Schedule for the Summit
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Day 1 - Keynote & Employer PanelTitle: Unleash Your Own Story One Ask at a Time
Speaker Name: Professor Lalin Anik and Professor Roshni Raveendhran Title: Trends in Tech Hiring: Secrets Revealed! Panel discussion with hiring Tech leaders
Panel Facilitator: Either Elaine or Stephanie Speaker Name: Christina Ho, Elder Research; Christy Phillips, WillowTree; Dana German, Information Technology Services, UVA Session Description: Hear from local tech leaders who are hiring in Charlottesville about what technical abilities they need and what are the skills of the future. We will talk frankly about why some people get hired and why some don’t get a call. And we will explore how much experience your really need! Come learn all the hiring secrets. |
Day 1 - Breakout SessionsTitle: Cultivating Your Career in Tech: Ask a Leader
Speaker: Jennifer Forrest Description: Jenn Forrest will discuss how she's cultivated a rewarding career in technology. She will cover the steps she took to develop her career, explain how you can apply her career strategies as well as other strategies into your career development plan, and answer your real-life questions about how to take your next steps to cultivate your exceptional career. Learning Objectives: 1. Learn career development strategies and how to select tactics to incorporate into your own career plan 2.Understand horizontal and vertical growth 3.Learn tactics to break into leadership roles Bio: What does a career in tech look like? How do you get started? And how do you move it to the next level? Join Jenn Forrest to discuss career development strategies and refine your own career plan. She will share how she's cultivated a rewarding career in technology moving between roles as a AmeriCorp volunteer to Quality Auditor to ScrumMaster to Atlassian expert and trainer to Product Manager. She will cover the steps she took to develop her career, explain how you can apply her career strategies along with other strategies into your career development plan, and answer your real-life questions about how to take your next steps to cultivate your exceptional career. Title: Career Conversations, Practicing Professional Dialogs
Speaker Name: Courtney Christensen, Shayna Diamond Learning Objectives: In this interactive workshop you can practice asking - or answering - those tricky questions of professional life. You provide the topics you wish to roleplay, or watch as they are acted out by others. This is the perfect opportunity to practice asking for that raise, providing constructive criticism, or the situation you need to rehearse in a low stakes supportive environment. (Role playing is completely optional. You are welcome to observe and suggest scenarios.) Title: Inclusive Leadership during COVID-19 and Beyond
Speaker Name: Rebecca Factor Description: Rebecca Factor is a People and Leadership Advisor at Info-Tech Research Group. Rebecca leverages evidence-based research to develop leaders, talent systems and strategies that are inclusive. She has extensive experience in defining and developing a range of DEI initiatives necessary to foster strong, inclusive talent in technology. A proactive voice in the community, she regularly speaks on the topic of inclusion in DEI and is a contributor to Canada's first Gender Equity Roadmap. Bio: Rebecca Factor is a People and Leadership Advisor at Info-Tech Research Group. Rebecca leverages evidence-based research to develop leaders, talent systems and strategies that are inclusive. She has extensive experience in defining and developing a range of DEI initiatives necessary to foster strong, inclusive talent in technology. A proactive voice in the community, she regularly speaks on the topic of inclusion in DEI and is a contributor to Canada's first Gender Equity Roadmap. |
Day 2 - Keynote & Non-Traditional PanelTitle: Create Your Story. Inspiration on Getting Started Speaker Name: Nicole Case Session Description: A pandemic is raging outside, companies have to layoff their best employees, systemic racism continues to impact all of us, and we are both working and teaching from home; it can feel like everything is out of our control. We may be pausing on things in life or waiting for things to “get better” before we make a big move, make a decision, or plan for the future. But don’t cancel 2020 just yet - use it to create your new story! In this keynote, hear stories from Nicole’s career as well as her strategies for using your core values to set boundaries and set your own career path. You’ll learn how setting boundaries at work, at home, and with ourselves is the key to avoiding burnout and increasing your performance. You’ll also learn how to use those same core values to identify what you want next in your career whether it’s a promotion or a complete career shift and develop an action plan to get there. With these strategies, you’ll be on your way to your creating a new ideal story in 2021! Title: Getting Started. Fast. How To From Experts Who Have Done It.
Facilitator: Kim Mahan Speaker Name: Sherry Martin Session Description: This panel discussion led by Kim Mahan will explore how to get started in a tech career when you don’t have a 4 year software engineering degree. The discussion will involve individuals who have already made the transition successfully. They will provide their tips and roadmap for success. |
Day 2 - Breakout SessionsTitle: Self-Assurance and the Imposter Syndrome: Recognizing and Leaping Over the Hurdles
Speaker Name: Dr. Lisa Pastore Learning Objectives: Review the gender gap in self-assurance Share examples of how our language reflects lack of self-assurance Share research on gender gaps in self-confidence in the workplace Review what the Imposter Syndrome is and is not Share helpful solutions Title: How to get started! Clarity on your Career Transition
Speaker Name: Sarah Adams Learning Objectives: 1. Participation and Insights from a clarity exercise 2. Practical skills on using clarity to staying motivated 3. Quick tips on how to receive and ask for feedback from teammates and mentors Title: Not all Tech is Programming! Exploring Non Coding Careers
Speaker Names: Ms. Ryan Looney Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to: --Identify useful skills for non-coding careers in tech --Identify resources for developing those skills --Identify jobs and career paths in tech that don't require coding skills --Express confidence on the path as a non-tech person within a tech-focused environment |
Day 3 - Keynote & Lightning Round
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Day 3 - Breakout SessionsTitle: Momentum Technology As a Tool for Narrative Shift
Speaker Name: Dr. Kilan Ashad Bishop and Dr. Elissia Franklin Learning Objectives: 1) Recognize the value of technology in supplementing institutional lack of diversity 2) Identify and discuss the value of communities that align with their identity and lived experience 3) Analyze existing and brainstorm new channels of support for these communities Title: Diversity in Tech, Our Team and Our Clients, and their Customers
Speaker Name: Rachel Lee Learning Objectives: 1. How diverse teams foster technology innovation 2. How input from actual users changes the work 3. Actual examples of technology projects with diverse teams, and its impact on results. |
