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Thursday, February 26
Beginning Grateful Hour
6:00 pm â 9:00pm // Beaux Cafe Castro
Tuesday, March 27
The Primary Event
8:30am // Doors Open â Castro Theatre
9:30am â 11am // Glorious Morning Sessions // Castro Theatre
Welcome // Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Exactly Who Technical
Let us Get This Summit Started // Erica Anderson, Twitter & Danielle Moodie Mills, Emcees
Damaging the Bro Code // Dominique DeGuzman, Software Engineer, Twilio
From information Geek to growing Leader to âPeople Focused’ management // how-to Emerge from the Shadows Christy Gaughan, Director of promotion research, Genentech
Can development resolve Gun Violence // Pia Carusone, Former Chief of associates to Congresswoman Gabby Giffords
Morning Keynote
Unpacking Privacy, Rose Hayes, Engineering Director at Google & Board of administrators at Transgender rules Center
Whenever we speak about confidentiality, we usually utilize a lot of exactly the same vocabulary we use to explore security. How exactly does this influence the objectives we arranged, the concerns we ask, additionally the solutions we give. What’s lacking from viewpoint which comes along with the safety outlook?
11:00am // Just Take A Break â You Deserve It
11:30am // Breakout Lounge Sessions // (locations specified)
Women in technical Lounge // Qbar // paid by Indiegogo
Hacker’s Lounge // Beaux pub // Sponsored by Amazon
Profession & relationship Lounge // backed by Linkedin
11:30am // belated Morning Main Stage Sessions // Castro Theatre
UX Research and Design: the human being Side of Tech, Aga Bojko, Director of consumer Research, Indiegogo
Support Actually Adequate: Why Technical Organizations Tend To Be Failing To Draw In Female Designers, Adria Richards
Through the the majority of profitable Kickstarter promotion actually to a Gaming Empire // exactly how One Entrepreneur Re-imaged the manner by which we Gamble Games, Julie Uhrman, Founder & CEO, OUYA
Thank-you for Your Provider. Introducing Entry Level, Vanessa Vinson
How one queer women is wanting to really make it in technology after providing her nation.
The long run Genetic Testing // Emily Conley, 23andMe
Fireside Chat // How Badass Women Are Solving Technical’s Variety Difficulty
Moderated by Danielle Moodie Mills & Aisha Moodie Mills
Kimberly Bryant, Black Girls Code
Tina Lee, Mom Coders
Aliya Rahman // System Director, Code for Progress
12:30pm // Get Your Grub On // Lunch Breakouts
Lunch Breakouts Sessions*
Meal registration will open eventually!
Songs Technical // Hosted by Pandora
Coders Connect // Managed by Twilio
Tech electricity Lesbians Q & A // managed by SnapChat
Decoding Startup Equity Compensation // Hosted by Robasciotti & Associates, Inc
Ignite Lunch Periods // Managed by Optimizely
*For meal, might pick one regarding the breakout sessions in locations across Castro theatre, each on yet another topic. Meal enrollment will open up soon!
2:00pm // Afternoon Sessions // Castro Theatre
How Automatic Computer Software, Quantitative Analytics & Algorithms Make Economic Preparing A Lot More Obtainable For Millennials, Ali Rosenthal, Vice-president of Strategic Partnerships, Wealthfront
Exactly how Teaching Transgender Females Technical Techniques is actually Keeping Schedules // Miss Angelica Ross, Founder TransTech
Lesbians Exactly Who Technical Entrepreneur Pitch Treatment
Four remarkable queer women business owners will pitch the firms and applications they’re creating, before a panel of judges such as people and entrepreneurs.
Business Owners
Riana Lynn, Foods Trace
Katy Atkinson, DataSnap
Monica Taher, ClipYap
Even more eventually!
Judges
Robyn Exton, Founder, Dattch
Kathrina Manalac, Y Combinator
Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder, Reddit
2:00pm // Afternoon Lounge Sessions // (locations specified)
In depth schedule of breakout periods not far off!
Feamales in Tech Lounge // QBar // paid by Indiegogo
Hacker’s Lounge // Beaux club // Sponsored by Amazon
Career & Connection Lounge // paid by Linkedin
3:15pm // City Director Lesbians Whom Technical Meetup!
