Senior Women’s Summit

Thursday, November 10, 2011
Oregon Convention Center – Portland Ballroom 254-255

By invitation only

The 2011 Senior Women’s Summit at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing will bring together senior technical women from industry, government and academia. The Summit will provide actionable insights for ongoing advancement and success in senior leadership roles, provide a venue where women can develop their network of senior women and executive colleagues, and increase their collective impact as a group of senior technical leaders.

• Agenda
• Project Leads and Organizing Committee
• Sponsors

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Agenda

Theme: Solutions for Advancement

* Senior Women’s Summit held in Portland Ballroom 254-255 unless noted otherwise

Start Time	End Time	Description
10:00am	10:30am	Welcome: Deanna Kosaraju, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Sponsor welcome: Patricia A. McDonald, Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group and Director, Product Health Enhancement Organization, Intel Barbara Holzapfel, SVP and Managing Director, SAP Labs North America, SAP Overview, introductions, data compilation sharing
10:30am	11:45am	Open Space Discussions: Participant-generated breakout topics • Facilitated by Jo Miller, CEO, Women’s Leadership Coaching Refreshment break with snacks included
11:45am	12:30pm	Developing Your Brand as a Senior Technical Woman
12:30pm	2:00pm	Joint lunch with Technical Executive Forum executives • Portland Ballroom – Rooms 252-253
2:00pm	3:00pm	Panel: Lessons Learned in Advancing Your Career Moderator: Sabina Nawaz, Executive coach and organizational development consultant; CEO, Nawaz LLC Panelists: Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President, Big Data, Social Design and Marketing, Intuit Jamie Erbes, HP Fellow and Director, Services Research Lab, Hewlett-Packard Labs Ann Gates, Associate Vice President of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas at El Paso Leah Jamieson, The John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
3:00pm	3:15pm	Break
3:15pm	4:15pm	Advancement breakout discussions with executive and senior leaders • Facilitated by Sabina Nawaz
4:15pm	4:30pm	Action plan • Facilitated by Jo Miller
4:30pm	4:45pm	Trading Wall instructions • Facilitated by Sabina Nawaz
4:45pm	6:15pm	Trading Wall, Networking and Summit Conclusion Refreshment break with snacks included

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Project Leads and Organizing Committee

Project Leads

Caroline Simard, PhD, Vice President of Research and Executive Programs, Anita Borg Institute

Christine Chiu, Research and Executive Programs Manager, Anita Borg Institute

Chantaell Barker, Student at Barnard College, Columbia University; Intern, Anita Borg Institute

2011 Senior Women’s Summit Organizing Committee

Linda Apsley, Director, Microsoft Corporation

Pamela Arya, Vice President, A-T Solutions

Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs

Anne Condon, Professor, University of British Columbia

Ann Gates, Associate Vice President, University of Texas at El Paso

Anne Hardy, Vice President, SAP Labs

Lori Pollock, Professor, University of Delaware

Beth Pruitt, Professor, Stanford University

Sheila Van Groningen, Vice President, Northrop Grumman

The Senior Women’s Summit is at capacity and we are no longer accepting requests for invitations.

For questions, please contact Christine Chiu, Research and Executive Programs Manager.

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The 2011 Grace Hopper Senior Women’s Summit is generously sponsored by: