Get Ready for an Amazing Experience!
Our program is currently a work in progress, and we’re excited to share this sneak peek with you. Please note that the details are subject to change as we finalize the agenda.
| Day 1: 15th May, 2025 | ||||||
| Time | Track 1: Leadership | Track 2: Career Development | Track 3: Personal Growth & Well-Being | Track 4: Emerging Technologies | Track 5: Workplace Ecosystem | EXHIBITS |
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| 08:00 - 17:00 | Registration | EXHIBITS | ||||
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Jyotika Athavale (General Chair, IEEE WIE ILC) | |||||
| 08:15 - 08:25 | Winnie Ye (Chair, IEEE WIE 2025) | |||||
| 08:25 - 08:35 | Kathleen Kramer (President, IEEE, 2025) | |||||
| 08:35 - 08:45 | Celia Shahnaz (Past Chair, IEEE WIE, 2025) | |||||
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Program Co-Chairs (Introduction - ILC Program) | |||||
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Plenary Keynote Alessandra Costa (Synopsys) Title coming soon to be introduced by Jyotika Athavale |
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| 09:45 - 10:30 | PANEL BY LOCKHEED MARTIN - PLATINUM SPONSOR coming soon to be introduced by Antonio Luque (VP, IEEE MGA 2025) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break + Networking | |||||
| Time | Track 1: Leadership | Track 2: Career Development | Track 3: Personal Growth & Well-Being | Track 4: Emerging Technologies | Track 5: Workplace Ecosystem | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Sree Ratnasinghe (Amazon Web Services) Climbing the Executive Ladder: Advancing while Remaining Authentic |
JeanAnn Nichols (Nichols Executive Coaching) Creating Mid-Career Momentum |
Marta Eraña- Díaz
(Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morel) Balancing Minds: Cognitive and Emotional Well-Being for Women in STEM Fields |
Rajdeep Mazumder
(HSBC) Generative AI in Financial Services |
Theresa Brunasso
(IEEE) The Unintentional Business Owner |
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| 11:20 - 11:40 | session to be confirmed | Camille McKinney
(Camille McKinney - Leadership Coach) Shattering Ceilings: Cultivating Authentic Leadership Through Self-Discovery |
Kumudhini Ravindra
(Blue Lotus Engineering Systems) Shatawashyak – 6 Principles for Healthy Living |
Sanmeet Kaur
(Eastern Washington University) Building Trust through Blockchain: Revolutionizing Healthcare Data Security |
Bandana Kar
(National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Leading by example – Towards a Resilient Workforce and Workplace |
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| 11:40 - 12:00 | Alexis King
(Alexis King Consulting) How to be successful in your role so you can navigate change, seize opportunities and thrive in any environment. |
session to be confirmed | Rakesh Kumar
(Technology Connexions Inc) Using DATA projects to expand career opportunities |
Amarachi Ogadimma Ibe
(IEEE WIE NIGERIA) Breaking Barriers: Fostering Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in an AI-Powered World |
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| 12:00 - 12:20 | Faith Haslebacher
(Walt Disney Imagineering) Crafting Your Career Narrative |
Tripura Pikiditi
(RVR and JC College of Engineering) Elevating Women in Engineering: Leading with Emotional Intelligence in an AI-Powered World |
Tara Javidi (UC San Diego) Active Physical Intelligence: Monitoring our Industrial Footprint |
Carisa White (EUV Tech) Own Your Journey: How to Advocate for Yourself at Every Career Stage |
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| 12:20 - 13:00 | Lunch Starts | |||||
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Keynote - coming soon | |||||
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Lunch continues... | |||||
| 13:50 - 14:00 | Break for Transition | |||||
| Time | Track 1: Leadership | Track 2: Career Development | Track 3: Personal Growth & Well-Being | Track 4: Emerging Technologies | Track 5: Workplace Ecosystem | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Tom Murad (IEEE Canada) Enhancing Engineering Leadership skills through Innovative Work Integrated Learning Programs |
session to be confirmed | Panel Morgan Kiani (Texas Christian University) Winnie Ye (Carleton University) Donna K. Ginther (University of Kansas) Effect of Awareness and Education to reach out a Better Work-life Balance |
Workshop Lubna Luxmi Dhirani (University of Limerick) Bracing The Coming Wave: Navigating disruptive technologies |
Workshop Nehad El-Sherif (MNKYBR Technologies Inc) Codes and Standards – What Are They and How Can They Benefit Your Career? |
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| 14:20 - 14:40 |
Panel Jeewika Ranaweera (IEEE) Thomas Coughlin (IEEE Past President) Kathleen Kramer (IEEE President) Dejan Milojicic (Hewlett Packard Labs) Mary Ellen Randall (IEEE President-Elect) Engineering the Future: Women Securing their Place in Industry 5.0 |
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| 14:40 - 15:00 | Workshop Jahnavi Brenner (The Vivid Leader) Beyond Technical Excellence: Leveraging the PIE Framework to Accelerate Your Engineering Career |
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| 15:00 - 15:20 | Maja Vuković (IBM) Generative AI for Software Engineering |
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| 15:20 - 15:50 | Coffee Break + Networking | |||||
| 15:50 - 16:10 | Loredana Abramo (Boston University) Empowered by AI: learning new leadership paradigms |
