2019 IEEE Women In Computing Summit
IEEE Santa Clara Valley Women in Engineering, Oracle Women’s Leadership (OWL), IEEE Young Professionals, and IEEE Computer Society invite you to join us for a full-day workshop with focused topics and panels to get inspired, learn about the latest trends in computing technology, and network with others during the evening reception.
Rising Together To Influence Our Future
When: Thursday, May 09 2019, 8:00am – 7:00pm
Where: Oracle Auditorium, 4030 George Sellon Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Why Attend: 15+ Technical Women leaders, 100+ Attendees.
This year’s IEEE Women in Computing Summit combines engaging and inspirational speakers with diverse and interactive topics. It will offer a unique opportunity to learn and network with developers, researchers, and leaders from the industry and academia. You will be able to have candid conversations to discuss common challenges and establish real strategic solutions to grow your career.
Join us for focused topics and panels to get inspired, learn about the latest trends in computing technology, and network with others during the evening reception.
The ticket sales will support STEM promoting activities organized by IEEE WIE Santa Clara Valley Valley chapter in the Bay Area. Follow the speaker link, have a look at the program and book your ticket today here!
Program
| 8:00 – 9:00 AM | Breakfast sponsored by IEEE SCV YP and IEEE SCV WIE
Arrive before 9 AM for a raffle ticket to win cool giveaways |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome Jeewika Ranaweera, Principal HW Engineer atOracle |
| 9:30 AM | Keynote: Transitioning to Leadership: Mastering the Foundations Mary Ellen Kassotakis, Executive Director, Oracle’s Women Leadership |
| 10:00 AM | Data Stewardship and Digital Twins
Katalin Barfai-Walcott Sr. Principal Engineer at Intel |
| 10:30 AM | Building the Trusted Foundation for our Data-centric World Isaura Gaeta, Vice President Security Research at Intel |
| 11:00 AM | The 5G Future
Mary Gendron, Senior Vice President and CIO at Qualcomm |
| 11:30 AM | Elucidating mechanism of recurrent disease in cancer by merging molecular biology techniques with scientific, computing
Hasini Jayatilaka, Cancer Researcher at Stanford University |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch sponsored by Oracle |
| 1:00 PM | Social Media in the Age of AI Layla Revis, Vice President Global Social Media at Oracle |
| 1:30 PM | Career Panel: Leading in the digital age
Lorri Brady Jackson, Senior Manager , Oracle Global Talent Advisory (Moderator) |
| 2:30 PM | Quantum Computing Fundamentals
Kayla Lee, Quantum Consultant at IBM |
| 3:00 PM | Afternoon Break sponsored by IEEE SCV-WIE |
| 3:30 PM | The Future of Java
Heather VanCura, Group Director Standard Strategy & Architecture at Oracle |
| 4:00 PM | Entrepreneurship Panel: Launching your Tech Startup and Challenges in Making it a Success
Selvam Raju, Advanced Lead Engineer at Knightscope |
| 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks Susan Delafuente, 2019 Chair IEEE SCV-WIE |
| 5:00 – 7:00 PM | Networking Reception sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society |
* Personal ID and registration on site needed