Schedule
Sunday, June 3 |
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Time | Session Title | Speaker(s) |
1:15pm - 2:30pm |
WITI Networks - Leadership Team Event (Invite Only) |
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1:30pm - 6:00pm | Registration Opens | |
2:15pm - 3:45pm |
Technical Workshop: Mobile DevelopmentIn today's mobile landscape your mobile presence is no longer defined by whether or not you have an iPhone app. With 50% of the US population now in possession of a smartphone and over 8% of all ... For More Details |
Ketan AnjariaFounder, CardFlickBess HoPartner, Archimedes LabsAmanda McConnellHead of Product, Rent.comPatty TolandPartner, Filament Group, Inc. |
3:50pm - 5:20pm |
The Social Business Agenda: Developing a Strategy to Drive Business ForwardWorking in over 67 countries and with 1000s of companies, IBM's Sandy Carter is a global evangelist for strengthening Social Business strategies. Sandy will lead attendees in an action packed workshop ... For More Details |
Sandy CarterCEO | CMO | Ecosystems | Business Development Information Technology, Silicon BlitzLaura WolfSocial Business Sales Executive for North America Canada, IBM |
5:30pm - 7:15pm |
WITI Founder's ReceptionThe first evening event on the Opening Night of the Women Powering Technology Summit, June 3, features welcoming words from WITI Founder Carolyn Leighton and offers an intimate, networking environment ... For More Details |
Carolyn LeightonFounder/Chairwoman, WITI |
Monday, June 4 |
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Time | Session Title | Speaker(s) |
7:30am - 9:30am |
Monday Opening Keynote and Breakfast Presented by ComcastPanel Discussion - Good Day WITI - Join this high energy talk show format panel as they discuss the status of technology innovation and leadership in the media industry. Comcast's leadership team will ... For More Details |
Lysa DahlinSr. VP, HR & Organizational Effectiveness, Comcast CableGrace KilleleaSenior Vice President of Talent, Comcast CableJohn SchanzExecutive Vice President and Chief Network Officer, Comcast Cable |
9:00am - 3:00pm |
WITI NextGen ProgramThis micro-conference, led by Betty LaMarr, on Monday, June 4th, is designed to encourage young women and girls to consider careers in Science and Technology. Leading women in Technology will teach, ... For More Details |
Brigette JacksonVP GM Michigan/Indiana, T-MobileBetty LaMarrChairwoman 2012 WITI NextGen Summit, Executive Coach, Nadisa AssociatesMaureen McQuestionDirector, IRT Customer Service Center, California State University, SacramentoSue RobinsOwner, Ascend Training SolutionsRakel SolvadottirFounder and CEO, SkemaEmily UbikEngineering Student, Boston UniversityBonnie WolfeCo-Founder, 2 Billion Monkeys |
9:30am - 9:45am |
Networking Break |
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9:45am - 10:45am |
Panel Discussion: Business Goes SocialPanel will discuss every angle of how social media has evolved both as a communication tool and as a revenue generating business strategy, plus the technology, sites and apps driving Social Business ... For More Details |
Rachel SklarModerator Founder, Change The RatioSloane BerrentVice President of Digital Marketing, Lippe TaylorSophia ChungSoftware Engineer, FacebookJen FrielOwner/Lifecaster, Talk Nerdy To Me LoverMaria OgnevaGlobal Head of Community, LinkedInEkaterina WalterSenior Social Media Strategist, Intel |
10:45am - 11:05am |
WITIstyle Storytelling: What Intuitive Women Bring to Technology DesignUsability is an important goal of any technology design but is often difficult to achieve. Recent research suggests that aspects of developers' personalities may at least partially underlie usability ... For More Details |
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11:00am - 12:30pm | Exhibit Opens | |
11:15am - 12:30pm | WITI Networking Event: Meet the Exhibitors | |
12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Monday Lunch Keynote Presentation: Designing Diversity into TechIn technology we often discuss designing products, user interfaces, or infrastructure. In this Keynote Presentation, Angela Benton will discuss the use of design principals to build more innovative ... For More Details |
Angela BentonFounder, NewME Accelerator, Founder/Publisher, Black Web 2.0 |
2:00pm - 7:00pm | Exhibit Opens | |
2:00pm - 2:15pm | Session Break | |
2:15pm - 2:35pm |
WITIstyle Storytelling: Women, Tech Innovation and the Great Global OpportunityA range of technologies are rapidly evolving and converging that will make it possible to solve some of humanity's grand challenges. Advances in fields such as robotics, AI, computing, synthetic ... For More Details |
Vivek WadhwaVice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University |
2:35pm - 3:35pm |
Paths to Success - Stories from the Front Lines of TechPanelists will share lively and engaging stories, challenges, personal triumphs and strategy innovations they've each developed along their respective paths to success in several key areas of ... For More Details |
Jane MoranModerator CIO, UnileverMaya BaratzSenior Product Manager, ABC NewsCindy GallopFounder & CEO, IfWeRanTheWorldJoan HestenesPlatforms IT Leader, Life TechnologiesSonita LontohHead of Global Marketing, TrilliantKathryn MinshewFounder & CEO, the Daily Muse |
3:35pm - 3:45pm | Session Break | |
3:45pm - 4:05pm |
WITIstyle Storytelling: Stop Telling Women Not To Do StartupsWhy all of this debate about women in the startup ecosystem and what they should or shouldn't be doing? How do we eliminate preconceived notions of women in business or gender stereotypes in order to ... For More Details |
Alexia TsotsisCo-Editor, TechCrunch |
4:05pm - 5:05pm |
Panel Discussion: Women, Venture Capital and Creating a Paradigm ShiftWomen led businesses have traditionally raised funding via personal equity and outside debt, according to research conducted by the Kauffman Foundation. The number of women entrepreneurs who have ... For More Details |
Pemo TheodoreModerator Media Producer & Startup Coach, EZebisPatricia NakacheGeneral Partner, Trinity VenturesStephanie PalmeriSenior Associate, SoftTech VCRachel SheinbeinParter, CMEA CapitalSharon WienbarManaging Director, Scale Venture Partners |
5:30pm - 7:00pm | Taste of Technology Reception and Executive Auction | |
7:00pm - 9:00pm |
17th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards BanquetKey leaders in science and technology were honored at the 17th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards Dinner on Monday, June 4, 2012 in conjunction with WITI's Annual Women Powering Technology Summit in the ... For More Details |
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Tuesday, June 5 |
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Time | Session Title | Speaker(s) |
8:00am - 9:30am |
Tuesday Opening Keynote and Continental Breakfast: Rocket Science, Political Science And A Bit Of Elbow GreaseGwynne Shotwell is the president of SpaceX, an American space transport company founded by PayPal co-founder and Tesla founder Elon Musk. Headquartered in Hawthorne, California, SpaceX was founded ... For More Details |
Gwynne ShotwellPresident, SpaceX |
9:30am - 12:30pm | Exhibit Opens | |
9:40am - 10:40am |
Global Women. Global BusinessThis panel discussion will feature global business insights and anecdotes from some of today's top women leaders in the global economy. The stories and information shared will focus on innovations in ... For More Details |
Joanne Martin, Ph.D.Moderator Distinguished Engineer and Vice President of Technology, IBM CorporationHeather HealyVice President and EMC Products Division CIO, EMC CorporationJessica HuntSenior Vice President and General Manager, HighTableMarina LevinsonFounder and CEO, CIO Advisory Group, LLC |
9:40am - 10:40am |
Panel Discussion: Data SecurityThe Data Security panel will take a look at the innovations and challenges businesses face in Data Security and Privacy today while exploring solutions to key engineering and IT challenges in ... For More Details |
Nicole PerlrothModerator Reporter, The New York TimesNancy Cam-WingetDistinguished Eng., Enterprise Service & Security, CiscoMelanie FrazierEngagement & Strategy Team Manager, CISSP, eBayMichelle KoblasDirector of Security, Guardian AnalyticsCandice TalCEO, Infortal Worldwide |
10:40am - 11:00am | Networking Break | |
11:00am - 11:40am |
