| Sunday, October 29 |
| Time |
Session Title |
Speaker(s) |
| 1:00 pm-4:15 pm |
Turning Walls into Bridges, Becoming The Person You Were Meant to Be
Women are gifted with a dual nature - we can be intentional and receptive, dynamic and magnetic, intuitive and... |
Wendy Wallbridge
-President / Executive Coach, On Your Mark
|
| 1:00 pm-2:30 pm |
Spirit Driven Business
The best Steinway can get out of tune. In the same way, we humans can get slightly off kilter in small moves. The... |
Nilofer Merchant
-CEO/Principal, Rubicon Consulting
|
| 2:45 pm-4:15 pm |
Going Global: Picking your markets, improving your global leadership skills
As the business world globalizes, so must we. This two part session will focus on how to analyze potential new... |
Marian Cook
-President, Ageos Enterprises, Inc.
|
| 4:30 pm-6:30 pm |
Founder Reception |
| Monday, October 30 |
| Time |
Session Title |
Speaker(s) |
| 7:00 am-6:00 pm |
Registration Open |
| 7:00 am-9:00 am |
Breakfast Buffet Open |
| 8:15 am-9:15 am |
Creating a Culture of Courage: The New Leadership Challenge
As companies are demanding that employees take more risks, do more with less, and try to anticipate the future,... |
Cindy Solomon
-President, Solomon & Associates, Inc.
|
| 9:30 am-10:30 am |
Shopping in Web 2.0.
What's behind the scene at your favorite on-line shopping experience.
Web 2.0 has made shopping simple again,... |
Andrew Chen
-CEO, Power Reviews
Randi Barshack
-VP of Marketing, Mercado
Marsha Keeffer
-Executive Director, Rubicon Consulting
John Squire
-General Manager, Marketing Services VP, Coremetrics
|
| 9:30 am-10:30 am |
Social Networking: Does it apply to business?
The enthusiasm for online networking in the web 2.0 era has spawned significant investments in several variations... |
Konstantin Guericke
-Co-Founder and VP Marketing, LinkedIn
Daphne Kis
-Vice President of Business to Business Programs, CNET Networks
Melanie Deitch
-Director of Marketing, Facebook
|
| 9:30 am-10:30 am |
Turning Your Passion Into Profit
Too often, we delegate the things we love to "hobbies" or "I will get to it in my spare time" activities. Yet,... |
Wendy Wallbridge
-President / Executive Coach, On Your Mark
Rayona Sharpnack
-Founder, Institute for Women''s Leadership
Pat Lynch
-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, WomensRadio/WomensCalendar
Carolyn Leighton
-Founder/Chairwoman, WITI
|
| 9:30 am-10:30 am |
Web 2.0; Beyond The Hype, What Is It?
Web 2.0 Snapshot and Implications for You.
While many might say it's the new paradigm, it's hard to tell what is... |
Robin Raskin
-Technology Columnist, The Princeton Review
Susan Wojticki
-Vice President of Product Management, Google
Ani Babaian
-Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corp.
|
| 10:45 am-11:45 am |
Exercise your Business IQ (BIQ)
A highly interactive workshop. It is often said that the true measure of a person can be discovered in the face of... |
Renee Bacherman
-President & CEO, Fischer International
Cynthia Sterling
-Director, BMC Software
|
| 10:45 am-11:45 am |
Humanizing & Monetizing Web 2.0
Sure online software encourages social collaboration, services, and repurposable web-based apps. But can you build... |
Michael Mace
-Principal, Rubicon Consulting
Mena Trott
-Co-Founder & President, Six Apart
|
| 10:45 am-11:45 am |
Personal Stories of Successful Women
What are the keys to success for women in today's highly competitive technological job market? Come and learn from... |
Helen Turnbull PhD
-President, Human Facets
Arlene Harris
-CEO, GreatCall, Inc.
Martha Bejar
-President, Caribbean and Latin America and Emerging Markets Strategy, Nortel
|
| 10:45 am-11:45 am |
Tools for Unstoppable Leadership
Would you like to be able to generate success, enthusiasm and your own well-being, even in the face of opposition... |
Randy Methven
-Executive Coach, On Your Mark
|
| 12:00 pm-1:45 pm |
Climate Change: The Risks... The Opportunities... and The Story of a Sexy New Electric Car
Is Climate Change a real threat? . . . Or the best opportunity for your company? Join us to hear Dr Pieter Tans,... |
Sierra Dall
-President and CEO, Challenge International, Inc.
Martin Eberhard
-CEO, Tesla Motors
Dr. Pieter Tans
-Senior Scientist, Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA
|
| 12:00 pm-1:45 pm |
Keynote Lunch |
| 2:00 pm-3:00 pm |
Digital Branding: Building Your Online Identity for Career & Business Success
Digital impressions matter. Consider the statistics: 75% of recruiters use search engines to research candidates... |
Nina Burokas
-Principal, Digerati Marketing
Kirsten Dixson
-Founding Partner, Brandego
|
| 2:00 pm-3:00 pm |
Exciting New Technologies for Energy, Cars and Fuel
You've probably heard about ethanol, solar, biodiesel, wind and hydrogen as renewable energy possibilities. . . In... |
Maureen McIntyre
-President, McIntyre Communications Inc.
|
| 2:00 pm-3:00 pm |
Finding the Big Idea: Innovation Strategies B35
Almost every company says innovation is important, but few know how to get real about driving innovation. Don't... |
Nilofer Merchant
-CEO/Principal, Rubicon Consulting
|
| 2:00 pm-3:00 pm |
Opening new markets for your business: - Customers, Solutions and Innovations
How do you want to be viewed in the marketplace - ahead or behind the curve?
