Content Hub | 2024 SkillShift - Day 1

Speaker
Vita Shanna Bosmans, Chief Hybrid Officer, Microsoft

Join Shanna as she delves into key insights from the 2024 Microsoft & LinkedIn Work Trend Index report. Employees are eager for AI, and leaders are seeking a clear path forward. However, the pressure to demonstrate immediate ROI is causing hesitation, even as AI becomes inevitable. We've reached the critical phase of tech disruption: transitioning from experimentation to business transformation. Just as we experienced with the advent of the internet and the PC, true business transformation requires widespread adoption

Speakers
Marjolein van Tilburg, Founder, ChatLicense
Elianne Leeffers, CEO & Founder, Go Potty
Astrid Bruinsma-Eggink, Founder, Sofie
Arosha Brouwer, Co-Founder, Quan

In today's world, technology is everywhere. As tech founders, we must incorporate the human perspective and ensure inclusivity in every aspect of building our companies. Ethical leadership is key to inclusive technology. This session will explore inclusive collaborative intelligence and best practices for balancing technical and business decision-making.

Join us as four pioneering tech founders explore the claim that the future of tech is human. They will share their insights on the intersection of technology and humanity, discussing how they incorporate collaborative intelligence ethically and integrate it into their daily decision-making processes.
 

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Ester Le Roux, Competence Lead and Software Engineer, Hexaware

Ester Le Roux presents an inspiring session about how to unlock your leadership potential and inspire those around you with a dynamic blend of adaptability, authenticity, empathy, and technical prowess. This session invites current and aspiring leaders, innovators, and technology enthusiasts to refine their leadership skills, navigate career transitions, and influence the future of technology with confidence.

Join her in exploring how emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and self-awareness can transform team dynamics and foster a culture of innovation and trust in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Speakers
Cristina Monteiro, Chief Human, Resources Officer, ASML
Tabitha Esteves Rosa, Mechatronics Design Engineer, ASML
Sinem Guven, Head of Internal Audit, ASML
Colette Legein, Senior Manager System Engineering DUV, ASML
Annelieze Potgieter, Manager Supplier Operations for Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, ASML

Careers are increasingly long and they’re played out against the backdrop of the accelerating digital transformation of work. Learning agility, adaptability and personal resilience are necessary capabilities to survive and succeed. Staying in the game is tough, and even more so for women, who pay lasting penalties for childbearing and caring duties and continue to bear the effects of discrimination throughout their careers. And yet, successful women are all around us. Against this backdrop, how do we set ourselves up to ensure fulfilling careers in the tech sector?

In this session, Cristina Monteiro, ASML’s CHRO, will draw out the lessons and insights learned from 3 successful ASML women, reflecting different parts of the ASML value chain, and representing early career, middle and senior career stages. They will discuss their own adaptation through the digital transformation that has changed their work, share the enabling factors in their success so far/at different stages, and present strategies for career stage navigation in the tech context. They’ll also share their personal predictions for the future of work, and how workplaces need to shift to really work for everyone.

Speaker
Kimberly Ofori, Founder & CEO, Ofori & Company

The AI revolution is reshaping work dynamics, presenting both opportunities and challenges. Generative AI is rapidly transforming industries like healthcare, energy, and education, enhancing productivity and customer relationships. 

In this session Shelia Gemin discusses all of this awhile also addressing some of the realities of our moment, a digital skills gap remains, with many lacking essential skills for AI adoption. The landscape calls for trusted experts and ethical frameworks, urging individuals to engage actively in their AI journey and develop responsible plans for implementation.