WITI's Women Powering Technology Summit

Top Technology Leaders

Get connected to tech-savvy innovators and industry leaders at WITI's Annual Women Powering Technology Summit.

WITI's NextGen Program

In conjunction with our Annual Summit, WITI presents this micro-conference encouraging young women to consider careers in Science and Technology. Sponsored by the Women in Technology Foundation 501(c)(3)

Including the 17th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards

Join us on Monday, June 4th, to honor key innovators in science and technology at WITI's Annual Summit.

The Most Important Event for Women in Technology Returns to the Silicon Valley!

Join WITI, the world's leading professional organization for executive women in technology, for a variety of hands on speaking engagements and dynamic panel discussions at WITI's Annual Women Powering Technology Summit at the Marriott Hotel in Santa Clara, CA June 3-5, 2012.

Keynote Presentations

Genevieve Bell, Ph.D.

Intel Fellow; Director, User Interaction and Experience, Intel Labs, Intel Corporation

Angela Benton

Founder, NewME Accelerator, Founder/Publisher, Black Web 2.0

Gwynne Shotwell

President, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation

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Keynote Breakfast Sponsored by Comcast

Lysa Dahlin

Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Comcast Cable

Grace Killelea

Senior Vice President of Talent, Comcast Cable

John Schanz

Executive VP and Chief Network Officer, Comcast Cable

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2012 WITI Hall of Fame Inductees

Genevieve Bell, Ph.D. Intel Fellow; Director, User Interaction and Experience, Intel Labs, Intel Corporation	Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; Administrator, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)	Joanne Martin, Ph.D. Distinguished Engineer and Vice President of Technology, IBM Corporation
Gwynne Shotwell President, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation

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Workshop Leaders, Speakers and Panelists

Maya Baratz Senior Product Manager, ABC News	Sloane Berrent Vice President of Digital Marketing, Lippe Taylor	Tara Tiger Brown Co-founder, Teach Me Stuff
Sandy Carter Vice President Social Business Evangelism and Sales, IBM	JJ DiGeronimo Author, The Working Woman's GPS	Laura Anne Edwards Founder, SheCanHackIT.org & Alura Entertainment, LLC
Nicole Enright VP, Strategic Operations, Avnet	Patricia Florissi VP, Americas & EMEA CTO, Distinguished Engineer, EMC	Jen Friel Owner/Lifecaster, Talk Nerdy To Me Lover

Cindy Gallop Founder & CEO, IfWeRanTheWorld	Heather Healy Vice President and EMC Products Division CIO, EMC Corporation	Joan Hestenes Platforms IT Leader, Life Technologies
Betty LaMarr Executive Coach, Nadisa Associates	Cameron Lester General Partner, Azure Capital Partners	Marina Levinson Founder and CEO, CIO Advisory Group, LLC
Sonita Lontoh Head of Corporate Marketing, Trilliant	Amanda McConnell Head of Product, Rent.com	Kathryn Minshew Founder & CEO, the Daily Muse

Joanne Moretti VP Sales Excellence & Dean of HP Sales University, Global Sales, Hewlett-Packard	Patricia Nakache General Partner, Trinity Ventures	Maria Ogneva Head of Community, Yammer
Stephanie Palmeri Senior Associate, SoftTech VC	Nicole Perlroth Reporter, The New York Times	Melanie Polkosky, Ph.D. Human Factors Psychologist, IBM
Sue Robins Owner, Ascend Training Solutions	Sheryl Root President & CEO, RootAnalysis, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon - SV & Stanford University	Rinki Sethi Security Engineer, eBay

Rachel Sheinbein Parter, Energy and Materials, CMEA Capital	Rakel Sölvadóttir Founder and CEO, Skema	Lauren States VP & CTO Cloud Computing & Growth Initiatives, IBM Corporate Strategy
Pemo Theodore Media Producer & Startup Coach, EZebis	Patty Toland Partner, Filament Group, Inc.	Alexia Tsotsis Senior Editor, TechCrunch
Vivek Wadhwa VP of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University	Ekaterina Walter Senior Social Media Strategist, Intel	Sharon Wienbar Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners

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Join WITI in the Silicon Valley!

WITI is the premier global organization helping tech-savvy women attain their professional goals. With a global network of smart, talented women & a market reach exceeding 2 million, WITI has established powerful strategic alliances and programs to provide connections, resources, & opportunities within a supportive environment of women committed to helping each other. WITI's mission is to empower women worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership and economic prosperity.