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08:00

Duration:

30

Registration & Networking

20 October

Networking

08:00

Duration:

30

Registration & Networking

20 October

Networking

08:30

Duration:

30

Meet Up: Coffee & Mingle

20 October

Networking

Are you attending Women in Tech Boston on your own? Or do you just want to make some extra new connections to kick off your experience? Join our dedicated Meet Up to kickstart your morning feeling energised and ready to be engaged in two inspirational days! You'll be joined by our Networking Host to help you meet other attendees without the awkwardness and make a plan to share your experience and learnings!

08:30

Duration:

30

Meet Up: Coffee & Mingle

20 October

Networking

Are you attending Women in Tech Boston on your own? Or do you just want to make some extra new connections to kick off your experience? Join our dedicated Meet Up to kickstart your morning feeling energised and ready to be engaged in two inspirational days! You'll be joined by our Networking Host to help you meet other attendees without the awkwardness and make a plan to share your experience and learnings!

 

09:15

Duration:

30

Track:

Keynote

Welcome Remarks

Carrie Beckstrom

CEO
@ PowerSpeaking, Inc.

20 October

Keynote

Welcome to Women in Tech Boston 2022!

Over two days, you will have the opportunity to experience the power of resilience through impactful sessions delivered by our expert speakers and expand your scope of influence by networking with 1,000 other like-minded women in tech.

09:15

Duration:

30

Welcome Remarks

Carrie Beckstrom

CEO
@ PowerSpeaking, Inc.

Track:

Keynote

20 October

Keynote

Welcome to Women in Tech Boston 2022!

Over two days, you will have the opportunity to experience the power of resilience through impactful sessions delivered by our expert speakers and expand your scope of influence by networking with 1,000 other like-minded women in tech.

 

09:30

Duration:

30

Track:

Keynote

The Opportunity for Sustainable Product Development

Catherine Kniker

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer
@ PTC

20 October

Not to be Missed

Technical

Transformation

Keynote

Over the course of history, humans have faced countless resiliency challenges. But today we face our greatest yet: climate change. The problem is complex, the scale of change is immense, and progress doesn't always feel like it's being made fast enough. Technology will play a critical role in how we address climate change, with one of the biggest areas of opportunity being sustainable product design.

In this keynote, Catherine Kniker will explain how our relationship with the products we use every day could change in the years ahead and offer a broader message about the opportunity in front of us to help address climate change with a career in technology.

Key Takeaways:

The tech industry plays a significant role in addressing climate change. Three areas addressed in this keynote include:

  • New companies and technologies dedicated to lowering greenhouse gas emissions
  • The reinvention of traditional industries for purposes of addressing climate change
  • The sustainable product design opportunity and its impact on the products we use every day

This session is for... attendees interested in climate change and sustainability strategies; professionals aiming to grow their careers in technology; business leaders interested in the future of how products will be made.

09:30

Duration:

30

The Opportunity for Sustainable Product Development

Catherine Kniker

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer
@ PTC

Track:

Keynote

20 October

Not to be Missed

Technical

Transformation

Keynote

Over the course of history, humans have faced countless resiliency challenges. But today we face our greatest yet: climate change. The problem is complex, the scale of change is immense, and progress doesn't always feel like it's being made fast enough. Technology will play a critical role in how we address climate change, with one of the biggest areas of opportunity being sustainable product design.

In this keynote, Catherine Kniker will explain how our relationship with the products we use every day could change in the years ahead and offer a broader message about the opportunity in front of us to help address climate change with a career in technology.

Key Takeaways:

The tech industry plays a significant role in addressing climate change. Three areas addressed in this keynote include:

  • New companies and technologies dedicated to lowering greenhouse gas emissions
  • The reinvention of traditional industries for purposes of addressing climate change
  • The sustainable product design opportunity and its impact on the products we use every day

This session is for... attendees interested in climate change and sustainability strategies; professionals aiming to grow their careers in technology; business leaders interested in the future of how products will be made.

 

10:00

Duration:

30

Track:

Keynote

Achieving Success Through Resiliency and Perseverance: My Career Journey

Erin Molgaard

VP - Mainstreet Technology, Card Tech
@ Capital One

20 October

Not to be Missed

Non-Technical

Career

Keynote

What does resilience look like over the course of your career and what role does mentorship/sponsorship play? In this presentation, Erin Molgaard will share about how experiencing failure and disappointment over the course of your career can ultimately lead to personal growth and success, and how leveraging mentorship/sponsorship along the way can help you achieve your goals.

The Why: The focus of this presentation is to provide women in the engineering field and their allies with an understanding of resilience in the face of setbacks and failure, and the importance of mentorship/sponsorship to help grow and develop your core competencies as well as help you define your career path.

Key Takeaways:

  • Failure and disappointment do not define you—what matters most is that you learn from it and that you pick yourself back up and keep reaching for your goals.
  • Feedback is a gift and having a mentor/sponsor who you can truly trust and be open with can be life changing.
  • You should always be in the driver seat for your career and you ultimately own the choices you make.

This session is for... seasoned technology professionals who aspire to grow their career, overcome obstacles and learn about achieving success in the face of adversity.

10:00

Duration:

30

Achieving Success Through Resiliency and Perseverance: My Career Journey

Erin Molgaard

VP - Mainstreet Technology, Card Tech
@ Capital One

Track:

Keynote

20 October

Not to be Missed

Non-Technical

Career

Keynote

What does resilience look like over the course of your career and what role does mentorship/sponsorship play? In this presentation, Erin Molgaard will share about how experiencing failure and disappointment over the course of your career can ultimately lead to personal growth and success, and how leveraging mentorship/sponsorship along the way can help you achieve your goals.

The Why: The focus of this presentation is to provide women in the engineering field and their allies with an understanding of resilience in the face of setbacks and failure, and the importance of mentorship/sponsorship to help grow and develop your core competencies as well as help you define your career path.

Key Takeaways:

  • Failure and disappointment do not define you—what matters most is that you learn from it and that you pick yourself back up and keep reaching for your goals.
  • Feedback is a gift and having a mentor/sponsor who you can truly trust and be open with can be life changing.
  • You should always be in the driver seat for your career and you ultimately own the choices you make.

This session is for... seasoned technology professionals who aspire to grow their career, overcome obstacles and learn about achieving success in the face of adversity.

 

10:30

Duration:

30

Networking Brunch

20 October

Networking

10:30

Duration:

30

Networking Brunch

20 October

Networking

11:05

Duration:

30

Track:

Tech Resilience

Avoiding Cybersecurity Scares in an Evolving Threat Landscape

Kate Prouty

SVP and Chief Information Officer
@ Akamai

20 October

Technical

Cybersecurity

Digital

It seems like there is a new story every week about a company falling victim to a cybersecurity breach, which can be catastrophic for data privacy, brand reputation, and the bottom line.

In this session, Kate Prouty will unpack the current threat landscape from her vantage point as CIO of a cybersecurity company, and share how she is protecting her own company through a 'Zero Trust' mindset.

Learn how individuals and organizations can promote a security-first culture and reduce risk in an increasingly hybrid world.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn about the top security threats modern businesses face today
  • Hear how Akamai keeps its employees and customers safe through their journey to "Zero Trust"
  • Find out how to make your mark in a cybersecurity career

This session is for... technical professionals from individual contributors to senior decision-makers looking to understand the future of enterprise security and where to start their journeys.

11:05

Duration:

30

Avoiding Cybersecurity Scares in an Evolving Threat Landscape

Kate Prouty

SVP and Chief Information Officer
@ Akamai

Track:

Tech Resilience

20 October

Technical

Cybersecurity

Digital

It seems like there is a new story every week about a company falling victim to a cybersecurity breach, which can be catastrophic for data privacy, brand reputation, and the bottom line.

In this session, Kate Prouty will unpack the current threat landscape from her vantage point as CIO of a cybersecurity company, and share how she is protecting her own company through a 'Zero Trust' mindset.

