AGENDA

1-day Summit bringing together Thought Leaders in Diversity in Technology and Venture Capital

Join in person or over Zoom

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Dec 10, 2019

9am to 5pm

Location: 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95054

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Agenda:

9am to 10am: Registration, Refreshments and Networking

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10am to 11am: Fireside Chat with Preetha Parthasarathy (Partner, SAP.io VC Fund) and Shuchi Rana (Head, SAP.io Foundry), Title: SAP.io Overview and Early Stage Investment Trends

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11am to 11.30am: Speaking Session by Mary Stutts, Chief Inclusion, Diversity & Health Equity Officer at Stanford Health Care

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11.30am to 12pm: Speaking by Priya Saiprasad (Venture Capitalist, Mayfield Fund), Topic: Fund for Female Founders

12pm to 1pm: Lunch and Networking

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1pm to 2.30pm: Startup Pitch  Session (5min speaking slot for startups who take a booth). Judges are: Eileen Tanghal, Partner, In-Q-Tel (VC Fund supporting US Intelligence and Defense), Pradip Madan, Managing Partner, Great North Labs Venture Fund, et al

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2.30pm to 3.15pm: Keynote on IOT Trends by Dipti Vachani, Sr VP and GM of the Automotive and IoT at ARM

3.15pm to 4pm: Panel: Preparing Women for Board and Leadership Roles. Speakers: Dr Mohamed Abousalem, Vice President of Research and Innovation at SJSU, Coco Brown, CEO and Founder of The Athena Alliance, Dr Kathleen Wong(Lau), Chief Diversity Officer of SJSU, and Dr Teresa Maria Linda Scholz, Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for the Office for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at University of California Santa Cruz

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4pm to 5pm: Speaking by Eileen Tanghal, Partner, In-Q-Tel (Venture Capital Fund supporting US Intelligence and Defense)