WOMEN ROCK-IT

Presentations and Recordings

Discover how AI and data collection are pivotal in saving endangered species and how your everyday photos can contribute to global biodiversity efforts.

Tanya Berger-Wolf
Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute Professor
The Ohio State University
Co-founder & Director
AI for conservation non-profit
Wild Me

Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly
Professor, University of Michigan
President & Founder
Non-profit for Social Impact Try AI

Meet the Cisco Dream Team who helped install, service, and protect the entire communications system across nine stadiums for the world's largest sporting event, the Women's World Cup Soccer tournament, held in Australia.

Noor Zafar
Cyber Security Analyst

Catherine Ashton
Case Project Officer

Learn how predictive modelling technology is shaping safer skies, with distinguished researcher and biologist Cecilia Nilsson and Amber Yandow, a data science expert and Product Manager at Cisco.

Cecilia Nilsson
Researcher at Lund University
PhD. Biologist

Amber Yandow
Product Manager at Cisco
Data Science Expert

Gain insights in this three-part series into climate change and how you can take immediate actions to make a difference. Learn from female leaders in the field how developing digital skills now can help protect our planet! Part 1

Dr. Kate Brand
Space Weather Scientist
Bureau of Meteorology

Dr. Pandora Hope
Principal Climate Scientist
Bureau of Meteorology

Gain insights in this three-part series into climate change and how you can take immediate actions to make a difference. Learn from female leaders in the field how developing digital skills now can help protect our planet! Part 2

Allison Wolff
Co-Founder and CEO
Vibrant Plan

Brent Davies
President
VP Data Commons

Gain insights in this three-part series into climate change and how you can take immediate actions to make a difference. Learn from female leaders in the field how developing digital skills now can help protect our planet! Part 3

Mary de Wysocki
Chief Sustainability Officer Cisco

Nicole Sturzenberger
Fundraising Director
Work on Climate

Meet four female Networking Academy students who helped build a full-scale networking infrastructure that supports large events for thousands of people, all completed in a week’s time.

Ciara Cannon
Liz Brice
Mariah Taylor
Ishika Batra

Data Science is a rapidly evolving and exciting field. In this evet you will meet Annie Hardy, a strategist, futurist and an expert in human-machine interaction and Amber Yandow a Data Science expert, coach, mentor and instructor.

Annie Hardy
Strategist, futurist and advisor
Senior Visioneer at Cisco

Amber Yandow
Data Science expert
Product Manager at Cisco

Cisco is powering the future of Esports as the Official Enterprise Networking Partner of Riot League of Legends Esports, helping this young, influential community thrive, connect, and reach their possibilities. Learn about the tech powering the future of this fast-growing sport and the exploding career opportunities that technology can offer you.

Renee Gittens
General Manager at Phoenix Labs

Nicole Pike
Global Sector Head of Esports and Gaming at YouGov

Rebecca Dixon
Co-Founder at the*gameHERS

Esports is booming! Learn about the tech powering the future of this fast-growing sport and exploding career opportunities. Hear from tech experts at Riot Games, developers of world’s No.1 PC video game, and League of Legends Esports and more.

Sana Sheikh,
Networking engineer at Riot Games

Shae Williams,
Co-Founder of COPE

Maria Oliveira Tamellini,
Co-Founder of Game Safer

A people hacker, social engineer and physical penetration tester who gets paid to break into buildings and test their security and a Cisco Networking Academy alumnus who leads a global team of Security Engineers at Cisco

Jennifer Radcliffe
The People Hacker

Burcu Isiktas
Cybersecurity Systems Engineer Cisco

Women Rock - IT : Series 5

Speaker Topic Presentation Recording

Tanya Berger-Wolf
Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute Professor
The Ohio State University
Co-founder & Director
AI for conservation non-profit Wild Me


Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly
Professor, University of Michigan President & Founder Non-profit for Social Impact
Try AI

Unlocking Nature's Secrets: How AI & Data Save Wildlife

Discover how AI and data collection are pivotal in saving endangered species and how your everyday photos can contribute to global biodiversity efforts.

 

Noor Zafar
Cyber Security Analyst


Catherine Ashton
Case Project Officer

Backstage with Cisco's Dream Team
Meet the Cisco Dream Team who helped install, service, and protect the entire communications system across nine stadiums for the world's largest sporting event, the Women's World Cup Soccer tournament, held in Australia.
 

Cecilia Nilsson
Researcher at Lund University
PhD. Biologist


Amber Yandow
Product Manager at Cisco
Data Science Expert

The power of predictive modeling
Learn how predictive modelling technology is shaping safer skies, with distinguished researcher and biologist Cecilia Nilsson and Amber Yandow, a data science expert and Product Manager at Cisco.
 

