Program 2014

Program is subject to change, so please check back regularly. All conference presentations and panels will take place at the ICICS/CS Building at UBC; see venue information.

Friday, May 9

09:45-10:45	Registration, Breakfast, Icebreaker and Career Booths	Reboot Lounge
10:45-11:00	Welcome	DMP 110
11:00-12:30	Panel: Passion and Purpose Be inspired by several invitees who will share the ways that they find passion and purpose in their careers, and start conversations on your own motivations and goals. Panelists: Rachel Pottinger, Associate Professor, UBC (Moderator) Anushka Anand, Research Scientist, Tableau Software Yvonne Coady, Associate Professor, Computer Science, UVic Cheryl Li, Engineering Lead, Hootsuite Stephanie Redivo, Senior Project Manager, SAP	DMP 110
12:30-13:30	Lunch	X860/X836
13:30-14:15	Technical Keynote: Nicki Dell, PhD Candidate, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington Topic: Mobile Camera-Based Systems for Low-Resource Environments	DMP 110
14:15-15:30	Career mentoring panels Learn about career options from experienced invited speakers from industry and academia. Undergraduate students: Why get research experience or go to graduate school, and what you need to do now to keep your options open Panelists: Yanyan Zhuang, Postdoctoral Research, Computer Science, UBC (Moderator) Naomi Harrington, Program Manager, Microsoft Gail Murphy, Professor, Computer Science and Associate Dean, Faculty of Science, UBC; Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Tasktop Technologies Julia Ferraioli, Developer Relations - Cloud Computing, Google Graduate students: Choosing academic vs industry career paths with a graduate degree Panelists Bowen Hui, Instructor, UBC Okanagan (Moderator) Saba El-Hilo, Software Engineer, Hootsuite Ulrike Stege, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Computer Science, UVic Meg Walraed-Sullivan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft	Undergraduate: DMP 110 Graduate: Demco Learning Centre
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break	Reboot Lounge
16:00-17:00	Keynote: Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College Topic: Passion for making the world a better place	DMP 110
17:30-19:30	Speed Mentoring Event Mingle, eat and enjoy three structured rounds of discussions with industry and faculty mentors on topics ranging from career paths in technology, impostor syndrome, research and graduate school, work life balance, job search skills, starting personal projects and more. Mentors: Alexandrine Boissiere, Senior Software Engineer, focus on Javascript (Front End Development) Cheryl Li, Software Engineer, focus on Scala Kitty Tang, Software Engineer, focus on mobile Jessica Johnson, Software Engineer, focus on Full Stack Afshan Monshipour, QA Engineering lead, focus on QA (quality assurance) Sabina Nawaz, Nawaz Executive Consulting Ltd Shama Rashid, Business Intelligence Engineer, Hootsuite Su-Ning Strube, Director of Business Intelligence, Hootsuite Louisa Thue, Director of Analytics Jennifer Waldern, Business Intelligence Developer, SAP Vania Chan, e-Learning Instructional Support Specialist, UBC Okanagan Maria Markov, Software Engineer, Ads & Commerce team, Google Jen Fernquist, User experience researcher, Google	St. John's College
19:30	Evening social activity for students	X860/X836
	Dessert party for mentors and invited guests	6352 Hawthorn Lane, UBC

Saturday, May 10

07:30-09:00	Registration and Breakfast	Reboot Lounge
08:00-10:00	Research Poster Competition	Demco Learning Centre
	Career Booths	Reboot Lounge
	Workshop: Find your Spark Facilitator: Sandy Fang, Undergraduate Student, Computer Science, UBC	X836
10:00-10:45	Keynote: Brenda Bailey Gershkovitch, CEO, Silicon Sisters Interactive Inc. Topic: Damn the Torpedos! or how to build a successful career in the Tech Industry	DMP 110
10:45-12:00	Panel: Academic/industry partnerships in K-12 outreach with a focus on girls Panelists: Hélène Martin, Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington (Moderator) Andrea Frost, Computer Science Student, Western Washington University; Director of Leadership Development, Association for Women in Computing, Western Washington University Chapter Steph Burg, Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Darriel Dawne, Senior Director, Strategy & Transformation, SAP Saloni Parikh, Undergraduate, U. Washington	DMP 110
12:00-12:30	Closing Remarks / Poster Competition Results/Feedback Session	DMP 110
12:30-13:30	Light Lunch	X860/X836
13:30	Conference Adjourns