September 27, 2024
'In-Person' Micro Conference
‘IN-PERSON' SESSIONS
LEARN FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS
NETWORKING, LEARNING & FUN
MEET PEERS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE
Thrive-WiSE Micro Conference is a series of technical and cultural conferences for women+ engineers, technologists, and technical leadership and their allies, organized by women engineers and technologists at Thrive-WiSE .
Launched in 2014 as a way for women engineers to meet to share technical knowledge, network and advance in their careers, the conference has grown by over 200% and attracts over 2,000+ attendees from all over the world.
We are excited for the 10th Micro Conference, in person this year, on Sept 27, 2024 at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, CA and we invite all women+ in tech to join us for a memorable event with a focus on active learning and a safe space to discuss workplace culture.
We expect at least 1000 of the best and brightest women in technology from around the world, and their allies, to attend.
Women+ includes all woman-identified people, whatever their journey.
Thrive-WiSE Micro Conference highlights include:
1600+
ATTENDEES
10
CONSECUTIVE YEARS
20+
COUNTRIES
80% ENG.
20% PxM
OUR PAST FEATURED KEYNOTES & SPEAKERS
Pamela Newkirk, PhD
Author, Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business NYU Journalism Professor
2023 Keynote Speakers:
Dheeraj Pandey
CEO, DevRev
Karen Myers
Director of the Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International
Susan Gudenkauf
Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Operations, VMware
Alpana Varma
Vice President Product, Item & Inventory Core Services, Walmart Global Tech
2023 Instructors, Panelists & Moderators:
Ruchika Israni
AI Product Manager, Deloitte
Anita Jindal
Senior Director, Engineering, VMware
Tuhin Sahai
Principal Scientist, SRI International
Anirban Roy
Computer Vision Scientist, SRI International
Susmit Jha
Director, Neuro-symbolic Computing and Intelligence, SRI International
Brian Matejek
Advanced Computer Scientist, SRI International
Adam Cobb
Senior Computer Scientist, SRI International
Pauline Nguyen
Product Advisor, Finvar Corporation
Subbu Allamaraju
Vice President Of Engineering, Bill.com
Rupa Dachere
CEO, President & Founder, Thrive-WiSE
Gauri Manglik
Advisor, Clearbit
Vishwas Manral
Chief Technologist & Head of Cloud Native Security, McAfee/Precize Inc
Anshu Gupta
Investor, Silicon Valley CISO Investments
Sujata Banerjee
VP of Research, VMware
Pradeep Padala
GM, Spot Connect & Spot Platform Services, NetApp
Anne Holler
Advisor, Elotl
Robin Matlock
Independent Director, MSCI Inc.
Tamara Sniffen
Vice President, Commercial Excellence, Stryker
Marc Solsona Palomar
General Manager, Automotive Technology, AWS
Yu Wang
Sr. Product Manager, vSphere
Vicky Li Horst
Founder & Product Coach, Vicky Li Horst Product Coaching
Samir Bhatnagar
Associate Director of Product, Forge
MICRO CONFERENCE AGENDA SEPTEMBER 12, 13 & 14, 2023
Thrive-WiSE Micro Conference is scheduled into convenient morning sessions spread over 3 days to maximize your opportunities to participate.
TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 12, 2023)
08:00 AM – 11:30 AM PT
Agenda
Opening Plenary Session
Rupa Dachere, CEO, President & Founder, Thrive-WiSE
Community Keynote
Dheeraj Pandey, CEO, DevRev
Sponsored Keynote – SRI International
Karen Myers, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International
Zoom Energizer Session
Relax & Rejuvenate
Conducted by:
Maerilly Isaac, Thrive-WiSE
Sponsored Keynote
Alpana Varma, Vice President Product, Item & Inventory Core Services, Walmart
Tech Talk – The Current State of Quantum Computing
Tuhin Sahai, Principal Scientist, SRI International
Zoom Energizer Session
Relax & Rejuvenate
Conducted by:
Maerilly Isaac, Thrive-WiSE
Safe Space Session
WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 13, 2023)
08:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT (Morning Parallel Sessions)
PxM Track
PxM Panel
Moderator:
Pauline Nguyen, Product Advisor, Finvar Corporation
Yu Wang, Sr. Product Manager, vSphere
Vicky Li Horst, Founder & Product Coach, Vicky Li Horst Product Coaching
Panelists:
Samir Bhatnagar, Associate Director of Product, Forge
Zoom Energizer Session
Relax & Rejuvenate
Conducted by:
Maerilly Isaac, Thrive-WiSE
PxM Workshop
Tech Track
Tech Panel
Sujata Banerjee, VP of Research, VMware
Anne Holler, Advisor, Elotl
Adam Cobb, Senior Computer Scientist, SRI International
Zoom Energizer Session
Relax & Rejuvenate
Conducted by:
Maerilly Isaac, Thrive-WiSE
Tech Workshop
Anirban Roy , Computer Vision Scientist, SRI International
Brian Matejek ,
Advanced Computer Scientist, SRI International
Adam Cobb ,
Senior Computer Scientist, SRI International
Susmit Jha, Director, Neuro-symbolic Computing and Intelligence, SRI International
THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 14, 2023)
08:00 AM – 09:45 AM PT
Thursday Agenda
Opening Plenary
Rupa Dachere, CEO, President & Founder, Thrive-WiSE
Opening Leadership Keynote
Susan Gudenkauf
Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Operations, VMware
Leadership Panel
Moderator:
Anita Jindal, Senior Director, Engineering, VMware
Panelists:
Robin Matlock, Independent Director, MSCI Inc.
Panelists:
Tamara Sniffen, Vice President, Commercial Excellence, Stryker
Panelists:
Marc Solsona Palomar, General Manager, Automotive Technology Amazon Web Services
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