2015 LWT Summit Agenda – HER

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Thursday, February 26




Beginning Happy Hour


6:00 pm – 9:00pm // Beaux Cafe Castro



Saturday, March 27




An Important Occasion


8:30am // Doorways Open – Castro Theatre


9:30am – 11am // Glorious Morning Sessions // Castro Theatre

Welcome // Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Just Who Tech

Let’s Understand This Summit Started // Erica Anderson, Twitter & Danielle Moodie Mills, Emcees

Damaging the Bro Code // Dominique DeGuzman, Program Engineer, Twilio

From information Geek to Emerging Leader to ‘People Focused’ Leadership // Simple tips to Emerge through the Shadows Christy Gaughan, Director of advertising Science, Genentech

Can development resolve Gun Violence // Pia Carusone, past main of associates to Congresswoman Gabby Giffords

Morning Keynote

Unpacking confidentiality, Rose Hayes, Engineering Director at Bing & Board of Directors at Transgender Law Center

As soon as we mention confidentiality, we generally speaking utilize much of the exact same vocabulary we use to speak about protection. How exactly does this impact the goals we put, the questions we ask, as well as the responses we provide. What is actually missing out on through the viewpoint that comes along with the safety attitude?

11:00am // Take A Break – You Deserve It



11:30am // Breakout Lounge Sessions // (locations specified)

Women in Tech Lounge // Qbar // Sponsored by Indiegogo

Hacker’s Lounge // Beaux Bar // Sponsored by Amazon

Career & Connection Lounge // paid by Linkedin

11:30am // belated Morning principal level Sessions // Castro Theatre

UX Research and Design: The Human part of technical, Aga Bojko, Director of User analysis, Indiegogo

Support Isn’t Really Adequate: Precisely Why Tech Companies Tend To Be Failing Woefully To Bring In Feminine Engineers, Adria Richards

From The the majority of effective Kickstarter venture ever before to a Gaming Empire // exactly how One Entrepreneur Re-imaged the manner by which we Enjoy Games, Julie Uhrman, creator & President, OUYA

Many thanks for the Service. Introducing Entry Level, Vanessa Vinson

Exactly how one queer women is trying making it in technology after serving her nation.

The long run Hereditary Testing // Emily Conley, 23andMe

Fireside Chat // Exactly How Badass Women Are Solving Technical’s Variety Difficulty

Moderated by Danielle Moodie Mills & Aisha Moodie Mills

Kimberly Bryant, Dark Babes Code

Tina Lee, Mom Coders

Aliya Rahman // Program Director, Code for Progress

12:30pm // ensure you get your Grub On // Lunch Breakouts

Lunch Breakouts Sessions*


Meal enrollment will open quickly!


Songs Tech // Hosted by Pandora

Programmers Connect // Managed by Twilio

Technical Power Lesbians Q & A // Hosted by SnapChat

Decoding business Equity payment // Hosted by Robasciotti & Associates, Inc

Ignite Meal Classes // Hosted by Optimizely

*For lunch, you will choose one in the breakout periods in locations across the Castro Theater, each on another type of subject. Lunch subscription will open soon!

2:00pm // Afternoon Sessions // Castro Theatre

Just how Automated Software, Quantitative Analytics & Formulas Make Financial Thinking A Lot More Obtainable For Millennials, Ali Rosenthal, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Wealthfront

Exactly how Coaching Transgender Girls Tech Skill is actually Preserving Physical Lives // Miss Angelica Ross, Founder TransTech

Lesbians Who Tech Entrepreneur Pitch Program

Four remarkable queer females business owners will pitch the companies and applications they may be creating, in front of a section of judges such as people and entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs

Riana Lynn, Food Trace

Katy Atkinson, DataSnap

Monica Taher, ClipYap

More shortly!

Judges

Robyn Exton, Founder, Dattch

Kathrina Manalac, Y Combinator

Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder, Reddit

2:00pm // Afternoon Lounge Sessions // (areas specified)


Detail by detail agenda of breakout periods coming soon!

Women in technical Lounge // QBar // paid by Indiegogo

Hacker’s Lounge // Beaux club // Sponsored by Amazon

Job & relationship Lounge // backed by Linkedin


3:15pm // City Director Lesbians Exactly Who Technical Meetup!


