Hi all: I thought this may be of interest to some of our members. Registation is open to both members of IEEE and non-members.
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:56:48 -0400 From: "IEEE Women in Engineering"<[email protected]> Subject: Registration Now Open - IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference Mark your calendars! The IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (WIE ILC) Planning Committee announces the 2015 WIE ILC[http://ieee-wie-ilc.org/] to be held 23-25 April 2015 in the capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA. With a theme of Lead Beyond. Accelerating Innovative Women Who Change the World, the conference focuses on leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship. Special Appreciative Inquiry Summit to be held at Square Offices, 1455 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103. Bringing together industry, government and non-profit thought leaders on minorities in STEM. Separate Registration Required. Details coming soon! Opening reception to be held at Yammer Offices, 1355 Market St, Fl 3 (between 9th St & 10th St), San Francisco, CA 94103. Join us for an inredible networking and mentoring opportunity in a relaxed atmosphere. Friday and Saturday conference tracks that fuel innovation, facilitate knowledge sharing and provide a community to be held at the Marriott Downtown San Jose. CONFERENCE TRACKS (San Jose, CA) Innovation (skills to create new technology, lead innovative teams, foster creative cultures or develop disruptive technology) Empowerment (skills to help women advance in their careers) Entrepreneurship (skills around start-ups, business models, venture funding, finance or leadership communication) VIRTUAL TRACK (online) Engagement (skills to inspire women to achieve their goals and sharing examples of engaging with women/girls in local communities) CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Brian Krzanich, CEO at Intel Rebecca Jacoby, CIO at Cisco Systems Sophie Vandebroek, CTO at Xerox Madeline Nelson, SVP at Sony Music Patty Hatter, SVP/CIO at McAfee Monique Morrow, CIO at Cisco Systems Tracy Mack-Askew, VP Engineering at Daimler Liz Centoni, VP at Cisco Systems Vivek Wadhwa, author of Innovating Women Ursala Schwarzenbart, Director Global Diversity at Daimler LOCATION [http://ieee-wie-ilc.org/travel/hotel/] San Jose Marriott 301 South Market Street San Jose, CA Rooms only US$189/night REGISTRATION [http://ieee-wie-ilc.org/registration/] PARNTERSHIPS[http://ieee-wie-ilc.org/partners/] Conference partnerships offer an opportunity to recruit talent, enhance your staff, promote your brand and advance women in STEM. -- -- rouilj John Rouillard =========================================================================== My employers don't acknowledge my existence much less my opinions. _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
