2022

Keynotes

PROFESSOR IHECHUKWU CHIEDOZIE MADUBUIKE

Founder/President of Board, Ihechukwu Madubuike Institute of Technology – Nigeria, Former Minister of Education and Health, Federal Republic of Nigeria

MARIANA HOLLIDAY

Global Lead of Academic to Workforce Solutions at AWS, USA

DIYA WYNN

Responsible AI Lead, AWS, USA

ALMIRA “MYRA” ROLDAN, MBA, AbD

Top AI Voice | AI ML Technical Program Manager, AWS, USA

Speakers

KABILA WILLIAMS, EdM, MSc

Sr. Technical Curriculum Developer, Amazon, USA

MARIA DYSHEL, MSc

Co-Founder & CEO Tangible AI, Forbes 30 Under 30, USA

NILES PYELSHAK

Cybersecurity Leader, Cisco, USA

HAYDE LANDA MARTINEZ, MSc

Head of Data & AI, Wizeline, Guadalajara, Mx

MARIA LUPETINI, MBA, MS

ML/AI Leader & Entrepreneur, Former Qualcomm, USA

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2021

Keynotes

LONDON J. BELL, J.D., LL.M.

2020 African Descent Fellow, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights II Founder and President, Bell Global Justice Institute II Member, United Nations Association, USA

MARIANA HOLLIDAY

Global Lead of Academic to Workforce Solutions at AWS, USA

DIYA WYNN

Responsible AI Lead, AWS, USA

Speakers

ANDREW ZALDIVAR, PhD 

Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Google Research, USA

HAYDE LANDA MARTINEZ, MSc 

Head of Data & AI, Wizeline, Guadalajara, Mx

MARTY BEARD 

Co-Founder & CEO, alwaysAI, USA

JOHN B. WATSON, PhD

San Diego County Office of Education, USA

SOLAPE AKINPELU 

CEO at HerVest. Country Director – Women in Tech Global, Nigeria Chapter. Author. Speaker. Google Backed Founder, Nigeria

JOEY SHEKWONUZHIBO 

Journalist | Covering Climate Change, Conflict, Investigation, Nigeria

ROBINA SHAHEEN, PhD 

Atmospheric Chemist, Data Scientist, Sustainable Climate Analyst, Space Scientist, USA

SABRINA SANDERS, EdD 

Director Students Affairs Initiatives & Programs, CSU Chancellor’s Office, USA

ANN GREENBERG

Founder & CEO, EntertainmentAI(TM), USA

NATASHA BALAC, PhD

Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Data Science (ICData) at UCSD, USA

HOBSON LANE, MS

Co-Founder & CTO TangibleAI, USA

JANE NIEMEIER 

President, AAUW San Diego, Past President, AAUW California, USA

JOSHUA TERKIMBI

Product Ops, Business Strategy, Lagos Mainland

2019

Keynotes

ANDREW ZALDIVAR, PhD

Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Google Research, USA

ERICA LUNA LEE

VP, ML & Engineering (Data & Analytics) Upwork, USA

JJ DIGERONIMO

Founder of Tech Savvy Women Community (10,000+ Women in Tech), USA

Speakers

ROB RASTOVICH

CTO, ThingLogix, USA

BRIDGET KIMBALL

Technology Executive, Former Intuit, USA 

FEYZI FATEHI

CEO, Corent Technology, Inc., USA 

FRANCISCO FUENTES, PhD

Professor Ethnic Studies, USA

SHANNON MAAS

Senior Engineering Leader, BetterCloud, Former Netflix, USA

LUIS MARTINEZ, MSOL

Founder & CEO, We Tha Plug, USA

CHRISTIANA RUSSELL, M.Ed

COO, We Tha Plug, USA

VANESSA MIRANDA, PMP

Senior Project Manager, Hike Clerb, USA 

ADRIAN DRUMMOND

Founder, BrainCloud, Former EY & AWS, USA

 Judges By Invitation Only

Kjell Hegstad

Head of Gen AI Innovation & Transformation, CirrusLabs, Former Co-founder ING Direct USA

Olayinka David-West, PhD

Associate Dean, Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic

Mary Bonk Isaac, PhD

Founder, HEDGE Co., USA

MIKE ROBERTS

CEO, Creating Coding Careers, USA

Glauce Rocha de Oliveira, PhD

Researcher, Educator, Brazil

Ruth Stanbridge

Creative Director, Vocala.co, UK

Silvia Mah, PhD

General Partner Stella Impact Capital, USA

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