ACM-W global leadership presents “Celebrating Technology Leaders“, a webinar series highlighting the stories of successful technical women who are leading diverse careers in the technology industry. During these hour long conversations, we provide “career coaching“ and “leadership advice“ to students and early career professionals. We aim to inform our audience about the multitude of careers open to them, enabling them to take educated next steps in their professional journeys.
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Do you have suggestions, comments, or feedback? Feel free to reach out to the series host and ACM-W Standing Committees’ Chair, Bushra Anjum.
Latest session
Celebrating Women in Cybersecurity
The next webinar will be conducted on Wednesday, June 9th at 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT. A panel discussion featuring Sara Hall (Deputy CISO and Head of Security Operations and Engineering, MassMutual), Sepideh Ghanavati, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Maine) and Cimone Wright-Hamor (Graduate Research Assistant, Computer Engineering, Iowa State University), with host Bushra Anjum [Register]
With cybersecurity attacks and breaches becoming common news, the demand for cybersecurity experts is on the rise, more than ever before. In this episode of “ACM-W Celebrating Technology Leaders,” we chat with three inspiring women with decades of combined experience in the field to discuss how the cybersecurity arena has evolved, what is the state today, and what are their insights for the future. We will also look back and explore their inspiration to join the field of information security and their journeys since.
In their stories, we will find our nuggets of wisdom and inspiration.
Previously …
- Celebrating Technology Leaders – Women in Robotics
Wednesday, March 31st at 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT, a panel discussion featuring Laura Stelzner(Principal Robotics Software Engineer, RIOS Corporation), Sarah Gibson, Ph.D. (Senior Engineering Manager Robotics, Unity Technologies), and Tessa Lau, Ph.D. (Founder & CEO, Dusty Robotics), with host Bushra Anjum [On Demand]
- An Interview with Bushra Anjum, ACM-W Standing Committees Co-Chair
Web series “Celebrating Technology Leaders” brings stories and advice from engaging speakers, with diverse careers in computing, directly to our global audience.
- Celebrating Technology Leaders – Women in Data
Wednesday, February 3rd at 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT, a panel discussion featuring Samia Khalid (Senior AI Engineer at Microsoft), Lilla Czako (Data Engineer at Doximity) and Liza Layne (Lead Data & Analytics Manager at Eurostar International Ltd), with host Bushra Anjum [On Demand]
- Celebrating Technology Leaders – Women in UI/UX
Thursday, December 10 at 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT, a panel discussion featuring Evren Holland (Head of User Experience and Design, MotiveMetrics), Eunjoo Kim (UX Design Lead, Google), and Iram Mirza (UX lead for Play Store and Monetization), with host Bushra Anjum [on demand]
- Celebrating Technology Leaders – Women Tech Entrepreneurs and Founders
Wednesday, October 14 at 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT, a panel discussion featuring Shanea Leven (Founder and CEO at CodeSee), Rebekah Bastian (CEO and Co-Founder of OwnTrail), Heli Helskyaho (CEO Miracle Finland Oy), and Nina Bhatti (Founder and CEO Kokko Inc), with host Bushra Anjum. [on demand]