Learn how individuals and organizations can promote a security-first culture and reduce risk in an increasingly hybrid world.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn about the top security threats modern businesses face today
  • Hear how Akamai keeps its employees and customers safe through their journey to "Zero Trust"
  • Find out how to make your mark in a cybersecurity career

This session is for... technical professionals from individual contributors to senior decision-makers looking to understand the future of enterprise security and where to start their journeys.

 

11:05

Duration:

30

Track:

Business Resilience

The Role of Green Technology in Creating a Sustainable Business

Abha Dogra

Chief Digital and Technology Officer
@ CAE

20 October

Technical

Transformation

Learn the importance of identifying problems at scale that lead to Sustainable Product Development by applying principles of Green Technology while enabling business resiliency. 'Green Tech' is the intersection of Product Management, Architecture, IT and Engineering in creating technology which can mitigate or reverse the effects of human activity on environment when used.

The Why: Green Technology & Sustainable Product Development have been around for the past 20 years but have only gained traction recently due to the rising concerns about global warming. The green tech and sustainability market was valued at $11.2 billion in 2020, and it is expected to reach $36.6 billion by 2025. Product developers have a major role in this transformation, especially due to the fact its impact on business resiliency is not always clearly understood.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn the principles of Sustainable Product Development
    Understand the role of Product Development, Architecture and
  • Engineering in Sustainable Product Development
  • Discover a case study from CAE on Sustainable Aviation and Technology

This session is for... Business Stakeholders, Product Managers/Developers and Senior Leaders who are involved in developing the strategic roadmap in an organization.

11:05

Duration:

30

The Role of Green Technology in Creating a Sustainable Business

Abha Dogra

Chief Digital and Technology Officer
@ CAE

Track:

Business Resilience

20 October

Technical

Transformation

Learn the importance of identifying problems at scale that lead to Sustainable Product Development by applying principles of Green Technology while enabling business resiliency. 'Green Tech' is the intersection of Product Management, Architecture, IT and Engineering in creating technology which can mitigate or reverse the effects of human activity on environment when used.

The Why: Green Technology & Sustainable Product Development have been around for the past 20 years but have only gained traction recently due to the rising concerns about global warming. The green tech and sustainability market was valued at $11.2 billion in 2020, and it is expected to reach $36.6 billion by 2025. Product developers have a major role in this transformation, especially due to the fact its impact on business resiliency is not always clearly understood.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn the principles of Sustainable Product Development
    Understand the role of Product Development, Architecture and
  • Engineering in Sustainable Product Development
  • Discover a case study from CAE on Sustainable Aviation and Technology

This session is for... Business Stakeholders, Product Managers/Developers and Senior Leaders who are involved in developing the strategic roadmap in an organization.

 

11:05

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

How to Design a Sustainable Multi-Faceted Career Journey

Erin Buonomo

Executive Director of Design
@ IBM

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Skills

Career journeys are winding roads with multiple stops and even destinations. There is rarely one route and there will be times where you find yourself at a crossroads, unsure of what and how you should proceed. Like in business, innovation is the key to growth in our personal lives but can often be a challenge due to the uncertainty, risk and our own narratives.

Learn how a human-centered design thinking approach can be used to spark a positive change in your career path. Erin will share lessons from her own experience as a technical, business and creative leader. You'll walk away with practical tips on how to become the creative driver of your journey and design a sustainable career that is dynamic, flexible and leads you on an exciting path of discovery and learning.

The Why: Everyone wants a sustainable, multi-faceted career. One that makes full use of your skills, challenges you to build new ones, and provides opportunity for growth. One that gives you a sense of meaning and balance, and one that enables you to evolve over time. This often feels impossible to attain and many of us experience moments of uncertainty or doubt. By adopting a design thinking approach, you will better understand and challenge the way you think about yourself and how you approach your career, leading to interesting and unexpected outcomes.

This session is for... you if you're interested in exploring new opportunities, making a career change, or just uncertain about how to make a positive change in your life to better align your skills, values and interests.

11:05

Duration:

30

How to Design a Sustainable Multi-Faceted Career Journey

Erin Buonomo

Executive Director of Design
@ IBM

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Skills

Career journeys are winding roads with multiple stops and even destinations. There is rarely one route and there will be times where you find yourself at a crossroads, unsure of what and how you should proceed. Like in business, innovation is the key to growth in our personal lives but can often be a challenge due to the uncertainty, risk and our own narratives.

Learn how a human-centered design thinking approach can be used to spark a positive change in your career path. Erin will share lessons from her own experience as a technical, business and creative leader. You'll walk away with practical tips on how to become the creative driver of your journey and design a sustainable career that is dynamic, flexible and leads you on an exciting path of discovery and learning.

The Why: Everyone wants a sustainable, multi-faceted career. One that makes full use of your skills, challenges you to build new ones, and provides opportunity for growth. One that gives you a sense of meaning and balance, and one that enables you to evolve over time. This often feels impossible to attain and many of us experience moments of uncertainty or doubt. By adopting a design thinking approach, you will better understand and challenge the way you think about yourself and how you approach your career, leading to interesting and unexpected outcomes.

This session is for... you if you're interested in exploring new opportunities, making a career change, or just uncertain about how to make a positive change in your life to better align your skills, values and interests.

 

11:05

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Driving Product Strategy with a North Star Metric

Nupur Patel

Associate Director of Product Management
@ Cognizant

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Workforce

Career

Skills

The project-to-product transformation teaches us to focus on outcomes rather than outputs. We also understand that the outcomes are expected to be based on consumer behavioral changes. However, when we are working on the requirements, it is very difficult to make decisions in a way that would impact such behavioral changes.

With today's workshop, we are going to evaluate the North Star Framework to drive product strategy. It allows us to derive a metric that measures consumer behavioral change. We will also look into the levers or the inputs that we can control to eventually influence the North Star Metric.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand the purpose and value of the North Star Metric.
  • Be able to draft the North Star metric.
  • Create the formula that drives the North Star Metric

Prerequisites:

Please ensure that you have a connected phone and a notepad to scribble the formula on.

This session is for... Product people, who are curious and who don't mind experimenting.

11:05

Duration:

30

Driving Product Strategy with a North Star Metric

Nupur Patel

Associate Director of Product Management
@ Cognizant

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Workforce

Career

Skills

The project-to-product transformation teaches us to focus on outcomes rather than outputs. We also understand that the outcomes are expected to be based on consumer behavioral changes. However, when we are working on the requirements, it is very difficult to make decisions in a way that would impact such behavioral changes.

With today's workshop, we are going to evaluate the North Star Framework to drive product strategy. It allows us to derive a metric that measures consumer behavioral change. We will also look into the levers or the inputs that we can control to eventually influence the North Star Metric.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand the purpose and value of the North Star Metric.
  • Be able to draft the North Star metric.
  • Create the formula that drives the North Star Metric

Prerequisites:

Please ensure that you have a connected phone and a notepad to scribble the formula on.

This session is for... Product people, who are curious and who don't mind experimenting.

 

11:05

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Personal Branding for Technical Workforce

Marina Giliver

Director, Risk Technology
@ Capital One

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Skills

What is "Personal Branding" and why is it important to your career? In the workshop, we will define what Personal Branding is and discuss what gets in the way of a successful personal brand for both women and men. Join Marina Giliver as she shares tips for building your personal brand and taking your career forward, including strategies, techniques, and ideas for writing a crisp bio.

The Why: Our focus for the workshop is to provide women in the engineering field (along with their allies) with an understanding of how to combat gender bias and provide practical tools on how to take their careers forward.

Key Takeaways:

  • Imposter syndrome - what it is, how it manifests itself, tips for managing and using to your advantage
  • Practical tips for building your personal brand and taking your career forward
  • Why having a bio is important and tips for writing a crisp impactful bio

This session is for... Young or seasoned technology professional who aspires to learn about techniques to build your personal brand and take your career to the next level.

11:05

Duration:

30

Personal Branding for Technical Workforce

Marina Giliver

Director, Risk Technology
@ Capital One

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Skills

What is "Personal Branding" and why is it important to your career? In the workshop, we will define what Personal Branding is and discuss what gets in the way of a successful personal brand for both women and men. Join Marina Giliver as she shares tips for building your personal brand and taking your career forward, including strategies, techniques, and ideas for writing a crisp bio.

