India's Biggest women in Tech Conference

March 21 and 22nd 2024 | Bangalore

In the biggest meeting of women Tech leaders from across the domain, women professionals from the industry and academia will come together for The Rising.

The conference will serve as a forum for exchange for building a better idea for women participating in STEM and will also highlight the achievements and career interests of women in technology sector.

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The conference is open to all — including early stage professionals from the academia and senior industry professionals working in technology field.

One can find unique opportunities to grow her community, network and understand how to sustain their careers in this ever-evolving field.

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  • Day 1

    March 16 2023

  • The opportunities and role of women in technology are no longer limited to the traditional paths of science, technology, engineering or mathematics. The world of technology is changing drastically, it is at the core of every business today. We need to expand our horizons, diversify in educational background, work experiences and gender to bring in new ideas and to think differently to drive innovation at the core. Who can be a Woman in Tech? Join me in knowing my life experiences in my journey through the world of technology.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Bringing key stakeholders together to collect better data and use that data for the greater good.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Join women leaders from NTT DATA in a fireside chat as they discuss how crucial innovation is for companies to adapt to the changing market landscape and what organizations must do to create an environment that encourages innovation and recognizes and rewards employees who generate new ideas. The session also elaborates on strategies women technologists could adopt to ensure they get the maximum results from the various programs organizations offer for all employees.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • HR is one of the most important corporate function which manages the entire lifecycle of an employee within an organization. However, consumption of HR analytics isn’t good at an industry level because of lack of alignment. I will talk about how HR function can transform itself from being a support function to a partner in decision making with the business.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Recalibrating for gender balance on the tech landscape refers to addressing the under-representation of women in technology-related roles, including in software engineering, data science, and other technical fields. To recalibrate for gender balance, organizations are taking proactive steps to identify the barriers that prevent women from entering and advancing in these fields. This may include initiatives like increasing the representation of women in technical & leadership roles through targeted recruitment and mentoring programs, addressing unconscious bias and discrimination in the workplace, creating a more inclusive workplace culture, providing training and development opportunities that help women to build the skills and experience necessary to succeed, and most importantly, advocating for policies and practices that support work-life balance, such as flexible scheduling and parental leave.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Innovation is the process of creating something new or improving existing products, services, or processes. It is crucial for any company that wants to stay competitive and succeed in today's fast-paced and constantly evolving business environment. How companies collapse due to lack of Innovation Companies that fail to innovate often fall behind their competitors and eventually collapse. Take the example of Kodak, a company that dominated the photography industry for decades. Kodak had a virtual monopoly on the film market, but it failed to innovate and embrace the digital age. It was slow to adapt to changing consumer preferences and the advent of digital cameras, and as a result, it lost its market share and filed for bankruptcy in 2012. OR the example could be the ‘Blackberry’- which indeed failed to stay ahead in the market and lost in the competition due to lack of innovation. What is the Approach Companies should follow to inculcate innovation as a key strategy? Innovation is not just about coming up with new ideas; it also requires out-of-the-box thinking. It is about challenging assumptions, taking risks, and being open to new and unconventional approaches. To foster innovation in a company, it is important to build a culture that encourages experimentation and rewards creativity. Is Innovation difficult? Being a constant learner, staying updated for the customer or market needs. Trying to build a perspective on the business strategy and products. With the above in mind, when we try to build a solution for the sustainable tomorrow, you have the Innovation as a by-product. What is the need of the hour to build that? Building a perspective and an innovative mindset is a crucial step in fostering innovation. It involves looking at problems from different angles and exploring new and unconventional solutions. This can be done by encouraging employees to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and experiment with new ideas. Conclusion: In conclusion, innovation is essential for the sustained success of any company. Failure to innovate can lead to the downfall of even the most successful companies. To build an innovative company culture, it is important to encourage out-of-the-box thinking, reward creativity, and foster an innovative mindset among employees. Thank you.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Nuances of a career restart Learning the art of networking and the importance of upskilling to get back to work As organisations, how far we have come & how much more to go | road ahead for a woman returning to work Corporate returnship programs; flexible policies
