10:30-12:00 Workshop - Designing Our Lives Virginia Rath, PhD, MBA Co-founder Back Porch Barbara Waugh, PhD Author, Co-founder Back Porch Time: 90 Minutes (details)
12:00-1:00 Working Guilt-Free During the Pandemic? Connie Guglielmo Editor-in-Chief, CNET Laura Katen, Author, Keynote Speaker, Founder/CEO KATEN CONSULTING Carolina Milanesi, Founder & Principal Analyst, The Heart of Tech Time: 60 minutes (details)
1:00-2:00 Emotional Health @ Work During Challenge And Uncertainty Nataly Kogan, Creator of the Happier Method™, founder and CEO of Happier, author of Happier Now Time: 60 Minutes (details)
Emerging Leadership Track #1 (2 Talks)
How & Why We Rise: Reframing the “Why” to Harness Sponsorship for Yourself & Others Natalie Bonifede, Diversity & Inclusion Leader Time: 30 minutes (details)
Leaders Don’t Wait for Permission: Take Charge of Your Career Growth Snehal Khandkar , Sr. Engineering Manager, Rubrik Inc Time: 30 minutes (details)
1:00-2:00 Executive Leadership Track (2 Talks)
Managing Your Sabotaging Voice— Name it. Tame it. Send it Away Sarah Benenson Goldberg, SBG Leadership Coaching and Consulting Time: 30 minutes (details)
Innovation in large companies – What is the panacea? * Monica Shen Knotts, Director, Strategy & Alignment, Cisco * Minny Walia, Senior Director, Business Readiness, VMware * Claudia Galvan, Technical Advisor, Early Stage Innovation * Jin Zhang, Director of Engineering, Facebook Time: 30 minutes (details)
1:00-2:00 Technical Track (2 Talks)
Building and Managing Training Datasets for ML with Snorkel Paroma Varma, Research Assistant, Stanford University Time: 30 minutes (details)
DevSecOps - Security Automation in Large Codebase Sanya Ralhan, Member of Technical Staff, VMware Time: 30 minutes (details)
1:00-2:00 Diversity & Inclusion Track
Equity and Inclusion During a Global Crisis: Supporting Employees in Unprecedented Times * Dr. Marianne Cooper, Sr. Research Scholar, VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab at Stanford University * Dr. Alison Wynn, Research Associate, VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab at Stanford University Time: 60 minutes (details)
2:30-3:30 Emerging Leadership Track
Embracing Ourselves and our Talents Lightning Talks
* Grit and Persistence: Key Attributes for Advancement - Dr. Anita Jindal, Sr Director of Engineering, VMware * Rising Against the Odds – Climbing the Corporate Ladder - Kavita Ryali, Senior Technical Program Manager, INRIX (Ex-Microsoft) * “Am I good enough?” Managing Self-Doubt and Feelings of Inadequacy at Work - Meriem Bekka, Senior Program Manager, VMware Foundation * Blame it on Her Juice & the Power of her Professional Brand - Jennifer Tacheff, Founder & Partner, Manifest Advisors * Weirdos Rule the World: Why Being Different Makes You Invaluable - Peipei Yu, Senior Director of Engineering Strategy and Operations, Box * If I’m Shining: Reconnecting with My True Talents - Sharon Park, President, Sage Digital Marketing
Speak Up Stand Out Be Heard Charmaine McClarie Author, C-suite advisor, Keynote speaker, & Executive coach, Leadership presence authority, President, McClarie Group Time: 30 minutes (details)
How to Win a Rebellion of One: An Insider’s Guide to Advancing Your Tech Career Amy Kardel, Vice President, Strategic Workforce Relationships, CompTIA Time: 30 minutes (details)
Outsource the Mundane: Build a Digital Workforce Rashim Mogha, Founder eWOW Time: 20 minutes (details)
2:30-3:30 Diversity & Inclusion Track
Employee Activism: Forces for Change - Dr. Melissa Abad, Research Associate, VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab at Stanford Lab - Dr. Marianne Cooper, Sr. Research Scholar, VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab at Stanford University Time: 60 minutes (details)
