IMMERSIVE TECH SUMMIT 2023
May 16th - 18th
- This ticket is offered to those who want to attend but don't want to pay. Apply for our Innovator's Scholarship
- General admission to the Immersive Summit gets you access to award-winning keynote speakers, panel discussions, mentor magic sessions, breakouts, Professional and Leadership Development Sessions, and more!
- Upgrade your Immersive Summit experience to include a swag bag, VIP experiences, and a Harbor Boat Cruise sponsored by the Port of Long Beach!
IMMERSIVE TECH SUMMIT 2023
May 16th - 18th
May 16th - 18th join us for two days of important talks, panel discussions, and fireside chats centered around the future of Tech and Innovation, the Metaverse, Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and most importantly - positive Social Impact! Choose between a range of workshops, virtual booths, and enjoy opportunities to network and connect with our global ecosystem. On May 18th join us for a Cultural Celebration, where we will come together to celebrate humanity, engage in meaningful conversations, enjoy great food, live music and art, network, and hear from powerful speakers, who have crafted the art of storytelling, and impact! We are collaborating with our Community and Wonder Women Tech Partners to co-create a unique and powerful experience that will Innovate. Empower. Ignite. and Amplify!
2023 IMMERSIVE TECH SUMMIT AGENDA
MC: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – DeeLeww Lewis, Music Creative, Harlem Globetrotters
MC: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Emem Washington, CEO, ModaVida
9:30 AM – REGISTRATION BEGINS
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM – Registration and Networking
10:30 AM – MAIN STAGE DOORS OPENS – MUSIC PARTY
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM — Welcome Conversation: The Path to Transformative Leadership and Impact
SPEAKER: Lisa Mae Brunson, Founder, Wonder Women Tech
11:20 AM – 11:35 AM –– Speech Is Power
SPEAKER: Aïcha Ly, CEO, Start in The Beginning (SITB) LLC and Head of Consumer Insights, Opensignal
11:40 PM – 11:55 PM – Fostering Community Through Gaming
SPEAKER: Erin Simon, Host, Co-Owner & Chief Culture Officer, XSET
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM – Engineering the Future: Exploring the Frontiers of Innovation
MODERATOR: Emily Woodman-Nance, CEO and Co-Founder, At Their Side
PANELIST: Bianca Curutan, Engineering Manager, Stride
PANELIST: Sunitha Srivatsa, Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Web Services
PANELIST: Kristen Kagei, Software Engineer, NPR
12:35 PM – 1:10 PM — Innovation and Disruption: C-Suite Perspectives on Staying Ahead of the Curve
MODERATOR: Laura Vega, Associate General Counsel & Senior Director, Legal Affairs, MicroVention-Terumo
PANELIST: Ameeta Ambekar, Sr Director of the Business Technology Adoption Team, Salesforce
PANELIST: Tirza Hollenhurst, Founder and CEO, Luman
PANELIST: Jennifer Ravalli, CMO, Harri
PANELIST: Bibi Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Tencue
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM — Building Strategic Partnerships To Create Successful Ventures
MODERATOR: Vivian Shimoyama, Chair of the Board, Long Beach Accelerator
PANELIST: Leah Goold-Haws, President/CEO, Long Beach Economic Partnership
PANELIST: Andrea White-Kjoss, Managing Director, Long Beach Accelerator
PANELIST: Nick Schultz, Executive Director, Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network
PANELIST: Jayro Sandoval, Economic Development Associate, Sunstone Community Fund
2:05 PM – 2:20 PM — People First Approach: Key to Successful Tech Transformations
SPEAKER: Piyali Mandal, Senior Manager Business Technology, Salesforce
2:25 PM – 2:45 PM – Expanding Humanity Into Space
SPEAKER: Karin Kuo, Vice President of People, Vast Space
