2016 ⇦ Go to ELA Conf 2016

Agenda

Friday

Join us from 6 - 8:30 PM for a meet and greet and lightning talks.

Lightning Talks :zap:
Meet and greet
Teaching with Illustrations
Alex Lash
Mentoring young students using your limited tech experience
Arti Walker-Peddakotla
The Two Faces of Mentorship
Constance Ip

Saturday

Time Talks, Workshops, and Panels
7:45 - 8:50 AM Registration & Light Breakfast :sunny:
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome & Announcements :wave:
Chanelle Henry
9:15 - 10:00 Opening Keynote: Punching Your Feelings in the Face
Saron Yitbarek
10:05 - 10:40 Addressing the Pay Discrepancy in Tech
Tracy Osborn
10:45 - 11:05 How to Leverage Your Passion Project to Achieve Your Career Goals
Eleanor Whitney
11:20 - 12:20 Breakout session 1: Being a Founder Panel
Room F92
Chee-Young Kim
Tracy Osborn
Sharon McMullen
Michelle Lee
Angie Hilem (moderator)
Breakout session 1: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Panel
Room F38
Elise Wei
Briana Morgan
Arti Walker-Peddakotla
Lisa Yoder (moderator)
Breakout session 1: Share Your Writing With Confidence
Room F94
Marie Mosley
12:20 - 1:20 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 Breakout session 2: Choose Your Own (Career) Adventure!
Room F92
Sarah Johnson
Lauren Galanter
Breakout session 2: Getting Started Speaking Workshop
Room F94
Lauren Pittenger
Breakout session 2: Redefining Women in Tech Panel
Room F38
Dawn McDougall
Gloria Bell
Kara Lindstrom
Juliana Reyes (moderator)
2:30 - 2:50 Coffee break :coffee:
3:05 - 3:25 Understanding by Design
Katherine McClintic
3:30 - 3:50 Preparing for Your First Talk
Yash Prabhu
3:55 - 4:15 Bake The Cookies, Wear The Dress: Bringing Confident Authenticity to Your Tech Talk
Adrienne Lowe
4:20 - 4:40 To Invest in Yourself is to Invest in Others
Alicia Raciti
4:40 - 5:15 Closing Keynote: Is it too late to be awesome?
Chanelle Henry
5:30 - ? Networking event at William Street Common