2015 LWT Summit Agenda – HER

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Thursday, February 26




Opening Successful Hour


6:00 pm – 9:00pm // Beaux Cafe Castro



Saturday, March 27




The Primary Occasion


8:30am // Gates Start – Castro Theatre


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

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

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

Damaging the Bro Code // Dominique DeGuzman, Computer Software Engineer, Twilio

From information Geek to growing commander to ‘People Focused’ authority // just how to Emerge from the Shadows Christy Gaughan, Director of promotion Science, Genentech

Can tech resolve Gun Violence // Pia Carusone, Former fundamental of associates to Congresswoman Gabby Giffords

Day Keynote

Unpacking confidentiality, Rose Hayes, Engineering Director at Bing & Board of administrators at Transgender rules Center

As soon as we mention confidentiality, we usually utilize the majority of similar vocabulary we used to mention protection. How might this influence the targets we set, the questions we ask, and the responses we provide. What’s lacking from point of view which comes in addition to the safety attitude?

11:00am // Simply Take A Rest – You Deserve It



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

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

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

Career & Connection Lounge // Sponsored by Linkedin

11:30am // Late Morning Main Stage Sessions // Castro Theatre

UX Research and Design: the human being Side of Tech, Aga Bojko, Director of User Research, Indiegogo

Support Isn’t Really Adequate: Exactly Why Tech Organizations Tend To Be Failing Continually To Entice Feminine Designers, Adria Richards

From The the majority of Successful Kickstarter venture previously to a Gaming Empire // just how One Entrepreneur Re-imaged the Way We Enjoy Games, Julie Uhrman, creator & President, OUYA

Thanks for the Provider. Introducing Basic Level, Vanessa Vinson

How one queer ladies is trying to really make it in tech after providing the woman country.

The long term Genetic Evaluating // Emily Conley, 23andMe

Fireside Chat // Just How Badass Women Are Solving Technical’s Diversity Challenge

Moderated by Danielle Moodie Mills & Aisha Moodie Mills

Kimberly Bryant, Black Babes Code

Tina Lee, Mother Coders

Aliya Rahman // Program Director, Code for Progress

12:30pm // get the Grub On // Lunch Breakouts

Lunch Breakouts Sessions*


Meal enrollment will open soon!


Music Technical // Managed by Pandora

Coders Connect // Hosted by Twilio

Tech energy Lesbians Q & A // Hosted by SnapChat

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

Ignite Lunch Sessions // Hosted by Optimizely

*For lunch, might choose one associated with the breakout classes in places across the Castro Theater, each on another type of topic. Lunch enrollment will open eventually!

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

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

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

Lesbians Just Who Technical Entrepreneur Pitch Period

Four amazing queer females entrepreneurs will pitch the firms and applications they’re building, facing a section of judges such as investors and entrepreneurs.

Business Owners

Riana Lynn, Foods Trace

Katy Atkinson, DataSnap

Monica Taher, ClipYap

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 agenda of breakout classes coming soon!

Feamales in technical Lounge // QBar // backed by Indiegogo

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

Career & Connection Lounge // paid by Linkedin


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


// QBar


Jess Ainlay, Chicago

Caroline Younger, Boston

Jennifer Oslislo, Portland


3:30pm // Take some slack + have actually a glass or two // Really, You need It



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

Keynote Meeting

Kara Swisher, Founder, Re/code.net

Marc Benioff, President, Salesforce.com

Keynote Ignite Program

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

How I turned into a VC inside my 20’s, Sarah Kunst, Partner, Fortis associates

Exactly how a Brazilian Lesbian Convinced Bill Gates to begin Expedia, Soraya Bittencourt, item and Software Engineering Executive

The ongoing future of Cellular Phone Wellness Technical, Meg Columbia-Walsh, Founder and CEO, Inverse Mobile Phone

Keynote Interview

Megan Smith, Chief Development Officer, Usa

Leanne Pittsford, Creator, Lesbians Whom Technical

5:30pm // That’s A Wrap // High Fives



5:30pm After celebration: Cocktails + Conversation // Hell Yeah // The Cafe (Hosted by Yelp, introduction Software & Mandrill)

Saturday, March 28




Hackathon // Mozilla Organizations SF


Registration not far off!


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Workshop Track // Github Soma Workplaces


Registration just around the corner!


9:30am morning meal



10:30am – 12:00pm // Morning periods

Before you slim in // Understanding the Neuroscience of Change, Tamera Schmidt, Director income Excellence at VMware & Neuro Coach

Your own Gut as a Culture-Changing Software, Ginger Chien, contribute person in Technical Staff/Data solutions equipment Architect at AT&T movement

Private PR: Generating and Dealing With Your Own Brand, Elissa Beth, CTO/Co-Founder at Glimpse Labs

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

What are your absolute best chat // Cloe Shasha, Ted Associate Programs Producer at TED

Seafood Bowl Training

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

Rajkumari Neogy, Chief Executive Officer at iRestart

12:30pm – 2:00pm // Lunch Session

Hacking the Technical Workforce

Mary Scotton, Main Designer Evangelist at salesforce.com

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

salesforce.com

Females and underrepresented minorities are hacking the tech workforce. This has been over per year since Silicon Valley technology businesses posted their dismal diversity statistics. As a result, we’ve observed an expanding area of business owners and coders changing the tech landscaping, one Hackathon/Conference/Company at any given time. Join you to know these achievements tales and the ways to carry out these cheats within workplace.

2:00pm // Afternoon Periods

The constituents of Technical Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur Q & A

Janelle S. Allen, Creator at Learnwise.co

Jessica McGlory, Founder at Field Anticipate Project

A lot more quickly

Just how to Increase Your Company & Your Customers

Ari Isaacman Astles, Director of Development, NY Times

Lisa Sullivan-Cross, VP Growth, Pandora

Maud Pasturaud, Cellphone & Business Development Specialist

Approaching Stealth Barriers to Diverse Participation and improved creativity, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from nationwide Center for Women & IT (NCWIT)

Appear read about a number of the hidden obstacles and understated biases that frequently stop companies from hiring top talent. Within this interactive speech, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from the National Center for ladies & that (NCWIT), will talk about just how individuals and companies can effectively deal with these hidden obstacles being much better attract and retain the varied ability that can drive future development. Attendees will discover about concrete techniques and sources they are able to utilize for applying these techniques in their organizations.

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Brunch Double Union


Registration just around the corner!

Wish to have LesbiansWhoTech all year round in your area? You may need to begin a feminist maker/hackerspace where you can hang out with folks you would like every week! Discover how dual Union produced a women-centered, queer-positive, feminist area working area and exactly how you could perform some same where you happen to live. Pay attention to an interview with two beginning members of Double Union about how exactly they discovered a space, signed the rent, and liberated a 3D printer. We’re going to provide lighting brunch with vegan and gluten-free choices.

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Lesbians Who Bike


Registration just around the corner!

Sunday, March 1



Closing Brunch

Registration just around the corner!

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