SPEAKER: Krystle Caponio, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, Vast Space
2:50 PM: DAY ONE CLOSING CEREMONY
3:00 PM – STAGE CLOSES
4:45 PM – BOAT BOARDING CALL
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Harbor Boat Tour Presented by the Port of Long Beach
MC: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – DeeLeww Lewis, Music Creative, Harlem Globetrotters
MC: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Jonathan Mentor, Founder/CEO, Successment
MC: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Heather Cox, Co-Founder and President, Certify My Company
8:00 AM – REGISTRATION BEGINS
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Registration and Networking
9:30 AM – MAIN STAGE DOORS OPENS – MUSIC PARTY
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM — FIRESIDE CELEBRATION:
We Started From the Bottom Now We Here! An Open Dialogue on the Impact of Sisterhood and Success
SPEAKER: Lisa Mae Brunson, Founder, Wonder Women Tech
SPEAKER: Melissa Kyle Cofer,, Founder and CEO, Build with Mel
10:35 AM – 10:40 AM — A Wonder Women Tech Welcome by Leah Katz Hernandez, Nominated Member, Advisory Commission on Educational Equity and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics for the White House, and the first Deaf Receptionist in the White House
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM — Special Address: Mayor Rex Richardson, City of Long Beach
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM — From Underestimated to Unstoppable: Overcoming Obstacles As A Black Woman In Tech
SPEAKER: Yvette Schmitter, Partner, PwC
11:25 AM – 11:55 AM — The Next Era of Leadership: What Does the Future Look Like?
MODERATOR: Kristin Brabant, International Women’s Business Coach, Kristin Brabant Coaching
PANELIST: Marva Bailer, Vice President, Globality
PANELIST: Tamara Underwood, Vice President, Inclusion Equity and Diversity, Blackline
PANELIST: Melissa Jurkoic, Chief Experience Officer, Thynk Cloud
PANELIST: Piyali Mandal, Senior Manager Business Technology, Salesforce
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM — Ready or Not, Artificial Intelligence is Here. How AI Will Drive The Industry Forward
MODERATOR: Maya Mateva, Co-Founder, Scios.ai
PANELIST: Katie Wilson, Founder, Serious Moonlight Consulting
PANELIST: Elizabeth Rothman, Emerging Tech Advisor and Attorney
PANELIST: Ryan Clukey, Senior AI Product Owner, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Dell Technologies
PANELIST: Dr. Jasmine Berry, Lead Data Scientist, Intake Health and Neuro-AI Research Fellow, USC
12:35 PM – 12:55 PM – MAIN STAGE MUSIC / CULTURAL PERFORMANCE BREAK
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM — Becoming Limitless Through Radical Wellness
SPEAKER: Jamie Hess, Wellness Mentor, NYCfitfam
1:20 PM – 1:35 PM – Femtech and Women’s Importance in the Future of Technology
SPEAKER: Aytunc Ozturk, CEO and Founder, Mother.com and Forbes Technology Council, FastCompany Executive Board
1:40 PM – 1:55 PM – Diversifying Tech Just Got A Lot Harder
SPEAKER: Lauren Sato, CEO, Ada Developers
2:00 PM — 2:20 PM — KEYNOTE SPEAKER – The Power of our Examples
SPEAKER: Mariyam Cementwala, Senior Policy Advisor, Secretary’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (S/ODI), U.S. Department of State
2:20 PM – 2:55 PM — Fireside Chat with a Diplomat Q&A With Mariyam Cementwala
SPEAKER: Katelyn Choe, Diplomat in Residence, U.S. Department of State
SPEAKER: Josiane Lee, DoS National Recruiter, U.S. Department of State
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Image Is Everything – A Cinematic Story
SPEAKER: SHUREE DANYELL Shuree Danyell, CEO & Executive Creative Director, 4KMore
3:20 PM – 3:50 PM — The Innovators Leading Movements For Change: Why Impact Matters
MODERATOR: Cassie Betts, Co-Founder and CEO, MISLA/MARTY
