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12:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 408-409 Designing Your UX Portfolio UX designers are often expert at telling their client's story but find it difficult to com- municate their own. Ian Fenn's UX portfolio has been much requested as a template on how to do things right. Join this session to see Fenn present his template and the thinking behind it so you too can effectively represent your skills and experience to prospective employers and clients. Ian Fenn Solo // Advanced // #portfolios 12:30 PM JW Marriott: Salon 1 Visas, Immigration, and the Tech Industry Join the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs Senior Consular Officer Mi- chele Bond and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Leon Rodri- guez for a discussion about how the government works in the US and abroad to ensure that qualified workers come to the United States, and hear how these two agencies are planning for the future of visas and the tech industry. John Paul Farmer, Michele Bond, To Be Announced Panel // Intermediate // #TechVisas 3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 407 Boardroom or Baby? The Choices Women Have in Tech Tech over family or family over tech? One of the most important decisions a woman makes in a technology career is whether to have kids. If you choose family first – great! But it will force other career decisions: work from home, part-time or full-time, or start your own business, etc. The success of your career will be based on the ability to navigate those choices. Join Bitterli in conversation. Judith Bitterli Core Conversation // Intermediate // #techwomen 3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 408-409 Bedroom to Boardroom: Sharing the Executive Suite Working with your spouse can be divine or difficult, especially in the stressful startup environment. For some like-minded couples, the enthusiasm for their relationship car- ries over into excitement for new ideas or ways to solve problems. New companies are born, but so are a new set of problems to watch out for. Michael Manning, Q Manning Dual // Advanced // #coupleExec 3:30 PM JW Marriott: Salon 1 Girl Power(ed) When it comes to women in tech, the question is not "can women have it all?" the question is "can women do it all?" And the answer is "yes." The conversation around women in technology has exploded in the past few years, especially with programs like Girls Who Code and STEM education initiatives, encouraging school age girls to code. Hui Li, Surabhi Gupta, Tracy Chou Panel // Advanced // #GirlPower 5:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 407 Confident Women: Ditch the Bitch Stigma Do you shrink from speaking up because you don't want to be thought of as a bitch? Have you worried about the stigma against women being "bossy?" Many women strug- gle with being assertive which prevents both personal and professional growth. Learn to build authentic confidence through dynamic storytelling and group discussion. Kali Williams Core Conversation // Advanced // #FreeTheB 5:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 408-409 Productivity for the Working Mom (and Dad!) Ever look at that mom with the full time job and multiple kids and wonder how she manages to still write thank you notes and cook a new meal every night? Are you frus- trated at how to juggle work, kids and still squeeze in "Me" time? Don't know what "me time" is? This session identifies strategies and insights on maintaining a challenging career while still being present for your family. Nicole Kim Solo // Intermediate // #jugglethis 5:00 PM JW Marriott: Salon 1 She's a C-Word! Lessons From Tech's C-Suite Women Moderated by Re/Code's Kara Swisher, this panel will feature powerful women who've made it to the C-suite in Silicon Valley – Lyft's CMO Kira Wampler, Pandora's CSO Sara Clemens, and BlogHer's CEO Lisa Stone. Together, they will share their approach towards problem solving, leadership, and interpersonal challenges. Kara Swisher, Kira Wampler, Lisa Stone, Sara Clemens Panel // Intermediate // #CWord SUNDAY, MARCH 15 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Room 407 Higher Education: To Get a Job or Create a Job? Should the goal of higher education be to equip students to get a job or create a job? Today, half of all US college grads are unemployed or under-employed, freelancers make up over 1/3 of the workforce, and careers rarely mean staying with the same employer. Is there a disconnect between learning to "learn" and learning to "do"? How can we help create a culture of self-reliance? David Brake Core Conversation // Beginner // #higherada 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Room 408-409 No One Understands You, and What to Do about It We think we know how we come across to other people – but surprisingly often, we're wrong. Decades of research shows that there are very weak correlations between how others see us and how we believe we are seen. We can anticipate how we will be seen, once we understand how perception really works. On the bright side, other people's biases are predictable, not random. Heidi Grant Halvorson Solo // Advanced // #HowTheyCU 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Salon 1 Coworking, Collaborating, Creating at Your Library As the nature of work becomes more entrepreneurial and networked, libraries are becoming a new force in coworking and collaboration. With 56 local innovators like MapStory, the DC Public Library has created a place for diverse residents to connect, learn and "make" ideas into reality. Come hear how these entrepreneurial collabora- tions are catalyzing learning and building stronger local economies. Jonathan Marino, Larra Clark, Nicholas Kerelchuk Panel // Intermediate // #Library 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Room 407 The Invisible Salary: Why Money Doesn't Matter Can't buy your team lunch every day? Neither can I. But I do know that creative people require more than a big pay check. In what's guaranteed to be a lively discussion, I'll explore a few examples of how to incentivise your employees in creative ways for big returns, while sharing a bit about my own experience and opening up about a few of my own failures as a leader. Liz Harper Core Conversation // Beginner // #InvSalary 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Room 408-409 Your Portfolio Is Garbage. Make It Better With services like Behance, Squarespace, Cargo Collective, and Dunked it's never been easier for designers to make a portfolio. Vimeo's Justin Dickinson and SVA's Michael Yap will discuss the discrepancies between what designers present and what hiring mangers are looking for. Necessary attendance if you ever want to get a job again. Justin Dickinson, Michael Yap Dual // Intermediate // #Design 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Salon 1 She Rules: A Female Leadership Panel The Catalyst Census recently found women occupy fewer than 15 percent of executive leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies, a percentage that grew less than one percent in four years. Fields such as technology, military and advertising have some of the lowest percentages for female leadership. In this panel, we'll hear from women that persevered and now occupy top positions in male-dominated fields. General Lori Reynolds, Hannah Chung, Kathryn Minshew, Mary Margaret Connell Panel // Beginner // #SXsherules WORK & CAREER JW MARRIOTT AUSTIN, 4 TH FLOOR: 110 EAST 2 ND STREET 220 SXSW 2015 Interactive Festival FESTIVAL SESSIONS