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • With accelerated growth and increase in demand for digital, data & AI skills globally, diverse talent and inclusive workplaces fuel the biggest and brightest innovations. Evidence suggests that gender diversity, particularly among leadership positions, drives increased productivity & profitability. But in reality, the representation of women in these emerging fields & leadership roles is very low. Join this session to learn from the experiences & journey of a data leader.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • The talk delves into how the digital and cloud technologies have taken the world by storm and how today they no longer serve the role of supportive elements in businesses and our personal lives.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • We are heading towards a future where data-related fields are projected to have more growth than any other. With such a vast amount of data generation, the obvious question is – how do we manage and adopt data effectively to reach desired outcomes? How do we build a culture of data excellence that is founded upon transparency, understanding, compliance, security, access, optimization and growth? During this keynote session, Jen Fronzaglia will address how data management becomes a key differentiator to deliver high-impact work value.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Today organizations need to enhance their speed of decision making and various leads across business like IT, Marketing, Operations, Technology etc. need baseline data. From customer facing teams to business functions, a company always requires a comprehensive view of all correlating data assets for a given scenario, here comes the need of semantic layer which maps business data into familiar business terms to offer a unified, consolidated view of data across the organization. A robust semantic layer delivers data insights discovery and usability across the whole enterprise, with each business user empowered to use the terminology and tools that are specific to their role. It is a solution for end-users who are not data experts but need an easy and quick way to make data informed decisions. In this session we will cover how the semantic layer bridges the gaps amongst data folks in an organization, by helping the central data team in defining common models and definitions while the domain experts own and define their business process models, eventually empowering the organizational models of analytics governance.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • While India is dreaming and progressing towards becoming the third largest economy globally, still there exists a greater gap between womens from rural and urban areas. In this digital age of technological advancements and digitalization, the latest tech trends may not be effective for women empowerment but can aggravate the rich & poor divide. In this Talk, we will be unlocking our brain to identify the intersectionality problems around us and solutions to bring the cross sectional womens into 21st century digital & tech mainstreams, to become tomorrow's global super power. Yes, She needs YOU to achieve this. Remember, her exclusion has significant financial and other consequences, not only in India but across the globe.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • The one thing that has remained constant in the realm of technology is change. But the waves of change that we have witnessed in the last decade are so pivotal, our times will be the zeitgeist of this era. Thereby as leaders and tech frontrunners, it becomes imperative that we have a strategy to lead at the edge of this avalanche. From accessing the technology landscape and deciding where we should invest our time and money, to effectively creating and executing a roadmap that implements the technology strategy will determine which technologists will continue to be relevant over the next decade. In this keynote, we will together take a kaleidoscopic view of the technologies that should be in our radars and share practices that will help us take key decisions to lead at the technology edge we are in.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Agility holds great importance in the changing technology landscape and, perhaps, engulfs all aspects of our lives. As a Women Leader in technology, Suja has embraced agility to navigate through several strategic career moves and delivered the best-in-class performance in each role. She will be stressing upon the need for agility as a women leader in her professional and personal life.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Understanding an organisation's culture & how power dynamic informs work culture
    Navigating contours of power at work & developing interpersonal skills
    Challenging traditional power structures and building more transparency
    Importance of role models to help women to get ahead
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Kavita will share her journey from academia and being a hands-on researcher to a Patent Attorney, and how her passion for science and problem-solving was gratified over the years! Also, she will briefly touch on the significance of intellectual property rights and some of the subtleties involved. For those interested, she will also help understand the immense scope of career opportunities in the field of IP.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • In this fireside chat, Anju Bobby George and the moderator will discuss the importance of diversity and inclusion in sports and entrepreneurship. Anju Bobby George will share her experiences and insights on how diversity can lead to innovation, growth and better outcomes in both fields. They will explore how diversity can bring different perspectives, ideas and approaches to problem-solving, and how it can benefit teams, organizations and the society as a whole. They will also discuss the challenges and barriers that still exist in promoting diversity and inclusion, and the strategies that can be employed to overcome them. Overall, this conversation will highlight the importance of embracing diversity as a key driver for success and progress.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Day 2

