2023 Agenda – Day 2

 
EXHIBIT HALL

• Explore the exhibit hall
• Explore sponsor booths, featuring giveaways!

NETWORKING LOUNGE

• Chat and connect with Conference attendees

CAREER HUB

• Sign up to have your resume reviewed
• Sign up to meet with a career coach
• Meet with recruiters

LIFESTYLE & LEARNING HUB

Explore on-demand “Learning Burst” mini sessions on career advancement, leadership, job strategies, and more including:

• Your Wellbeing Matters (Reema Anand)
• How to Manage Constant Change in the Workplace (Teena Piccione)
• Strategies on How to Balance and Juggle Multiple Roles in Life and at Work (Marisa Dolled-Filhart)
• Navigating a Career Pivot (Sally Kay)
• Tips to Transition to a Hybrid Work Environment (Olanda Sharp-Buckley)
• Resilience: Lessons from Career & Life Pivots (Michelle Vetovis)
• Women and Financial Empowerment (Ryan Viktorin)
• Growing Older, Better and Louder (Wendi Aarons)

CONFERENCE BOOKSTORE

• Explore the Conference bookstore where many speakers have recorded custom book readings
• Enjoy FREE shipping when purchasing speakers’ books
• Enter to win FREE books

 
Emcee: Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Claire Gray, Vice President, People & Communities, Cisco

Cynthia Stark, Director, Google Global Affairs, Google, and CA Conference for Women Board member

Naomi Osaka, Tennis Icon, Founder, serial Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author, The Way Champs Play
in conversation with Taylor Rooks, Sports Journalist, Anchor & Interviewer

For all the focus on the “new normal” of work, we also need to be thinking about the next normal—a world in which flexibility and resilience are the coins of the realm. This session will offer leaders ideas to manage hybrid teams right now as well as how to adopt a “next normal” mentality so you are ready to deal with future business interruptions and evolutions.

Speaker:  Stephanie Mehta, CEO, Mansueto Ventures & former Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company

Moderator:  Rachana Bhide, Leadership Psychologist, Broadcaster & Founder, The Corner of the Court Project

Host:  Julie Lane, Director, People & Communities, Cisco

Executive Spotlight:  Claire Gray, VP, People & Communities, Cisco

At work, we are taught to speak up, lead the meeting, and control the conversation. As organizations place greater importance on employee experience, team performance, and client satisfaction, listening is becoming a core leadership skill and one critical for career advancement. Journalist Kate Murphy shares why it is time to stop talking and start listening. She provides a roadmap on how to listen and why it is so important to how we connect, work, live, and lead.

Speaker:  Kate Murphy, Journalist & Author, You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters

Moderator:  Lauren McGoodwin, Founder & CEO, Career Contessa

Host:  Yael Evron Sabag, Director, Engineering, Google

Executive Spotlight:  Amy Sehnert, Vice President, CV Clinical Development, Bristol Myers Squibb

What would happen if you didn’t have savings, income, or a financial safety net? Anxiety that stems from money (or lack thereof) can have a big impact on your health and well-being. One of America’s leading personal finance experts Farnoosh Torabi shares how we can leverage our financial fears for the better. Learn how to turn your financial fears into a potent motivator for taking the right steps to avoid common pitfalls.

Speaker:  Farnoosh Torabi, America’s leading Personal Finance Expert & Author, When She Makes More

Host:  Cassie Divine, Senior Vice President, QuickBooks Platform

For too long, the narrative of imposter syndrome has persisted in the workplace. But why does so-called imposter syndrome impact women’s career progression specifically? Learn why the current messaging around this topic is flawed from Ruchika Tulshyan, co-author of “Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome,” named among the top 20 most impactful and popular articles in Harvard Business Review‘s history. Find out how leaders can create environments where imposter syndrome doesn’t stall careers and develop work cultures where everyone feels they belong.

Speaker:  Ruchika Tulshyan, Author, Inclusion on Purpose, and Co-Author, “Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome” (Harvard Business Review)

Host:  Niharika Khaitan, VP, Corporate Controller, Juniper Networks

Executive Spotlight:  Perika Sampson, Global Head, Inclusion & Diversity, Gilead Sciences

As the saying goes, if you want to go far, go together. But how can we forge professional relationships to go the distance? In this session, Dr. Tina Opie shares a framework that embraces connection and coalition-building to counter the traditional transactional, every-person-for-themselves approach to career advancement. Learn how to form deep and lasting connections with colleagues that are more authentically reciprocal to help advance both our individual and shared interests as women.

