Canada gets over looked as the "Little Brother" to the United States when it comes to innovation too often. Spend an evening with changemakers who are focused on making a long lasting impact in the field and learn how diversity, inclusion and creating a culture of belonging is created and cultivated in the great white north.

Event Overview

6PM - 6:15PM - Opening Intros

6:45PM - 8:30PM Keynote, Panel Discussion and Live Q and A

8:30PM - 9PM - Closing Remarks and Ask and Give Session

All Wonder Women Tech Events are not-for-profit. They are financed through ticket sales and sponsorships. We thank all of our sponsors for their commitment to diversity and inclusion in tech.

Speakers

Swapna Malekar - Senior Product Manager at RBC

Presentation Topic - AI in the times of COVID19.

How businesses can be agile, resilient, dynamic and respond to #COVID19 using AI.

Swapna is a Product Lead at RBC, leading their innovation stream to create products and digital solutions using lean methodologies.

Prior to RBC, Swapna was the Head of Product at a UK-based SaaS Data intelligence company, Klood, that provided insights to enterprise clients through artificial intelligence.

Whilst in Singapore, Swapna was responsible for driving the Ecommerce growth for the Asian and European regions for the world’s largest publishing company, Scholastic as their Product Manager.

She started her career with Accenture, and is a technology buff. Her current passion is finding innovative use cases for blockchain and AI in the fintech/banking domain.

Doina Oncel - Founder and CEO of hEr VOLUTION

Presentation Title - "Excuse me, may I disrupt?"

Doina Oncel is the Founder and CEO of hEr VOLUTION, an award winning non-profit organization assisting young women from diverse backgrounds with access to STEM based education and employment opportunities in Canada.

Doina was recently nominated for the Premier’s Award and named a Role Model for Canadians by Barbie’s “You can be anything campaign” to help celebrate today’s career woman and to inspire young women everywhere to pursue careers of their choice. Additionally, Doina was named a Trailblazer by Women in IP of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada for the work done so far to create opportunities for the next generation to enter STEM fields.

Doina is a devoted mentor to women in various industries and always ready to support women transitioning from education to the work force.

Leigh-Anne Nugent, PMP - CSG Sr. Product Manager for Field Service Lightning at Salesforce

Client Relationship Management systems (CRM) professional that is a progressive and collaborative change agent implementing business process enhancements, engaging business users, facilitating change management, enabling greater utilization of CRM software systems and reduce implementation risk. PMP proficient in Salesforce (11x Certified Application Architect), Marketing Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Maximizer, Satuit and Sugar CRM.

Cherry Rose Tan, M.A., CTC - Founder & CEO at For Founders by Founders

A fifth-generation entrepreneur, Cherry Rose lives and breathes what it means to create companies that matter. With 12 years of expertise in psychology, she has guided thousands through the trenches of mental health. A mentor for the Inc. Founders Project, she coaches CEOs on emotional resilience and moonshot leadership.

As the CEO of For Founders by Founders, the mental health movement for the tech industry, she speaks on stages around the world. With 70+ champions across North America, CEOs pledge their most vulnerable stories. A mental health authority, she has been featured in Forbes, Inc., and more. She teaches at the Schulich School of Business.

Gavin Armstrong - Founder and CEO of Lucky Iron Fish Enterprise (LIFE)™

Dr. Gavin Armstrong is a committed impact entrepreneur. He is the Founder and CEO of Lucky Iron Fish Enterprise (LIFE)™, a social enterprise dedicated to alleviating iron deficiency around the world using a simple health innovation. Through this role he was awarded the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 in the social entrepreneur category in 2016. He has also been named one of Real Leaders top 50 global Leaders and received the Babson Social Innovator award in 2016.

A long term advocate and activist against hunger and malnutrition, Gavin is the first Canadian to receive the William J. Clinton Award for international work against hunger and received the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian award in 2017. His work with the Lucky Iron Fish has led to multiple awards and recognition for both himself and the project.

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About Wonder Women Tech:

Wonder Women Tech (WWT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and ecosystem that produces year-round programming and national and international conferences that highlight, educate, and celebrate women and the underrepresented in STEAM industries (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), innovation and entrepreneurialism.

Our conferences and programming offer a variety of speakers, panel discussions, coding classes, workshops, hackathons, diversity career fairs, STEAM camps, community inclusion activities, thought leadership, and other dynamic events.

These programs are geared toward empowering women, girls, people of color, LGBTQ, underrepresented, and diverse communities. We seek to create a shift in diversity and inclusion within STEAM industries by offering revolutionary content and impactful discussions.