Dr. Kate Brand
Space Weather Scientist
Bureau of Meteorology


Dr. Pandora Hope
Principal Climate Scientist
Bureau of Meteorology

Gain insights in this three-part series into climate change and how you can take immediate actions to make a difference. Learn from female leaders in the field how developing digital skills now can help protect our planet! Part 1  

Allison Wolff
Co-Founder and CEO
Vibrant Plan


Brent Davies
President
VP Data Commons

Gain insights in this three-part series into climate change and how you can take immediate actions to make a difference. Learn from female leaders in the field how developing digital skills now can help protect our planet! Part 2  

Mary de Wysocki
Chief Sustainability Officer Cisco


Nicole Sturzenberger
Fundraising Director
Work on Climate

Gain insights in this three-part series into climate change and how you can take immediate actions to make a difference. Learn from female leaders in the field how developing digital skills now can help protect our planet! Part 3  
Ciara Cannon
Liz Brice
Mariah Taylor
Ishika Batra
Meet four female Networking Academy students who helped build a full-scale networking infrastructure that supports large events for thousands of people, all completed in a week’s time.  
Annie Hardy
Strategist, futurist and advisor
Senior Visioneer at Cisco

Amber Yandow
Data Science expert
Product Manager at Cisco
Data Science is a rapidly evolving and exciting field. In this evet you will meet Annie Hardy, a strategist, futurist and an expert in human-machine interaction and Amber Yandow a Data Science expert, coach, mentor and instructor.  
Renee Gittens
General Manager at Phoenix Labs

Nicole Pike
Global Sector Head of Esports and Gaming at YouGov

Rebecca Dixon
Co-Founder at the*gameHERS
Cisco is powering the future of Esports as the Official Enterprise Networking Partner of Riot League of Legends Esports, helping this young, influential community thrive, connect, and reach their possibilities. Learn about the tech powering the future of this fast-growing sport and the exploding career opportunities that technology can offer you.  
Sana Sheikh,
Networking engineer at Riot Games

Shae Williams,
Co-Founder of COPE

Maria Oliveira Tamellini,
Co-Founder of Game Safer
Esports is booming! Learn about the tech powering the future of this fast-growing sport and exploding career opportunities. Hear from tech experts at Riot Games, developers of world’s No.1 PC video game, and League of Legends Esports and more. Adobe PDF file(PDF - 186MB)
Jennifer Radcliffe,
The People Hacker

Burcu Isiktas,
Cybersecurity Systems Engineer Cisco
A people hacker, social engineer and physical penetration tester who gets paid to break into buildings and test their security and a Cisco Networking Academy alumnus who leads a global team of Security Engineers at Cisco.  
Aliyah Sabree
Judge

Nicole Jacobs
Graduate
Second Chance Justice Reform Initiative
A Judge who gives people a second chance by giving offenders a job-ready IT education and a graduate of Cisco’s Second Chance Justice Reform Initiative, giving non-violent offenders a job-ready IT education.  
Corien Vermaak
Cybersecurity Partner Specialist Cisco

Swati Handa
Sr Product Leader
Cybersecurity and Privacy Portfolio
Cisco Networking Academy
An IT Law specialist by trade who focuses on ICT technologies, network security and digital forensics and a cybersecurity learning strategy lead who is passionate about bridging the skills gap and prompting women in Cybersecurity.  
Flavia Tata Nardini
CEO and Co-founder
Fleet Space Technologies

Suzy George
Co-Founder
MyCall
Sportech Industries
A CEO and co-founder of a space company connecting the internet of things across the world through a fleet of small, low-cost satellites and a co-founder who is using technology to revolutionise the sport of cricket.  
Marita Cheng
Founder and CEO of Aubot

Emily Kennedy,
President, and Co-Founder of Marinus Analytics
Eligible for a Passport Avatar
Meet Forbes’ Top 50 Women in Tech from 2018 as well as someone who is using AI to address social problems, like human trafficking.
Adobe PDF file(PDF - 10.3MB)
Sadaf Monajemi
Co-Founder and Director, See-Mode

Sarah Mak
Co-Founder & CEO, Folktale
Eligible for a Passport Avatar
Tech which helps doctors predict and prevent strokes as well as a Saas platform for organizations to listen at scale through the power of crowd-sourced videos.
Adobe PDF file(PDF - 5.4MB)
Clementine Chambon
Co-founder and CTO, Oorja

Hadeel Ayoub
Founder & CTO, BrightSign
Eligible for a Passport Avatar
Winner of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge who developed a pay-as-you-go solar water irrigation system in India, as well as a smart glove that translates sign language.
Adobe PDF file(PDF - 14.8MB)
Maria Laura Ruggiero
AR/VR Filmmaker, SEIRENFILMS

