Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

Tracks & Topics

Year

Session Recording Available

- Any -

Yes

Session Area

Session	Speaker	Share to Vote
Selena Rezvani President and Author at NextGenWomen LLC	Quick Leadership: Build Trust, Navigate Change, and Cultivate Unstoppable Teams What does it take to lead a team that truly runs on trust—not fear? In today’s fast-moving workplaces, top leaders know how to cultivate psychological safety, share power instead of hoarding it, and inspire a deep sense of ownership in others. This session, based on Selena Rezvani’s upcoming book Quick Leadership: Build Trust, Navigate Change, and Cultivate Unstoppable Teams (Wiley, November 2025), offers actionable tools to lead with clarity, flexibility, and purpose. Attendees will learn how to strengthen team cohesion, respond to failure with growth in mind, and create conditions where… read more
Namrata Shah AWS Hero and Distinguished Thought Leader	AI-Driven Transformation: Insights from the C-Suite This panel brings together top executives to discuss how AI is reshaping business strategy, innovation, and leadership. From leveraging foundation models to enabling data-driven decision-making, panelists will share practical lessons, challenges, and actionable strategies for driving AI adoption at scale while maintaining responsible governance and ethical standards. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Susan Nomecos Senior Director, Global AI & Web3 at Getty Images	The Creative Multiplier: How AI is Rewiring the Traditional Visual Workflow As brands demand more content, faster, AI is emerging not as a replacement for creativity but as a force multiplier within the visual workflow. Its real power lies in elevating the value of existing pre-shot imagery to help brands refine concepts, adapt assets for new markets, and evolve campaigns without extensive reshoots. Drawing on her work leading custom AI solutions at Getty Images, Susan Nomecos will explore how AI is transforming creative decision making and production planning. Attendees will walk away with: -A clearer, more strategic understanding of… read more
Amanda Farley CMO at Aimclear	The AI-Powered Marketing Machine: Integrated Search for the Infrastructure Era We don’t market on the system anymore. We market through it. Growth now lives in the stack where compute, data, and decisioning merge inside platforms and AI frameworks. Brands scaling fastest aren’t just optimizing campaigns; they’re engineering engines that speak infrastructure fluently. Budgets are lean. Pressure’s high. Search has fused. Paid and organic are now a shared system, working in tandem, exchanging structured data, modeling intent, and feeding algorithmic prioritization. If the machine can’t read it, it won’t rank. If signals don’t align, performance stalls.… read more
Tasneem Dohadwala Founding Partner at Excelestar Ventures	Technology and Equity in Life Sciences Across the life sciences, women founders lead the charge in applying technology to close long-standing gaps in access, representation, and research equity. It’s no surprise that, from diagnostics to digital therapeutics, AI-driven tools are transforming solutions for women’s health issues as well. Tasneem Dohadwala, Founding Partner of Excelestar Ventures, will explore how emerging technologies are democratizing access to care and investment, and how female innovators are redefining inclusive innovation. Drawing on her experience at the intersection of digital health, venture investment, and… read more
Sunita McCoy Director of Quality Engineering at Yum Brands	From Engineer to Executive: Navigating the Leap Without Losing Your Voice This talk explores the real, unfiltered journey of stepping out of the comfort of technical mastery and into the arena of influence, strategy, and organizational leadership. Drawing from my own path across global engineering, platform quality, and transformation roles, I share how to grow your impact without sacrificing the authenticity, curiosity, and problem‑solving instincts that made you successful in the first place. We’ll unpack the moments that matter: learning to speak the language of the business, building credibility with senior leaders, leading through resistance, and… read more
Sarah Phoenix CPO at Thought Industries	From Data to Destiny: The C-Suite’s Role in Turning Intelligence into Growth As business leaders, we push our teams to ship faster and innovate constantly. But there’s a hard truth many leadership teams avoid: our customers can’t keep up. Most companies invest heavily in product innovation and Customer Success, yet still struggle to drive adoption, retention, and expansion. The issue isn’t effort - it’s visibility. One of the biggest blind spots is not knowing whether customers are truly keeping pace as products evolve. When they fall behind, time-to-value slows, perceived ROI drops, and growth stalls - long before churn… read more
Sarah Phoenix CPO at Thought Industries	From Data to Destiny: The C-Suite’s Role in Turning Intelligence into Growth As business leaders, we push our teams to ship faster and innovate constantly. But there’s a hard truth many leadership teams avoid: our customers can’t keep up. Most companies invest heavily in product innovation and Customer Success, yet still struggle to drive adoption, retention, and expansion. The issue isn’t effort - it’s visibility. One of the biggest blind spots is not knowing whether customers are truly keeping pace as products evolve. When they fall behind, time-to-value slows, perceived ROI drops, and growth stalls - long before churn… read more
Nia Luckey Charlotte Metro ISSA Executive Board Secretary at International Systems Security Association	Trust is the New Zero Day: Cyber Readiness in the Age of AI and Human Instability In the cybersecurity world, we train for exploits in code, but the most significant vulnerabilities often originate from human behavior. Breaches don’t begin with malware. They start with mistrust. A misinterpreted signal. An ignored alert. A moment when someone didn’t speak up, didn’t escalate, didn’t believe the system—or their teammate—would respond. These aren’t code-level failures. These are trust failures. And in a digital age where artificial intelligence is accelerating our decision cycles and quantum computing is shifting our assumptions about threat models, the next frontier… read more
Raina Gandhi Founder & CEO at Rising Tide Consulting	The Modern Leadership Trifecta: Lead. Mentor. Sponsor. The next generation of leaders will be defined not just by results, but by the people they lift along the way. This talk breaks down the modern leadership trifecta: leading teams effectively, mentoring with intention, and sponsoring with influence. Through real-world examples and actionable insights, participants will learn how to strengthen their leadership impact, cultivate trust, and open doors for others in meaningful ways. Key Takeaways: 1 - Understand the unique value each role (leader, mentor, sponsor ) plays in career growth. 2 - Build habits that develop… read more
