ACT-W Portland: A Conference to Advance the Careers of Tech Women

Now in its third year, the annual Portland conference known for creating community, building skills, and supporting empowered women in technology is back. And not only does it have a fancy new name and branding, but it has expanded to a full weekend!

This year, in partnership with the Art Institute of Portland, four Portland WIT organizations passionate about increasing the numbers of women in tech are organizing a weekend of career-building interactive booths, breakout sessions, networking, technical workshops, a career fair, and inspiration. Women of all levels of interest and involvement in tech are invited to attend. Whether you have a lot to learn or a bit to teach, we hope you join us! Stay tuned for more details; as we solidify our sessions, sponsors and partners, we will add them to this page and email you. Keep in contact with the hashtag #actwpdx!

**Note: you do not have to "feel" technical to attend this conference. Any woman involved in the tech industry is welcome; there will be no tests to decide if you're technical (or "woman") "enough".

CODE OF CONDUCT

Keynotes

Saturday:

Overthrowing the Patriarchy in 3 Easy Steps by Crystal Beasley

Don't Call Me Sweetie: How to Build Confidence and Create a Great Workplace for Women by Kristin Toth Smith

Sunday:

Career Advancement: The System is Rigged by Davy Stevenson

Please see http://act-w.org for the updated schedule and sessions!

Sponsorship
If you are interested in sponsoring this event and/or being a part of the career fair, please contact janice.levenhagen@chicktech.org for the sponsorship deck.

This conference is a collaboration between ChickTech, Girl Develop It, Lesbians who Tech, and Women Who Code, with the help and support of The Art Institute of Portland.

Platinum Sponsor

CDK Global

Silver Sponsor

AppNexus

Career Fair Participants

Cinder Staffing

Puppet Labs

Simple

Urban Airship

Argentic Software

Code Fellows

Portland Code School

Epicodus

PDX Code Guild

Workfrom

AppNexus

CDK Global

Hosts

Other Sponsors

Food/Beverages for Party