Innovation in Emerging Markets - Brazil and RussiaDeveloped economies have traditionally looked at emerging economies as areas of market growth for their existing product portfolio, as a source of human capital at more competitive costs, or ... For More Details |
Patricia FlorissiVice President, Americas & EMEA CTO, Distinguished Engineer, EMC |
11:45am - 12:45pm |
Charting Your Success: Steps for Personal Brand DevelopmentTheme: Importance of Personal Brand Development Questions to be answered: Who are you and what are you known for? What does your name stand for at your workplace? Where are you in your career? ... For More Details |
Tracie YbarraDirector, Personal and Printing Systems Learning & Development, HP |
11:45am - 12:45pm |
Funding and InvestmentsThe Funding and Investments Workshop will define the various types of funding and investors available to get a business or project off the ground. Friends, family, your day job, bank loans, angel ... For More Details |
Monica DodiManaging Director, The Women's Venture Capital FundMike McGladeChief Revenue Officer, FastPay |
11:45am - 12:45pm |
Making Business Drive IT Transformation Through Enterprise Architecture (Cloud)Todays business demands and pressures have accelerated the pace of change. This focus on growing the business, entering new markets, enabling new, faster, better and less expensive services to ... For More Details |
Lauren StatesAdvanced Leadership Initiative Fellow, Harvard University |
11:45am - 12:45pm |
Workshop: Book Publishing for the Technology AuthorIn this session, Blurb CEO Eileen Gittins will address the many options available for executives looking to self-publish books on their respective areas of expertise. She'll review the book publishing ... For More Details |
Eileen GittinsFounder and CEO, Blurb |
12:45pm - 2:15pm |
Lunch Keynote: Mechanical Ducks, Tea-cup Robots and Frankenstein's Monster: Imagining a New Future for ComputingThe origins of today's digital technologies are far more complicated than it sometimes appears. In this talk, Genevieve Bell, a cultural anthropologist working at the intersections of culture and ... For More Details |
Genevieve Bell, Ph.D.Director, 3A Institute, Australia National University |
2:00pm - 6:00pm | Career Fair with JobTarget | |
2:00pm - 6:00pm | Exhibit Opens | |
2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Navigating Success through Practical StrategyAs you know, success does not happen overnight and it often requires many life choices to achieve your goals. The Navigating Success through Practical Strategy Workshop will give attendees the ... For More Details |
JJ DiGeronimoAuthor, The Working Woman's GPS |
2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Workshop: The Changing Role of Technology MarketersThe role of the top marketing executive is changing and expanding. Different strategies, decisions, styles, and metrics are required for success. Managing the brand is paramount to the company's ... For More Details |
Erna ArnesenVice President, Global & Strategic Services Partners, Cisco CorporationCheemin Bo-LinnPresident and CEO, Peritus PartnersDeirdre StraughanCommunity Architect, JoyentMarlene WilliamsonVice President, Corporate Marketing, HGST |
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
Diversity Hiring That Innovates Business: An atypical approach to solving a very typical hiring practiceI am sure you have heard of the phrase "Birds of a feather flock together." That might work in choosing your friends but it has no place in your hiring practices. Diversity workshops typically ... For More Details |
Jackye Clayton\, Textio |
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
Women's Employee Resource Groups: Invigorating Your Organization by Connecting Powerful WomenAT&T has made a commitment to connecting people with their world. Connecting the exceptionally diverse, talented and dedicated individuals is the purpose of our robust Women of AT&T Employee Resource ... For More Details |
Rachel BookAssociate Director, Global Talent Attraction & Diversity, AT&TTheresa SprallingCEO, Women of AT&T National OrganizationKatherine SwiftDirector, Sales Operations, AT&T |
* Speakers and Sessions are subject to change