    March 17th 2023

  • Equity is all about reducing barriers to access. Be it in education, health or career. That said, all the equity in the world will not help, if we stand in our own way. Join me to listen to my take on 5 things we can do to embrace equity, from the other side.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Sunil wish to cover the need for limitless connectivity and how it improves lives, redefines business and pioneers a sustainable future. He covers the technologies empowering networks towards 2030, AI/ML based Transformation in Telecom, What will 5G do for us, AI use cases and how to leverage Machine Reasoning & Machine Learning to solve challenging problems.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • JAX is a system for high-performance machine learning research. It offers the familiarity of Python+NumPy and the speed of hardware accelerators, and it enables the definition and the composition of function transformations useful for machine learning programs. In particular, these transformations include automatic differentiation, automatic batching, end-to-end-compilation (via XLA), and parallelizing over multiple accelerators. They are the key to JAX's power and to its relative simplicity.This workshop will give a brief introduction to JAX features and end to end pipeline of building neural networks using JAX/FLAX .
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • The talk will focus on the need for organizations to establish data quality standards and processes, conduct regular data audits, and implement data validation and verification techniques. Data quality should also be monitored continuously to ensure that the data remains accurate and relevant over time.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Asha offers insights on her journey from being a software engineer to becoming a technology leader defining data strategy and leading global teams at one of the world’s largest medtech companies - GE Healthcare, the challenges she overcame, the people who played a vital role in her journey and success
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Embracing diversity is an essential component of creating a more inclusive society, and this includes promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities. In the workplace, this means recognizing the value that people with disabilities bring to the table and creating a culture that supports their inclusion. Employers who embrace diversity and inclusion can reap many benefits. For example, a diverse workforce can bring a range of unique perspectives and ideas, which can lead to increased innovation, creativity, and problem-solving. Additionally, inclusive workplaces can foster a sense of belonging and promote higher levels of employee engagement, productivity, and job satisfaction.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Often, the D2C tech products are built for a pilot user base and basis early success (early adopter behaviour) the product is subsequently expected to rapidly scale to a large and often diverse market (imagine – if the market is as diverse as India). Although core needs of the product remain the same even as they scale (‘I want to pay’, ‘I want to get entertained’), diversity plays a huge role in the actual product adoption & usage. Factors that drive growth are embedded in the following questions within minds of the end user – ‘How well do I know this product?’, ‘When & How will I use it’, ‘Am I the decision maker for using this product?’ , 'Does it match my ethos?' etc …. These questions are rooted in the user base diversity attributes (for e.g. age, gender, locality, income and disability etc.) Effective customer experience analytics plays a vital role in unlocking the power of data to develop deep understanding of the needs of a diverse user base. The session will help in understanding the basics of what CX Analytics is and via use cases understand how effective CX analytics working with agile product & tech teams can address needs of diverse user base and help it to scale.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Data-driven decision making is the backbone of modern business strategies. With NoCode platforms, you can harness the power of data to make informed decisions without the need for programming skills. Empower your team with the tools they need to gain valuable insights and drive results. Say goodbye to guesswork and hello to data-driven success with Data Driven Decision Making Using NoCode Platforms.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Gendered views on work-life balance Is 'having it all' overrated? Challenges women face as working mothers Making work-life balance a reality for women by organisations Best practices to navigate the workforce while building families
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Running analytics at scale involves using advanced technologies and tools to process and analyse massive amounts of data. This requires a robust infrastructure that can handle the volume and velocity of data, as well as a skilled team of professionals who can effectively interpret and apply insights from the data. Successful implementation of analytics at scale can result in significant improvements in operational efficiency, customer experience, and overall business performance.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Technology startups are changing the world, but they face constraints that all private businesses do. Tech nonprofits, on the other hand, can build software that focuses on impact over profits. In this talk, we will be exploring the huge potential to solve problems at scale through a nonprofit, and what it means to build a tech nonprofit in India.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • End to end journey of digital transformation in an organization - starting from the factors triggering the transformation, digital readiness as an antecedent to the transformation and the adoption of digital initiatives in an organization.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • Katalyst India is an award-winning NGO that stands for the economic and social empowerment of women. Katalyst started in 2007 with the intent of liberating young women through the pursuit of STEM education. The initiative prepares young women for leadership roles, thereby creating a wider talent pool and helping bridge the gender divide. Katalyst achieves this objective through a blend of unique development interventions, including our 600-hour proprietary and scientifically researched curriculum. Over their four years in the program, we also provide one-to-one mentorship, access to best-in-class technology, assistance with internships, and world-class industry exposure and corporate interactions. Katalyst has directly impacted over 1200 girls with its alumni in prestigious companies and pursuing higher education in India and overseas and in Civil Services such as IRS. It has been recognised internationally with Awards from the UK, USA, Australia and Asia. More details are available at www.katalystindia.org, Katalyst story, and Katalyst Yearbook Winds of Change 2022. To know about our impact, visit the link: Katalyst Impact Report 2021
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Creating a more inclusive talent pool by identifying, nurturing and developing skills on an ongoing basis. This means that businesses need to move away from traditional hiring methods and towards a more flexible approach to attract and retain talent by identifying potential strengths and areas of improvement in talent.Overall, building a more inclusive talent pool requires a shift in mindset towards an ongoing process of identifying and developing talent. This approach not only ensures a more diverse workforce but also creates a more agile and adaptable workforce that can respond to the changing demands of the business.
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels

  • The onset of COVID-19 accelerated many companies to build digital businesses to overcome pandemic- induced disruptions and address shifts in customer behavior. It's important to understand the fundamental building blocks which enable integration of digital tools and technology to bend productivity curve, create a better customer experience, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes. As executive leader one must focus on key areas to a build a strong digital enterprise with immediate digital investments for acceleration . As an individual how to contribute to the enterprise and ride the technology wave.
    Hall 2 - Up Close and Personal: Intimate Conversations & Deep Dives

  • Defining diversity & what it means to you Workplace diversity is more than just hiring women | thinking beyond gender and race Dissecting organisational culture How top leaders can set the proper tone and create an inclusive culture Policies & practices to create an environment for inclusion
    Hall 1 - Bold Ideas and Thought Leadership: Keynotes & Panels


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