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Phenomenal Keynotes, Renowned Speakers, Networking Opportunities and More... Details!
Speakers & Keynotes
WITI's Women and Technology Summit will Feature Inspirational Speakers, Innovative Keynotes and Much More... Details!
WITI Hall of Fame Awards
Five Leaders in Science and Technology will be Honored at WITI's 15th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Awards Ceremony... Details!
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The Reinvention Workshop
Whether you love what you are doing, or are thinking about ways to reinvent one or more aspects of your life,... |
Dr. Miriam Reiss
President, Wisdom Coaching (tm) | |
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Let's Put the "Business" Back Into Business Casual
Whether you telecommute or work in a traditional office-setting, you're probably confused about the intricacies of... |
KL Moore
Image Consultant, KL Image Group | |
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Founders Reception
This is a great opportunity to meet Carolyn Leighton, Founder of WITI, and many of the speakers, executives and... |
Carolyn Leighton
Founder/Chairwoman, WITI | |
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The World Cafe
A structure in which you can achieve concrete deliverables while expanding your ability to innovate, collaborate... |
Nancy Margulies
Co-Developer, The World Café Anne Adams, Ph.D. President, ACS | |
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What's Your Story? How Personal Storytelling online Can Help You In Business
How social media storytelling works both to start your own endeavors and to lead success in the corporate... |
Cathy Brooks
Founder, Other Than That | |
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Special Presentation
WITI Hall of Fame Honoree and renowned educator, Dr. Ruth Westheimer will address the women of WITI during this... |
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine, Yale and Princeton Universities | |
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Keynote Lunch
The World Commission on Environment and Development defined sustainable growth as, “development that meets the... |
Kathrin Winkler
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, EMC Corporation | |
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The New Rules of Brand Transformation
Building and refreshing a brand is one of today’s most critical business challenges, especially when that brand is... |
Sally Jenkins
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Symantec | |
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Afternoon Keynote - Ecosystems, Partners and Social Media: 10 Minute Warning
If American owned female businesses were their own country, they would have a bigger GDP than France, Italy, UK,... |
Sandy Carter
Vice President Social Business Evangelism and Sales, IBM | |
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Collaborative Philanthropy: Touching Lives Locally, Nationally and Globally
Hear the stories of how four women have chosen to give back to people in their community, across the nation and... |
Judy Shaw
Director, Advanced Module Development, External Development and Manufacturing, Texas Instruments Melendy Lovett President, Texas Instruments Education Technology Duy-Loan Le Senior Fellow, Texas Instruments Wanda Gass Texas Instruments | |
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Taste of Technology Reception
Network over drinks and hors d'oeuvres with your peers and leaders to make new contacts, discuss the day's events... |
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15th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards Dinner
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the inception of the WITI Hall of Fame. Throughout the years WITI... |
Katie Boehret
Reporter, The Wall Street Journal | |
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The SuperHero In All Of Us
What would the world be if we each made the choice to be as big as we can be? What could we accomplish, inspire... |
Nilofer Merchant
Entrepreneur, CEO & Chief Strategist, Rubicon Consulting | |
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Emerging Markets: Greening Tech
Sustainability leaders across the high-tech and clean-tech disciplines discuss practices, products, and how... |
Lorie Wigle
General Manager of Eco-Technology, Intel Bill Weihl Green Energy Czar, Google Melody Haller CEO, Antenna Group Joel Makower Executive Editor, GreenBiz.com | |
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Growth: "Raising capital, financing alternatives for business"
This panel will explore the many ways to finance the growth of a business from seeking seed funding, venture... |
Joey Tamer
Consultant, Expert, JoeyTamer.com Nat Goldhaber Founder and Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures (CCV) | |
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Social Media: Why It's Imperative To Integrate Social Media into Your Business Strategy
Will focus on the many ways / reasons to incorporate a social-business strategy into a business plan to improve... |