Maria Berruezo
Co-founder, LactApp
Eligible for a Passport Avatar
A film maker who uses technology to create new ways of story telling and an app to provide evidence-based and customized advice to breastfeeding women through AI.
Adobe PDF file(PDF - 2.3MB)
Lisa Lang
Founder & CEO of the PowerHouse

Emmastella Gakuo
Co-Founder of Savanna Circuit Tech
Meet Cisco's Global Problem Solver Challenge winner and the Founder and CEO of a fashion Tech powerhouse who joins traditional craftsmanship together with high-end technology. Adobe PDF file(PDF - 6.4MB)
Alyson Watson
CEO of Modern Health

Anastasia Volkova
CEO and Founder at FluroSat

Meet the CEO of a global mental health solution platform and the founder of an AgriTech business that uses algorithms, drones and satellite platforms to solve agricultural problems

 

Adobe PDF file(PDF - 4.20MB)
Renée Cummings
Founder of Urban AI, LLC

Mayada Abdelrahman
Product Team Lead - Artificial Intelligence at Cisco

Solving Societal Challenges with Artificial Intelligence

 

Adobe PDF file(PDF - 3.02MB)
Grace Wong
Co-founder, Liven

Zean Vo
Co-founder and director, Browzzin
The tech behind the fastest growing social dining app and an AI intelligence-driven app that turns its shoppers into paid influencers. Adobe PDF file(PDF - 6.9MB)
Caroline Walerud
Co-Founder, Volumental

Hera Hussain
Founder, Chayn

Scanning and Security

 

Adobe PDF file(PDF - 3.85MB)
Chandni Panchal
Systems Engineer, Cisco

Esther Roure Vila
Customer Success Specialist, Cisco

Helping the Planet and its People

Adobe PDF file(PDF - 2.83MB)
Ros Harvey
Founder and Managing Director
The Yield Technology Solutions

Savitude

Tina Hunt
General Manager
Titan Class Pty Ltd

Natural Machines

Preparing Farmers for The Next Generation of Agriculture and Food Technology.

 

Adobe PDF file(PDF - 4.60MB)
Camilla Olson
Co-Founder & CEO
Savitude

Lynette Kucsma
Co-Founder & CMO
Natural Machines

A serial entrepreneur who launched an AI hyper-personalization solution to serve all shapes and proportions in the fashion world and a foodie who combines tech and a passion for healthy eating to provide one freshly printed meal at a time.

 

Adobe PDF file(PDF - 23.3MB)
Dr Catriona Wallace
Founder & Executive Director
Flamingo AI

Nivedha R.M.
Founder of Trashcon

A guardian of our planet who created a trash bot to combat landfill and an AI expert who created a smart collaboration platform that retrieves & delivers the right information at the right time

 

Adobe PDF file(PDF - 25.3MB)
Riana Lynn
Founder, Journey Foods

Samantha Symonds
Cisco Cybersecurity Expert

Biologist turned entrepreneur creates revolutionary food supply chain software that got her featured on CNBC, Forbes, USA Today and Wired.

 

Discover that latest in Cisco’s cybersecurity technology.

 

Adobe PDF file(PDF - 11.9MB)
Chelsea Finn
Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Electrical Engineering at Stanford University

Maha Achour
CEO and Founder
Metawave Corporation
Two futurist technologists whose innovations are leading the way to smarter AI and safer cars Adobe PDF file(PDF - 4.5MB)
Jackie Dujmovic
Founder, Hover UAV

Azellia Alma Shafira
Co-Founder, Banoo
A visionary who’s advocating for drone integration to everyday life and co-creator of microbubble generator technology that boosts fish farming by 40%. Adobe PDF file (PDF - 4.03MB)
Annie O'Rourke
CEO, Digital Workforce Australia

Dr Geeta Manjunath
CEO & Founder, NIRAMAI
Addressing Real world problems with Artificial Intelligence. Adobe PDF file (PDF - 2.67MB)
Gemma Alcock
Drones & Data Protection Founder & CEO SkyBound Rescuer

Lorena Marciano Director, Data Protection & Privacy Officer Cisco

Drones & Data Protection Adobe PDF file (PDF - 2.83MB)
Nimmi Ramanujam
Duke Global Health Institute

Meet Female Entrepreneurs Discovering New Ways to Solve Problems with Technology Adobe PDF file (PDF - 2.67MB)

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Women Rock-IT: Series 4

Speaker Topic Presentation Recording
Sona Shah (Chicago) - USA
CEO Co-Founder,
Neopenda


Meghann Rhynard-Geil (Portland, USA)
Technology for Development Advisor,
Digital Communities, Mercy Corps

How is Technology Helping Crisis-Affected Populations and Saving Babies around the World?
 
