TechLeaders: Strategic Persuasion Agenda

Day 1: Tuesday, June 3 
9:00 am  - 10:00 am  Registration and Networking Breakfast 
10:00 am - 10:30 am  ABI Welcome
BJ Wishinsky, Communities Program Manger, Anita Borg Institute
     
IBM Welcome
Dr. John E. Kelly III, Senior Vice President and Director of Research
Cathy Lasser, Vice President, Industry Solutions and Emerging Business 
10:30 am - 11:00 am  Introductions & Networking Exercise
BJ Wishinsky, Communities Program Manger, Anita Borg Institute 
11:00 am - 11:15 am  Break 
11:15 am12:15 pm  Keynote: Senior Technical Leader on Strategic Persuasion and Change Leadership
Cathy Lasser, Vice President, Industry Solutions and Emerging Business 
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm  Lunch 
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm  Art of Strategic Persuasion
Nancy Houfek, Head of Speech & Voice, American Conservatory Theatre at Harvard University
Dr. Lee Warren, Associate Director, Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning at Harvard University 
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm  Break 
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm  Art of Strategic Persuasion cont. 
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm  Reception 

  

Day 2: Wednesday, June 4 
8:00 am - 8:30 am  Continental Breakfast 
8:30 am - 10:00 am  Strategies for Leading Change
Nancy Houfek, Head of Speech & Voice, American Conservatory Theatre at Harvard University
Dr. Lee Warren, Associate Director, Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning at Harvard University 
10:00 am10:15 am  Break 
10:15 am12:15 pm  Strategies for Leading Change cont. 
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm  Networking Lunch 
1:15 pm -2:15 pm  Keynote: Senior Technical Leader on Strategic Persuasion
Inna Pomeranz, Technology Fellow, Goldman Sachs
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm  Wrap up
Jody Mahoney, Vice President of Business Development, Anita Borg Institute 
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm  IBM Research Lab Tour