Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Hitomi Hamaba Product Manager at Sony	How to Lead Tech Teams as a Non-Techie When you’re leading tech teams but you don't have an engineering background, what should you be focusing on to be successful? As a former journalist who switched her career into tech (via MBA), Hitomi shares her experience and lessons learned. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Martine Antonio IP Sales Director Europe and Israel at Synopsys	Why Building Diversity and Parity Teams in High Tech Matters Sharing experience on building an international team including diversity and gender parity and the value it adds to a company Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Joanna Otmianowska Frontend Engineer at OLX Group	Surprising skills that will make you a better software developer Is a non-technical background always bad for a software developer? How you can embrace your previous work experience and make use of it in a coding job? Even if this previous experience we are talking about is being a mystery shopper. Is it possible to master programming skills better thanks to learning a foreign language? What sales job has in common with your demo meeting? During my talk I would like to take you on a journey of surprising skills that will make you a better developer. By answering questions above, I will show you what you can do to be a programmer… read more
Giovanna Faso Head of Engineering Operations at OLX Group	Why we need to talk Tech Excellence Good intentions and top talent alone will not drive your organisation to your goals and more often than not what is needed is nested under the categories of HR, Culture, Ops and Change management. Tech Excellence is the translation of Operational Excellence in the world of fast-moving high-growth organisations and this talk will wrap up the key themes that TechEx works in. Find out what TechEx is, how it helped us at OLX and how it might help you today! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Kamila Wosińska Group Client Compliance Manager at GFT	Talent-based Career Development Even among the most successful women, those occupying the highest, exposed positions, who are family and professional role models, the same dilemmas often return: - Self-esteem and self-confidence - Being aware of and using individual talents - Choosing the direction of further development and professional career That's why I decided to share my experiences with you. The ways I have developed to deal with these situations. Is this a magic success pill? NO! Working on yourself is hard work and nobody promised it would be easy… read more
Marlen von Roth Sales Director Cloud EMEA and APJ at SUSE	Is Imposter Syndrome holding you back? This session is for introverts (and extroverts) who experience imposter syndrome. Do you ever feel invisible in meetings? Do you feel others oversee you. Do you suffer from chronic self-doubt and a sense of intellectual fraudulence that override any feelings of success or external proof of your competence and that at any minute you are going to be found out? Then this session is for you. After completing this session, you will have simple advice on how to: 1. Define imposter syndrome and ways it can manifest. 2. Identify risk factors… read more
Caroline De Vos COO at SatADSL	Women in Space In a sphere typically dominated by men, a female COO is spearheading one of the most significant disruptions to the satellite connectivity industry. Caroline De Vos is co-founder of SatADSL, the creators of neXat, a disruptive satellite service aggregator billing itself as the first “booking.com” of satellite services – a marketplace for teleport and satellite operators to resell their satellite capacity. In this talk, Caroline will discuss the challenges she overcame to achieve her goals and what it means to represent women in the space industry. From breaking into the ‘boys… read more
Rickie Zayee Senior Product Manager at Global Savings Group	How to effectively position your product Positioning is the act of deliberately defining how you are the best at something that a defined market cares a lot about. If we fail at product positioning, we fail at marketing and sales. If we fail at marketing and sales then the entire business fails. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Aistė Miškūnienė Director of Engineering at Vinted	How to be a tech leader without a beard Getting deeper into how cultural background has shaped expectations for women’s behavior at work and is it in line with the expectations for a good leader? What are the challenges when standing out from the male-heavy tech leadership group and how to change that? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ieva Kuniejūtė Talent Acquisition Team Lead at Vinted	How the new normal is shaping the future of talent? Changing jobs, careers or industries is never an easy choice, especially during a pandemic. As we entered a new way of working era, the game rules for talent acquisition have changed too. And to play it better than others, first, you have to learn the rules of the game. Let's find out what are the things for candidates to pay attention to in order to win this game. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alina Kovalenko Sr. Software Engineer at Uber	It’s a Match Hop on my racing car and we will drive through the 4 stages of my career journey. I started as a freelance engineer, moved to work for a big IT company, raced through the people management opportunities and finished as a software engineer at Uber. I will share some of the key learning on this journey and tell you why I am now seems to be a match, so I love it that I swiped right! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Nadia Znachko Global Head of Quality Assurance at Luxoft DXC Technology Company	How to Succeed in Diverse Cultures, Geographies and Communities In her talk, Nadia Znachko will cover a variety of subjects regarding leadership and cultural differences, and challenges of career development in a global company. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Marnie McCormack Head of User Interface Strategy & Engineering	Data Modernization: Decoupling code from data As software engineering teams look to deliver scalable microservice architectures built atop modern data solutions, we must find effective ways to decouple our software from the implementation details of how our data is stored. This talk will cover the different patterns than can be used to deliver scalable solutions, designing for the problem(s) you have and talk about common mistakes with RESTful APIs data distribution with some examples of what not to do thrown in! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tatiana Zheltomirska CMO at Innovecs	Is switching between industries a risky career strategy? I will be building conversation around agility, versatility, breadth of knowledge and skills that one gets switching between industries. But not only industries also the agency side and client side. Startup and corporate experience allow building different perspectives that are impossible without switching. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Hristina Nedkova Senior Engineering Manager at Paysafe	Transform your teams to effective engineering community A team is a group of people who work together to achieve a shared goal. Despite where in the org chart they are or what technologies they use, they are trying to achieve something and be successful. In this talk, Hristina will cover the realities of shipping code for a mobile app. She will walk you through stories of Skrill’s releases, process and infrastructure challenges that she and her teams figured out how to overcome to enable the mobile engineers be more productive, ship more regularly and, last but not least, dream for the apps’ future growth. And how their journey… read more
Jitka Steinmetz Managing Director Germany at DXC Luxoft	Going beyond engaging women in Computer Sciences in higher education In the past decades, the focus was on engaging (inspiring, encouraging) women in Computer Science. However, changing attitudes is not enough. Women tend to learn, frame and problem solve differently. Different learning styles and female mentoring in higher education is critical to enable women to make Computer Science their own. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Top Chef Yuka Top Chef Instructor at ChefPassport SàRL	Teriyaki Lunch Menu with ChefPassport CHICKEN / TOFU TERIYAKI MENU - Serving 2 INGREDIENTS: 1-1.5 cups uncooked rice (approx 150g - 225g) For Chicken Teriyaki: 300 grams skin-on boneless chicken thighs 1/4 tsp salt 4 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp Mirin/brown sugar 2 tbsp sake Spring Onion for 2-3 stalks Optional grated ginger For Tofu Teriyaki 300 grams firm tofu 1/4 tsp salt 4 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp Mirin/brown sugar 2 tbsp sake Any mushrooms (one packet depending on the type, please note that mushrooms… read more
Svetlana Stankovic Director SEO at Global Savings Group	Career in SEO: a road less obvious when starting in digital marketing How to kickstart your career in SEO and discover the beauty in cross-functional technical marketing world. What should be your first steps, how to gather experience and professionalize your knowledge and skills to become and SEO rockstar. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tayana Bellis VP Client Services at Egress Software Technologies	Myth Busting: Challenging stereotypes and grasping opportunities As women in tech, the stereotypes put upon us – and particularly those we accept, internalise and resign ourselves to can become the mantras of our whole careers. From “not being technically minded enough” to being “unable to cope with the demands of the job”, our gender and ethnicities can dictate the positions we apply for and hold, and how far we’ll climb. Join Tayana Bellis for this presentation, in which she’ll debunk some of the common myths believed about women in tech (and that we sometimes believe about ourselves!), and provide practical strategies for how to overcome these… read more
Rachel Scheel SVP Global Diversity Equity Inclusion & Sustainability at Criteo	Strengthening a Culture of Belonging for Women in the Workplace Gender equality continues to be one of the biggest challenges for business leaders, with much research showing that women tend not to feel the same sense of belonging as their male counterparts - by bringing their whole selves to work. A recent survey in the 2021 Culture Report on belonging at work reinforced this, revealing that 9% gap on the overall belonging score between males and females. This same survey revealed a consistency on all factors, from work-life balance to pay equity, or even sharing an opinion that differs from the group, women tend to feel more impacted and… read more