Vicki Batka
Managing Director
Cisco Partner Organisation
Asia Pacific & Japan


Aditi Cadha
Founder and CEO
DAZL

Technology Preserving Endangered Species and Fashion Meets the Internet of Things to Keep Women Safe
Adobe PDF file (PDF -11.6MB)
Mariana Dahan (USA)
CEO and Founder
World Identity Network (WIN)


Natalie Ren’s (Australia)
Artificial Intelligence Specialist

Meet the Women Solving Some of Humanity’s Toughest Challenges Using Technology
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 7.40MB)
Catherine Ball (Australia)
Founder and Executive Director
World of Drones


Zoe Condliffe (Australia)
CEO and Founder
She’s a Crowd

Meet the Women Discovering New Ways of Story Telling with Technology
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 6.80MB)
Jude Ower MBE
Founder and CEO
Playmob


Mahla Kafami
Engineer
JAR Aerospace Australia


Rebecca Clements
Executive Manager
JAR Areospace

Harnessing the Power of Technology for a Better World
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 12.7MB)
Sandra Ragg
Head of the Office of the
Prime Minister's Cyber
Security Special Adviser


Samantha Symond
Cisco Cybersecurity Professional

Kate Finazzo
Cisco Cybersecurity Professional

Meet the Women Powering the Flight Against Cyber-crime
 
Ruma Balasubramanian
Vice President,
Enterprise & Digital Transformation


Michelle Dennedy
Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer

The Scary and Exciting Future of Tech Jobs - The Impact of Disruption on your Career
   (98min)
Dr. Jenine Beekhuyzen
Tech Girls Movement

Girls Are Tech Superhero's
 
Dr Sarah Cooper
General Manager
IoT Solutions
Amazon Web Services


Azalea Miller
Software Development Engineer

Kiki Levanti
Software Development Engineer

Converting the Physical World to Digital Reality
 
Mary Elizabeth McCulloch, 
Founder
Project Vive 


Kathy Gong, 
Co-Founder,
Wafa Games

Social Entrepreneurs Using Tech
to Solve Global Problems

Adobe PDF file (PDF - 7.3MB)

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Women Rock-IT: Series 3

Speaker Topic Presentation Recording
Erin Yamaoka, 
Technical Account Manager at Grameen
Foundation 


Brandi DeCarli, 
Founding Partner, Farm from a Box.

Global Problem Solvers Who Are
Guardians of Our Planet
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 7.50MB)
Ayesha Khanna, 
Tech, Fintech and Smart Cities Advisor 

Marisa Warren, 
CEO, Chair & Founding Director @ ELEVACAO
Foundation.

Meet Two Entrepreneurs Developing the
Next Generation of Global Problem
Solvers
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 5.24MB) (58min)
Nora Ayanian,
Gabilan Assistant Professor of
Computer Science


Tanuja Ganu,
Co-Founder and CTO at DataGlen Inc.
Meet the Amazing Women Using
Technology to Change the World
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 5.20MB) (60min)

Juliette Gimenez,

Co-Founder & CEO, Goxip

 

Niki Tsuraya Yaumi,

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Goers App

She Started IT Adobe PDF file (PDF - 4.21MB) (60min)

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Women Rock-IT: Series 2

Speaker Topic Presentation Recording
Alane Cahalane
Co-Founder and Chief
Technology Officer
Veterinary Specialty
Hospital


Anu Sridharan
Co-Founder and Chief
Technology Officer
NextDrop
The Surprising Role
Technology Plays in
Helping People and the Planet
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 4.6MB) (59min 34sec)
Ai Ching Goh
Founder and CEO
Piktochart


Xania Wong
Co-founder and CEO
JOBDOH
Meet The Rock'in Entrepreneurs Using
Tech For Business Success
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 6.98MB)  
Jodie Fox
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer,
ShoesOfPrey.com


Shraddha Chaplot
Machinegineer at Cisco Systems, Inc.
Women + Tech = Innovation Adobe PDF file (PDF - 3.52MB)  
Ruba Borno,
Cisco's Chief of Staff

Kar Yen Mooi
2015 NetRiders Champion,
Malaysia


Julia Vella
# 10 Ranked 2015 NetRiders,
Australia


Elise Marrott
2012 Regional NetRiders Runner Up

Lathifah Fatharani,
2014 Indonesian National Winner,
NetRiders
Female Champions proving IT's not just for the boys. Adobe PDF file (PDF - 10MB)  

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Women Rock-IT: Series 1

Speaker Presentation Recording
Monique Morrow
Chief Technology Officer
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 4.65MB) (1hr 21min)
Janet Ramey
Vice President
Technical Services
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 2.48MB) (1hr 6min)
Vanessa Sulikowski
Distinguished Systems Engineer
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 1.44MB) (1hr 4min)
Shraddha Chaplot
Greenginner and Machinegineer
Adobe PDF file (PDF - 7.37MB) (58min 37sec)

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