IWD NYC 2018

BUILDING A NEW HORIZON

About

We are proud to be hosting the 2018 International Women's Day Celebration, a women's tech conference. We hope to highlight the stories of our growing female community of designers, developers, and technology entrepreneurs!
Plus hands-on workshops, activities,
food and drink! #IWDNYC18

Image Credit: Unsplash/@naganath

When

April

21st

at

9:00am

Where

Code of Conduct

We strongly believe in enforcing a Code Of Conduct to ensure that

everyone has a safe, welcoming and productive experience at this event.

The simple version is "Be Excellent To Each Other!" That means no physical, verbal, mental or digital harassment will be tolerated at any time. If you see something, say something to an organizer immediately.

Please review the CODE OF CONDUCT before attending this event

Partners & Sponsors

IWD NYC 2018 Schedule

9:00am

DOORS OPEN

9:30am
WELCOME
Nitya Narasimhan

Lauren Murphy

10:00am
OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION

Meg Adams (Conde Nast)

Regine Gilbert (Gilbert Consulting Group, Inc.)

Naveen Nigam (Google)

11:15am

BREAK (15 mins)

11:30am

COMMUNITY TALKS - I

June W. Choi(Serval Ventures)

Stephanie Mari (Insight Data Science)

Nishat Anjum(Twitter)

Sarah Marques (Psquail)

Anna Nerezova (artnet)

12:15pm

BREAK & RAFFLE (30 mins)

12:45pm

COMMUNITY TALKS - II

Jenny Chang Ho (Grubhub)

Juanita Soranno (Trilogy Education Services)

Mariem Ayadi (Credit Suisse)

Wendy Durica (WPP/Kantar)

13:15pm

BREAK (15 mins)

13:30pm

WORKSHOPS

Leah Bonvissuto / Speaking (BespokenNY)

Jenn Schiffer / Glitch (FogCreek)

Nitya Narasimhan / Flutter (GDG NYC)

Niko Bella Lewis / Video (IWD NYC)

15:00pm

BREAK & RAFFLE (30 mins)

15:30pm

INDUSTRY PANEL: Building a New Horizon

Danielle James / Moderator (MongoDB)

Jess Lee / Panelist (dev.to)

Asia Hoe / Panelist (2U)

Mary Scotton / Panelist (Salesforce)

Jessica Santana / Panelist (New York On Tech)

Tasha Digital / Panelist (Analog Media Group)

16:15pm

CLOSING KEYNOTE

TeLisa Daughtry (Fly Technista)

17:00pm

DOORS CLOSE

THANK YOU!!

OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION

Meg Adams

ENGINEERING MANAGER, Brand Experience / Conde Nast

Meg Adams is an Engineering Manager for Condé Nast, building custom experiences for their top-tier brands (The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ and Wired). Her background as an educator has fueled her passion for building radically engaged teams through neuroscience-based performance management.

Topic:
HOW IMAGINATION BUILDS RESILIENCE
IN WORK AND LIFE

REGINE GILBERT

FOUNDER /
Gilbert Consulting Group, Inc.

Regine Gilbert is a user experience designer, educator, and international public speaker with over 10 years of experience working in the technology arena. In 2017, Regine founded Gilbert Consulting Group, Inc., a Design Consultancy in New York City. She has a strong belief in making the world a more accessible place—one that starts and ends with the user

Topic:
KEEP IT MOVING:
TRANSITION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

NAVEEN NIGAM

HEAD OF DEVELOPER RELATIONS (South/East USA) / Google

Naveen Nigam is the Head of Developer Relations for Canada and USA (East/South). Previously, Naveen was on Google Play, driving strategic policy & operations to build a trusted marketplace for Android users. In his current role Naveen drives programs that enable developers to understand & use Google technologies while empowering them to be ambassadors to others.

Topic:

INCLUSIVE DESIGN:
ASK HOW AND NOT WHY

WORKSHOP A: Own Your Voice

Leah Bonvissuto

COMMUNICATION COACH & CO-FOUNDER, BESPOKEN

Leah Bonvissuto is a Communication Coach and Co-Founder of Bespoken, where she helps leaders and teams communicate consciously and be powerfully present when speaking. Do you lose your train of thought when presenting your ideas? Do you use fillers and qualifiers in high-pressure situations? Do you avoid opportunities to speak up due to nerves? This interactive experience is designed to give you tools to speak with confidence and conviction. There is no need to prepare anything for the workshop.

