Last year Dattch creator, Robyn Exton, came to bay area to pitch a lesbian relationship app at inaugural Lesbians Just who technical Summit. She got the attention associated with complete section of judges and all of 700 women in the crowd. This season she’ll get on additional side of this table and another array of innovators will pitch their unique ideas to traders and entrepreneurs as well. We’re very pleased to give a
sneak peek for the 2015 LWT Summit schedule
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Thursday, February 26
Beginning Happy Hour
6:00 pm â 9:00pm // Beaux Cafe Castro
Saturday, March 27
The Key Event
8:30am // Doors Open â Castro Theatre
9:30am â 11am // Glorious day Sessions // Castro Theatre
Welcome // Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Just Who Technical
Why don’t we Fully Grasp This Summit Started // Erica Anderson, Twitter & Danielle Moodie Mills, Emcees
Damaging the Bro Code // Dominique DeGuzman, Software Engineer, Twilio
From Data Geek to Emerging Leader to âPeople Focused’ management // tips Emerge from Shadows Christy Gaughan, Director of advertising research, Genentech
Can tech Solve Gun Violence // Pia Carusone, Former fundamental of workforce to Congresswoman Gabby Giffords
Morning Keynote
Unpacking confidentiality, Rose Hayes, technology Director at Google & Board of Directors at Transgender rules Center
Whenever we talk about confidentiality, we usually use much of alike vocabulary we used to speak about safety. How might this effect the targets we set, the concerns we ask, together with answers we give. What is missing through the perspective which comes in addition to the safety mentality?
11:00am // Take A Rest â You Deserve It
11:30am // Breakout Lounge Sessions // (locations specified)
Ladies in technical Lounge // Qbar // Sponsored by Indiegogo
Hacker’s Lounge // Beaux club // Sponsored by Amazon
Job & Connection Lounge // paid by Linkedin
11:30am // Late Morning principal Stage Sessions // Castro Theatre
UX Research and Design: the human being Side of Tech, Aga Bojko, Director of User analysis, Indiegogo
Support Actually Enough: Precisely Why Technical Businesses Are Failing To Draw In Feminine Designers, Adria Richards
From The the majority of Successful Kickstarter Campaign previously to a Gaming Empire // exactly how One Entrepreneur Re-imaged the Way We Gamble Games, Julie Uhrman, Founder & CEO, OUYA
Thanks for Your Service. This is Basic Level, Vanessa Vinson
Just how one queer ladies is trying making it in tech after providing the woman nation.
The near future Hereditary Testing // Emily Conley, 23andMe
Fireside Chat // How Badass Women Can Be Solving Technical’s Diversity Challenge
Moderated by Danielle Moodie Mills & Aisha Moodie Mills
Kimberly Bryant, Dark Babes Code
Tina Lee, Mom Coders
Aliya Rahman // System Director, Code for Advancement
12:30pm // ensure you get your Grub On // Lunch Breakouts
Meal Breakouts Sessions*
Meal enrollment will open up shortly!
Songs Technical // Hosted by Pandora
Coders Connect // Managed by Twilio
Technical electricity Lesbians Q & A // managed by SnapChat
Decoding Startup Equity Compensation // Hosted by Robasciotti & Associates, Inc
Ignite Lunch Classes // Hosted by Optimizely
*For lunch, you’ll choose one for the breakout periods in places across the Castro Theater, each on a different subject. Meal registration will start quickly!
2:00pm // Afternoon Sessions // Castro Theatre
Just how Automated Program, Quantitative Analytics & Algorithms Are Making Economic Preparing Much More Obtainable For Millennials, Ali Rosenthal, Vp of Strategic Partnerships, Wealthfront
How Training Transgender Females Tech Skill is actually Saving Schedules // Skip Angelica Ross, Founder TransTech
Lesbians Whom Tech Entrepreneur Pitch Session
Four remarkable queer females business owners will pitch the companies and programs they are developing, before a panel of judges such as people and business owners.
Entrepreneurs
Riana Lynn, Foods Trace
Katy Atkinson, DataSnap
Monica Taher, ClipYap
A lot more shortly!
Judges
Robyn Exton, Founder, Dattch
Kathrina Manalac, Y Combinator
Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder, Reddit
2:00pm // Afternoon Lounge Sessions // (areas specified)
Detail by detail plan of breakout periods coming soon!
Ladies in Tech Lounge // QBar // backed by Indiegogo
Hacker’s Lounge // Beaux Bar // Sponsored by Amazon
Job & relationship Lounge // Sponsored by Linkedin
3:15pm // City Director Lesbians Who Technical Meetup!