PANELIST: Delia Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, The Good Rural
PANELIST: Amy Beacom, Founder and CEO, Center for Parental Leave Leadership
PANELIST: Celia Sandhya Daniels, Founder/CEO, Rebekon Consulting
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM — PANEL DISCUSSION: Building A Smart City with an Equity Lens
MODERATOR: Ryan Kurtzman, Smart Cities Program Manager, City of Long Beach
PANELIST: Lea Eriksen, Director / CIO, Technology & Innovation, City of Long Beach
PANELIST: Joy Contreras, Customer Relations Officer, Long Beach Public Works
PANELIST: Kiana Shaw, CEO / Personal & Professional Development Coach, Kiana Shaw Enterprises, LLC
4:35 PM – 4:55 PM – SOLO TALK – Your Leadership Superpower is Embracing Uncertainty
SPEAKER: Maureen Goldin, Health and Life Sciences Director, Microsoft
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM – The Future of Virtual Worlds: Exploring the Potential of the Metaverse
MODERATOR: Rita Meouchy, CFO, BadVR
PANELIST: Shantal Anderson, Founder, Reel Mood
PANELIST: Daisy Leak, Director of Production, Magnopus
PANELIST: Suzanne Borders, CEO and Founder, BadVR
PANELIST: Jeremiah Flip Benjamin, Founder & Lead Designer, 88 Ideas Design Studio
MC:11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Heather Cox, Co-Founder and President, Certify My Company
MC: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Jonathan Mentor, Founder/CEO, Successment
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM — The Power to Be Heard, Seen, and Claim Your Place At Every Table
SPEAKER: Lauren Sweeney, Vice President Rise Up For You
11:55 AM – 12:10 PM — “From Idea to Impact: The Journey of Creating Content That Changes Lives”
SPEAKER: Kimberly Kay Scott, Founder, The Creator Classroom
12:20 PM – 12:35 PM — Societal and Ethical Impact of AI
SPEAKER: Rhea K Hanna, Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM — Why Apprenticeships Are Key to Unlocking DEI
SPEAKER: Jennifer Carlson, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Apprenti/WTIA Workforce Institute
1:10 PM – 1:25 PM — Complex is many Simples
SPEAKER: Sunitha Srivatsa, Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Web Services
1:35 PM – 1:50 PM – How NFTS Can Onboard and Empower Marginalized Communities
SPEAKER: Marisa “Ritzy P” Estrada
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM – AI-driven Transformation of Recruiting to Talent Acquisition
SPEAKER: Dr. Sumi Singh, Founder, GAIL – Generative AI Labs
2:20 PM – 3:00 PM – Ladies in Tech: Sharing Expertise for a Successful Career
MODERATOR: Sabrina Lowery, Chief Technology Officer, Sabrina Lowery Enterprises
PANELIST: Tamara McLemore, Chief Impact Officer (CIO), Tamara Joy McLemore Enterprises
PANELIST: Maria Thorpe, Director of Human Systems Engineering, Department of Navy
PANELIST: Danette Buie, People Practices Partner, EarnIn
PANELIST: Malkiyah Goldberg, Owner & CEO, Malkiyah S. Goldberg Consulting, LLC
3:00 PM – CLOSE STAGE
MC: 11 am – 1:30 pm – Heather Cox, Co-Founder and President, Certify My Company
MC: 1:30 pm – 4 pm – Emem Washington, CEO, ModaVida
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM — Becoming A Woman Of Impact
SPEAKER: Jen Buck, Chief Communications Officer, Professional Speaker, Bestselling Author
11:20 AM – 11:35 AM — Redefining DEIB from the Bathroom to the Boardroom
SPEAKER: Celia Sandhya Daniels, Founder/CEO, Rebekon Consulting
11:40 AM – 11:55 AM — Build $10M in Startup Revenue using RevOps(R) Science
SPEAKER: Jonathan Mentor, Founder/CEO, Successment
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM — 3 Financial Challenges Women Face and How to Overcome Them
SPEAKER: Jessica K. Martini, Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual
12:35 PM – 12:50 PM — Beyond Borders: Empowering Identity Through Entrepreneurship
SPEAKER: Rita Mounir, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Allthenticate
12:55 PM – 1:25 PM – Refusing To Be Hidden Figures: Black Innovators Who Run The World
MODERATOR: Sabrina Garba, Founder and CEO, Glass Ladder Group
PANELIST: Breauna Marie Spencer, Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Computer Science Department, Stanford University
PANELIST: Cindy Konjo, System Analyst at ServiceNow, Artist and Tech
Startup CEO, Teazer Network
PANELIST: Ucheonye Maple, Managing Director of Noteworthy Consulting
PANELIST: DeeLeww, Music Creative for the Harlem Globetrotters, Founder, created by Yaweh
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM – Recruitment to Retention: A Holistic, Systems Approach to Designing Equitable Workplaces
SPEAKER: Joyce Chiao, CEO and Founder, Abundance DEI Consulting
1:50 PM – 2:05 PM – Supercharging Fan Engagement Via Web3 Tools
SPEAKER: Manuela Seve, Co-Founder, Alphaa.io
2:10 PM – 2:25 PM – Innovation, Creativity and Connection in the Age of AI
SPEAKER: Nina Meehan, Consultant, Workshop Leader, Speaker
2:25 PM – 2:40 PM – Esports, Equity, Inclusion and Diversity
SPEAKER: Terry Jones, Adjunct Professor/ Writer Director, ELAC
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM – 5 Financial Strategies Executive Women Need To Know
SPEAKER: Katrina Soelter, Director, Wealth Management, KCS Wealth Advisory
3:05 PM – 3:20 PM – Decision Intelligence: Simulating Human Choices For Better Outcomes
SPEAKER: Maya Mateva, Co-Founder, Scios.ai
3:25 PM – 3:55 PM – Synthetic Data/Generative AI use cases in Finance
SPEAKER: Eva He, Sr. Quant & Analytics Researcher, JP Morgan & Chase
4:00 PM – CLOSE STAGE
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM — Building Psychological Safety At Work Through Play
FACILITATOR: Jeff Harry, Positive Psychology Play Speaker, Rediscover Your Play
DESCRIPTION: Managers often associate “playing at work” with goofing off or wasting company time and money. But what if play was a crucial component to building a solid foundation for your team? What if it could help create a sense of belonging and psychological safety in the workplace and rekindle morale — especially surrounded by all this uncertainty?
In this workshop, we will explore how play is vital to building
camaraderie in this surreal new reality of work. We will analyze what is currently missing from your workplace that would create the psychological safety your staff is looking for to feel comfortable playing. Finally, we will determine what are the initial steps you need to take to create an environment where staff can do their most vibrant work.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the traits of psychologically safe workplaces & why it’s important
- Explore the steps necessary to build psychological safety and how to show up as a leader that is fostering an inclusive workplace
- Determine strategies to implement psychological safety techniques within the team in real-time
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM — Leadership Workshop: Your Decade Worthy Vision
FACILITATOR: Kristin Brabant, International Women’s Business Coach, Kristin Brabant Coaching
DESCRIPTION: How do we clarify the work we were born to do, and have the courage to “course-correct” our careers to focus on the work that really matters, on our “Decade Worthy Vision”?
That’s exactly what Kristin Brabant, International Business Coach & Founder of Rich and Rested Retreats, is here to help you answer for yourself in the “Your Decade-Worthy Vision” workshop.
This 60 minute workshop is designed to help you clarify the work you were born to do, and focus yourself on it. Kristin will guide you through the steps needed to course-correct your career or business, and commit to your most important, meaningful, enlivening work.