COMMUNITY TALKS

JJUNE CHOI

CEO & FOUNDER / Serval Ventures
MANAGING DIRECTOR / Serval Lab

Topic:

Fighting Impostor Syndrome:

Replacing Fear
with Confidence

STEPHANIE MARI

PROGRAM MANAGER /
Insight Data Science

Topic:

Personal Branding:
Find your unique value
and your audience

NISHAT ANJUM

SOFTWARE ENGINEER /
Twitter

Topic:

DIasporas, ,D3, Data: Oh My!
Tracking the Bengali
Diaspora with D3.js

SARAH MARQUES

WEB PRODUCER /
Psquail

Topic:
Entrepreneurship:
Stepping Stone to increase women in technology and leadership

ANNA NEREZOVA

ANALYST, PERF & OPTIMIZATION /
artnet

Topic:

Server-Side Analytics
E-Commerce Tracking Using Google Analytics Measurement Protocol

WENDY DURICA

SENIOR SOFTWARE ANALYST /
WPP/Kantar

Topic:
Another Hidden Figure:
30 years as a woman in tech

JENNY CHANG HO

SENIOR IOS ENGINEER /

GrubHub

Topic:
Individual Contributor vs. Team Lead:

What is right for you?

JUANITA SORANNO

REGIONAL DIRECTOR NORTHEAST /
Trilogy Education Services

Topic:

She Can't Be
What She Can't See

MARIEM AYADI

DATA SCIENTIST & DEVELOPER /

Credit Suisse

Topic:
So You Think You Know Me?
Recommendation Systems 101

WORKSHOPS

CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE

LEAH BONVISSUTO

Communication Coach & Co-Founder,

BeSpoken

Leah Bonvissuto is a Communication Coach and Co-Founder of Bespoken, where she helps leaders and teams communicate consciously and be powerfully present when speaking.

Do you lose your train of thought when presenting your ideas? Do you use fillers and qualifiers in high-pressure situations? Do you avoid opportunities to speak up due to nerves? This interactive experience is designed to give you tools to speak with confidence and conviction. There is no need to prepare anything for the workshop.

Topic:

OWN YOUR VOICE / Public Speaking

JENN SCHIFFER

Community Engineer,

FogCreek Software

Have an app or website you are working on but need a free place to deploy it? Want to make your first twitter bot but don't know where to start?

Bring your projects and/or ideas to this session, or just come ready to learn. Jenn Schiffer will be there to help you use Glitch to develop your idea, deploy your app or remix existing projects. Get started on something cool!

Topic:
BUILD THE APP OF YOUR DREAMS WITH GLITCH / Development

NITYA NARASIMHAN

Polyglot & Organizer

Google Developer Group NYC

Flutter is a new mobile UI SDK from Google that enables you to develop performant native apps for both Android and iOS from a single codebase. Join me as we go from learning core concepts to walking through a code-lab to build and deploy a non-trivial Flutter app. Bring your laptops!!

Topic:

ONE CODEBASE, TWO APPS, ALL FLUTTER / Emerging Technology

WORKSHOP: Build the App of Your Dreams with Glitch!!

Jenn Schiffer

COMMUNITY ENGINEER, FOG CREEK SOFTWARE

Have an app or website you are working on but need a free place to deploy it? Want to make your first twitter bot but don't know where to start? Bring your projects and/or ideas to this session, or just come ready to learn. Jenn Schiffer will be there to help you use Glitch to develop your idea, deploy your app or remix existing projects. Get started on something cool!

VIDEO STORYTELLING ACTIVITY

WIT-nessing HISTORY

NIKO BELLA LEWIS (@codeswitched)

Software Engineer & DevRel

Niko Bella Lewis is a former project & community manager that fell in love with coding. She's passionate about using technology to tell stories that further human connection and collaborating with awesome people. In her spare time she volunteers with Write Speak Code, DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice, and attends far too many meetups.