Lorie Reichel-Howe (Conversations In The Workplace) Speaking Up While Female: Defeating Gender Bias |
Workshop Nagpal Punam (Cisco) Understanding Self-Care and Implementing It Effectively |
Pavithra C. Suriyanarayanan (Synopsys) Driving the Future: Safeguarding AI- powered vehicles with Functional Safety & Cybersecurity |
Deepak Mathur (IEEE) Young Minds, Fresh Insights from IEEE Members |
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| 16:10 - 16:30 | Susana Lau (IEEE Entrepreneurship) From Vision to Venture: Building Products That Sell |
Mariette Wharton (Nimble Mindset) AI + Human-Centered Design: Fueling Breakthrough Innovation to Accelerate Your Caree |
Beenish Zia (Intel Corporation) Unlocking the Potential of AI in Voice Analysis for Healthcare |
Salma Al Arefi (University of Leeds) An intersectionality lens to fostering true inclusion in engineering |
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| 16:30 - 16:50 | Nicole Neuman (Synergy Engineering Ltd) Leveraging Gender Differences to Promote Female Engineers in Entrepreneurial Roles |
Sara Hart (Hartcom) Midlife Women In Transition: Making the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life |
Dona Maria Jose (Salesforce Inc) Building Your Brand Through DEI: A Personal Journey to Professional Growth |
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| 16:50 - 17:00 | Break for Transition | |||||
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Career Fair | |||||
| 19:00 - 19:30 | RECEPTION - STARTS | |||||
| 19:30 - 20:00 | Reception + Keynote Janice Casagrande (Ansys) Embracing Future Technologies and Building a Supportive Network to be introduced by Tom Coughlin (Past President, IEEE 2025) |
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| 20:00 - 20:30 | RECEPTION/NETWORKING continues...... | |||||
| Day 2: 16th May, 2025 | |||||||
| Time | Track 1: Leadership | Track 2: Career Development | Track 3: Personal Growth & Well-Being | Track 4: Emerging Technologies | Track 5: Workplace Ecosystem | EXHIBITS | |
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| 07:00 - 17:00 | Registration | EXHIBITS | |||||
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Jyotika Athavale (Synopsys) | ||||||
| 08:15 - 09:00 |
Keynote Anu Ramamurthy (Microchip Technology) Professional and Personal growth in the AI age To be introduced by Mary Ellen Randall (President-Elect, IEEE 2025) |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote by IEEE IAS sponsor Yanni Zhong (IEEE IAS) Begin with the end in mind-professional and personal development in the wind industry To be introduced by Vickie Ozburn (Collins Aerospace) |
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| 09:45 - 10:30 | Keynote by Arm Gold Sponsor
Kevork Kechichian (Arm) Title coming soon To be introduced by Jyotika Athavale (Synopsys) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break + Networking | ||||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Keynote
Cecilia Metra (University of Bologna) AI Reliability and Security Challenges to enable a Trustworthy Metaverse To be introduced by Jyotika Athavale (Synopsys) |
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| 11:30 - 11:45 | IEEE HKN INDUCTION CEREMONY | ||||||
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| 12:20 - 13:00 | Lunch starts | ||||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Keynote
Vanitha Kumar (Qualcomm Technology Inc.) Connectivity & AI Symbiosis : Leadership in the era of Connected Intelligence To be introduced by Timothy Lee (President, IEEE USA, 2025) |
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| 13:30 - 13:50 | Lunch continues... | ||||||
| 13:50 - 14:00 | Break for Transition | ||||||
| Time | Track 1: Leadership | Track 2: Career Development | Track 3: Personal Growth & Well-Being | Track 4: Emerging Technologies | Track 5: Workplace Ecosystem | ||
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Panel
Abir Chemiti (IEEE) Samar Baba (IEEE) Kumudhini Ravindra (Blue Lotus Engineering Systems) AI and Business Integration: Navigating the Future of Business and Technology |
Beatty Elaine
(Women of Vision Leadership Institute) The Fem-Leadership Edge: Lead with Passion, Purpose, and Power |
session to be confirmed | Tulika Jha
(Microsoft) Mastering Key Competencies to become an AI Powered Leader |
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| 14:20 - 14:40 | Workshop Nancy Marmoleyo (Talent and Genius) Engineered for Inclusion: Personal Branding for Underrepresented Women in STEM |
Dulsha Kularatna-Abeywardana
(The University of Auckland) Supercapacitors: Sustainable Energy Solutions of Tomorrow |
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| 14:40 - 15:00 | Lulu Wang
(Qualcomm) Harnessing Edge AI - Unlocking the Potential of On-Device Intelligence |
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| 15:20 - 15:50 | Coffee Break + Networking | ||||||
| 15:50 - 16:10 | IEEE FOUNDATION | ||||||
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Panel by IEEE USA sponsor
Chad Kidder (IEEE USA) Amber Orr (IEEE-USA Vice President, Career and Member Services) Scott Tamashiro (Raytheon) Colleen Bailey (University of North Texas) Extend Your Reach, Increase Your Impact: Leveraging IEEE for Maximum Success |
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| 16:30 - 16:50 | |||||||
| 16:50 - 17:35 | Keynote
Michaela Blott (AMD) Enabling the AI Revolution To be introduced by Cecilia Metra (University of Bologna) |
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| 17:35 - 17:45 | Closing Remarks | ||||||