Bold Women, Bold Tech is the Brooklyn College Women in Computer Science Club’s annual celebration in honor of Women’s History Month. It’s a day filled with empowerment, amazing technical speakers, and fun skill-building workshops. We hope to recognize the tremendous contributions that women in our community make in tech and to celebrate our peers while inspiring others to be bold for change!

Bold Women, Bold Tech is the Brooklyn College Women in Computer Science Club’s annual celebration in honor of Women’s History Month. It’s a day filled with empowerment, amazing technical speakers, and fun skill-building workshops. We hope to recognize the tremendous contributions that women in our community make in tech and to celebrate our peers while inspiring others to be bold for change!
9 AM
Doors Open!
☀️ Sign in and grab some breakfast.
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
💖 Opening remarks by BC WiCS Club
💖 Keynote Addressment
10:30 AM - 12 PM
💻 First Workshop Session
🤖 Chat Bot 🤖
🤖 Flexbox 🤖
12 PM - 1 PM
🍕 Lunch is served!
1 PM
✌ Student Lightning Talks
🤖 Natural Language Processing 🤖
🤖 Fashion Tech 🤖
🤖 Security: CTF 🤖
🤖 Wearable Technology 🤖
2 PM - 3 PM
✨ "After the Interview: What Happens Once You Get A Seat At The Table" Panel Discussion ✨
3 PM - 5 PM
🔨 Second Workshop Session
🤖 Raspberry Pi Zero 🤖
🤖 Visual Recognition 🤖
5 PM - 5:30 PM
🌠 Closing remarks and dessert 🌠
😭 Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, and we're afraid it's time again to say, well... goodbye.
Sarah Hubschman is a software engineer at Amplify, where she helps develop The Last Readers, a graphic novel adventure for grades 5-8. Sarah enjoys exploring the intersection of technology and activism. In 2016, Sarah co-created a website called Why We're Afraid, a platform for users to share stories of harassment and aggression related to the election. Why We're Afraid was featured in The Daily Dot, Bustle, and Hello Giggles. Since 2016, Sarah has been a steering committee member of Emoticon NYC, an annual convention for New York City high-school students. She teaches their fellowship program classes on virtual reality and 3D modeling.
Tiffany Tuedor is a Management Consulting Analyst at Accenture, where she specializes in the Life Sciences industry. She recently graduated from the Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at Columbia University, where she studied Biomedical Engineering, with a minor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation. She is passionate about digital health and using data to drive insights in diagnostics. In her free time, she enjoys reading, boxing, and traveling.
Zoe Peterson is a Software Engineer at AppNexus working on the Creative API team. She grew up in Bellingham, Washington and then attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota where she studied Computer Science, Statistics, and Educational Studies. Zoe is passionate about CS education, problem solving, and building inclusive communities!
Data nerd by day, defender of the world by night; Heidi is a data analyst at Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness where she helps develop meaningful insight and innovative solutions to healthcare marketing problems. In her free time, she is lighting up the world one smile at a time with her trusty sidekick, Kuro the Eskie.
Deborah is currently a junior at the University of Toronto, in the Engineering Science program, specializing in Robotics Engineering. She's passionate about inclusion in tech and education launching several projects, such as Speak Up, an online student advocacy platform, and Project Include, an outreach program funded by Google Ignite CS. She sings, she runs and she dances (badly) but when she’s not doing any of the above, she’s helping Clarifai make machine learning accessible to all.
