SAVE THE DATE: Annual Global Marathon set March 6-8

Women in Engineering and Technology: Inspire. Inform.  Change the World is the theme of the National Engineers Week Foundation’s annual Global Marathon. Set for March 6-8, 2013, the Marathon is a free, worldwide online forum for women in engineering and technology to meet virtually and share their stories of personal, educational, and professional challenges and successes. It is the only global event for women in engineering and technology offered in conjunction with International Women’s Day, March 8.

This year, the Global Marathon offers more opportunities than ever for attendees to pro-actively help shape and elevate the conversation for, by and about women. With the global platform as a launching point, participants are encouraged to champion the Marathon and create their own opportunities to expand conversations. Champions create local satellite programs – via the web, phone or in person - ranging from office coffees to visits by professional women at local universities. For more information, interested participants should visit www.inxpo.com/events/globalmarathon.  They can also email the Marathon team at engineeringwomen@eweek.org. 

Topics for the three-day event are:

·         March 6 - Leadership: Never Underestimate the Power of Example

·         March 7 - Emerging Leaders and Entrepreneurs: Inspiration at Work and University

·         March 8 - One Woman At a Time: Change the World

This year’s Global Marathon Chair is Gayle J. Gibson, Director for Corporate Operations for DuPont.  The Vice Chair is Danielle Curcio, Chief Software Engineer, Raytheon Company.

“Women remain under-represented in engineering in most parts of the world,” said Gibson.  “The Global Marathon creates a community that connects women engineers of all ages with a platform for collaboration across borders and employment sectors.  It is powerful to be part of a large group and I always tell women ‘never underestimate the power of example.’ I have met so many women in all stages of their careers who underestimate what they have to share. The Global Marathon is about empowering women both personally and professionally – it is an experience that stays with attendees long after its conclusion.”

Major sponsors of the 2013 Global Marathon include ExxonMobil, Motorola Solutions Foundation, and Bechtel.  Additional sponsors include DuPont, Motorola Mobility Foundation, and Raytheon.

To register for the 2013 main event, go to here.  Join the Facebook community.   

About National Engineers Week Foundation

The National Engineers Week Foundation works year-round to sustain and grow a dynamic engineering profession critical to public health, safety, and welfare.  The Foundation supports engineering outreach, education, and celebration through a network of thousands of volunteers in its partner coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies.

For more information, visit www.eweek.org.  

WITI Summit Keynotes from Google, Applied Materials and Xerox

WITI (Women in Technology International), the leading global trade association for professional, tech-savvy women, returns to Silicon Valley October 2-4, 2011, for the Annual Women Powering Technology Summit at the DoubleTree by Hilton® Hotel in San Jose, California. The 3-day Summit will feature keynote presentations from Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Google; Mary Humiston, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, Applied Materials, Inc.; and Sophie Vandebroek, Ph.D., CTO and President, Xerox Innovation Group, Xerox Corporation.

The Women Powering Technology Summit will showcase some of the most influential and revered women leaders in technology, representing a cross section of industries, during the jam-packed schedule of events. In addition to the keynote presentations, WITI will host special speaking engagements, panel discussions and Executive Roundtables with leading executives from Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Applied Materials, BMC Software, Carnegie Mellon University- Silicon Valley, Cisco, The Coca-Cola Company, eBay, EMC, Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP; Hewlett- Packard, IBM, Intel, PayPal, Qualcomm, Thomson Reuters, and many others.

 

WITI is honored to present special engagements with Alicia Abella, Ph.D., Executive Director, Innovative Services Research, AT&T Labs; Sandy Carter, VP, Software Business Partners, IBM, and author of "Get Bold!;” LeAnn Erickson, Director, "Top Secret Rosies”; Cindy Gallop, CEO, IfWeRanTheWorld; Jocelyn Goldfein, Director of Engineering, Facebook; Sharon Kan Co-founder and General Manager, Tikatok.com, Barnes & Noble; Diane Pozefsky, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Computer Science, UNC; Julie Schoenfeld, CEO PerfectMarket; Lauren States, Vice President CTO Cloud Computing and Growth Initiatives, IBM Corporate Strategy; Lynda Weinman, co-founder and executive chair of lynda.com, Kathrin Winkler, Chief Sustainability Officer, EMC.

