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Boston - Tuesday Sessions
Tuesday, September
28
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Session Descriptions
Session I
10 - 11:30 a.m.
Technology
Track
Web Design: Q&A
Room 201
Jennifer will host an informal dialogue with participants during
which she will showcase some of the hottest sites on the web and
demonstrate what makes these sites so effective. If you have any
questions about your designs, this is the session for you.
Jennifer
Fleming, Founder, Square Circle Solutions
Enabling Technologies: An Overview of Promising
Technologies
Room 203
See Session I on 9/27 for description
Kara Kapczynski, VP,
CTO - Ebusiness Division, Cambridge Technology Partners
Business Development Track
Managing Diversity for a Competitive Advantage
Room 202
Studies have shown that companies that pursue diversity in the
workplace outperform other major corporations. In this session we
will discuss the value and benefits of a diverse workforce, issues
related to access and career mobility for women of color and the
skills necessary to effectively manage a global and diverse
workforce.
Moderator: Ludy Wheless,
Ph.D., Manager, Finance Leadership Development, Texas
Instruments
Marissa Martinez, CEO,
Catumba/e
Daisy Jenkins,
Director, Global Diversity, Raytheon
Ban Saraf, VP, COO,
SARAF Software Solutions, Inc.
Strategic Brand Management: Creating an Identity for your
Company
Room 204
This session will address the basic fundamentals and principles
of brand strategy, why the explosion in Web use has changed the way
companies must execute their brand, how pure-play dot-coms can create
brand brilliance and why PR is an essential tool toward making your
company a household name. Join us for a lively discussion on one of
the hottest topics in the industry.
Moderator: Laurie
Windham, Founder, President and CEO, Cognitiative,
Inc.
Marijean Lauzier,
President and CEO, The Weber Group
Karenann Terrell, Brand
Manager - Product, Cadillac Motor Car
Madeline S. Mooney, VP,
Communications, Lycos
Retaining Employees Creatively: Strategies for Keeping Great
Talent
Room 208
The industry's ability to remain competitive, continue expanding
and meet customer technology objectives is increasingly threatened by
labor shortages. Companies are increasingly challenged to compete for
talent and financial compensation is no longer the primary
consideration for job hunters. This panel will discuss the issue and
will explore innovative strategies for recruiting new talent and
retaining quality employees.
Moderator: Jennifer
Jackson, President/Executive Recruiter, Jackson
Resources
Ruth Ross, VP, Human
Resources, Charles Schwab & Co.
Jean Ann Schulte, VP,
Client Services, Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Dr. Mindy Fried,
Director and Co-Principal Investigator, National Work/Life
Measurement Project, Center for Work & Family, Boston College
Professional Development
Track
Personal Stories of Successful Women
Room 206
This is always one of our most popular panels. Inspiring,
motivational and awesome is how some have described it. If you're
interested in the engaging stories of dynamic women who have
experienced extraordinary success, then this is a session you won't
want to miss.
See Session I on 9/27 for description
Moderator: Susan B.
Evans, Professor, University of San Francisco
Sonia Bhanot, President
and CEO, Verano
Lisa Donnan, VP,
Marketing, BCE Nexxia
Sue Parks, VP, Retail
Markets, US West
New Rules for High Impact Leadership
Room 210
We will discuss the necessary skills and abilities necessary to
take your people boldly into the future. Learn what motivates leaders
and how they project personal power to achieve their goals. Explore
courage and creativity and ways to use them to move naturally towards
a leadership position.
Moderator: Mary
Gardner, Co-founder, WorkVision
Mary Jane Knudson, VP,
Organizational Capability, Fidelity Investments
Annabel Beerel, Ph.D.,
Professor of Management, Simmons Graduate School of Management
Michon Schenck, VP &
General Manager, Sybase Worldwide Financial Services, Sybase
Roundtables
Finding your Career Path in the Technology Industry
Room 209
The convergence of virtually unlimited computing power,
communications networks and data is changing the way businesses are
structured, how they interact with markets and customers, how they
develop products and generate margins and how they relate to
employees. The results translate into great news for women in
technology. Join this panel to discuss strategies for creating
dynamic, well-paying and personally rewarding careers.