The Why: Our focus for the workshop is to provide women in the engineering field (along with their allies) with an understanding of how to combat gender bias and provide practical tools on how to take their careers forward.

Key Takeaways:

  • Imposter syndrome - what it is, how it manifests itself, tips for managing and using to your advantage
  • Practical tips for building your personal brand and taking your career forward
  • Why having a bio is important and tips for writing a crisp impactful bio

This session is for... Young or seasoned technology professional who aspires to learn about techniques to build your personal brand and take your career to the next level.

 

11:40

Duration:

30

Track:

Tech Resilience

Embedding Security by Design Principals

Carolyn Duby

Field Chief Technology Officer and Cyber Security Lead
@ Cloudera

20 October

Technical

Cybersecurity

Data

Far too often new products and services are being developed with security as an afterthought. As hackers lean on technology to become more sophisticated and a worldwide increase in breaches, it's time to shift the thinking and place security at the center.

Join this presentation to learn about the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape and how you can create a framework for security by design to develop more secure and resilient products.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understanding the cyber threat landscape and creating awareness in your teams to develop secure products
  • Establishing a culture of security-first in your organization
  • Creating and implementing Zero Trust Architecture

11:40

Duration:

30

Embedding Security by Design Principals

Carolyn Duby

Field Chief Technology Officer and Cyber Security Lead
@ Cloudera

Track:

Tech Resilience

20 October

Technical

Cybersecurity

Data

Far too often new products and services are being developed with security as an afterthought. As hackers lean on technology to become more sophisticated and a worldwide increase in breaches, it's time to shift the thinking and place security at the center.

Join this presentation to learn about the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape and how you can create a framework for security by design to develop more secure and resilient products.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understanding the cyber threat landscape and creating awareness in your teams to develop secure products
  • Establishing a culture of security-first in your organization
  • Creating and implementing Zero Trust Architecture
 

11:40

Duration:

30

Track:

Business Resilience

Product Velocity: Getting Great Products to Market Fast

Fariha Chaudry

AVP, Head of Global Brand Development - US Tempo Insights Platform
@ Eli Lilly and Company

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Technical

Digital

Transformation

Product Velocity, is about getting innovative solutions and products to market quickly. How do you do it without compromising on quality in a way your customer has never seen or experienced before?

This session will walk you through how you can measure Product Velocity and then, through a combination of Agile, DevOps and Design Thinking, dramatically increase it.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to make the right product for your customer and to the market faster
  • Learn how to get your teams to "row in the same/right direction"
  • Identifying the success metrics for measuring Product Velocity

This session is for... mid-career in Product Management but can be relevant to Engineering, Design and Commercial organizations.

11:40

Duration:

30

Product Velocity: Getting Great Products to Market Fast

Fariha Chaudry

AVP, Head of Global Brand Development - US Tempo Insights Platform
@ Eli Lilly and Company

Track:

Business Resilience

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Technical

Digital

Transformation

Product Velocity, is about getting innovative solutions and products to market quickly. How do you do it without compromising on quality in a way your customer has never seen or experienced before?

This session will walk you through how you can measure Product Velocity and then, through a combination of Agile, DevOps and Design Thinking, dramatically increase it.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to make the right product for your customer and to the market faster
  • Learn how to get your teams to "row in the same/right direction"
  • Identifying the success metrics for measuring Product Velocity

This session is for... mid-career in Product Management but can be relevant to Engineering, Design and Commercial organizations.

 

11:40

Duration:

30

Sister Circle: Challenges of Engineering Management

Pooja Salpekar

Head of Engineering, USA
@ Babbel Inc.

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Networking

Workforce

Skills

Engineering management has become one of the most natural career progression paths for senior engineers. I went through this journey myself a few years ago. I have learned over the years that engineering management is much harder than it seems on paper. The role of an engineering manager has three aspects:

  • Technology: Understanding the technical details of the projects, coworking with senior engineers to shape the architecture, and continuously upskilling to align with the industry trends.
  • Product: Managing product delivery in partnership with the product managers, determining the 'what', 'why', and 'how' in the product lifecycle.
  • People: Building teams from diverse individuals that work as a homogenous team, design initiatives that help us reduce the likelihood of hidden bias occurring during the team process.

However, these three aspects of this role have more dimensions in practice than what gets captured in documents. In this talk, I will share practical hard things about engineering management and how to prepare for the unexpected.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to change track from IC to leadership
  • Understanding the journey and skills required for technical leadership
  • Sharing and learning from each others' experiences to dive deeper into the role of engineering leadership and building cohesive engineering teams

This session is for… Engineers, Aspiring Engineering managers, New engineering managers

11:40

Duration:

30

Sister Circle: Challenges of Engineering Management

Pooja Salpekar

Head of Engineering, USA
@ Babbel Inc.

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Networking

Workforce

Skills

Engineering management has become one of the most natural career progression paths for senior engineers. I went through this journey myself a few years ago. I have learned over the years that engineering management is much harder than it seems on paper. The role of an engineering manager has three aspects:

  • Technology: Understanding the technical details of the projects, coworking with senior engineers to shape the architecture, and continuously upskilling to align with the industry trends.
  • Product: Managing product delivery in partnership with the product managers, determining the 'what', 'why', and 'how' in the product lifecycle.
  • People: Building teams from diverse individuals that work as a homogenous team, design initiatives that help us reduce the likelihood of hidden bias occurring during the team process.

However, these three aspects of this role have more dimensions in practice than what gets captured in documents. In this talk, I will share practical hard things about engineering management and how to prepare for the unexpected.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to change track from IC to leadership
  • Understanding the journey and skills required for technical leadership
  • Sharing and learning from each others' experiences to dive deeper into the role of engineering leadership and building cohesive engineering teams

This session is for… Engineers, Aspiring Engineering managers, New engineering managers

 

12:15

Duration:

30

Lunch Break

20 October

Networking

12:15

Duration:

30

Lunch Break

20 October

Networking

13:35

Duration:

30

Track:

Tech Resilience

Deepening Customer Engagement through New Technologies

Sheryl Shinn

Chief Information Officer
@ North Shore Bank

20 October

Technical

Digital

Transformation

Join this presentation if you want to learn how technology can be used to engage with your customers and strategies to manage the challenges that may arise like regulatory compliance, risk management, and integrations with existing systems. New products and services will not necessarily lead to a good customer experience.

If you really want to connect with your customers, solve a problem for them. The key is to be passionate about the problem, not the solution. 81% of consumers demand more digital self-service creating the opportunity for engagement through technology. But not all technology and vendors are created equal; to have a successful implementation the solution must align with the company strategy, be personalized to your customer for an improved experience, provide a consistent experience across all delivery channels, and be resilient to change.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to create a personalized customer experience
  • Identifying the best solutions for your customer based on company strategy
  • How to utilize emerging technology to transform your customer journey

This session is for… C-Suite, IT Leadership and Business Strategy and Decision Makers, Sales, Managers, Product Managers, Digital Transformation, Customer Experience.

13:35

Duration:

30

Deepening Customer Engagement through New Technologies

Sheryl Shinn

Chief Information Officer
@ North Shore Bank

Track:

Tech Resilience

20 October

Technical

Digital

Transformation

Join this presentation if you want to learn how technology can be used to engage with your customers and strategies to manage the challenges that may arise like regulatory compliance, risk management, and integrations with existing systems. New products and services will not necessarily lead to a good customer experience.

If you really want to connect with your customers, solve a problem for them. The key is to be passionate about the problem, not the solution. 81% of consumers demand more digital self-service creating the opportunity for engagement through technology. But not all technology and vendors are created equal; to have a successful implementation the solution must align with the company strategy, be personalized to your customer for an improved experience, provide a consistent experience across all delivery channels, and be resilient to change.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to create a personalized customer experience
  • Identifying the best solutions for your customer based on company strategy
  • How to utilize emerging technology to transform your customer journey

This session is for… C-Suite, IT Leadership and Business Strategy and Decision Makers, Sales, Managers, Product Managers, Digital Transformation, Customer Experience.

