GHC/1 started out as a one-day locally organized conference modeled after ABI's international Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC).This immersive event brings women technologists at all levels together, along with industry leading companies, to build relationships, learn and advance their careers.
Description of event:
Goal of the Anita Borg Institute:
"We are on a quest to accelerate the pace of global innovation by working to ensure that the creators of technology mirror the people and societies who use it.”
Innovation is more than something that occurs within small startups. Established companies are now installing Innovation Centers of their own to encourage creativity. At a time when input from women technologists is crucial to success, we have organized a conference to answer this need. In the GHC-NY for 2016 we have combined relevant skills and subjects for an event in which entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, research and products of women technologists will facilitate an exchange to foster personal and professional growth. To further the optimum progress of women’s scientific communities we have paid special attention to inclusivity. Based on our preparation, the breakout sessions will meet our goals. Please join us as we bring together women involved in computation and our male allies from all over the unique technological cosmopolitan area of New York City.
Agenda
Panel - April 4, 2016
Panel 1: Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs: What’s the difference?
Moderator: Peggy Wallace, Managing Director of Golden Seeds
1. Asmau Ahmed, CEO of Plum Perfect
2. Dr. Miri Park, Co-founder and COO of Chromis Fiberoptics
3. Jennifer Wagner, Managing Director, Digital Workplace Technologies at BNY Mellon
4. Heather Marotta, Senior Manager, Publisher Solutions at Google
Panel 2: EdTech Entrepreneurs
Moderator: Kelly Hoey
1. Natasha Green, Founder of WeIntervene
2. Alexandra Diracles, Co-founder of Vidcode
Panel - April 5, 2016
Panel 1: Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs: What’s the difference?
Moderator: Rosario Robinson
1. Kathleen McMurray, Angel Investor at NY Angels
2. Alicia Syrett, Angel Investor at Founder and CEO of Pantegrion Capital
Panel 2: Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship and what it looks like moving forward?
Moderator: Esin Kiris, User Experience at Syncsort
1. Meltem Dincer, Vice President Smart Content Strategy at John Wiley
2. Deborah Danielson, Senior Fellow, CA Technologies
Breakout Sessions
Women in Industry: What do you do? Why do you do it? And can I do it?
Women are succeeding in all professions—including the “hot” fields: Fin-Tech, Data Science, and Cyber Security. These women will discuss what they accomplish on a daily basis, the prerequisite skills, and the steps necessary for you to secure a position in the area of your choice.
Professional Women: My Stories
Women technologists are diverse in appearance, age, and employment history. Join us to hear their stories about the past, present, and future of women in the field of computing.How are their stories similar to yours? What can you learn from their experiences?
Advice for Dreamers & Doers: Building Blocks for Success
Good advice can help us pursue our passions and advance to higher-level positions.
Our Community: Opening up the community to all
The importance of community is evidenced by the fact ABI.NYC started this January with four events and we are planning more. Ideas and inspiration are shared at the grass root level by connecting many organizations with the same goal-- attracting and keeping women in the Technology.
LinkedIn Online Resume:
Your online presence might need to be spiced up. This is the session for you.
Speed Mentoring: Advice from women & men in the technology field.
Career Fair: Jobs, Jobs and more Jobs...and maybe some internships too!
Session Speakers/Reps
Cassidy Williams, Software Engineer at Clarifai + Lady Storm Hackathons
Gesche Wai-Yi Haas & Kells McPhillips, CoFounders at Dreamers & Doers
Andy Saldana, Director of Operations at NY Tech Meetup
Barbara Livar, Director at Women Who Code
Maureen Erokwu, Founder & CEO Mapversion NY + Lesbians Who Tech Rep
Chrys Wu, Developer Advocate at NY Times
Anie Akpe, Founder at Networq
Esosa Ighodaro, CoFounder at CoSign
Yasmin Sohrawardy, Senior Engineer/Manager at InterContential Exchange
Hillary Green-Lerman, Data Scientist at Knewton
Precious Williams, Perfect Pitches by Precious
Stella McGovern, Cofounder at Crowdzu
Jessica Perilla, Founder & CEO at JPD Studio
Quiessence Phillips, AVP, Information Security - Incident Response at Barclays
Jessica Forbes, Director of Product Design at Grubhub
Diana & Irene, CoFounders of Monarq
Dr. Michelle Strah, Director Enterprise Architecture, NBCUniversal
Dr. Sinziana Eckner, VP Core Modeling, J.P. Morgan Chase
Lauren Bugeja, User Experience Lead at Google
Ruchita Nigam, Director & Development Manager at Markit
Erin Kidwell, Co-Chapter Lead at Girl Develop It
Jessica Santana, New York on Tech
*More to be listed shortly
Keynote Speakers:
April 4, 2016
Suresh Kumar – Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, BNY Mellon
Karen Peetz – President, BNY Mellon
April 5, 2016
Gail Evans – Chief Information Officer, Mercer
Reception - Party Time Monday Evening (5:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
Career Fair Tables & Sponsorship, email for details: abi.nyc@anitaborg.org
Thank you to our Breakfast Sponsor on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Thank You to Our Venue Sponsor:
Location
Dates
to 4th April 2016 - 07:00 PM