“WITI’s Annual Women Powering Technology Summit showcases leading women who are influencing the direction of technology and business. Attending companies, CIOs, executive women and other leaders in technology converge to collaborate on solutions to technology and business challenges and advance their understanding of emerging platforms and best business practices. WITI leaders are committed to transforming the way companies think about hiring and advancing women,” says Carolyn Leighton, Founder/Chairwoman of WITI.

WITI Women Powering Technology Summit Highlights:

o   Keynote presentations, panel discussions and new WITIStyle Storytelling talks

·       Keynote presentations from Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Google; Mary Humiston, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, Applied Materials, and Sophie Vandebroek, Ph.D., CTO and President, Xerox Innovation Group, Xerox. Speaking engagements and panel discussions will feature executives from Adobe, AMD, Applied Materials, BMC Software, Carnegie Mellon University- SV, Cisco, The Coca-Cola Company, eBay, EMC, Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP; HP, IBM, Illuminate Ventures, Intel, Lynda.com, Meebo, PayPal, Pencil You In, Qualcomm, Thomson Reuters, and many others. Topics will include discussions on Social and Mobile enterprise, Location-based services and technologies, Cloud computing and Sustainability, Start-Up Success and Global Expansion, Career and Personal Development, Mutual Mentoring and the great need for inspiring interest in careers in science and technology among young women.

o   Founder’s Reception 

·      The first evening event on the Opening Night of the Women Powering Technology Summit, October 2, features welcoming words from WITI Founder Carolyn Leighton and offers an intimate, networking environment for attendees to meet Summit speakers, VIP guests and attendees.

o   Top Secret Rosies

·      Documentary film screening and Interactive Discussion with Director LeAnn Erickson will launch the WITI Summit on Sunday October 2, 2011. Top Secret Rosies tells the story of a group of female mathematicians who, in 1942, helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age.

o   WITI Founder’s Reception

·      The first evening event on the Opening Night of the Women Powering Technology Summit, October 2, features welcoming words from WITI Founder Carolyn Leighton and offers a business-casual networking environment popular with WITI Summit attendees.

o   The 16th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards

·      Honoring key women innovators from science and technology on Monday, October 3rd. This year’s honorees are: Alicia Abella, Ph.D.; Ms. Evelyn Berezin; Diane Pozefsky, Ph.D.; Sophie Vandebroek, Ph.D.; and Ms. Lynda Weinman.

o   The World Cafe

·      Led by Anne Adams, Ph.D., the 2011 World Café will engage participants in roundtable Creative Exchange discussions, forming Mastermind teams to strategize best solutions for solving complex business challenges and hot button issues.

o   WITI NextGen

·      This young women’s micro conference on Monday, October 3rd, is designed to encourage young women and girls to consider careers in Science and Technology. Leading women in Technology will teach, mentor and share with students through speaking engagements, mentoring panels, workshops and round table discussions highlighting how these women of note chose their path while reinforcing the importance of demonstrated leadership. The day will feature an opportunity to have lunch with distinguished members of the WITI Board of Advisors and Directors as well as WITI Hall of Fame Honorees.

o   WITI Executive Roundtables

·      This event, on October 4, will launch a series of WITI-hosted Executive Roundtables designed to create dialog between industry executives to gain a better understanding of the steps required to facilitate more women accepting Board Room and Executive level leadership positions.

o   The Women in Technology Foundation Executive Auction and VIP Reception

Provides an opportunity to network with top executives from a broad cross section of industries, who will be offering one to one meetings to the highest bidder.  A fun event and exciting culmination of 3 days of life changing experiences at the WITI Women Powering Technology Summit! The Executive Auction is the WITI Foundation’s annual fundraiser and closes the Annual WITI Summit on the evening of October 4, 2011. Participating executives include: Alan Boehme, Director, Enterprise Architecture, The Coca-Cola Company; Tim Campos, CIO, Facebook; Laura Chambers, Senior Director, Paypal Mobile, PayPal; Elinor MacKinnon, SVP & CIO, Blue Shield; Brad Peterson, CIO, Charles Schwab; Tama Ruiz VP Information Systems, GEICO; Randall Spratt, EVP/CIO, McKesson Corp; Ed Steinike, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, The Coca-Cola Company; Hugh Westermeyer, SVP Technology, Charles Schwab