Paula Satow
President & CEO, Satow Strategies LLC and Buzzuka.com Ghennipher Weeks Consultant, Agile Marketing Partners Patricia Santamaria WebSphere Demand Program Marketing Manager, IBM | |
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Cloud: Applied Cloud
How Businesses are adapting to and taking advantage of internet-based on-demand computing. Panelists will discuss... |
James Watters
Sr. Manager, vCloud Solutions, VMware R "Ray" Wang Partner for Enterprise Strategy, Altimeter Group Vanessa Alvarez Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan | |
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Break/Networking in Exhibit Area
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Keynote Lunch: “Cloud Computing – the New Normal and the impact for IT Departments”
With the advent of virtualization and cloud computing, technology has moved from a tactical necessity to a... |
Leah Sweet
VP Flagship Advisor, CA Technologies | |
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Emerging Markets: Mobile Markets: New Opportunities
Exploring the vast range of the mobile universe including Mobile vs web and why this matters from a numbers and... |
Lisa Garza
Market Manager, Service Provider Mobility Marketing, Cisco Laura Anne Edwards Founder, SheCanHackIT.org and Alura Entertainment, LLC Cheemin Bo-Linn, EdD. Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Revenue Officer, NetLine Corporation Anne Bezancon Founder & President, Placecast Jeni Bell Director of Marketing - Greater Los Angeles, AT&T | |
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Growth: Moving Ahead By Giving Back: The New Culture of Social Responsibility in Business
Presentation will draw on executive experiences and share how successful women can “move ahead by giving back”: to... |
Rebecca McQuigg Rigal
Arts & Culture Ambassador, GOOD Projects Kathy Chou VP, PSG Americas Sales Strategy & Operations, Hewlett Packard | |
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Social Media: Adapting The Executive Profile
Will explore how an executive's individual social media influences overall brand and corporate identity.... |
Michelle Price
CEO, Social Media Savvy Melinda Matthews IBM Director SWG Business Partners, IBM Emilie Choi Director of Corporate Development, LinkedIn KL Moore Image Consultant, KL Image Group Paula Gould CMO, GreenQloud | |
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Cloud: Dark Cloud
Business and consumer trust as well as security, risk and how to safeguard digital assets in an evolving fast-paced... |
R "Ray" Wang
Partner for Enterprise Strategy, Altimeter Group Chenxi Wang Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc. Becky Swain Program Manager, Security Assurance Services, Cisco Systems, Inc. Jean Pawluk Chief Architect, Visa Bernard Golden CEO, HyperStratus | |
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Emerging Markets: Search Technologies
What's happening in Search and Search Engine Optimization and how are they influencing business globally and in our... |
Elissa Lee
Vice President, Research, TiVo Inc. Michelle Robbins Vice President of Technology, Third Door Media Amanda McConnell Sr. Director of User Experience & Product Management, ReachLocal, Inc. Ayalla Goldschmidt Program Director, Application Infrastructure Marketing, WebSphere Software, IBM | |
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Growth: Capitalizing On New Revenue Streams
With all that technology has to offer and the Web's relentless evolution how can we decipher the best new... |
Lizzie Widhelm
Vice President of National Advertising Sales, Pandora Adrian Ott Author The 24-Hour Customer & CEO, Exponential Edge, Inc. Sophia Lopez BPM Product Marketing Manager, Process Modeling, IBM Laurel Kaufman CEO, Los Angeles Consulting Group (LACG) | |
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Social Media: Applications and Other Online Business Solutions
As we study Social Media as a phenomenon that shapes how we live and interact with each other on the web, we turn... |
Teresa Zobrist
President & CEO, Zobrist Consulting Group, Inc Stephanie Quay Director of Business Development, Meebo Liza Mandeville Sr. Program Manager, PayPal (ebay Inc.) Colleen Bisconti Marketing Program Director, IBM | |
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Cloud: Horizon Watch SAS
What's the future of our digital livelihood and how will we access, share, manage and protect ourselves and our... |
R "Ray" Wang
Partner for Enterprise Strategy, Altimeter Group Ann Saydah General Business and Channel Sales, IBM Chirag Mehta Office of the CEO, SAP Lauren Flaherty Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Juniper Jessie Jiang Product Management, Google | |
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WITI Summit Wrap Up / VIP Networking Reception and Executive Auction
One of the most popular evening events during the WITI Summit. Insights, perspectives, questions & success stories... |
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*Speakers and Sessions are subject to change