
Design your Future!
Join a One of a Kind Empowerment Program for Women in STEM
November 2-4, 2016 in Atlanta Georgia
Dear Colleague,
The summit is hosted by the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), in partnership with the UGA College of Engineering and a number of corporate, economic development, nonprofit, and higher education partners. This is the first of its kind 2-day summit ever held in the region that is dedicated to giving women in STEM access to powerful tools, strategies and networks to realize their full potential. Four hundred women from all paths of STEM are expected to participate.
We have designed a very special and engaging inter-generational multidimensional leadership development program for you, with plenary and break out speeches, panels, fireside chats, round table discussions, and mentoring and networking sessions. We called on influential movers and shakers and thought leaders from academia, industry, nonprofit, and entrepreneurship spheres, who are predominantly women, to share their rich and enriching stories and experiences and how they shattered the glass ceiling everywhere and in so many ways. Our speakers and facilitators have written books, led major fortune companies, won big awards, founded companies and nonprofit organizations, worked across the globe, and appeared and worked on major TV networks.
Click below to learn more about the summit and to register. Seating is limited, so don't delay!
Looking forward to seeing many of you at the summit, and please feel free to contact me with any questions at thamrita@uga.edu, or at 706 542-1973.
Takoi K. Hamrita, Ph.D.
Summit Chair
WIE Region 3 Coordinator
Professor and Inaugural Chair of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
College of Engineering, The University of Georgia
Keynote Speakers
Jeff Hoffman
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D.
President and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine
Parisa Khosravi
Jennifer Van Buskirk
Takoi K. Hamrita, Ph.D.
Ralph De La Vega
Alicia Philipp
President of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Marie Mouchet
Jill Tietjen
Author and Past National President of the Society of Women Engineers
Panelists
Maryam Alavi
Dean of the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business
Kim Greene
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D.
President and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Pamela Whitten
Betsy Higgins
Becky Blalock
Steve Bucherati
Crystal Leach
Director of Discovery and Innovation at UGA
Jill Tiejen, Author
Past National President of SWE
Kim Reitterer
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D.
Global Speaker and Bestselling Author
Annie Anton
Professor and Chair, School of Interactive Computing at GT
Jennifer Sherer
Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Metro Atlanta Chamber
Debby Stone
JD, CPCC, PCC. Executive Coach, Author
Serita Acker
Exe. Director of the Ctr for STEM Opportunity and Diversity Clemson U.
Jean Wolf Smith
Leader in Professional Services and IT
Dana Randall
Director, Algorithms and Randomness Center, ADVANCE Professor of Computing
Angelique Tucker Blackmon
CEO of Innovative Learning Concepts, LLC (ILC)
Jennifer Johnson
STEAM Program Development Manager at Spelman College
Nancy Manley, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor of Genetics UGA
Ritu Agarwal
Co-Director, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems University of Maryland
Mary Ellen Randall
Founder and CEO of Ascot Technologies, Inc.
Angela Battle
Transmission Projects Manager at Georgia Transmission Corporation
Aneshia Y. Smith
Executive Director of the Aneshia Y. Smith Institute for Women and Girls
Susan Wyant
Oracle Data & Analytics Technologies Leader, PWC
Dr. Carlee Bishop
Executive Director, Professional Masters Degree in Applied Systems Engineering, Ga Tech
Dr. Liesl Folks
Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo
Stacey Valy Panayiotou
The Global Head of Talent and Development for The Coca-Cola Company
Julia Davis
Aflac Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Kelly Barrett
Vice President and Corporate Controller at The Home Depot
Dirichi Onyeukwu
Civil Engineering /Project Management Consultant
Gilda Lyon
STEM Coordinator, Georgia Department of Education
Shelley Gager
Product Marketing Manager, Baldor Electric Company
Jennifer Tillson
Vice President of Information Technology, Cricket Wireless
Ayanna Howard, Ph.D.
Bioengineering Chair, School of ECE, Ga Tech and CTO at Zyrobotics
Leanne West
Principal Research Scientist in the Georgia Tech Research Institute
Miyako Schanely
Deputy Commanding General of the 412th Theater Engineer Command
Paige Kassalen
Commercial Trainee, Covestro LLC
Anne Kaiser
Vice President, Community and Economic Development, Georgia Power
Radhika Subramanian
Co-founder and CEO of Emcien
Sarah Cannon
Ph.D. student in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization at Georgia Tech