 

13:35

Duration:

30

Track:

Business Resilience

Enable a Zero Trust Strategy with Identity

Amita Potnis

Director, Identity Security and Zero Trust Strategy
@ CyberArk

20 October

Non-Technical

Cybersecurity

Data

Know every user. Know thy identity. Know thy permissions & entitlements. Monitor & trace every identity. These are the basics of Zero Trust. But Zero Trust is much more complex than this.

Research suggests that there are 45 machine identities for every human identity to access various resources across multiple environments. When organizations get the Identity Security right, cybersecurity and Zero Trust strategy suddenly become a lot easier.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn the importance of knowing and understanding every data access point
  • How to implement a Zero Trust Strategy across the organization
  • Creating user profiles to understand the varying levels of access to data

13:35

Duration:

30

Enable a Zero Trust Strategy with Identity

Amita Potnis

Director, Identity Security and Zero Trust Strategy
@ CyberArk

Track:

Business Resilience

20 October

Non-Technical

Cybersecurity

Data

Know every user. Know thy identity. Know thy permissions & entitlements. Monitor & trace every identity. These are the basics of Zero Trust. But Zero Trust is much more complex than this.

Research suggests that there are 45 machine identities for every human identity to access various resources across multiple environments. When organizations get the Identity Security right, cybersecurity and Zero Trust strategy suddenly become a lot easier.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn the importance of knowing and understanding every data access point
  • How to implement a Zero Trust Strategy across the organization
  • Creating user profiles to understand the varying levels of access to data
 

13:35

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Developer Toolkits to Enable End-to-End ML Systems

Francesca Lazzeri, Ph.D.

Principal Data Scientist Manager, Cloud and AI
@ Microsoft

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Technical

Software Engineer

Data

As we are leveraging data for making significant decisions that affect individual lives in domains such as health care, justice, finance, education, marketing, and employment, it is important to ensure the resilient, safe, ethical, and scalable use of machine learning. In this session, Francesca Lazzeri, Ph.D. will share a few practical best practices on how to develop resilient machine learning systems: these new machine learning capabilities and open-source toolkits empower data scientists and developers to understand machine learning models, protect people and their data, and control the end-to-end machine learning process.

In this workshop, attendees will learn the different stages that are involved in the MLOps lifecycle and how to successfully orchestrate them.

The Why: Data scientists know that no longer accuracy is the only concern when developing machine learning models, resilience and fairness must be considered as well. In order to make sure that machine learning solutions are scalable and fair and the value of their predictions easy to understand and explain, it is essential to build tools that developers and data scientists can use to scale and assess their machine learning system's fairness and mitigate any possible failures.

Key Takeaways:

This session will focus on machine learning resilience, by explaining the following aspects and tools:

  • Open-source tools for scaling your ML systems
  • Machine Learning frameworks to assess ML system's fairness and mitigate any observed unfairness issues
  • Python tools for machine learning model governance and MLOps

Activity: The instructor will share a few hands-on exercises and introduce each step and share open source tools to complete each step, such as:

  • ML Development
  • Model Training
  • Model Evaluation
  • Model Deployment
  • Prediction Serving
  • Model Monitoring
  • Data and Model Management

Prerequisites: Please ensure you bring your laptop connected to the WiFi, with access to Jupyter Notebooks and Python 3.10.

This session is for... you if you are a data scientist and/or a developer looking to understand machine learning models, protect people and their data, and control the end-to-end machine learning operationalization process.

13:35

Duration:

30

Developer Toolkits to Enable End-to-End ML Systems

Francesca Lazzeri, Ph.D.

Principal Data Scientist Manager, Cloud and AI
@ Microsoft

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Technical

Software Engineer

Data

As we are leveraging data for making significant decisions that affect individual lives in domains such as health care, justice, finance, education, marketing, and employment, it is important to ensure the resilient, safe, ethical, and scalable use of machine learning. In this session, Francesca Lazzeri, Ph.D. will share a few practical best practices on how to develop resilient machine learning systems: these new machine learning capabilities and open-source toolkits empower data scientists and developers to understand machine learning models, protect people and their data, and control the end-to-end machine learning process.

In this workshop, attendees will learn the different stages that are involved in the MLOps lifecycle and how to successfully orchestrate them.

The Why: Data scientists know that no longer accuracy is the only concern when developing machine learning models, resilience and fairness must be considered as well. In order to make sure that machine learning solutions are scalable and fair and the value of their predictions easy to understand and explain, it is essential to build tools that developers and data scientists can use to scale and assess their machine learning system's fairness and mitigate any possible failures.

Key Takeaways:

This session will focus on machine learning resilience, by explaining the following aspects and tools:

  • Open-source tools for scaling your ML systems
  • Machine Learning frameworks to assess ML system's fairness and mitigate any observed unfairness issues
  • Python tools for machine learning model governance and MLOps

Activity: The instructor will share a few hands-on exercises and introduce each step and share open source tools to complete each step, such as:

  • ML Development
  • Model Training
  • Model Evaluation
  • Model Deployment
  • Prediction Serving
  • Model Monitoring
  • Data and Model Management

Prerequisites: Please ensure you bring your laptop connected to the WiFi, with access to Jupyter Notebooks and Python 3.10.

This session is for... you if you are a data scientist and/or a developer looking to understand machine learning models, protect people and their data, and control the end-to-end machine learning operationalization process.

 

13:35

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Allyship in the Workplace and Beyond

Amy Auriemma

Head of Business Transformation
@ Micro Focus

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Workforce

D&I

Not to be Missed

Diversity and Inclusion is at the top of the mind for corporations across the globe. The tech industry traditionally struggles with female representation, especially at a leadership level. Allyship in the workplace can go a long way towards closing that gap – and many others.

In the workshop, Amy Auriemma will share her insights on what allyship truly is and how important it is for all of us. Whether the issue is gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, or anything else, allyship is key to ensuring that everyone has a seat at the table.

The Why: Looking at gender and race, for example, the population split is around 50/50 male and female. However, a study last year shows only 22% of director-level roles are held by women in tech companies. Only 25% of the entire "big tech" industry jobs as a whole are held by women. Of those companies surveyed, over 33% reported only 5% representation of people of color (men or women!). In order to allow for diversity and innovation and new ideas in our industry, it is critical that we understand what we can all do to make a change.

Key Takeaways:

In this session you will learn the Who, What, Why, When, and How of allyship. Most importantly:

  • What is the definition of allyship
  • Why is it so critically important
  • What can you, personally, do to make a difference

This session is for... anyone at any level looking to make a difference – whether you are in a senior leadership position or just starting out on your career path – we can all learn about and embrace allyship to make a difference.

13:35

Duration:

30

Allyship in the Workplace and Beyond

Amy Auriemma

Head of Business Transformation
@ Micro Focus

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Workforce

D&I

Not to be Missed

Diversity and Inclusion is at the top of the mind for corporations across the globe. The tech industry traditionally struggles with female representation, especially at a leadership level. Allyship in the workplace can go a long way towards closing that gap – and many others.

In the workshop, Amy Auriemma will share her insights on what allyship truly is and how important it is for all of us. Whether the issue is gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, or anything else, allyship is key to ensuring that everyone has a seat at the table.

The Why: Looking at gender and race, for example, the population split is around 50/50 male and female. However, a study last year shows only 22% of director-level roles are held by women in tech companies. Only 25% of the entire "big tech" industry jobs as a whole are held by women. Of those companies surveyed, over 33% reported only 5% representation of people of color (men or women!). In order to allow for diversity and innovation and new ideas in our industry, it is critical that we understand what we can all do to make a change.

Key Takeaways:

In this session you will learn the Who, What, Why, When, and How of allyship. Most importantly:

  • What is the definition of allyship
  • Why is it so critically important
  • What can you, personally, do to make a difference

This session is for... anyone at any level looking to make a difference – whether you are in a senior leadership position or just starting out on your career path – we can all learn about and embrace allyship to make a difference.

