Company Demonstrates Ongoing Commitment to
Empowering Women and Nonbinary Technologists Alongside
AnitaB.org
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 3, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leading
provider of solutions to help organizations manage their
people and money, today announced its sponsorship of Grace
Hopper Celebration 2024 (GHC). Fifty delegates and five speakers
from Workday will participate in innovation sessions at this year's
event. As part of its sponsorship, the company will also host
the AI/ML and Cloud Computing Reception on October 9 at 5:30pm
ET at the Marriott Downtown Philadelphia.
Taking place October 8-11, both
virtually and in person in Philadelphia, GHC
24 serves as the world's largest gathering of women and
nonbinary technologists. The Celebration provides a diverse and
vibrant platform for this community to connect, collaborate, and
step into their collective power.
"Our sponsorship of GHC 24
reflects Workday's deep commitment to fostering a more inclusive
tech industry," said Kathy Pham,
Vice President, AI, Workday. "We stand alongside Grace Hopper
Celebration and AnitaB.org in championing diversity, and we're
proud to help empower the voices of women and nonbinary
technologists – this week, and beyond."
Workday representatives will participate in the following
sessions:
AI/ML and Cloud Computing Reception
Hosted by
Workday
Wednesday October 9 |
5:30 - 7:00 PM ET
Marriott Downtown Philadelphia
Request a ticket at https://tiny.cc/workday-ghc
From Spark To Scale: The AI Product Journey Through Different
Lenses
Kathy Pham,
Vice-President, AI, Workday
Nhung
Ho, Vice-President, AI, Intuit
Chip Huyen, Vice-President, AI and
Open Source Software, Voltron Data
Shruti Koparkar, Senior Product
Marketing Manager, Amazon Web Services
October 9 | 10:45 AM ET
and October 10 | 10:00 AM ET
Accelerating Data Analytics With Vectorized Query
Engine
Seema Gupta,
Principal Software Engineer, Workday
Priyanka Bhalerao, Principal Software Engineer,
Workday
October 10 |
1:00 PM ET
Tech Spaces and VPAT: How I Built Programs to Support
Accessibility
Tierre
Daniels, Manager Accessibility Product Team,
Workday
Sim Sidhu, Senior
Product Manager Accessibility, Workday
October 10 | 3:35 PM
ET
Strategic Impact With OKRs and KPIs: Empowering Women for
Organizational and Personal Success
Awalin Sopan,
Principal Engineer, Workday
Reshma
Shahabuddin, Chief of Staff to CPTO, Blackpoint
Anika Sharin, Senior Program Manager
Regulatory Compliance, Intuitive Surgical Inc
October 11 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
About Workday
Workday is a leading enterprise platform
that helps organizations manage their most important assets – their
people and money. The Workday platform is built with AI at the core
to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their
business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 10,500
organizations around the world and across industries – from
medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500. For
more information about Workday, visit workday.com.
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their respective holders.
About AnitaB.org
At AnitaB.org, a global nonprofit
organization, we envision a future where the people who imagine and
build technology mirror the societies for whom they build it. We
connect, inspire, and guide women and nonbinary individuals in
technical fields, as well as organizations that view technology
innovation as a strategic imperative.
Our social enterprise supports women in technical fields, the
organizations that employ them, and the academic institutions that
train future generations. A full roster of programs helps women
grow, learn, and develop their highest potential.
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