WIT-nessing history is an activity at IWD NYC 2018 intended to capture video narratives from attendees on a volunteer basis. Whether you want to share your story (to inspire others) or record yourself speaking (for public speaking practice), this is the activity for you. Niko will guide you through a casual conversation that will set you at ease and provide cues for a video conversation. All speakers will get final say on whether their stories are released publicly or retained only for private use.

Building a New Horizon: Industry Panel

Tasha Digital

Marketing Specialist + Music Historian

Analog Media Group

As the founder and creative director of Analog Media Group, Tasha Digital is a marketing strategist for thriving brands catering to a new generation of tech-savvy consumers. When she's not working, she's networking at events, concerts and cafes, writing along the way.

Jess Lee

Co-Founder

dev.to

Jess is a co-founder of dev.to, a place for programmers to learn and share ideas. She leads day-to-day operations and commits to the dev.to codebase (ideally from the rock climbing gym). In her spare time, Jess attempts to replicate Taiwanese street food in her kitchen and entertain her past life as a musician.

Jessica Santana

Co-founder
New York On Tech

Jessica is an award-winning entrepreneur who co-founded New York On Tech (NYOT). NYOT is a nonprofit organization bringing technology education opportunities to students and has been listed in Forbes, CNN, TechCrunch and other major media outlets.

Mary Scotton

VP, Admin & Developer Evangelism

Salesforce

Mary spent 15 years designing app building tools as a Platform Product Manager and now leads a team of product experts who create and deliver content that inspires, enables, and empowers Salesforce Admins and Developers. Her tools & her team change people's lives (e.g.), which she thinks is pretty cool.

Asia Hoe

Product Designer

2U

Asia Hoe designs the mobile apps at 2U, an ed tech company that empowers prestigious universities to offer their degrees online. She is passionate about civic engagement and enjoys experimenting with web development, writing, public speaking, illustration, and game design.

Danielle James

Marketing Manager
MONGODB

Danielle strategizes & executes lead generation campaigns, and manages logistics and budget for the company's international conferences and events. She is passionate about closing the opportunity gap in tech, and getting more speakers from underrepresented groups at MongoDB conferences

WORKSHOP: One Codebase, Two Apps, All Flutter!

Nitya Narasimhan

ORGANIZER @GDGNYC / DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING @BITNBOT

Flutter is a new mobile UI SDK from Google that enables you to develop performant native apps for both Android and iOS from a single codebase. Join me as we go from learning core concepts to walking through a code-lab to build and deploy a non-trivial Flutter app. Bring your laptops!!

CLOSING KEYNOTE

TeLisa Daughtry

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR / CTO / DESIGNER, FlyTechnista

TeLisa Daughtry is an Award-Winning Diversity & Tech Advocate, a Serial Social Entrepreneur, a Multi-Disciplined Creative, Ux & Interaction Designer, and Full-Stack Developer passionate about Empowering Women, Youth and Underrepresented Groups In S.T.E.A.M., Technology And Entrepreneurship.

She Is The Founder Of FlyTechnista; a Resources Portal That Seeks To Bridge The Gap For Women & Girls Pursuing Education And Careers In Technology. TeLisa Is An Advisor, Mentor, International Speaker, And Author.

Organizing Team

Find your passion and follow it ...

... You wont find that passion in things or money. Your passion must come from what fuels you from the inside. It will be grounded in the relationships you have with people and what they think of you when your time comes

Randy Pausch

THE LAST LECTURE

"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"

IWDNYC 2018 ORGANIZERS

NITYA NARASIMHAN / @nitya

Nitya runs the Google Developer Group NYC where she also serves as the Women TechMakers lead.

She has a PhD in Comp. Engg., and over two decades of research & development experience building mobile, web and distributed systems in industry & startups. She is an innovator, public speaker, industry advisor, educator - and most importantly, mom.

LAUREN MURPHY / @laurenor

Lauren is a native New Yorker and serial half-marathon runner who co-organizes Write/Speak/Code NYC events for women and non-binary people.

By day, she's a data wrangler at a non-profit and by night a Women TechMakers Udacity Scholar working on an Android Developer Nanodegree.