 

13:35

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Powerful Storytelling: Presenting Technical Ideas in a Highly Relatable Way

Amy Furber

Master Facilitator and Coach
@ Powerspeaking, Inc.

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Skills

Stories are a game changer! Often the business fails to understand technical concepts, ideas, and proposals because they quite simply don’t get it! In this workshop, you will learn to create powerful stories to inspire, teach or persuade your audience. JoinPowerSpeaking Inc’s Master Facilitator Amy Furber for an engaging and transformational experience.

To get the most from this powerful session please consider:

  • Who the intended audience will be (team, manager, customer), and
  • What purpose your story will serve ( to persuade, inspire, teach).
  • Make sure you have a clear purpose, such as helping the customer understand the ‘why’ of investment, ensuring your manager understands the business benefit of your proposal, etc.

The Why: Too many brilliant ideas fail because the audience just doesn’t ‘get it’. Why? Because the presenter didn’t share the information in a way the audience could understand. Storytelling changes all that.

Key Takeaways:

  • Develop a clear, systematic storytelling framework
  • Learn how to embed successful storytelling when communicating technical concepts
  • An opportunity to put what you have learned into practice immediately!

This session is for... anyone who wants to get their ideas across in a relatable, engaging, and memorable way. If you find it difficult to explain a concept or persuade an audience, this masterclass is for you.

13:35

Duration:

30

Powerful Storytelling: Presenting Technical Ideas in a Highly Relatable Way

Amy Furber

Master Facilitator and Coach
@ Powerspeaking, Inc.

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Skills

Stories are a game changer! Often the business fails to understand technical concepts, ideas, and proposals because they quite simply don’t get it! In this workshop, you will learn to create powerful stories to inspire, teach or persuade your audience. JoinPowerSpeaking Inc’s Master Facilitator Amy Furber for an engaging and transformational experience.

To get the most from this powerful session please consider:

  • Who the intended audience will be (team, manager, customer), and
  • What purpose your story will serve ( to persuade, inspire, teach).
  • Make sure you have a clear purpose, such as helping the customer understand the ‘why’ of investment, ensuring your manager understands the business benefit of your proposal, etc.

The Why: Too many brilliant ideas fail because the audience just doesn’t ‘get it’. Why? Because the presenter didn’t share the information in a way the audience could understand. Storytelling changes all that.

Key Takeaways:

  • Develop a clear, systematic storytelling framework
  • Learn how to embed successful storytelling when communicating technical concepts
  • An opportunity to put what you have learned into practice immediately!

This session is for... anyone who wants to get their ideas across in a relatable, engaging, and memorable way. If you find it difficult to explain a concept or persuade an audience, this masterclass is for you.

 

14:10

Duration:

30

Track:

Tech Resilience

Test-Driven Security: How Do I Know My Controls Are Working?

Alyssa Robinson

Deputy CISO
@ Hubspot

20 October

Technical

Cybersecurity

Software Engineer

While test-driven development has long been considered a best practice, continuous testing strategies haven't been widely adopted in the security space. Tracking and automatically testing security controls provides insight into whether you're doing what you say you're doing before an attacker discovers that you're not.

The Why: In most major breaches, there is some failure of existing security control. Systems change all the time in ways that impact the effectiveness of those controls. There are lots of important metrics to track about a security program, but the most important one is "How many of my controls are actually working?"

Key Takeaways:

  • Why automated testing of security controls is important for preventing breaches
  • How to get started
  • What to test/measure

This session is for… Engineers and managers in the security space who want to understand and measure the state of their security program.

14:10

Duration:

30

Test-Driven Security: How Do I Know My Controls Are Working?

Alyssa Robinson

Deputy CISO
@ Hubspot

Track:

Tech Resilience

20 October

Technical

Cybersecurity

Software Engineer

While test-driven development has long been considered a best practice, continuous testing strategies haven't been widely adopted in the security space. Tracking and automatically testing security controls provides insight into whether you're doing what you say you're doing before an attacker discovers that you're not.

The Why: In most major breaches, there is some failure of existing security control. Systems change all the time in ways that impact the effectiveness of those controls. There are lots of important metrics to track about a security program, but the most important one is "How many of my controls are actually working?"

Key Takeaways:

  • Why automated testing of security controls is important for preventing breaches
  • How to get started
  • What to test/measure

This session is for… Engineers and managers in the security space who want to understand and measure the state of their security program.

 

14:10

Duration:

30

Track:

Business Resilience

Today is Tomorrow's Legacy: Building Resilient Data Ecosystems

Veronika Durgin

Head of Data
@ Saks

20 October

Technical

Data

Transformation

Digital

Today, having hundreds of terabytes of data is no longer uncommon for many companies. Executives and business users alike expect access to high quality near real time data insights. New data tools are popping up almost daily offering solutions to new and old problems. Data teams cannot afford to spend years building solutions because what we do today will be legacy tomorrow.

Join me as I discuss how to build resilient data ecosystems by taking a pragmatic approach of focusing on what is most important, learning from the old and embracing the new while being agile and creative.

The Why: Join this session to learn about what it takes to build a data ecosystem that withstands the test of time, grows with the business and adjusts to its changes.

Key Takeaways:

  • Creating a customer-first approach when going through transformation
  • Don't re-invent the wheel
  • The importance of continuous learning and development of new tools and services

This session is for... Data professionals and anyone who wants to take a sneak peek into what it takes to keep up with both the increasing amounts of data and demands for data insights.

14:10

Duration:

30

Today is Tomorrow's Legacy: Building Resilient Data Ecosystems

Veronika Durgin

Head of Data
@ Saks

Track:

Business Resilience

20 October

Technical

Data

Transformation

Digital

Today, having hundreds of terabytes of data is no longer uncommon for many companies. Executives and business users alike expect access to high quality near real time data insights. New data tools are popping up almost daily offering solutions to new and old problems. Data teams cannot afford to spend years building solutions because what we do today will be legacy tomorrow.

Join me as I discuss how to build resilient data ecosystems by taking a pragmatic approach of focusing on what is most important, learning from the old and embracing the new while being agile and creative.

The Why: Join this session to learn about what it takes to build a data ecosystem that withstands the test of time, grows with the business and adjusts to its changes.

Key Takeaways:

  • Creating a customer-first approach when going through transformation
  • Don't re-invent the wheel
  • The importance of continuous learning and development of new tools and services

This session is for... Data professionals and anyone who wants to take a sneak peek into what it takes to keep up with both the increasing amounts of data and demands for data insights.

 

14:40

Duration:

30

Networking Break

20 October

Networking

14:40

Duration:

30

Networking Break

20 October

Networking

15:15

Duration:

30

Track:

Tech Resilience

Defining Your Data Science Strategy: How to Start and Grow Machine Learning Initiatives

Beth Logan, Ph.D.

Senior Director Data Science
@ Roku

20 October

Technical

Data

Digital

The use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to create automated data-driven products is transforming customer experience and bottom-line efficiencies. To remain competitive, every company needs a plan for investment in Data Science.

In this session, we will provide a framework to think about Data Science. This will enable you to evaluate potential Data Science projects, to learn how to seed and grow Data Science in your organization and to understand what supporting teams and infrastructure are needed. We will describe this in the context of Roku's Data Science team, giving examples of products we have developed.

The Why: Learning how to take advantage of automated Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence can transform your business.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to identify and evaluate initiatives that may benefit from Machine Learning
  • Learn how to start Machine Learning projects in new areas
  • Learn who to hire to seed and grow Data Science in your company

This session is for...

  • You if you are a leader who is not yet getting value from Machine Learning or wants to grow the value you already have.
  • You if you run or aspire to run a Data Science team.

15:15

Duration:

30

Defining Your Data Science Strategy: How to Start and Grow Machine Learning Initiatives

Beth Logan, Ph.D.

Senior Director Data Science
@ Roku

Track:

Tech Resilience

20 October

Technical

Data

Digital

The use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to create automated data-driven products is transforming customer experience and bottom-line efficiencies. To remain competitive, every company needs a plan for investment in Data Science.