Moderator: Pat
Flynn, Dean, Graduate School of Business, Bentley
College
Linda Myers-Tierney,
Principal, Myers-Tierney & Associates
Jan Dehesh, VP,
Information Technology, QUALCOMM
Rhonda St. John,
Managing Director, International Network Services
Session II
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Technology
Track
Winning IT Strategies: Global Implementation
Room 202
This panel of experts will use a case-based approach to discuss
the unique issues associated with implementing a system overseas.
Beyond simply focusing on technology, the discussion will include the
cultural, regulatory and planning requirements that can make or break
an implementation. Case studies will include examples from China,
Germany and Italy.
Karen Hollinger,
Principal Consultant, The Hunter Group, a Renaissance Worldwide
Company
Ellen Braun, Senior
Manager, Ernst & Young LLP
Data Warehousing
Room 203
Be it an enormous mainframe system or a desktop PC, most
companies have some sort of data warehouse. Why is this technology so
prevalent and critical to your company's arsenal of competitive
weapons? Experts will address data warehousing as a
technology/business solution and its uses and architectural features.
Case studies of companies that have emerged as data warehouse best
practices will be discussed.
Janet Dang, VP,
Applications Marketing, Brio Technology
Shahla Butler, Ph.D.,
VP and Executive Director of the AMS Center for Advanced
Technologies
Business
Development Track
Gaining Access to Capital
Room 202
How much capital is necessary to finance your business and where
can you get it? Our panel of experts will discuss how to gain
investor interest, what investors consider in deciding to invest,
what turns investors off and the pros and cons of different types of
investments. Join us for this information-packed session.
Jean Sifleet, Attorney & CPA
Willa Seldon, General
Partner, Viridian Capital
Andrea Silbert,
Founder, Center for Women & Enterprise
Sonia Bhanot, President
& CEO, Verano
Building Strategic Business Alliances
Room 202
See Session I on 9/27 for description
Moderator: Patricia
Wahlstrom, Business Development Manager, West Area,
Cambridge Technology Partners
Susan Zaney, VP,
Marketing, Fairmarket.com
Ellen Lynn, Director,
Business Development, Digex
Suzanne Hoffman, VP,
Strategic Alliances, Applix, Inc.
Professional Development
Track
Winning @ Negotiation: Creating Win/Win Situations
Room 204
Win-win negotiating means negotiating from a base of integrity,
values and cooperation rather than from power, positioning, and
competition. Topics covered will include: why the win-lose paradigm
doesn't work, why win-win negotiating is more effective and what
skills are necessary to negotiate an effective win-win agreement.
Moderator: Mellie
Price, VP, Business Solutions, Human Code
Brandyn Criswell,
Director, Strategic Development, CNET
Pat Hillman, Executive
VP, Fidelity Capital
Patricia Sueltz,
General Manager, JAVA Software, IBM Software Group
Roundtables
Women of Color
Room 209
Barriers to succeeding in the technology industry and strategies
for overcoming cultural stereotypes and personal fears will be
discussed. Real world experiences affecting women of color in
technology will be addressed in this interactive roundtable of
successful women of color.
Moderator: Yvonne
Cager, DSP Design Manager, Americas Region, Texas
Instruments, Inc..
J. Rene Ward, Director
of Departmental/Workgroup Servers, Dell Computer Corporation
Marissa Martinez, CEO,
Catumba/e
Pamela J. Smith,
Professor, Boston College of Law
Sinyee Mak, Senior
Engineer II, Raytheon Systems Company - Sensor Electronic Systems
Chat Session
Living the eDream: Creating and Identifying and Ideal Startup
Culture
Room 210
Eileen will provide real-world advice for creating an ideal
start-up culture. She will demonstrate ways to keep employees
motivated, challenged and eager to work. She will also address how to
select the "right" employees, create strong teams, foster positive
communications and deal with the inevitable "start-up moments."
Featured Speaker: Eileen
Gittins, CEO, Personify
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