Speaker:  Dr. Tina Opie, Co-Author, Shared Sisterhood

Host:  Perika Sampson, Global Head, Inclusion & Diversity, Gilead Sciences

Executive Spotlight:  Mary Bui-Pham, Vice President, Strategy & Operations, Indeed

We never seem to have enough time to do it all. Professor of Behavioral Decision Making Cassie Holmes says that time isn’t only a challenge, it’s also the solution. Learn how to take control of time and wisely use this precious resource to make our lives brighter and happier. Cassie will show you why too much free time is as bad as too little, how we can get time-rich instead of time-poor, and actionable strategies for designing a happier week.

Speaker:  Cassie Holmes, Expert on Time and Happiness & best-selling Author, Happier Hour

Host:  Megan Sugiyama, VP, IP & Product, Cohesity

Executive Spotlight:  Kate Masschelein, Vice President, Digital Solutions, Johnson & Johnson

 
Emcee: Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Misty Copeland, First African American Female Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre, & Author, The Wind at My Back
in conversation with Laysha Ward, EVP, Chief External Engagement Officer, Target

Rami Rahim, CEO, Juniper Networks

Ginni Rometty, former Chairman, President, & CEO of IBM, and Author, Good Power
in conversation with Ellen McGirt, Founder, Sweet Equity Media, Fortune Senior Editor, raceAhead & co-host, Fortune’s Leadership Next podcast

In 2021, aerospace engineer Dr. Swati Mohan made history when she successfully steered the rover to Mars’s surface, calmly narrating a challenging landing while the whole world watched. In this session, she shares what it takes to build a team to achieve marvels and to lead under pressure so that you can land your own bold missions.

Speaker:  Dr. Swati Mohan, Psyche Guidance, Navigation, & Control Lead, NASA/JPL

Moderator:  Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Host:  Doreen Burse, SVP, Worldwide Sales, United Airlines

Executive Spotlight:  Kristy Harris Bias, Vice President, Finance, Telecom Systems Business, Dell Technologies

​​Being “the other” at work can fuel an unyielding need to prove one’s worth. So, like many other women of color, immigrants, and children of immigrants, MSNBC reporter Daniela Pierre-Bravo became an expert shapeshifter to chameleon her way around professional environments. She shares what she has learned about recognizing your power and how to effectively advocate for yourself, become your biggest believer, claim the spaces in your career that are rightfully yours, and create your vision of success.

Speaker:  Daniela Pierre-Bravo, MSNBC Reporter & Author, Earn It! and The Other

Host:  Beth Basham, Sr Director, IT for R&D, Bristol Myers Squibb

Executive Spotlight:  Laura Guio, GM, Strategic Partnership Kyndryl & California Sr. Executive, IBM Consulting

There is a stigma around grief, as if this very common human emotion requires us to suppress it, hide from it, or move past it. In this session, author Marisa Renee Lee will discuss what it looks like to live a joyful life after experiencing a significant loss. She will help us navigate the complicated and challenging emotions we face when experiencing grief or supporting others through it, offering unique insights for women.

Speaker:  Marisa Renee Lee, Grief Advocate & Author, Grief Is Love

Host:  Laysha Ward, EVP, Chief External Engagement Officer, Target

 
EXHIBIT HALL

• Explore the exhibit hall

NETWORKING LOUNGE

• Participate in Small Group Networking (2:30 pm – 3:15 pm PT)
  • Led by executive coach and C-suite adviser Charmaine McClarie (no sign-ups required)
• Mix & Mingle with the Conference Board of Directors (2:30 pm – 3:15 pm PT)
  • Get your questions answered by Conference leaders in an intimate setting (no sign-ups required)
• Chat and connect with Conference attendees

LIFESTYLE & LEARNING HUB

Explore on-demand “Learning Burst” mini sessions on career advancement, leadership, job strategies, and more including:

• Your Wellbeing Matters (Reema Anand)
• How to Manage Constant Change in the Workplace (Teena Piccione)
• Strategies on How to Balance and Juggle Multiple Roles in Life and at Work (Marisa Dolled-Filhart)
• Navigating a Career Pivot (Sally Kay)
• Tips to Transition to a Hybrid Work Environment (Olanda Sharp-Buckley)
• Resilience: Lessons from Career & Life Pivots (Michelle Vetovis)
• Women and Financial Empowerment (Ryan Viktorin)
• Growing Older, Better and Louder (Wendi Aarons)

CONFERENCE BOOKSTORE

• Explore the Conference bookstore where many speakers have recorded custom book readings
• Enjoy FREE shipping when purchasing speakers’ books
• Enter to win FREE books