Climate change has opened... |
Jessica Fullmer
-CEO/Founder, Sustainable Business Institute
|
| 3:00 pm-6:00 pm |
WITI Expo Open |
| 3:15 pm-4:15 pm |
Dangers of Web 2.0 And Ways To Protect Yourself
Threats to Internet security diminish trust and slow economic development. With the Web 2.0 world, the threats have... |
Erin Hintz
-Vice President, Worldwide Consumer Marketing, Symantec Corp.
|
| 3:15 pm-4:15 pm |
Starting and Profiting from your own Business
Secrets for success for product companies and service/consulting practices
This session is for those of you... |
Joey Tamer
-Consultant, Expert
|
| 3:15 pm-4:15 pm |
Trading Up - 5 Essential Steps for Redesigning Yourself As A Leader from the Inside Out
All leaders find themselves at crossroads in their career where what they have done, and who they have been is... |
Rayona Sharpnack
-Founder, Institute for Women''s Leadership
|
| 3:15 pm-4:15 pm |
What is a Trusted Advisor and How to Become One
Trust, respect, confidence and loyalty are all familiar terms. ÊFor some, those terms are more closely associated... |
Carole McCluskey
-President, EttenAj Consulting
|
| 4:30 pm-6:00 pm |
Taste of Technology Reception |
| 6:00 pm-8:00 pm |
Hall Of Fame Awards Dinner, a Fundraising Event for the WITI Foundation |
| Tuesday, October 31 |
| Time |
Session Title |
Speaker(s) |
| 7:00 am-12:00 pm |
Registration Open |
| 7:00 am-12:00 pm |
WITI Expo Open |
| 7:00 am-8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast served at WITI Expo |
| 8:00 am-9:00 am |
Women at Play: Women as Consumers of Entertainment Technology
With digital entertainment flooding our homes, cars and everything in between, how are women changing their leisure... |
Danielle Levitas
-VP, Consumer and Broadband Research, IDC
Robin Raskin
-Technology Columnist, The Princeton Review
|
| 9:15 am-10:15 am |
Conversations: How is Customer Engagement Changing?
Company's relationships with their customers can no longer be treated as some remote distant relationship with a... |
Katie Keating
-Senior Director, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Promise Phelon
-CEO, The Phelon Group
|
| 9:15 am-10:15 am |
Creating Executable Business Strategies
What is an executable business strategy in today's rapidly changing markets? Sheryl will discuss key components... |
Sheryl Root
-President and CEO, RootAnalysis
|
| 9:15 am-10:15 am |
Participation Drives Innovation
How to architect user input into product designs that can overachieve and outdeliver, and give your company the... |
Lisa Askins
-Sales Execution Office, IBM Applications on Demand
Holley Garmany
-Sr Mgr, Customer Development, NetApp
Pat Lynch
-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, WomensRadio/WomensCalendar
Linda Popky
-President, L2M Associates
|
| 9:15 am-10:15 am |
Save the Energy - Leverage the Technology
How would you like to save hundreds to thousands of dollars, improve your productivity and conserve energy at the... |
Sierra Dall
-President and CEO, Challenge International, Inc.
Mary Jo Lockbaum
-Environmental Sustainability Manager, Corporate Express
Maureen McIntyre
-President, McIntyre Communications Inc.
|
| 10:15 am-11:00 am |
Tea & Coffee in WITI Expo |
| 11:00 am-12:00 pm |
Building a WITI Network Leadership
Have you considered building a WITI Network in your community or your company? David Leighton, President of WITI,... |
David Leighton
-President, WITI
|
| 11:00 am-12:00 pm |
Ingredients for Women Succeeding in a Technical Field
To delve into the keys to success that unlock your career and move you to the next level Êwherever you are... |
Denise Haskins
-Dr., Raytheon
|
| 11:00 am-12:00 pm |
Success Stories of Sustainable Companies... and What You Can Do
Many large corporations throughout the world are taking climate change seriously. In this session, you will learn... |
Maureen McIntyre
-President, McIntyre Communications Inc.
|
| 11:00 am-12:00 pm |
Technology Law On the Move
"From Cocktail Talk to Innovative Business Decisions: What You Need to Know"
Come to hear how trends in... |
Katherine Kelly Lutton
-Incoming National Head of Litigation, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Rose Hagan
-Senior Trademark Counsel, Google Inc.
Jennifer Seibly
-Counsel, Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound
|
| 12:15 pm-2:00 pm |
Sharing Our Wisdom
Storytelling Roundtables, led by WITI Conference Speakers and WITI Hall of Fame Winners - Each leader will share... |
Rebecca Rhoads
-Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Raytheon Company
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