In this session, we will provide a framework to think about Data Science. This will enable you to evaluate potential Data Science projects, to learn how to seed and grow Data Science in your organization and to understand what supporting teams and infrastructure are needed. We will describe this in the context of Roku's Data Science team, giving examples of products we have developed.

The Why: Learning how to take advantage of automated Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence can transform your business.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to identify and evaluate initiatives that may benefit from Machine Learning
  • Learn how to start Machine Learning projects in new areas
  • Learn who to hire to seed and grow Data Science in your company

This session is for...

  • You if you are a leader who is not yet getting value from Machine Learning or wants to grow the value you already have.
  • You if you run or aspire to run a Data Science team.
 

15:15

Duration:

30

Track:

Business Resilience

How Digital Twin Technology Is Crucial To Meeting Sustainability Goals

Kiersten Kaye

Director, Worldwide ENOVIA Brand Sales Enablement & Learning
@ Dassault Systemes

20 October

Non-Technical

Transformation

For decades business leaders have focused on Innovation and Time-to-Market as their competitive advantage. That's no longer enough. The future is Sustainable Innovation. Why? Global organizations are pushing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals into focus for businesses worldwide.

Implementation of the goals is the call to action (after setting the agenda in 2015). In the last seven years business has been preparing to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are in focus for their organizations. Is your organization ready?

The Why: Twinning technology is a catalyst for sustainable innovation. In a world that's moving faster and faster the risk of being slower than others is potentially fatal to your business. Equally, the inability to deliver on corporate sustainability goals will affect both brand loyalty and the market footprint in which your company can do business.

Key Takeaways:

  • What Sustainability goals are essential for your business, and how will you deliver against those goals?
  • How will Digital Continuity and Digital Twin technology help you succeed?

This session is for… anyone who needs to create or execute strategy goals, and/or make organizational technology buying and implementation decisions.

15:15

Duration:

30

How Digital Twin Technology Is Crucial To Meeting Sustainability Goals

Kiersten Kaye

Director, Worldwide ENOVIA Brand Sales Enablement & Learning
@ Dassault Systemes

Track:

Business Resilience

20 October

Non-Technical

Transformation

For decades business leaders have focused on Innovation and Time-to-Market as their competitive advantage. That's no longer enough. The future is Sustainable Innovation. Why? Global organizations are pushing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals into focus for businesses worldwide.

Implementation of the goals is the call to action (after setting the agenda in 2015). In the last seven years business has been preparing to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are in focus for their organizations. Is your organization ready?

The Why: Twinning technology is a catalyst for sustainable innovation. In a world that's moving faster and faster the risk of being slower than others is potentially fatal to your business. Equally, the inability to deliver on corporate sustainability goals will affect both brand loyalty and the market footprint in which your company can do business.

Key Takeaways:

  • What Sustainability goals are essential for your business, and how will you deliver against those goals?
  • How will Digital Continuity and Digital Twin technology help you succeed?

This session is for… anyone who needs to create or execute strategy goals, and/or make organizational technology buying and implementation decisions.

 

15:15

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Communication and Leadership Workshop

Dr. Denise Arruda

Senior Manager Software Electronics Fire Suppression Products
@ Johnson Controls Inc.

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Skills

Career

Workforce

Communication and leadership are intertwined and required to deliver on your shared vision successfully. Delivering positive project outcomes that meet the expectations of customers, stakeholders, and organization expectations require more than technical project management skills. Today, leaders lead visible, strategic projects and need an increased level of "power skills" with an ability to communicate their vision, plan, and expectations.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to utilize motivation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and empathy skills to inspire their team to want to deliver their vision.
  • Gain buy-in from your team into project visions
  • How to communicate with cross-departmental teams effectively

This session is for… mid-level leaders.

15:15

Duration:

30

Communication and Leadership Workshop

Dr. Denise Arruda

Senior Manager Software Electronics Fire Suppression Products
@ Johnson Controls Inc.

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Skills

Career

Workforce

Communication and leadership are intertwined and required to deliver on your shared vision successfully. Delivering positive project outcomes that meet the expectations of customers, stakeholders, and organization expectations require more than technical project management skills. Today, leaders lead visible, strategic projects and need an increased level of "power skills" with an ability to communicate their vision, plan, and expectations.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to utilize motivation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and empathy skills to inspire their team to want to deliver their vision.
  • Gain buy-in from your team into project visions
  • How to communicate with cross-departmental teams effectively

This session is for… mid-level leaders.

 

15:15

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

The Art of Self-Promotion: Becoming Your Biggest Cheerleader At Work

Sumita Palanisamy

Director of Engineering
@ CarGurus

Payal Dodeja

Software Engineer
@ CarGurus

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Skills

Career

We all experience imposter syndrome, especially as women. We are often expected to be modest and let our work speak for itself. However, this is not the best way to succeed in a fast-evolving / hybrid workplace. Sumita Palanisamy has faced many of these challenges herself and has found ways to circumvent this prominent issue.

Join this workshop if you want to learn tips on how to increase your visibility within your organization, how to create a personal brand for yourself and how to ask for what you envision in your future.

Key Takeaways:

  • Identify what's holding you back in your career
  • Learn how to ask for what you want
  • How to become your own biggest advocate for yourself at work

This session is for… you if you are a woman who wants to break through and pave your own way forward; this session is for you.

15:15

Duration:

30

The Art of Self-Promotion: Becoming Your Biggest Cheerleader At Work

Sumita Palanisamy

Director of Engineering
@ CarGurus

Payal Dodeja

Software Engineer
@ CarGurus

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Skills

Career

We all experience imposter syndrome, especially as women. We are often expected to be modest and let our work speak for itself. However, this is not the best way to succeed in a fast-evolving / hybrid workplace. Sumita Palanisamy has faced many of these challenges herself and has found ways to circumvent this prominent issue.

Join this workshop if you want to learn tips on how to increase your visibility within your organization, how to create a personal brand for yourself and how to ask for what you envision in your future.

Key Takeaways:

  • Identify what's holding you back in your career
  • Learn how to ask for what you want
  • How to become your own biggest advocate for yourself at work

This session is for… you if you are a woman who wants to break through and pave your own way forward; this session is for you.

 

15:15

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

GitHub Actions to the Rescue: Building a Resilient CI/CD Pipeline

Rizel Scarlett

Developer Advocate
@ GitHub

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Technical

Software Engineer

From building design systems to architecting APIs, engineers invest a lot of effort into developing great software, but we sometimes neglect to build reliable methods to deliver our software. Without the necessary automation in place, builds and deploys are prone to bugs and human error. Fortunately, GitHub is more than a place to store your code. It includes methods to automate almost anything including your CI/CD pipeline. In this talk, Rizel Scarlett will discuss tips and tricks to implement resilient CI/CD pipelines, best DevOps practices, and more useful repository automation with GitHub Actions.

The Why: Deliver reliable software that keeps you and your team happy. By building a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, your team can focus more on the fun parts of engineering: coding and collaboration.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn the benefits of building a resilient CI/CD pipeline
  • How to build with GitHub Actions
  • Join a live demo on how to setup a GitHub Action that packages your docker images on GitHub's container registry

This session is for… Open Source Maintainers, Open Source Contributors, Software Engineers, Mid-level Developers, Senior Developers, Startups, Engineering Managers, Frontend Developers, and folks looking looking to improve their DevOps knowledge.

Prerequisites: Please ensure that you bring your laptop and you have signed up and logged in to your GitHub account.

15:15

Duration:

30

GitHub Actions to the Rescue: Building a Resilient CI/CD Pipeline

Rizel Scarlett

Developer Advocate
@ GitHub

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Technical

Software Engineer

From building design systems to architecting APIs, engineers invest a lot of effort into developing great software, but we sometimes neglect to build reliable methods to deliver our software. Without the necessary automation in place, builds and deploys are prone to bugs and human error. Fortunately, GitHub is more than a place to store your code. It includes methods to automate almost anything including your CI/CD pipeline. In this talk, Rizel Scarlett will discuss tips and tricks to implement resilient CI/CD pipelines, best DevOps practices, and more useful repository automation with GitHub Actions.

