International Women's Day Caribbean Tech Summit 2022

Name: International Women's Day Caribbean Tech Summit 2022
Start: 2022-04-19T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-04-24T19:00:00-04:00

GDG Port-of-Spain

Google Women Techmakers, Google Developer Groups and Women in Tech Caribbean along with regional partners in the STEAM industry will be hosting the second instalment of the IWD Caribbean Tech Summit, an annual event targeting the Diversity and Inclusion space for the Caribbean and its Diaspora. Executed by a growing network of allies and women leaders- BY US, FOR US.

Apr 19, 2022, 8:00 PM – Apr 24, 2022, 11:00 PM

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Key Themes

Career DevelopmentCommunity BuildingInclusionInternational Women's Day

About this event

What does Progress in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) look like in the Caribbean Tech Space?
What did it take to get us this far? And how much further do we have to go?

OUR THEME: #PROGRESSNOTPERFECTION
This year #IWDTechSummit2022 will celebrate and explore the theme #ProgressNotPerfection, and what progress means in our Caribbean context in the STREAM space.
We are connecting INTENTION with SUSTAINABILITY & ACTION as we connect our participants with critical industry best practices, knowledge sharing, Core DEI Training and some of the region’s boldest and most innovative projects & companies.
We aim to foster an ecosystem of Caribbean empowerment and action that will contribute to greater representation of a diverse and inclusive Caribbean.  We will examine not only the experiences and challenges of our current landscape, but deep dive into the imagination, tools and systems needed to foster the growth of the Caribbean footprint and experience in the global network of technology.
This year #IWDTechSummit2022 will celebrate and explore the theme #ProgressNotPerfection, and what progress means in our Caribbean context in the STREAM space.

When

April 19 – 24, 2022
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM UTC

Agenda

8:00 PM	GDG Port-of-Spain Address
8:20 PM	WTM Address
8:25 PM	GDG Address
8:30 PM	Keynote Address
8:45 PM	Welcome Address
8:50 PM	WITC Address
8:50 PM	Dr. Safeeya Mohammed Address
9:10 PM	Esther Callender-George - My Change Story - The Journey from a Girl to a Woman, in Tech	In between work and taking care of my family, I wanted more…more money. I wanted to go where the money was, and at the time it was in IT. So I earned my BSc in Computer Science, whilst aiming for jobs in IT. During that process I remember one male manager saying to me “ Why are you rushing to get a degree? You’re in a good job you could stay here.” At the time I was a systems administrator for PeopleSoft in the HR Department. What made that more difficult to accept, is that I decided to join the IT Field at a time when women were not taken seriously unless you were say – a programmer. In every technical role, I had to prove myself, over and over again to my male counterparts. Until one day I said – enough is enough! I used some of my life skills and adapted. I let my work speak for itself. It was a huge attitude shift – yes, but a challenge I accepted and if I must say so myself – continue to successfully navigate. Not bad for the girl who was slow on the computer!
9:30 PM	Arielle Du Quesnay - The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Career Challenges, Successes, Failures
9:50 PM	Carina Cockburn - The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Career Challenges, Successes, Failures	As a female leader working within one of the largest multilaterals in the region, Carina's presentation focuses on targeting women who desire to be transformational and promoting leadership. Her presentation caters to women aspiring to the C-Suite while also focusing on the new digital transformation drive which her organization is promoting with the government of Trinidad and Tobago and within the LAC region.
10:10 PM	Bianca D. Welds - CREATE Your Future in Tech	From administering websites, to developing software, to doing technical software sales, the field of technology has a variety of roles open to us. And Bianca Welds has done many of them (plus some completed unrelated stuff outside tech). Listen as she shares the story of her non-linear tech career journey and how you can create your own path through the tech industry that best fits you, your passions and interests and gets you moving towards your purpose in life and the future you want.
10:30 PM	Keron Rose - Becoming The Digipreneur	Talking about my pivot from Corporate, to launching my first business Droid Island and learning all about E-Commerce in the Caribbean, to now teaching entrepreneurs how to build their online business throughout the Caribbean region and participate in the global economy.
10:50 PM	Roberta Kuhleis - The many faces of a career	I'm going to talk about career changes and how to build a consistent path that drives continued growth. Changing, growing and learning is part of this path, but how to do it consistently and effectively?

Speakers

Camille Selvon

Animae Caribe

Founder

Amanda Spann

Tech Beach Retreat

Head of Community

Sha Hurley

Google

Global Pgm & Innovation Culture Advisor

Lundon Jackson

Google

Global Head of Help & EDU Content at YouTube

Kayla Sharee Grant

Inter American Development Bank

Senior Sector Associate

Carina Cockburn

Inter American Development Bank

Country Representative ,Trinidad and Tobago

Dr. Safeeya Mohammed

SISU Global Wellness

CEO

Anya Ayoung-Chee

Wyld Flwr LLC / Nudge Caribbean / ISLND

Founder/Director

Caitlin Morrissey

Google - Workshop

Global Program Lead

Rodrigo Akira Hirooka

Google

LATAM Regional Lead

Dr. Marielle Barrow

Caribbean Intransit

Founder

Keron Rose

The Digipreneur

Owner

Janique-ka John

Mediagenix

Software Engineer

Maria OBrien

Women Techmakers Trinidad & Tobago

Ambassador

Sowmya Thottambeti

Nike

Software Engineer

Nicholas Mendez

UWI

Instructor

Lauren Boniface

iamlaurenb ltd

Founder/ Director

Roberta Kuhleis

CI&T

SR Manager

Roberta Lingnau de Oliveira

CI&T

Esther Callender-George

Guardian Group

Manager, Enterprise Risk & Security

Dr. Kris Rampersad

Leaves of Life

Independent Educator/Producer

Arielle Du Quesnay

Roam Caribbean

Founder, CEO

Alyssa Rostant

Radical Breathing

Pulmonaut in Chief

Delesse Francis & Kerri-Ann Chandler

Agendr Audio

Lead Coordinator/ Education Coordinator