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Keynote Speakers

Michelle Bockman
GM & Global Head, Automotive & High Value Applications,
3D Printing & Digital Manufacturing
HP
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Sandra L. Rivera
Senior Vice President and General Manager Network Platforms Group
Intel Corporation

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Whendee Silver

Dr. Whendee Silver
Rudy Grah Chair and Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry
U.C. Berkeley
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Check Out the Highlight of SV WiE 2019 Conference!

Agenda

7:30–8:30 am

Registration and Breakfast

8:30–9:30 am

Welcome and Opening Keynotes

9:45–10:45 am

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:

1. Energy Generation and Management

2. Machine Learning Applications

3. Robotics and Medical Devices

4. Tech for Good

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:

1. Design Your Future

2. Securing Future Jobs

11:00 am–12:00 pm

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:

1. Smart Transportation

2. Blockchain

3. Next-Generation Diagnostics

4. Machine Learning Systems

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:

1. Make the Most of Professional Mentoring

2. What Employers Are Looking For?

12:15 pm–1:30 pm

Lunch Keynote and Round-table Discussions

2:00–3:00 pm

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:

1. Smart Cities

2. Internet of Things

3. Flexible Electronics and Wearable Devices

4. Augmented/ Virtual Reality

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:

1. Develop Your Story

2. Career Stories and Strategies

3:15–4:45 pm

Career Panels

1. Software and Information Technology

2. Electronics and Semiconductor Equipment

3. Biomedical

4. Building, Infrastructure, and the Environment

5:00–7:00 pm

WiE Innovation Showcase & Networking Reception
(Raffle Drawing @6:45 pm)

Sponsors

Title Sponsor

Mark and Carolyn Guidry Women in Engineering Program Fund

Champion Sponsors

Advocate Sponsors

Hosted by

Michelle Bockman
GM & Global Head, Automotive & High Value Applications, 3D Printing & Digital Manufacturing
HP

Topic: Applying Industry 4.0 to Your Future

Michelle Bockman is the General Manager and Global Head, Automotive & High Value Applications, 3D Printing & Digital Manufacturing at HP Inc. In this role she focuses on growing the market through key customer engagements, global alliances, materials partner programs, applications development, creating new software solutions, and ensuring the best customer experience and outcomes.

Previously, Michelle had a long career at GE, most recently as executive vice president at GE Digital where she led the company’s ambitious strategy to build a software-driven digital future for large industrial customers and establish GE Digital as a $15 billion stand-alone P&L.

With more than 20 years of digital industrial experience she has led a variety of functions in the healthcare, industrial cybersecurity, pharmaceutical, and automotive sectors spanning commercial, engineering, service, and supply chain roles.

Michelle holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Missouri University of Science & Technology and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Sandra L. Rivera
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Network Platforms Group
Intel Corporation

Topic: Passion and Purpose: Driving Your Future Forward

Rivera is responsible for the Intel business group charged with providing innovative technology and solutions to the networking industry. She is also Intel’s 5G executive sponsor and is responsible for guiding Intel's strategy, commitments, and deliverables for 5G.

Rivera leads a global organization of over 2500 employees to drive the transformation of network infrastructure to Intel-based solutions. This is one of the Data Center Group’s fastest growing businesses, enabling Intel to become a market leader for network logic silicon, an annual $20B market segment.

Rivera joined Intel in 2000 as a marketing director after the acquisition of Dialogic Corporation. Before joining Intel, Rivera co-founded and served as president of The CTI Authority, and served as president of the computer telephony division at Catalyst Telecom.
Rivera holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University. She sits on the governing board of the Linux Foundation Networking project, and is a member of the Intel Hispanic Leadership Council.

Dr. Whendee Silver
Rudy Grah Chair and Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry
U.C. Berkeley

Topic: Solving Climate Change: Perspectives from a Non-Engineer

Dr. Whendee Silver is the Rudy Grah Chair and Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at U.C. Berkeley. Her work seeks to determine the biogeochemical effects of climate change and human impacts on the environment, and the potential for mitigating these effects. The Silver Lab is currently working on climate change mitigation potential of working lands, drought and hurricane impacts on tropical forests, and greenhouse gas dynamics of peatlands and wetlands. Professor Silver is the lead scientist of the Marin Carbon Project, which is determining the potential for land-based climate change mitigation, particularly by composting high-emission organic waste for soil amendments to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide. The Silver Lab was awarded the Innovation Prize by the American Carbon Registry. Professor Silver is a fellow of the Ecological Society of America and an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow. In 2016, she was named a University of California Climate Champion for outstanding teaching, research and public service in the areas of climate change solutions, action and broad engagement. She has over 150 peer-reviewed publications. She received her PhD in Ecosystem Ecology from Yale University.