willett, Engineering Manager, Security, Twilio, @AriannaWillett
How to Build Authentic Relationships That Will Shape Your Career 2.30PM Mary Shindler, Global Program Manager, Learning & Development , LinkedIn, @heymaryshin
How to Get Promoted While Navigating a Male Tech Environments & Managing Micro and 2.40PM Macro-level Aggressions Angelina Darrisaw, C-Suite Coach, Founder & CEO, @linadarrisaw
Self Care: Being Your Own Unicorn 2.50PM Ashten Fizer, Web Designer, GoDaddy, @heyashten
PANEL : How to Access Mentorship hosted by Prudential 3.00PM Bindu Parekh Solu Nwanze
Tech Lead & Manager, Director, Business Operations, Prudential Financial Marketing Zendesk
TOAD HALL DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP + SOCIAL CHANGE
Emcee : TBD
2.00PM How Technology Design Creates a Smarter Future Allison Shaw, Senior Product Designer, Zendesk
How to Use Open Source Technology for Social Justice Advocacy 2.10PM Esra'a Al Shafei, Founder and Executive Director, Majal.org, @ealshafei
How to Build a Powerful Tech Community 2.20PM Jessica Bell, Developer, The Washington Post, @sirjessthebrave
Shifting the Conversation About Mental Health 2.30PM Rebeca Nitti, Partner Manager, YouTube, @RebecaNitti
Mind the Pronoun Gap: Improving the User Experience for Genderqueer and Nonbinary Individuals 2.40PM CJ Walker, UX Designer, Zapproved, @st_toast
10 Things You Can Do Now to Make Your Workplace a More Inclusive Place for Transgender 2.50PM People Seneca Spurling, Lead, Infrastructure Customer Success, Dropbox
When Words Aren’t Enough 3.00PM Adi Barreto, Sr. Account Executive, Textio, @Adi_Barreto
Lessons Learned From Hacking My Own Health Using Hardware Sensing Principles 3.10PM Jecolia Longtchi, Sensor Hardware Engineer, Google
BADLANDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP & VULNERABILITY
Emcee : TBD
Be Focused but Flexible: 5 Lessons Learned from Thousands of Entrepreneurs Around the World 2.00PM Sarah Drinkwater, Head of Campus London, Google, @sarahdrinkwater
Become Who You Are: The Self as Sustainable Solution 2.10PM Holley Murchison, Founder, CEO, Oratory Glory, @holleymurchison
Embrace Vulnerability 2.20PM Kate Fisher, Principal Sales Engineer, Cloud & Infrastructure, Oracle, @uacat92
Lessons I Learned in Prison: When Everything Falls Apart, You're Probably Just Missing a Semicolon 2.30PM Alana Andres, Software Engineer Intern, Moz
2.40PM 30 Min Workshop: #MeToo in Tech, for Tech Workers Who Have Experienced Sexual Harassment,
Yana Calou Jen Kagan Engagement & Training Manager, Tech Fellow, Coworker.org, Coworker.org, @teamcoworker @jen_kajan
It’s no secret that sexual harassment & discrimination are experienced daily across the tech sector. This workshop/meetup for tech workers who have experienced sexual harassment is led by labor experts at Coworker.org who will explain your rights at work, NDAs, and arbitration agreements. Bring your workplace questions and come together with other tech workers to strategize how to begin the process of collectively building power, and take back new knowledge and skills to change the culture at your workplaces. We ask that the experiences shared in this session remain confidential.
MIDNIGHT SUN WORKSHOPS
Emcee : TBD
30 MINS: Find Your Inner Tech Talk Topic 2.00PM Katerina Domenikou Vedika Dalmia
Senior Software Engineer, Bloomberg LP Software Engineer,Bloomberg LP @kat_in_gloves @vedikad
30 MINS: Lessons in Mindfulness & Positivity: How to Combat Stress & Negativity at Work 2:30PM Harika Adivikolanu Mamta Suri Beth Budwig Software Application Senior Manager, UX Design Sr. Manager, Engineer, Workday, Software Development, Workday, @eeblet @harikaadivikolanu Workday, @mamtasuri3
20 MINS : #PhenomenalWoman: A workshop on language and confidence 3:00PM Ran Wei, Brand Strategist, Twitter, @ranlovesrice
20 MINS : Accessibility Empathy Lab, Join this Workshop to Bridge the Gap Between Abstraction 3:20PM and Empathy Andrea Villa, Sr User Experience Researcher, Qualcomm, @sezhoo
3.00PM : CITY DIRECTOR MEETUP Anyone interested in starting a chapter should attend
2.30PM CLOSING MAINSTAGE AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Leadership, Teamwork & Finding Your Voice CASTRO THEATRE
Working Asynchronously: How to Maximize Dispersed Team Productivity and Minimize FOMO 2.30PM Renee Chu, Aerospace Engineer, Facebook
How to Eradicate Toxic Culture from Your Workplace 2.40PM Michel Feaster, CEO and Co-Founder, Usermind, @MichelFeaster
Negotiating Like a Badass 2.50PM Nichole Mustard, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, Credit Karma, @LifeAtKarma
Hello, World: How to Launch, Grow and Scale a Global Brand 3.00PM Jennifer Yador, Senior Business Development Manager, Amazon, @JenniferYador
Audience Q&A: Build Your Own Chair: Advice for Getting a Seat at the Tech Table 3.10PM Arlan Hamilton, Founder + Managing Partner , Backstage Capital, @arlanwashere
PANEL : Leadership Lessons, Persistence and How to Become an Executive Hosted by Prudential 3.20PM Jen DeLoyd MODERATOR : Global Practice Manager, McKinsey & Company
PANELISTS : Rani Urbas, GVP Miriam Aguirre Terry Albarella Production Engineering & Vice President of VP, IT Infrastructure, Operations , Oracle, Engineering , Skillz Inc, Prudential @oracle @techaguirre
4.00PM SATURDAY THAT’S A WRAP!
BONUS SUNDAY : MARCH 4TH Lesbians Who Climb, Trish Ang, Front End Engineer, Slack ______
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