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