WITI Women Powering Technology Summit Speakers and Panelists:

Alicia Abella, Ph.D., Executive Director, Innovative Services Research, AT&T Labs

Anne Adams, Ph.D., President, ACS

Tiffani Bell, Founder, Pencil You In

Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn, Chief Executive Officer, Peritus Partners

Sandy Carter, VP, Software Business Partners, IBM and author of "Get Bold!"

Laura Chambers, Senior Director, PayPal Mobile, PayPal

      Angie Chang, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0

Amanda Coolong, Co-Founder TechZulu (WITI Summit MC)

Sheigh Crabtree, VP Audience Development, PerfectMarket

Kathy Curtis, Senior Manager of Global Relocation, Cisco

Deborah B. Davy, Senior Counsel, Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Mona DeFrawi, Founder & CEO, Equidity, Inc.

LeAnn Erickson, Director, "Top Secret Rosies”

Cindy Gallop, CEO, IfWeRanTheWorld

      Karen Garcia, IS&T Chief of Staff, BMC Software, Inc.

Jocelyn Goldfein, Director of Engineering, Facebook

Nicole Graebner, Senior Account Manager, Key Information Systems

Sharon Kan, Co-Founder and General Manager, Tikatok.com, Barnes & Noble

Mary Humiston, Senior VP, Global Human Resources, Applied Materials, Inc.

Sandy Jen, Co-Founder, Meebo

Margie Jones, U.S. Immigration Manager, Intel Corporation

Martha Lyons, Strategist & Senior Program Manager, HP Enterprise Services

Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Google

Cheree McAlpine, General Counsel, Wyse Technology

      Dina McKinney, Corporate Vice President, Bulldozer Cores Technology Group, AMD

Miriam McLemore, CIO, Market Facing Functions, The Coca-Cola Company

Joanne Moretti, VP Sales Excellence Global, Sales & Enterprise Marketing, HP

Donna Morris, SVP of Human Resources, Adobe Systems Incorporated

Jolie O'Dell, Tech journalist (WITI Hall of Fame MC)

Adrian Ott, Author, CEO & Founder, Exponential Edge, Inc.

Cindy Padnos, Founder & Managing Partner, Illuminate Ventures

Ana Gabriela Pinczuk, Vice President, Cisco Systems

Diane Pozefsky, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Computer Science, UNC

Sheryl Root, President, CEO RootAnalysis; Assoc. Professor CMU-SV, Stanford

Steven Rosenberg, Associate Director, Silicon Valley Campus

Scott Russell, Adjunct Professor; Managing Director, eCarnegie Tech

Julie Schoenfeld, CEO, PerfectMarket

Minal Shah, Senior Counsel, Immigration Practice, Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Lauren States, VP & CTO Cloud Computing and Growth Initiatives, IBM

Joey Tamer, Consultant, Expert, JoeyTamer.com

Sophie Vandebroek, Ph.D., CTO and President, Xerox Innovation Group, Xerox

Lynda Weinman, co-founder and executive chair of lynda.com

Kathrin Winkler, Chief Sustainability Officer, EMC

Special group and non-profit rates are available to interested organizations.

To learn more about WITI and the Women Powering Technology Summit, please visit: http://www.witi.com/center/conferences/2011/summit/.