// QBar
Jess Ainlay, Chicago
Caroline Younger, Boston
Jennifer Oslislo, Portland
3:30pm // just take a rest + have actually A Drink // truly, You Deserve It
4:00pm // Keynotes & Afternoon Sessions // Castro Theatre
Keynote Meeting
Kara Swisher, Founder, Re/code.net
Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com
Keynote Ignite Session
Females Against Humanity, Kate Stayman-London, Contribute Storyteller, Change.org
How I became a VC within my 20’s, Sarah Kunst, companion, Fortis associates
Exactly how a Brazilian Lesbian certain Bill Gates to Start Expedia, Soraya Bittencourt, item and Software technology Executive
The ongoing future of Portable Wellness Technical, Meg Columbia-Walsh, Founder and President, Inverse Portable
Keynote Interview
Megan Smith, Chief Tech Officer, United States Of America
Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Whom Technical
5:30pm // which is A Wrap // tall Fives
5:30pm After celebration: Cocktails + Conversation // Hell Yeah // The Cafe (Hosted by Yelp, introduction computer software & Mandrill)
Saturday, March 28
Hackathon // Mozilla Organizations SF
Registration just around the corner!
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Workshop Track // Github Soma Offices
Registration coming soon!
9:30am Breakfast
10:30am â 12:00pm // Morning periods
When you Lean in // Understanding the Neuroscience of Change, Tamera Schmidt, Director income quality at VMware & Neuro mentor
The Gut as a Culture-Changing appliance, Ginger Chien, contribute person in Specialized Staff/Data providers equipment Architect at AT&T Mobility
Individual PR: Generating and Controlling Your Own Brand, Elissa Beth, CTO/Co-Founder at Glimpse Labs
The Magic of Public Speaking // Holley Murchison, Rhetoric Mentor, Oratory Magnificence
How to locate the best Talk // Cloe Shasha, Ted Associate Programs Producer at TED
Seafood Bowl Coaching
Dani Rukin, CPCC, PCC, Leadership Developing and Job Mentor
Rajkumari Neogy, CEO at iRestart
12:30pm â 2:00pm // meal treatment
Hacking the Tech Workforce
Mary Scotton, Main Designer Evangelist at salesforce.com
Ayori Selassie, Sr. Remedy Engineer, Income Engineer, System Specialist at
salesforce.com
Females and underrepresented minorities are hacking the tech staff. It’s been over a-year since Silicon Valley tech companies published their unique dismal diversity statistics. In reaction, we have observed an increasing neighborhood of entrepreneurs and code writers switching the tech landscape, one Hackathon/Conference/Company each time. Join all of us to listen these success stories and how to implement these cheats in your place of work.
2:00pm // Afternoon Classes
The constituents of Technical Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur Q & A
Janelle S. Allen, Founder at Learnwise.co
Jessica McGlory, Founder at Business Forecast Project
More shortly
How exactly to Grow Your Business & Your Own Number Of Customers
Ari Isaacman Astles, Director of Development, NY Times
Lisa Sullivan-Cross, VP Growth, Pandora
Maud Pasturaud, Smartphone & Commerce Development Expert
Addressing Stealth Barriers to Diverse engagement and improved Innovation, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from the National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT)
Arrive learn about a few of the hidden barriers and refined biases very often prevent businesses from employing top skill. Contained in this interactive speech, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT), will discuss exactly how individuals and organizations can effectively deal with these concealed obstacles being better attract and retain the varied talent that drive potential development. Attendees will discover about real strategies and methods capable use for implementing these techniques within their businesses.
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Brunch Double Union
Registration not far off!
Want to have LesbiansWhoTech all year round in your city? You might want to start a feminist maker/hackerspace where you can go out with folks you want every week! Learn how dual Union developed a women-centered, queer-positive, feminist neighborhood working area and how you could potentially carry out the same your location. Listen to a job interview with two beginning members of dual Union about how exactly they discovered an area, signed the lease, and liberated a 3D printer. We will offer lighting brunch with vegan and gluten-free options.
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Lesbians Which Bike
Registration not far off!
Sunday, March 1
Closing Brunch
Registration coming soon!
Look for changes to the schedule as enrollment will open up for breakout and week-end activities from inside the impending times. The Dattch discount is
LWTDATTCH
. Make sure to put it to use during enrollment for a
25per cent discount on your tickets
!
