2015 LWT Summit Agenda – HER

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Thursday, February 26




Opening Successful Hour


6:00 pm – 9:00pm // Beaux Cafe Castro



Monday, March 27




The Primary Occasion


8:30am // Doors Start – Castro Theatre


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

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

Why don’t we Understand This Summit Started // Erica Anderson, Twitter & Danielle Moodie Mills, Emcees

Breaking the Bro Code // Dominique DeGuzman, Software Engineer, Twilio

From information Geek to Emerging chief to ‘People Focused’ Leadership // tips appear from Shadows Christy Gaughan, Director of promotional Science, Genentech

Can Technology Solve Gun Violence // Pia Carusone, past fundamental of associates to Congresswoman Gabby Giffords

Morning Keynote

Unpacking Privacy, Rose Hayes, technology Director at Bing & Board of Directors at Transgender Law Center

As soon as we talk about confidentiality, we generally speaking make use of the majority of alike vocabulary we used to discuss security. How does this effect the goals we arranged, the concerns we ask, as well as the responses we give. What exactly is lacking from point of view that comes combined with the security mentality?

11:00am // Just Take Some Slack – You Deserve It



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

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

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

Profession & relationship Lounge // Sponsored by Linkedin

11:30am // belated day principal Stage Sessions // Castro Theatre

UX analysis and Design: the human being part of technical, Aga Bojko, Director of consumer analysis, Indiegogo

Sponsorship Actually Enough: The Reason Why Tech Businesses Tend To Be Failing Woefully To Draw In Feminine Designers, Adria Richards

Through the Many Winning Kickstarter Campaign Actually ever to a Gaming Empire // just how One Entrepreneur Re-imaged the manner by which we Gamble Games, Julie Uhrman, creator & President, OUYA

Thank you so much to suit your Service. This is Basic Level, Vanessa Vinson

Exactly how one queer females is wanting to really make it in tech after providing the woman nation.

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

Fireside Chat // Just How Badass Ladies Are Solving Tech’s Variety Difficulty

Moderated by Danielle Moodie Mills & Aisha Moodie Mills

Kimberly Bryant, Dark Girls Code

Tina Lee, Mom Coders

Aliya Rahman // System Director, Code for Advancement

12:30pm // Get Your Grub On // Lunch Breakouts

Meal Breakouts Sessions*


Lunch enrollment will open eventually!


Songs Technical // Managed by Pandora

Programmers Connect // Managed by Twilio

Tech energy Lesbians Q & A // Hosted by SnapChat

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

Ignite Meal Sessions // Managed by Optimizely

*For lunch, you will select one from the breakout classes in locations round the Castro Theater, each on yet another subject. Meal registration will start soon!

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

Just how Automatic Software, Quantitative Analytics & Formulas Make Financial Preparing A Lot More Accessible For Millennials, Ali Rosenthal, Vp of Strategic Partnerships, Wealthfront

Exactly how Training Transgender Ladies Technical Skills is Preserving Everyday Lives // Lose Angelica Ross, Founder TransTech

Lesbians Whom Technical Entrepreneur Pitch Period

Four remarkable queer women business owners will pitch the companies and programs they are creating, before a screen of judges including traders and business owners.

Business Owners

Riana Lynn, Food Trace

Katy Atkinson, DataSnap

Monica Taher, ClipYap

Even more soon!

Judges

Robyn Exton, Creator, Dattch

Kathrina Manalac, Y Combinator

Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder, Reddit

2:00pm // Afternoon Lounge Sessions // (places given)


In depth plan of breakout sessions just around the corner!

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

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

Job & Connection Lounge // backed by Linkedin


3:15pm // City Director Lesbians Whom Technical Meetup!


// QBar


Jess Ainlay, Chicago

Caroline Young, Boston

Jennifer Oslislo, Portland


3:30pm // just take A Break + have actually a glass or two // Really, You Deserve It



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

Keynote Interview

Kara Swisher, Creator, Re/code.net

Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com

Keynote Ignite Period

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

The way I turned into a VC in my 20’s, Sarah Kunst, companion, Fortis Partners

Just how a Brazilian Lesbian Convinced Bill Gates to Start Expedia, Soraya Bittencourt, Product and computer software technology Executive

The continuing future of Mobile Phone Health Technical, Meg Columbia-Walsh, Founder and CEO, Inverse Smartphone

Keynote Meeting

Megan Smith, Main Tech Officer, United States Of America

Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Exactly Who Technical

5:30pm // which is A Wrap // tall Fives



5:30pm After celebration: Cocktails + discussion // Hell Yeah // The Cafe (managed by Yelp, development Software & Mandrill)

Saturday, March 28




Hackathon // Mozilla Offices SF


Registration just around the corner!


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Workshop Track // Github Soma Offices


Registration coming soon!


9:30am morning meal



10:30am – 12:00pm // Morning Sessions

Before you slim in // Understanding the Neuroscience of Change, Tamera Schmidt, Director revenue quality at VMware & Neuro mentor

Your Gut as a Culture-Changing Software, Ginger Chien, Lead person in Specialized Staff/Data solutions equipment Architect at AT&T Mobility

Individual PR: Generating and Controlling Your Brand, Elissa Beth, CTO/Co-Founder at Glimpse Labs

The Magic of Public Speaking // Holley Murchison, Rhetoric Mentor, Oratory Fame

What are your very best Talk // Cloe Shasha, Ted connect products Producer at TED

Seafood Bowl Training

Dani Rukin, CPCC, PCC, Management Development and Career Mentor

Rajkumari Neogy, CEO at iRestart

12:30pm – 2:00pm // Lunch program

Hacking the Tech Workforce

Mary Scotton, Principal Designer Evangelist at salesforce.com

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

salesforce.com

Women and underrepresented minorities are hacking the tech workforce. It’s been over annually since Silicon Valley technology organizations posted their dismal assortment stats. In reaction, we have now seen an expanding neighborhood of entrepreneurs and developers changing the tech landscape, one Hackathon/Conference/Company at one time. Join us to listen these success stories and ways to carry out these cheats within place of work.

2:00pm // Afternoon Periods

The constituents of Technical Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur Q & A

Janelle S. Allen, Creator at Learnwise.co

Jessica McGlory, Creator at Industry Forecast Venture

Even more eventually

How exactly to Grow Your Company & Your Own Customers

Ari Isaacman Astles, Director of Growth, NY Times

Lisa Sullivan-Cross, VP Growth, Pandora

Maud Pasturaud, Portable & Business Development Expert

Approaching Stealth Barriers to Diverse Participation and improved advancement, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from National Center for ladies & that (NCWIT)

Come discover more about many of the hidden barriers and understated biases very often prevent businesses from choosing leading skill. Within this interactive presentation, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from the National Center for Women & that (NCWIT), will discuss just how people and organizations can successfully deal with these hidden obstacles so that you can much better attract and retain the varied ability which will drive future development. Attendees will discover about real techniques and methods they may be able make use of for applying these procedures in their companies.

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Brunch Double Union


Registration coming soon!

Desire LesbiansWhoTech all through the year in your city? You should start a feminist maker/hackerspace where you are able to spend time with folks you love weekly! Find out how Double Union created a women-centered, queer-positive, feminist society workshop and how you could perform the exact same in your geographical area. Listen to a job interview with two beginning people in dual Union on how they discovered a place, finalized the rental, and liberated a 3D printer. We’re going to serve lighting brunch with vegan and gluten-free options for lesbian

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Lesbians Exactly Who Bike


Registration just around the corner!

Sunday, March 1



Closing Brunch

Registration just around the corner!

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