// QBar
Jess Ainlay, Chicago
Caroline Younger, Boston
Jennifer Oslislo, Portland
3:30pm // Take some slack + Have a glass or two // Really, You need It
4:00pm // Keynotes & Afternoon Sessions // Castro Theatre
Keynote Interview
Kara Swisher, Founder, Re/code.net
Marc Benioff, President, Salesforce.com
Keynote Ignite Period
Females Against Humanity, Kate Stayman-London, Lead Storyteller, Change.org
How I turned into a VC inside my 20’s, Sarah Kunst, lover, Fortis Partners
Exactly how a Brazilian Lesbian sure Bill Gates to Start Expedia, Soraya Bittencourt, Product and Software Engineering Executive
The Future of Mobile Health Technical, Meg Columbia-Walsh, Creator and President, Inverse Mobile Phone
Keynote Interview
Megan Smith, Fundamental Development Officer, US
Leanne Pittsford, Creator, Lesbians Just Who Tech
5:30pm // That’s A Wrap // High Fives
5:30pm After Party: Cocktails + Conversation // Hell Yeah // The Cafe (managed by Yelp, development program & Mandrill)
Saturday, March 28
Hackathon // Mozilla Organizations SF
Registration not far off!
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Workshop Track // Github Soma Practices
Registration coming soon!
9:30am Breakfast
10:30am â 12:00pm // Morning periods
Before you decide to Lean in // Understanding the Neuroscience of Change, Tamera Schmidt, Director income Excellence at VMware & Neuro mentor
The Gut as a Culture-Changing Software, Ginger Chien, Lead Member of Technical Staff/Data Services Device Architect at AT&T Mobility
Individual PR: Making and Handling The Brand, Elissa Beth, CTO/Co-Founder at Glimpse Labs
The Secret of Presenting And Public Speaking // Holley Murchison, Rhetoric Coach, Oratory Magnificence
Where to find Your Best Talk // Cloe Shasha, Ted Associate tools Producer at TED
Fish Bowl Coaching
Dani Rukin, CPCC, PCC, Leadership Development and Profession Mentor
Rajkumari Neogy, CEO at iRestart
12:30pm â 2:00pm // Lunch program
Hacking the Technical Workforce
Mary Scotton, Main Developer Evangelist at salesforce.com
Ayori Selassie, Sr. Remedy Engineer, Income Engineer, Platform Specialist at
salesforce.com
Ladies and underrepresented minorities tend to be hacking the technology staff. It’s been over a-year since Silicon Valley tech businesses published their own dismal assortment statistics. As a result, we have viewed an increasing area of business owners and programmers modifying the tech landscape, one Hackathon/Conference/Company at a time. Join us to listen these achievements tales and ways to carry out these cheats inside place of work.
2:00pm // Afternoon Periods
The components of Tech Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur Q & A
Janelle S. Allen, Creator at Learnwise.co
Jessica McGlory, Founder at Industry Anticipate Venture
A lot more quickly
Just how to Grow Your Company & The Client Base
Ari Isaacman Astles, Director of Growth, NY Times
Lisa Sullivan-Cross, VP Growth, Pandora
Maud Pasturaud, Portable & Commerce Growth Expert
Handling Stealth Barriers to Diverse Participation and Enhanced Innovation, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT)
Come read about many of the undetectable barriers and delicate biases that frequently stop businesses from employing top skill. In this interactive demonstration, Dr. Catherine Ashcraft from the nationwide Center for females & IT (NCWIT), will go over just how people and businesses can successfully address these concealed barriers so that you can much better attract and retain the varied skill that’ll drive future advancement. Attendees will discover about real tricks and sources they are able to use for implementing these methods within companies.
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Brunch Dual Union
Registration just around the corner!
Wish to have LesbiansWhoTech all year round in your area? You may need to start a feminist maker/hackerspace where you can hang out with others you want weekly! Find out how dual Union created a women-centered, queer-positive, feminist neighborhood workshop as well as how you might perform the same your location. Pay attention to an interview with two founding people in Double Union on how they discovered an area, signed the rental, and liberated a 3D printer. We will serve lighting brunch with vegan and gluten-free options.
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Lesbians Which Bike
Registration coming soon!
Sunday, March 1
Closing Brunch
Registration coming soon!
Look out for updates into the schedule as subscription will open up for breakout and weekend occasions into the impending times. The Dattch discount is
LWTDATTCH
. Take time to use it during enrollment for a
25percent discount in your seats
!
