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GDSC Women in Tech Conference

University of Toronto - Mississauga, Canada

Join us for full day event featuring various women in tech providing their experience in their fields, students sharing insight to getting a tech internship, workshops to learn a new skills and a competition to win exciting swag and cash prizes! The aim of this event is to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and empower the future generation of women!

Key Themes

International Women's Day (IWD)

About this event

Join us for full day event featuring various women in tech providing their experience in their fields, students sharing insight to getting a tech internship, workshops to learn a new skills and a competition to win exciting swag and cash prizes! The aim of this event is to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and empower the future generation of women!

All majors, backgrounds and years are invited to attend and it is completely FREE!

We're excited to have you a part and make sure to RSVP above so you don't miss this exciting opportunity!

Make sure to add this to your calendar after registering so you can add it to your schedule!


๐ŸŒŸ What you'll gain:

  • Meaningful connections with leaders, changemakers and problem solvers in various careers in technology
  • Insight and advice when pursuing a career in tech
  • New technical and development skills to further your tech careers
  • Chance to win various prizes through the competition


๐Ÿ“ข What to expect:

Speaker Talks: 30 minute talks with leaders in various careers in technology. They are here to share their insight and advice in pursuing a career in technology and growing as a leader

Panel Session: Open QnA and discussion where you can learn and hear about the experience in various tech opportunities for students

Workshops: Learn a new technical skill through various GDSC Chapters globally and connect with other student developers in the community! This is a chance to learn all about Google developer technologies!

Tech Challenge: Apply and practice your development and design skills to solve a weekend challenge with others. This is a chance to win some exciting prizes from Google and you gain another project to add to your portfolios!


๐Ÿ“ Where: Virtual

We will be hosting our live event online through Zoom. Come back to the event page the day/time of the event and you will be able to join the event. The speakers, facilitators and panelists will be using their camera and mics, and you are welcomed to join us. Of course, we will understand if you prefer to keep your video or mic (or both) off and just participate in the live chat.


โ“ Frequently Asked Questions:

  • Is this event free? YES!
  • Who can join? Any student in any major, year or background can be a part!
  • How do I register? If you are not logged in, click the "Log In" button above. Create an account and tickets will be available to view and register.
  • How do I join the Tech Challenge? When registering, you'll be able to indicate "yes" or "no" in signing up for the Coding Competition and join our Discord Server below to stay in communication with everything around the challenge
  • Do I need coding experience to participate? Nope! We want to create an event where ALL students can participate no matter what skill level you are at. Throughout the event we'll be hosting workshops where students can learn a new technical skill which can later be applied in the challenge.


๐Ÿ’ฌSubmit a question

Want to submit an anonymous question to any of the talks happening at the conference? Submit them here: https://forms.gle/mS51Amvoy8XeBw8P9


๐Ÿ‘‹ Connect with others!

In the meantime, come join us in our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/KUHUfMuUsn


About "Become a featured attendee"

Once you RSVP you will be prompted with a screen inviting you to "Become a featured attendee". You do NOT need to submit this form in order to attend the event. This is some special Bevy functionality and can be safely ignored.

Registration for this event is closed.
Please contact the event organizer for assistance.

When

When

Saturday, March 26, 2022
2:30 PM โ€“ 10:00 PM UTC

Agenda

Opening Remarks
Pinterest Panel
Journey into Technology
Machine Learning - Theory, Practice, and My Personal Journey Through It
So you want to be a Product Manager?
I am a Venn Diagram: Working in the Interface of Science and Business
Q&A with Tina Li
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
How to Robot-Proof Students: AI, Education, and The Future of Work
Closing Remarks

Speakers

  • Patrick Halina

    Engineering Manager

  • Azadeh Attar

    Head of CPG industry partnerships at Pinterest Canada

  • Charlotte Harris

    Technical Talent Sourcer

  • Jennie Kong

    4th year Engineering Science

  • Elizabeth Leung

    Senior IT Developer, TD Securities; Alumni Volunteer Mentor, UofT

  • Inmar Givoni

    Director of Eng @ Uber ATG, Director of SW & ML @ Kindred, VP Data @ Kobo, MTS @ Altera, Intern @ Microsoft Research

  • Angelina Fomina

    Product Manager at Meta (Facebook), Shopify, Entrepreneur

  • Allison Gaw

    Business Development @ Chinook Therapeutics; Business Development, Corporate Strategy, and IP @ Sierra Oncology

  • Tina Li

    SWE Intern @ Google, CS Master's @ Stanford, CS Undergrad @ UofT

  • Allan Andersen

    VP, Product Management at CA Technologies

  • Vivienne Ming

    Co-Founder & CEO, Socos Labs; Director, OptoCeutics; Chief Scientist, Dionysus; Chair Emeritus, StartOut

Organizers

  • Giang Bui

    GDSC Lead

  • Jackson Lee

    GDSC Co-Lead

  • Michael Pavle

    Tech Lead

  • Sam Chan

    Tech Lead

  • Ido Ben Haim

    Tech Lead

  • abdullah shahid

    Tech Lead

  • Estelle Foo-Fat

    Marketing Lead

  • Jasleen Binning

    Marketing Lead

  • Lujain Radwan

    Logistics & Outreach Lead

  • Hammad Iqbal

    Logistics & Outreach Lead

  • Leanne T

    Logistics & Outreach Lead

  • Usha Sophea Janardhan

    Finance Lead

  • Daniyal Bokhari

    Tech Associate

  • Jesse Han

    Tech Associate

  • Taha S

    Tech Associate

  • Elizabeth Zhang

    Marketing Associate

  • Elif Yasar

    Marketing Associate

  • Deepasri Dattaraghava

    Logistics & Outreach Associate

  • iris chang

    Logistics & Outreach Associate

  • Shubh Bapna

    Advisor

  • Chris Lim

    Banger Advisor

  • Muhammad Hamza Gondal

    University of Toronto

    Advisor

  • Roman Fanian

    Advisor

  • Aniedi Udo-Obong

    Regional Leader

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