About WITI

 

WITI is the world's leading trade association for professional, tech-savvy women committed to using technology, resources and connections to advance women worldwide. With a global network of smart, talented women and a market reach exceeding 2 million, WITI has established powerful strategic alliances and programs to provide resources, and opportunities within a supportive environment of women committed to helping each other. WITI's mission is to empower women worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership and economic prosperity. For more information please visit http://witi.com

Special Thanks to Sponsoring and Supporting Companies:

WITI Hall of Fame Platinum Sponsors

Avnet, IBM, Thomson Reuters

WITI Summit Sponsor - Elite

Applied Materials – 1st Day Lunch Keynote

WITI Taste of Technology Sponsor

IBM

WITI Executive Auction Sponsor

Technisource

Supporting Patron Sponsors

Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Electronic Arts (EA), FICO, eBay PayPal

Exhibitors

Applied Materials, Inc. BMC Software, CA Technologies, The Coca-Cola Company, CV Jewelry Designs, eBay/PayPal, EMC, Express Scripts, GEICO, Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP; IBM, IRS, Luna Bar, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Safeway, Technisource, Texas Instruments, USAA

WITI Announces Event Schedule for Annual Women and Technology Summit September 12-14, 2010 in San Jose, CA

WITI (Women In Technology International), the world’s leading professional organization for professional tech savvy women will truly inspire “Collaboration, Strategy and Growth” through hands-on presentations and panel discussions at the Annual WITI Women and Technology Summit in San Jose, CA, September12-14, 2010.

 

Top technology and business leaders in Clean/Green Tech, Cloud, Mobile, Search, Social Media, and Business teach WITI Summit attendees how to capture and target more customers, build stronger relationships with existing customers and take advantage of the applications and tools to build a stronger web presence, increase revenue and streamline costs for their companies.

 

WITI represents the ideal market for business networking – CIOs, executive women and men, as well as leaders in technology from around the world converge at WITI’s Annual Women and Technology Summit to discuss and collaborate on innovative solutions to common business challenges, and explore new business opportunities.

 

Highlights of the Annual WITI Women and Technology Summit include:

o   Keynote Speakers

·      Sandy Carter, VP, SOA & WebSphere Strategy, Channels & Marketing, IBM

·      Bernadette Nixon, SVP Global Field Marketing, CA

·      Nilofer Merchant, Entrepreneur, CEO & Chief Strategist, Rubicon Consulting

·      Kathrin Winkler, Chief Sustainability Officer, EMC

o   The 15th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards

·      Honoring key women innovators from science and technology on Monday, September 13^th. This year’s honorees are: Sandy Carter of IBM, Dr. Ruth David of Analytic Services, Inc., Dr. Adele Goldberg, Dr. Susie Wee of Hewlett Packard and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Katie Boehret, Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, will serve as Master of Ceremonies.

o   WITI NextGen

·      At this Young Women’s micro conference on September 13, 2010, leading women from technology will teach, mentor and share with 20 middle school and high school girls to encourage the pursuit of careers in technology. The day will feature career, leadership and mentoring panels and workshops, as well as the opportunity to share and have lunch with distinguished WITI Hall of Fame Honorees.

o   The WITI Foundation Executive Auction and VIP Reception

·      Provides an opportunity to network and bid on one-to-one meetings with the top executives of companies such as GEICO, Symantec, eBay, Genentech, McKesson and Charles Schwab. Auction items include packages such as an executive lunch or dinner meeting with Mr. Randy Spratt of McKesson at a Bay Area restaurant of the winner’s choice; plus an iPod Nano, American Express gift card and tickets to the September 16 San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The Executive Auction is the WITI Foundation’s annual fundraiser and closes the Annual WITI Summit on the evening of September 14, 2010.

o   The World Café

·      Led by Dr. Anne Adams, a world-class Coach and Leader, this event is a transformative process, using everything learned about catalytic process technologies, designed to help identify collective intelligence, co-creativity and discover new solutions to challenges.

 

“The 2010 WITI Women and Technology Summit and WITI Hall of Fame Awards together underscore the many significant contributions to the advancement of technology made by women through out the world,” said Carolyn Leighton, Founder/Chairwoman of WITI.

WITI’s Annual Women and Technology Summit will be held September 12-14 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, CA. The 15^th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards Gala will take place Monday, September 13, 2010 at 6pm.

 

To learn more about the WITI -Women in Technology Summit, group rates, and to register for this event, please visit:http://WITI.com/Summit

 About WITI

WITI is the world's leading trade association for professional women committed to using technology, resources and connections to advance women worldwide. With a global network of talented leading women across all sectors of the technology industry and a market reach exceeding 2 million, WITI has established powerful strategic alliances and programs to provide connections, resources, and opportunities within a supportive environment of women committed to advancing each other. WITI's mission is to empower women worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership and economic prosperity. For more information, please visit http://witi.com.

Speakers and Panelists include (more will be added):

·      Carolyn Leighton, Founder/Chairwoman, WITI

·      Anne Adams, Ph.D., President, ACS

·      Vanessa Alvarez, Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan

·      Brian Bershad, Site Director, Google

·      Anne Bezancon, Founder & President, Placecast

·      Colleen Bisconti, Marketing Program Director, IBM

·      Marie Bjerede, Vice President of Wireless Education Technology, Qualcomm

·      Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn, Chief Executive Officer, Peritus Partners

·      Cathy Brooks, Founder, otherthanthat.com

·      Sandy Carter, VP, Software Business Partners, IBM

·      Emilie Choi, Corporate Development, LinkedIn

·      Kathy Chou, VP, PSG Americas Sales Strategy & Operations, Hewlett Packard

·      Laura Anne Edwards, Founder Alura Entertainment

·      Lauren Flaherty, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Juniper

·      Lisa Garza, Market Manager, Service Provider Mobility Marketing, Cisco

·      Wanda Gass, TI Fellow / DSP Architect, Texas Instruments

·      Bernard Golden, CEO, HyperStratus

·      Nat Goldhaber, Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures

·      Ayalla Goldschmidt, Program Director, Application Infrastructure Marketing, IBM

·      Melody Haller, CEO, Antenna Group

·      Christine Herron, Principal, First Round Capital

·      Sally Jenkins, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Symantec

·      Duy Loan Le, Senior Fellow, Texas Instruments

·      Sophia Lopez, BPM Product Marketing Manager, Process Modeling, IBM

·      Melendy Lovett, President, Education Technology, Texas Instruments

·      Joel Makower, Executive Editor, GreenBiz.com

·      Nancy Margulies, Co-Developer, The World Café

·      Melinda Matthews, Software Executive Channels, IBM

·      Laurie McCabe, Co-founder and Partner, SMB Group

·      Amanda McConnell, Director, User Experience & Product Marketing, ReachLocal

·      Chirag Mehta, Office of the CEO, SAP

·      Nilofer Merchant, Entrepreneur, CEO & Chief Strategist, Rubicon Consulting

·      KL Moore, Image Consultant, KL Image Group

·      Bernadette Nixon, SVP, Global Field Marketing and Programs, CA Technologies

·      Adrian Ott, Author, CEO & Founder, Exponential Edge, Inc.

·      Jean Pawluk, Chief Architect, Visa 

·      Michelle Price, CEO, A Third Mind Digital Media

·      Melissa Jun Rowley, Cause Correspondent, WhatGivers!?

·      Dr. Miriam Reiss, DSS, MCC, SpiritedMarketing.com

·      Michelle Robbins, Director of Technology, Third Door Media

·      Patricia Santamaria, Smart Work Demand Program Marketing Manager, IBM

·      Paula Satow, Founder, Satow Strategies LLC

·      Ann Saydah, General Business and Channel Sales, IBM

·      Judy Shaw, Director, Advanced Module Development External Development and Manufacturing, Texas Instruments

·      Becky Swain, Program Manager, IT Risk Management, Cisco

·      Joey Tamer, Consultant, Expert, JoeyTamer.com

·      Chenxi Wang, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.

·      R "Ray" Wang, Partner for Enterprise Strategy, Altimeter Group

·      James Watters, Sr. Manager, vCloud Solutions, VMware

·      Ghennipher Weeks, Co-Founder, Applied Connectioneering, Inc

·      Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, Google

·      Lizzie Widhelm, Vice President of Sales West Coast, Pandora

·      Lorie Wigle, General Manager of Eco-Technology, Intel

·      Kathrin Winkler, Chief Sustainability Officer, EMC

·      Teresa Zobrist, President & CEO, Zobrist Consulting Group