Women 2.0 Summit - Bangalore
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International Women's Day celebrates the progress women have made economically, socially and politically. In the honour of International Women's day, the SmartTechie (sister magazine of siliconindia) is organizing Women 2.0 Summit on March 10, 2008.
Whether you want to enhance the talent of female managers in your organisation or want to develop your own career, the SmartTechie Women 2.0 Summit focuses on how to reach the next level. You will discover how to channel your expertise and creativity into an effective leadership style that delivers results and allows you to stand out from the crowd.
This unique one-day Summit provides a platform for like-minded women to learn, develop, connect, and network so that you can harness your inner qualities and bring out the best in you as an effective and authentic leader.
At this summit, nearly 1000 women technology professionals will come together to celebrate the great strides women are making in their companies and in the business world. Highly successful professional women from the technology industry will share their knowledge, experiences and insights to help empower more women to achieve their goals.
At the Summit, there would be four panel discussions on: Ascending the Corporate Ladder, The Lady Entrepreneur, The NextGen Developers, The Intrapreneurs. This exciting summit will consist of lectures, skill building exercises, and group discussions. Highly interactive and engaging, we assure you that the one-day summit will be useful, insightful and lots of fun too.
Attendees:
Woman professionals (mid and senior level) from over 1000+ technology companies in Bangalore.
Agenda
Registration, Conversations & Connections
9.50 AM
Welcome Note
10.00 AM to 10.30 AM
Inaugural Keynote Address
10.30 AM to 11.30 AM
Panel: Ascending the Ladder
Moving up is a challenge. Either as a tech lead or biz lead, moving up is a challenge. What does it take to make the cut? Who is a good tech lead? Who is a good biz lead? What are you doing to increase your personal visibility? How to break through the barriers? Speakers share their good times and not so good, as they examine the formulas for success, and enlighten those who don't already know about the mountains they still have to climb.
11.30 AM to 12 Noon
Keynote Address
12 Noon to 1.00 PM
Panel: The Lady Entrepreneur
Ever dreamed of one day owning your own technology business? Have a great idea for a product or service that you think could be super successful but don't know whether you've got what it takes to quit your job and start out on your own? This panel presents woman entrepreneurs who have been there and done that.
1 PM to 1.45 PM
Conversations & Connections: Luncheon
1.45 to 2.15 PM
Games (Group activity)
2.15 to 2.45 PM
Keynote Address
2.45 PM to 3.45 PM
Panel: The NextGen Developers
This panel will feature innovative women who not only care about building technology but are also pushing the envelope. To inspire each other and share each other's accomplishments and solutions to pushing even bigger ideas out of the door.
3.45 PM to 4.45 PM
Panel: The Intrapreneurs
While entrepreneurship is very rewarding, it is risky and stressful making it beyond reach for the average person. Is intrapreneurship, the corporate alternative to the entrepreneur in you? How does this happen? How do independent minded intrapreneurs work through the bureaucracy? What are the challenges and rewards? What's the typical career path of the intrapreneur? What are the pitfalls to avoid? Does this make it easier to take that step towards entrepreneurship?
4.45 to 5.15 PM
Closing Keynote
5.15 PM
Conversations & Connections
Speakers
- Anagha Gadgil, Technical Manager, Avaya India
- Aparna Pujar, Director - Media Products, Yahoo! India
- Bharati Jacob, Managing Partner, Seedfund
- C Mahalingam (Mali), EVP & Chief People Officer, Symphony Services
- Dr. Ramanujan Kashi, Senior Research Scientist, Avaya India
- Jessie Paul, Chief Marketing Officer, Wipro Technologies
- Mangala Gowri, Research Scientist - India Research Labs, IBM
- Mrinalini Ingram, Senior Director, Finance, Globalization Center East, Cisco
- Pamela Kumar, Director - India STG Engineering Labs, IBM
- Sapna Maheswari, Developer, ThoughtWorks Technologies
- Sharada Satrasala Director, Texas Instruments India
- Vani Kola, Managing Director, India, NEA-IndoUS Ventures
- Vasantha Erraguntla, Senior Engineering Manager, Intel
Registration
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