SILICON VALLEY FORUM PRESENTS
Women In Tech Festival
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SILICON VALLEY FORUM PRESENTS
2021 Women In Tech Festival
Mark Your Calendars, October 13-15!
Speaker & Workshop Application is Now Open!
#SVFWiTF21 #SVFWomenTechFest
Empowered Women, Empower Women!



About the event
“Amazing Festival! Raw, Real and Refreshing. Speakers shared great tools and tips for thriving as founders, leaders in tech.” –Festival attendee
Silicon Valley Forum’s annual Women in Tech Festival celebrates women in STEM, business, and leadership who work to inspire, engage, and empower other women. The Women in Tech Festival invites ALL women (as well as anyone who supports the advancement of women and believes in the importance of diversity) to join together for two full days of inspiring talks, startup pitches, thought-provoking discussions and educational workshops.
At the Women in Tech Festival, you’ll create lasting connections and exchange ideas in a welcoming, supportive and fun environment.
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2021 Diversity Sponsor Available
Sponsor our “Diversity Scholarship” this year and gift free tickets to women of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds!
Last year, our Diversity Sponsor was able to gift 150+ tickets to women from underrepresented communities, including Black, Latinx, & American Indian!
If you are interested, someone from our Women in Tech Festival team would love to chat with you.

Riana Lynn
Founder & CEO, Journey Food
Sarah Kunst
Managing Director, Cleo Capital
Minda Harts
CEO and Author, The Memo LLC
Pat Wadors
Chief People Officer, Procore
Goldie Chan
Global Speaker, Strategist and Writer
Sarah Kunst
Founder and CEO of madeBOS
Adiba Barney
Author, Former CEO, Metastatic Breast Cancer Advocate at METAvivor
Elizabeth M. Adams
Stanford University Race & Technology Fellow
Panelists & Power Talks

Jomayra Herrera
Senior Associate, Cowboy VC

Sheela Sukumaran
Partner & Technology Industry Leader, Mercer

Diana Albarran
Technical Partner to VP of Systems Engineering, Maxar Technologies | Cofounder of Latinas in STEM Foundation

Pat Wadors
Chief People Officer, Procore

Goldie Chan
Global Speaker, Strategist and Writer

Martha Hernández
Founder and CEO of madeBOS

Adiba Barney
Author, Former CEO, Metastatic Breast Cancer Advocate at METAvivor

Elizabeth M. Adams
Stanford University Race & Technology Fellow

Jen Cohen
VP of Core Engineering, Toyota Research Institute

Kathryn Ross
Managing Director, Accenture Ventures NA Lead

Linda Pouliot
CEO and Founder, Dishcraft Robotics

Maria Oliveira Tamellini
CoFounder and COO, GamerSafer

Pashara Black
Events & Community Outreach Manager, StrongKey

Alley Lyles
Marketing Director, FemTech Focus

Melinda Briana Epler
Founder & CEO, Change Catalyst

Aruna Ravichandran
VP/CMO, Webex Collaboration Cisco

Zoe Share
CEO, Schmooz Media

Samara Mejia Hernandez
Founding Partner of Chingona Ventures

Tina Eskridge
Sr. Director of Marketing, Microsoft

Lorraine Vargas-Townsend
Chief People Officer at A Cloud Guru

Lizanne Vaughan
SVP, Chief People Officer, Getty Images

Kristina Jones
Author | Founder & CEO of Guardianlane.com

ShaKeia Kegler
Founder of GovLia & Code To Eat

Kunbi Tinuoye
Founder & CEO, UrbanGeekz.com

Charu Sharma
Film Producer, Real Moms of Silicon Valley Host, Working Mothers Podcast I Tech Entrepreneur I Startup Advisor I Investor

Poonam Mor Sigroha
Principal Software Engineering Manager, Microsoft

Brittiney Jones
Diversity Consultant, Oracle

De’Havia Stewart
Business Strategist, Accenture

Susan Hailey
Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, OpenText
New to the Women in Tech Festival?
Achieve Your Career Goals!
We’re formulating sessions that will give you actionable items and key insights
on your career journey- designed to enhance your soft and technical skills
as well as prepare you for the next stage of your career.
Meet with company recruiters and find your next gig!
Meet our Pitch Competition Winners

Fiona Edwards Murphy
2020 Winner
CEO and CoFounder, ApisProtect


Riana Lynn
2019 Winner
Founder, Journey Foods


Pree Walia
2018 Winner
Founder, Preemadonna


Kristina Bingham Jones
2017 Winner
Founder, Court buddy

Pitch Application is
Now Open!
“Thank you for all your support, feedback and belief over the past few months. We really appreciate the events that you’ve organized – they’ve helped me become a much stronger presenter and boarded our network.” – Pitch Company

2021 Agenda
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2021 Sponsors
- Silver Sponsors
- Networking Platform
- Community Partners
- Companies Attending














Justification Letter
If you need a bit of extra support to convince your employer to sponsor your ticket to the Women in Tech Festival, download our official Justification letter to help make your case.