The Why: Deliver reliable software that keeps you and your team happy. By building a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, your team can focus more on the fun parts of engineering: coding and collaboration.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn the benefits of building a resilient CI/CD pipeline
  • How to build with GitHub Actions
  • Join a live demo on how to setup a GitHub Action that packages your docker images on GitHub's container registry

This session is for… Open Source Maintainers, Open Source Contributors, Software Engineers, Mid-level Developers, Senior Developers, Startups, Engineering Managers, Frontend Developers, and folks looking looking to improve their DevOps knowledge.

Prerequisites: Please ensure that you bring your laptop and you have signed up and logged in to your GitHub account.

 

15:50

Duration:

30

Track:

Tech Resilience

Automation to Drive Success

Laura Tenney

Director of Software Engineering
@ Dell Technologies

20 October

Technical

Software Engineer

Data

In the fast-paced world of software development, a strong focus on solid automation practices are paramount to the success of any team. Gone are the days where manual testing would get you where you needed to go. Also gone is relying on hardcode tests to specific configurations or parameters, or manually coding each individual test. In this session we will discuss why staying current with automation is as important as the product code it tests and some industry trends everyone should be paying attention to in order to keep up with the market.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn good coding practices on your journey to automation
  • Identify the areas that automation can optimize that fits for you and your organization
  • The importance of testing and adapting

The Why: If you have a product that you can not test, you will most likely not be successful, so it is not only important, it is vital that everyone understands what is being done to validate your deliverables.

This session is for... Developers, Project/Product Managers and everyone who is interested in learning about automation and enabling it in teams.

15:50

Duration:

30

Automation to Drive Success

Laura Tenney

Director of Software Engineering
@ Dell Technologies

Track:

Tech Resilience

20 October

Technical

Software Engineer

Data

In the fast-paced world of software development, a strong focus on solid automation practices are paramount to the success of any team. Gone are the days where manual testing would get you where you needed to go. Also gone is relying on hardcode tests to specific configurations or parameters, or manually coding each individual test. In this session we will discuss why staying current with automation is as important as the product code it tests and some industry trends everyone should be paying attention to in order to keep up with the market.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn good coding practices on your journey to automation
  • Identify the areas that automation can optimize that fits for you and your organization
  • The importance of testing and adapting

The Why: If you have a product that you can not test, you will most likely not be successful, so it is not only important, it is vital that everyone understands what is being done to validate your deliverables.

This session is for... Developers, Project/Product Managers and everyone who is interested in learning about automation and enabling it in teams.

 

15:50

Duration:

30

Track:

Business Resilience

Driving Growth with an Elevated Customer Experience During Economic Uncertainty

Maayan Arbili

VP of Global Customer Success
@ Aqua Security

20 October

Non-Technical

Transformation

As we navigate times of economic uncertainty, the role of customer success becomes more important than ever. A top-notch customer success team is essential for optimal business outcomes, however, building and sustaining a thriving program can be challenging.

Maayan will share her learnings on scaling a team and building and maintaining customer satisfaction. She brings an extensive background in technology, formerly as a project manager and software engineer and now as a customer success leader for a cloud native security company.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to build the foundation for a customer success team and when/how to scale.
  • When and how to create a customer journey map
  • Identifying the key tools for your team
  • Elevating the customer experience with feedback loops

15:50

Duration:

30

Driving Growth with an Elevated Customer Experience During Economic Uncertainty

Maayan Arbili

VP of Global Customer Success
@ Aqua Security

Track:

Business Resilience

20 October

Non-Technical

Transformation

As we navigate times of economic uncertainty, the role of customer success becomes more important than ever. A top-notch customer success team is essential for optimal business outcomes, however, building and sustaining a thriving program can be challenging.

Maayan will share her learnings on scaling a team and building and maintaining customer satisfaction. She brings an extensive background in technology, formerly as a project manager and software engineer and now as a customer success leader for a cloud native security company.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to build the foundation for a customer success team and when/how to scale.
  • When and how to create a customer journey map
  • Identifying the key tools for your team
  • Elevating the customer experience with feedback loops
 

16:25

Duration:

30

Track:

Tech Resilience

Navigating Today's Digital Identity Landscape

Elizabeth Garber

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
@ IDPartner

20 October

Technical

Digital

Cybersecurity

Your Digital Identity is an asset - and it will underpin how you engage with the economy as it shifts online. But the way we manage identity today results in major pain to individuals, businesses, governments, and society as a whole. No wonder that the industry faces disruptive forces on many fronts. As we tweak, dismantle, reassemble the ways we manage identity online, we must put humans at the heart of design - or risk introducing unintended problems into the digital economy.

The Why: Our approach to Digital Identity affects us all as individuals and as a society.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understanding the value and assets within Digital Identity
  • Learn about the trends and substantial disruption facing the Digital Identity industry
  • Design the Digital Identity landscape for the humans and human-systems that, increasingly, rely upon it

This session is for...

  • You if you love thinking about how emerging tech can meet the latent (unspoken) needs of real people
  • You if you love thinking about human-centered design
  • You if you are passionate about identity technology - everything from know-your-customer, identification, and access management

16:25

Duration:

30

Navigating Today's Digital Identity Landscape

Elizabeth Garber

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
@ IDPartner

Track:

Tech Resilience

20 October

Technical

Digital

Cybersecurity

Your Digital Identity is an asset - and it will underpin how you engage with the economy as it shifts online. But the way we manage identity today results in major pain to individuals, businesses, governments, and society as a whole. No wonder that the industry faces disruptive forces on many fronts. As we tweak, dismantle, reassemble the ways we manage identity online, we must put humans at the heart of design - or risk introducing unintended problems into the digital economy.

The Why: Our approach to Digital Identity affects us all as individuals and as a society.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understanding the value and assets within Digital Identity
  • Learn about the trends and substantial disruption facing the Digital Identity industry
  • Design the Digital Identity landscape for the humans and human-systems that, increasingly, rely upon it

This session is for...

  • You if you love thinking about how emerging tech can meet the latent (unspoken) needs of real people
  • You if you love thinking about human-centered design
  • You if you are passionate about identity technology - everything from know-your-customer, identification, and access management
 

16:25

Duration:

30

Track:

Business Resilience

The Power of Technology in Building a Sustainable Workforce

Samantha Rudolph

Head of the Office of the President & Chief Product Officer
@ SAP SuccessFactors

20 October

Non-Technical

Workforce

Building a future-ready workforce requires us to shift the way we think about business and put our focus on creating an inclusive workplace with equitable opportunities for all. The business case for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging continue to grow as research continues to show its many tangible benefits. When a company is truly inclusive, employees feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work – not just their skills and professional expertise but their unique ideas, perspectives, backgrounds and personal experiences.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand how technology can be a powerful tool to help businesses create a sustainable workforce - from leveraging artificial intelligence to reduce bias in recruitment to using data to help employees discover new growth opportunities.
  • Understand how technology can imbue the HR process with a more diverse approach to everything from talent acquisition to employee development.
  • Understand how technology is a key tool to drive better employee engagement to help close gender and racial wage gaps.

This session is for... Women in tech professionals, executives and industry leaders.

16:25

Duration:

30

The Power of Technology in Building a Sustainable Workforce

Samantha Rudolph

Head of the Office of the President & Chief Product Officer
@ SAP SuccessFactors

Track:

Business Resilience

20 October

Non-Technical

Workforce

Building a future-ready workforce requires us to shift the way we think about business and put our focus on creating an inclusive workplace with equitable opportunities for all. The business case for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging continue to grow as research continues to show its many tangible benefits. When a company is truly inclusive, employees feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work – not just their skills and professional expertise but their unique ideas, perspectives, backgrounds and personal experiences.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand how technology can be a powerful tool to help businesses create a sustainable workforce - from leveraging artificial intelligence to reduce bias in recruitment to using data to help employees discover new growth opportunities.
  • Understand how technology can imbue the HR process with a more diverse approach to everything from talent acquisition to employee development.
  • Understand how technology is a key tool to drive better employee engagement to help close gender and racial wage gaps.