Jenny Kleintop Founder & CEO at PhilanthropyOps	How to Thrive When Working Remotely Working remotely has become the new norm for many people, but how do you thrive while doing it? Are you nervous about going fully remote, or are you currently working remotely but not sure how to set yourself up for success? In this talk, Jenny will share her experience of working remotely for years, even before the pandemic, and strategies she's shared with others to be successful at it. From your office set-up and environment to collaborating with others and maintaining boundaries, she will give you what you need to not only succeed but thrive at it Did you like this session… read more
Shweta Agrawal Chief Product Officer at Boston New Technology	Future-Proofing Your Career: The Product Leader’s Guide to Staying Relevant in the Age of AI AI is no longer a tool; it’s a leadership challenge. As technology reshapes industries, product leaders must evolve from managing features to orchestrating intelligence aligning data, design, and ethics with business strategy. This session explores how C-level leaders can stay ahead by pairing human judgment with machine insight. We’ll discuss what it means to lead AI-enabled organizations, make smarter product bets, and cultivate teams fluent in both empathy and analytics. Attendees will leave with a clear framework for future-proof leadership one grounded not in technical… read more
Brandel Kremer Director of Data Governance at Mars	AI Auditing; Are you Ready? AI audits aren’t just about checking if a model works—they’re about making sure it’s safe, fair, and accountable. In this quick, insight-packed talk, Brandel Kremer will share practical ways to build stronger, more transparent AI systems that people can actually trust. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Vakassia Niles Chief Strategist & Founder at The Niles Group	Pivot & Progress: How to Transition Careers Without Losing Strategic Momentum A career pivot doesn’t have to mean starting over, when done strategically, it becomes a power move. In this session, attendees will learn how to pivot with clarity, confidence, and long-term positioning in an AI-driven, rapidly evolving job market. Using a future-focused framework, participants will identify high-value transferable skills, elevate their personal brand visibility, and understand how to activate the right mentors and sponsors to accelerate opportunity. They’ll also see how to leverage AI as a strategic ally, not a threat, in amplifying their career trajectory. Whether… read more
Wendy Petty CRO at WorkFusion	Leading through change, what resilience really looks like. “Builds , Breaking, and Rebuilding: Lessons from a Life in Enterprise Software” Wendy Petty shares hard-earned lessons from decades building enterprise software companies in a male-dominated industry. Through personal stories of resilience, reinvention, and leadership, she reveals what being relentless truly means—and how belief in your vision and your team can turn setbacks into success. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Tania Medina Bryant Chief Cybersecurity & Tech Regulation Counsel at Marsh McLennan	Relentless Pursuit: Leveraging Curiosity for a Life of Impact In a world where one’s hopes and desires are often stunted by fear, comparison, and the imposition of others’ expectations, this abstract offers a glimpse into a transformative speech on resilience through curiosity – a beacon of light on the path to achieving the desires you never let yourself believe you could have. At its heart, resilience embodies the relentless determination of the human spirit— the unwavering resolve to rise above adversity, overcome obstacles, and emerge stronger, wiser, and more resilient than before. This speech, woven with engaging narratives and… read more
Michelle Bozeman Senior Director, Cloud Solution Architecture at Microsoft	Rewriting the Promotion Playbook: AI, Ambition, and the Future of Growth in Tech Promotion processes are evolving faster than ever. AI, automation, and reorganizations are changing how readiness and performance are measured. In this talk, Michelle Bozeman breaks down what top tech companies now value—and how women can adapt their approach to advancement. Attendees will learn how to gather promotion evidence, align with business priorities, and advocate confidently for their next level. Because promotions don’t happen from effort alone—they happen when your value is seen, measured, and communicated with precision. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Christine Rizzo Senior Software Engineering Manager at Red Hat, Inc.	The 4-Pillar Blueprint for Scale: Leading Generative AI Transformation from Pilot to Global Enterprise Despite a surge of experimentation following the rise of generative AI, the majority of companies remain stuck in the "micro-productivity trap"—a state characterized by fragmented pilots that fail to scale and deliver enterprise-level ROI. This stagnation persists because leaders often mistake AI adoption for a simple technology deployment rather than a comprehensive business transformation. Despite a surge of experimentation, many organizations struggle to navigate the complexity of AI adoption, finding themselves in the "micro-productivity trap" where fragmented… read more
Nelly Elsayed Associate Professor at University of Cincinnati	Applied AI in Healthcare: Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities Across Clinical and Administrative Domains Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming healthcare, offering significant potential to improve both clinical outcomes and administrative efficiency. This presentation explores the diverse landscape of AI applications in healthcare, highlighting three primary categories: traditional AI, agentic AI, and generative AI. Each type of AI can be strategically applied across different sectors of healthcare informatics, ranging from predictive diagnostics, treatment planning, and patient monitoring to administrative functions such as workflow optimization, billing, and resource management… read more
Ritu Soni Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer at SkillBrew.AI	Smart Hiring moves to build Great Teams The hiring landscape is changing faster than ever—skills evolve every six months, yet recruitment still operates on decade-old models. At SkillBrew.AI, we’re reimagining how organizations discover, evaluate, and build great teams through AI-driven hiring automation and human-centered intelligence. In this session, Ritu Soni, Co-Founder and CTO of SkillBrew.AI, shares how her team is using responsible AI to streamline multi-stage hiring, simulate real-world interviews, and empower both candidates and recruiters. She discusses how technology can not only speed up decision-making… read more