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Thursday, February 26
Beginning Happy Hour
6:00 pm â 9:00pm // Beaux Cafe Castro
Friday, February 27
The Main Occasion
8:30am // Doorways Start â Castro Theatre
9:30am â 11am // Glorious day Sessions // Castro Theatre
Welcome // Leanne Pittsford, Creator, Lesbians Which Tech
Let’s Understand This Summit Started // Erica Anderson, Twitter & Danielle Moodie Mills, Emcees
Breaking the Bro Code // Dominique DeGuzman, Program Engineer, Twilio
From information Geek to growing Leader to âPeople Focused’ Leadership // How to Emerge through the Shadows Christy Gaughan, Director of promotion research, Genentech
Can development Solve Gun Violence // Pia Carusone, past Chief of associates to Congresswoman Gabby Giffords
Morning Keynote
Unpacking Privacy, Rose Hayes, technology Director at Bing & Board of administrators at Transgender rules Center
When we talk about privacy, we typically use most of the exact same language we use to discuss safety. So how exactly does this influence the targets we set, the questions we ask, as well as the solutions we give. What is missing from the point of view which comes together with the protection mentality?
11:00am // Take A Break â You Deserve It
11:30am // Breakout Lounge Sessions // (areas given)
Women in Tech Lounge // Qbar // Sponsored by Indiegogo
Hacker’s Lounge // Beaux pub // Sponsored by Amazon
Profession & Connection Lounge // paid by Linkedin
11:30am // later part of the day principal level Sessions // Castro Theatre
UX Research and Design: The Human Side of technical, Aga Bojko, Director of consumer Research, Indiegogo
Sponsorship Isn’t Adequate: Precisely Why Technical Companies Are Failing Continually To Entice Feminine Designers, Adria Richards
From the majority of Successful Kickstarter venture Actually ever to a Gaming Empire // exactly how One Entrepreneur Re-imaged the manner by which we Play Games, Julie Uhrman, Founder & President, OUYA
Thank you so much for Your Provider. Thank you for visiting Entry Level, Vanessa Vinson
How one queer females is wanting to really make it in technology after helping the woman nation.
The long term Genetic Testing // Emily Conley, 23andMe
Fireside Chat // Exactly How Badass Women Can Be Solving Tech’s Diversity Problem
Moderated by Danielle Moodie Mills & Aisha Moodie Mills
Kimberly Bryant, Dark Girls Code
Tina Lee, Mom Coders
Aliya Rahman // Plan Director, Code for Advancement
12:30pm // get the Grub On // Lunch Breakouts
Meal Outbreaks Sessions*
Meal enrollment will start quickly!
Songs Technical // Hosted by Pandora
Coders Connect // Hosted by Twilio
Technical electricity Lesbians Q & A // Hosted by SnapChat
Decoding Startup Equity Compensation // Hosted by Robasciotti & Associates, Inc
Ignite Lunch Periods // Hosted by Optimizely
*For lunch, might select one of the breakout sessions in places across Castro theatre, each on a separate subject. Meal enrollment will start soon!
2:00pm // Afternoon Sessions // Castro Theatre
Exactly how Automated Program, Quantitative Analytics & Formulas Are Making Financial Thinking More Easily Accessible For Millennials, Ali Rosenthal, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Wealthfront
Just how Training Transgender Females Technical Skill is actually Saving Resides // Miss Angelica Ross, Creator TransTech
Lesbians Who Tech Entrepreneur Pitch Session
Four remarkable queer females business owners will pitch the businesses and programs they truly are developing, before a panel of judges including buyers and entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurs
Riana Lynn, Foods Trace
Katy Atkinson, DataSnap
Monica Taher, ClipYap
More eventually!
Judges
Robyn Exton, Creator, Dattch
Kathrina Manalac, Y Combinator
Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder, Reddit
2:00pm // Afternoon Lounge Sessions // (areas given)
Detailed agenda of breakout periods not far off!
Feamales in technical Lounge // QBar // Sponsored by Indiegogo
Hacker’s Lounge // Beaux pub // Sponsored by Amazon
Job & relationship Lounge // Sponsored by Linkedin
3:15pm // City Director Lesbians Which Tech Meetup!