12:30 AM – 1:15 PM — MENTOR MAGIC SESSION ONE:
Building the 6 Pillars to Success
FACILITATOR: Lauren Sweeney, Vice President, Rise Up For You
FACILITATOR: Nagham Wehbe, Leadership and EQ Master Coach, Rise Up For You
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM — MENTOR MAGIC SESSION TWO:
How to Show Up as Your Best both Online and in Person: Career Success
FACILITATOR: Nagham Wehbe, Leadership and EQ Master Coach, Rise Up For You
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM — MENTOR MAGIC SESSION THREE:
Power Coaching, 1:1 Coaching on Leadership, Confidence, Personal Speaking, Personal Branding and Emotional Intelligence
FACILITATOR: Tammy Moretti, Core Leadership and Confidence Coach, Rise Up For You
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM — MENTOR MAGIC SESSION ONE:
5 C’s to Clarity and Confidence
FACILITATOR: Nagham Wehbe, Leadership and EQ Master Coach, Rise Up For You
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM — MENTOR MAGIC SESSION TWO:
Power Coaching, 1:1 Coaching on Leadership, Confidence, Personal Speaking, Personal Branding and Emotional Intelligence
FACILITATOR: Tammy Moretti, Core Leadership and Confidence Coach, Rise Up For You
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM — MENTOR MAGIC SESSION THREE:
How to Be Seen, Be Heard, and Be Relevant
FACILITATOR: Lauren Sweeney, Vice President, Rise Up For You
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM — WORKSHOP: Energetic Recharging Station with Wellness Coach Jamie Hess
FACILITATOR: Jamie Hess, Wellness Mentor, NYCfitfam
DESCRIPTION: Attending a conference like Wonder Women Tech is a big day! We’re exerting energy like crazy, meeting new people, listening & learning, thinking through new skills & ideas and considering how to apply them to our life. Taking 15 minutes to “recharge” your energy – just like you would plug in your phone or computer when it hits “one bar” – is critical. This 30 minute mindfulness session will take you through three exercises: breathwork to align your chakras, kinetic movement to recharge your body, and a verbal exercise to ignite your consciousness.
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM — WORKSHOP: Honey Hive Presents: Leveraging Your Flow
FACILITATOR: Sabrina Garba, Founder and CEO, Glass Ladder Group
FACILITATOR: Juliana “Luna”, Founder, Aluna Practice
DESCRIPTION: Honey Hive presents a session focused on well-being for women leaders. During the session Founder, Sabrina K. Garba will be joined by Luna, a respected and influential voice in well-being to discuss the relationship between leadership, menstrual cycles, and the moon. This session will take a grounded and intuitive approach to staying in flow and accomplishing what you desire, all while honoring yourself holistically.
Master Of Ceremonies
SPEAKERS
Mariyam Cementwala
Senior Policy Advisor, Secretary’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (S/ODI)
U.S. Department of State
Breauna Marie Spencer
The inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Computer Science department at Stanford University
Sweta Chawla
Dr. Sweta Leadership Coach and Wisdom and Wellness Educator
Dr. Sweta Coaching and Consulting
Mariah Howard
Head of Global Innovation, Strategy and DE&I
Made Marketing, Inner Circle, Developer DAO, Opolis
Marva Bailer
Vice President, Globality- Best Selling Author, AI and Data Enthusiast, Advisory Board Member
Alisha Keshwani
Alisha and Alina Keshwani, American Lung Cancer Society
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative
OUR MAGIC PROGRAMS
Hiring Humans
Career Fair
Our Hiring Humans Career Fair and Expo is always FREE and features a range of activities and programs designed to help you #LevelUp in your career and life. Candidates and Companies can interact via our Jobbio Jobs Board online. Enjoy expo and career fair booths; round table workshops, and in select conferences–a speaker series!
Mentor Magic
Sessions
Enjoy intimate round table discussions with your favorite Mentor. Each mentor is carefully curated and offers expertise from STEAM fields to C-suite, management and being a founder; the range is quite fast!
Junior
Innovation Camp
We are creating a legacy for future generations to gain access to education, career development, mentorship and workshops to expose K-12 and young innovators to STEAM industries. We work with unified school districts, nonprofits, and organizations to provide activities such as coding workshops, Scratch, design, DIY projects, and more!
Resume Review
Program
We want to see you put your best foot forward. We’ve created space in all of our conferences where recruiters and hiring managers from top technology, IT recruiting and management firms will be on hand to review resumes, answer your burning questions, and have 1:1 discussions to prepare you for the career fair and the interview process.
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PAST EVENTS
WWT Long Beach National Conference 2018
WWT Long Beach Conference 2017
WWT Los Angeles Conference 2016
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