// QBar


Jess Ainlay, Chicago

Caroline Younger, Boston

Jennifer Oslislo, Portland


3:30pm // simply take A Break + Have A Drink // Really, You need It



4:00pm // Keynotes & Afternoon Sessions // Castro Theatre

Keynote Meeting

Kara Swisher, Founder, Re/code.net

Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com

Keynote Ignite Program

Women Against Humanity, Kate Stayman-London, Lead Storyteller, Change.org

How I became a VC during my 20’s, Sarah Kunst, Partner, Fortis Partners

Just how a Brazilian Lesbian certain Bill Gates to Start Expedia, Soraya Bittencourt, item and Software technology Executive

The continuing future of Portable Wellness Tech, Meg Columbia-Walsh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Inverse Portable

Keynote Meeting

Megan Smith, Fundamental Development Officer, US

Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Who Technical

5:30pm // that is A Wrap // High Fives



5:30pm After Party: Cocktails + Conversation // Hell Yeah // The Cafe (managed by Yelp, advancement program & Mandrill)

Saturday, March 28




Hackathon // Mozilla Organizations SF


Registration not far off!


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Workshop Track // Github Soma Offices


Registration just around the corner!


9:30am morning meal



10:30am – 12:00pm // Morning periods

Before you decide to Lean in // Understanding the Neuroscience of Change, Tamera Schmidt, Director Sales quality at VMware & Neuro mentor

Your own Gut as a Culture-Changing Software, Ginger Chien, Lead Member of Specialized Staff/Data service equipment Architect at AT&T Mobility

Private PR: Creating and Managing Your Own Brand, Elissa Beth, CTO/Co-Founder at Glimpse Labs

The Secret of Public Speaking // Holley Murchison, Rhetoric Mentor, Oratory Glory

How to locate your very best chat // Cloe Shasha, Ted connect products Producer at TED

Fish Bowl Coaching

Dani Rukin, CPCC, PCC, Leadership Developing and Job Mentor

Rajkumari Neogy, President at iRestart

12:30pm – 2:00pm // meal treatment

Hacking the Technical Workforce

Mary Scotton, Main Developer Evangelist at salesforce.com

Ayori Selassie, Sr. Solution Engineer, Sales Engineer, System Specialist at

salesforce.com

Females and underrepresented minorities tend to be hacking the tech staff. This has been over a-year since Silicon Valley tech businesses published their particular disappointing range statistics. In response, we have now viewed an expanding neighborhood of entrepreneurs and coders altering the tech landscaping, one Hackathon/Conference/Company at a time. Join you to learn these success stories and ways to carry out these cheats inside workplace.

2:00pm // Afternoon Sessions

The Ingredients of Tech Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur Q & A

Janelle S. Allen, Founder at Learnwise.co

Jessica McGlory, Founder at Field Anticipate Project

Even more soon

Simple tips to Expand Your Company & Your Own Number Of Customers

Ari Isaacman Astles, Director of Development, NY Times

Lisa Sullivan-Cross, VP Development, Pandora

Maud Pasturaud, Mobile Phone & Business Development Specialist

Dealing with Stealth Barriers to Diverse engagement and improved development, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT)

Come read about many of the concealed obstacles and subdued biases that often stop organizations from employing leading ability. Inside entertaining demonstration, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft through the nationwide Center for Women & IT (NCWIT), will discuss how individuals and businesses can effortlessly address these undetectable obstacles to much better attract and retain the varied talent that will drive potential innovation. Attendees will discover about real strategies and sources they may be able make use of for applying these procedures inside their businesses.

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Brunch Dual Union


Registration not far off!

Desire LesbiansWhoTech throughout the year in your city? It is advisable to begin a feminist maker/hackerspace where you can spend time with folks you like weekly! Understand how Double Union developed a women-centered, queer-positive, feminist community working area and how you could carry out the same where you happen to live. Tune in to an interview with two founding people in dual Union exactly how they discovered an area, signed the rent, and liberated a 3D printer. We will serve lighting brunch with vegan and gluten-free options.

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Lesbians Which Bike


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Sunday, March 1



Closing Brunch

Registration coming soon!

Look for updates towards the agenda as subscription will open up for breakout and week-end events in the impending days. The Dattch rebate is

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