// QBar
Jess Ainlay, Chicago
Caroline Younger, Boston
Jennifer Oslislo, Portland
3:30pm // simply take A Break + have actually a glass or two // actually, You Deserve It
4:00pm // Keynotes & Afternoon Sessions // Castro Theatre
Keynote Interview
Kara Swisher, Founder, Re/code.net
Marc Benioff, President, Salesforce.com
Keynote Ignite Program
Females Against Humanity, Kate Stayman-London, Contribute Storyteller, Change.org
The way I turned into a VC during my 20’s, Sarah Kunst, companion, Fortis associates
Just how a Brazilian Lesbian Convinced Bill Gates to begin Expedia, Soraya Bittencourt, Product and Software Engineering Executive
The continuing future of Mobile Health Tech, Meg Columbia-Walsh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Inverse Smartphone
Keynote Meeting
Megan Smith, Chief Tech Officer, United States
Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Which Technical
5:30pm // that is A Wrap // High Fives
5:30pm After celebration: Cocktails + discussion // Hell Yeah // The Cafe (managed by Yelp, introduction program & Mandrill)
Saturday, February 28
Hackathon // Mozilla Offices SF
Registration coming soon!
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Workshop Track // Github Soma Practices
Registration not far off!
9:30am morning meal
10:30am â 12:00pm // Morning Sessions
If your wanting to Lean in // comprehending the Neuroscience of Change, Tamera Schmidt, Director revenue quality at VMware & Neuro mentor
Your own Gut as a Culture-Changing appliance, Ginger Chien, Lead person in Technical Staff/Data solutions equipment Architect at AT&T Mobility
Individual PR: Making and Controlling Your Brand, Elissa Beth, CTO/Co-Founder at Glimpse Labs
The Secret of Presenting And Public Speaking // Holley Murchison, Rhetoric Coach, Oratory Glory
Where to find your absolute best Talk // Cloe Shasha, Ted Associate Programs Producer at TED
Seafood Bowl Training
Dani Rukin, CPCC, PCC, Management Developing and Profession Coach
Rajkumari Neogy, Chief Executive Officer at iRestart
12:30pm â 2:00pm // Lunch treatment
Hacking the Tech Workforce
Mary Scotton, Principal Designer Evangelist at salesforce.com
Ayori Selassie, Sr. Remedy Engineer, Sales Engineer, Platform Specialist at
salesforce.com
Women and underrepresented minorities tend to be hacking the tech staff. This has been over annually since Silicon Valley tech companies posted their own dismal diversity stats. As a result, we have seen an expanding neighborhood of entrepreneurs and code writers altering the tech landscaping, one Hackathon/Conference/Company at a time. Join you to hear these achievements tales and how to apply these cheats inside place of work.
2:00pm // Afternoon Sessions
The Ingredients of Tech Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur Q & A
Janelle S. Allen, Creator at Learnwise.co
Jessica McGlory, Creator at Business Anticipate Venture
A lot more quickly
How to Expand Your Company & Your Number Of Customers
Ari Isaacman Astles, Director of Development, NY Times
Lisa Sullivan-Cross, VP Growth, Pandora
Maud Pasturaud, Mobile Phone & Business Development Specialist
Dealing with Stealth Barriers to Diverse Participation and improved creativity, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from nationwide Center for ladies & IT (NCWIT)
Arrive discover more about certain concealed obstacles and understated biases that frequently stop organizations from choosing leading talent. In this entertaining demonstration, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from nationwide Center for females & IT (NCWIT), will go over just how individuals and organizations can efficiently address these undetectable barriers in order to better attract and retain the varied skill which will drive future development. Attendees will discover about tangible methods and resources they may be able make use of for applying these methods in their companies.
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Brunch Double Union
Registration coming soon!
Desire LesbiansWhoTech all year long in your city? You may need to begin a feminist maker/hackerspace where you can go out with individuals you would like each week! Discover how dual Union produced a women-centered, queer-positive, feminist area workshop as well as how you can carry out the same where you live. Listen to a job interview with two founding members of dual Union precisely how they discovered a space, signed the rental, and liberated a 3D printer. We are going to provide a light brunch with vegan and gluten-free options.
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Lesbians Whom Bike
Registration just around the corner!
Sunday, March 1
Closing Brunch
Registration just around the corner!
Keep an eye out for changes to the agenda as registration will open up for breakout and week-end activities inside following days. The Dattch rebate is
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