This session is for... Women in tech professionals, executives and industry leaders.

 

16:25

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Creating Tech Resiliency in the Cloud

Anitha Rajagopalan

Senior Director of Applications Development
@ ECI Software Solutions

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Technical

Software Engineer

Applications deployed in the public cloud inherently provide technology resilience. Public cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud design their platforms to increase reliability, redundancy, data control, data backup and recovery.

This session will provide an overview of the advantages of cloud-based applications, and cover the transformation of a web application to the Microsoft Azure public cloud.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn the advantages of migrating to the public cloud
  • Developing the specifications for a cloud transformation
  • Tech resilience considerations
  • How to estimate operating costs
  • Measuring observability

This session is for... software architects and managers who want to understand the considerations and process to transform applications to the public cloud.

16:25

Duration:

30

Creating Tech Resiliency in the Cloud

Anitha Rajagopalan

Senior Director of Applications Development
@ ECI Software Solutions

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Technical

Software Engineer

Applications deployed in the public cloud inherently provide technology resilience. Public cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud design their platforms to increase reliability, redundancy, data control, data backup and recovery.

This session will provide an overview of the advantages of cloud-based applications, and cover the transformation of a web application to the Microsoft Azure public cloud.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn the advantages of migrating to the public cloud
  • Developing the specifications for a cloud transformation
  • Tech resilience considerations
  • How to estimate operating costs
  • Measuring observability

This session is for... software architects and managers who want to understand the considerations and process to transform applications to the public cloud.

 

16:25

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Career Staging: Charting Your Path with Intention

Tara Seppa

Director
@ Google Cloud

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Skills

During this session, you'll be provided with a meaningful framework to help bring clarity and focus to your career goals. You'll have an opportunity to both reflect on what's gotten you to this point and determine what's meaningful to you in the future, and most importantly how you get there. Perhaps most importantly, you'll walk away with an enduring set of resources that will serve you throughout your career.

The Why: We often hear phrases like "Take control of your career!", "Lean in!", "Create the job you want!", which all serve as strong encouragement, but miss the "how" in making career planning a reality. This session will help make career planning and goal realization a reality.

Key Takeaways:

  • Level-set: a reflection on where you've come, where you want to go, as well as a who + how is critical to
  • Clarity: gaining clarity on what matters to you both personally and professionally
  • Lifelong tools: You'll walk away understanding how to intentionally define the intersection personal and professional goals in an enduring way. These tools and the framework will be useful throughout your career.

This session is for... anyone who is thinking about where they want to go in their career, but is struggling to define the path to get there. Whether you're just starting out, you're approaching retirement, you're looking to make a big shift in your career, or you just want more clarity about what to do next, this session is for you.

16:25

Duration:

30

Career Staging: Charting Your Path with Intention

Tara Seppa

Director
@ Google Cloud

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Skills

During this session, you'll be provided with a meaningful framework to help bring clarity and focus to your career goals. You'll have an opportunity to both reflect on what's gotten you to this point and determine what's meaningful to you in the future, and most importantly how you get there. Perhaps most importantly, you'll walk away with an enduring set of resources that will serve you throughout your career.

The Why: We often hear phrases like "Take control of your career!", "Lean in!", "Create the job you want!", which all serve as strong encouragement, but miss the "how" in making career planning a reality. This session will help make career planning and goal realization a reality.

Key Takeaways:

  • Level-set: a reflection on where you've come, where you want to go, as well as a who + how is critical to
  • Clarity: gaining clarity on what matters to you both personally and professionally
  • Lifelong tools: You'll walk away understanding how to intentionally define the intersection personal and professional goals in an enduring way. These tools and the framework will be useful throughout your career.

This session is for... anyone who is thinking about where they want to go in their career, but is struggling to define the path to get there. Whether you're just starting out, you're approaching retirement, you're looking to make a big shift in your career, or you just want more clarity about what to do next, this session is for you.

 

16:25

Duration:

30

Track:

Workshop

Fearless Leadership: Asking for What You Want and Trusting Your Gut

Mary Beth Findlay Sisti

Director of Web Experience & Strategy
@ GE Healthcare

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Workforce

Whether you've been a people leader for years or you're looking to become a manager, how can you ensure you're perceived as a leader within your organization? First you need to change the way you see yourself, and then you need to learn to speak up--whether you're pushing for a promotion or solving complex organizational issues.

It all begins with you and your relentless belief in your greatness. Your organization is lucky to have you, and this is your opportunity to advocate for all the opportunities you deserve. Join this workshop to hear GE Healthcare's web leader Mary Beth Sisti identify three ways you can start to change the way you perceive yourself and why you shouldn't be afraid to speak up, especially with counterparts from across the organization.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to advocate for opportunities--and why you need to say something now;
  • How to successfully roll out change even as a new employee or leader;
  • Why modesty is overrated--and how to find ways to shine light on you and your team's accomplishments.

This session is for... women who are looking to grow as a leader or into a leadership role within their organization.

16:25

Duration:

30

Fearless Leadership: Asking for What You Want and Trusting Your Gut

Mary Beth Findlay Sisti

Director of Web Experience & Strategy
@ GE Healthcare

Track:

Workshop

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Workforce

Whether you've been a people leader for years or you're looking to become a manager, how can you ensure you're perceived as a leader within your organization? First you need to change the way you see yourself, and then you need to learn to speak up--whether you're pushing for a promotion or solving complex organizational issues.

It all begins with you and your relentless belief in your greatness. Your organization is lucky to have you, and this is your opportunity to advocate for all the opportunities you deserve. Join this workshop to hear GE Healthcare's web leader Mary Beth Sisti identify three ways you can start to change the way you perceive yourself and why you shouldn't be afraid to speak up, especially with counterparts from across the organization.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to advocate for opportunities--and why you need to say something now;
  • How to successfully roll out change even as a new employee or leader;
  • Why modesty is overrated--and how to find ways to shine light on you and your team's accomplishments.

This session is for... women who are looking to grow as a leader or into a leadership role within their organization.

 

16:25

Duration:

30

Sister Circle: How To Network and Climb the Career Ladder

Anesha Dennis

Associate Director, IT Business Transformation
@ ElevateBio

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Networking

Your network is your net worth. We have heard that statement but don't always understand the meaning, so we carry on working towards that promotion or career goal thinking that our hard work will be all we need to get there. Sometimes we get lucky and someone notices our potential and helps propel our careers, but that is often not the case.

This session will be a conversation about being intentional about your career and the amazing opportunities networking can bring.

Key Takeaways:

  • Build, organize and find the value in your network
  • Overcoming do-it-yourself thinking
  • Identifying and connecting with new connections

This session is for... women who are climbing the ladder or re-entering the workforce, aspiring leaders.

16:25

Duration:

30

Sister Circle: How To Network and Climb the Career Ladder

Anesha Dennis

Associate Director, IT Business Transformation
@ ElevateBio

20 October

Premium Ticket Holders Only

Career

Networking

Your network is your net worth. We have heard that statement but don't always understand the meaning, so we carry on working towards that promotion or career goal thinking that our hard work will be all we need to get there. Sometimes we get lucky and someone notices our potential and helps propel our careers, but that is often not the case.

This session will be a conversation about being intentional about your career and the amazing opportunities networking can bring.

Key Takeaways:

  • Build, organize and find the value in your network
  • Overcoming do-it-yourself thinking
  • Identifying and connecting with new connections

This session is for... women who are climbing the ladder or re-entering the workforce, aspiring leaders.

 

17:00

Duration:

30

Networking Reception

20 October

Networking

Join our speakers at the VIP networking reception for the opportunity to connect and quiz them further on their session. Please note that this Meet Up is exclusive to Premium Ticket Holders Only.

17:00

Duration:

30

Networking Reception

20 October

Networking

Join our speakers at the VIP networking reception for the opportunity to connect and quiz them further on their session. Please note that this Meet Up is exclusive to Premium Ticket Holders Only.