1. 2017 ArabWIC Conference on Arab Women in Computing
3:15-4:10pm Day 1 Aug 10: Keynote Q&A Panel: Women in Computing/Tech in Academia and Industry Q&A Panel
Bathish Auditorium West Hall
Susan Malaika
Senior Technical Staff
IBM

2. Panelists
Dr Marianne Azer, Member of the Egyptian Parliament, Associate Professor, Nile University, Cairo, Egypt
Dr Eman Fituri, Director of Educational Initiatives, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Qatar
Nour Al Khalil, Service Delivery Manager at bayt.com, Saudi Arabia
Dr Nariman Ammar, Assistant Professor, Birzeit University, Palestine
Ashwag Alasmari, PhD student at University of Maryland, Imam University, Saudi Arabia
Alaa El Hariri, Student at American University in Beirut, Lebanon
Ayat Amr, Student at Hashemite University, Jordan
Rayan Al Zahab, BambooGeeks Founder, Women Techmaker, Lebanon
Joud Odeh, Business Transformation Consultant at IBM Business Services, UAE
Manar Abu Taleb, Google Women Techmaker & ArabWIC, UAE
Racha Ghamlouch, Arabnet, Lebanon
Nour Alassad, Careem, Lebanon
Dr. Ghida Ibrahim, Senior Data Scientist, ArabWIC VP, World Economic Forum Global Shaper & Social Entrepreneur

3. Panel Questions
Max length of time to speak at each response – 1 minute
(1) Please Introduce Yourselves – do consider including something unexpected about yourself & something you are proud of
(2) Please share how you decided to take on the role you are currently in (e.g., I’ve always wanted to take a PhD, the position was offered to me, my mentor advised me) and what you’d like to do next
Either open up to questions or if the audience is quiet (unlikely) take any of these questions
(3) Do you have any observations about being a woman in your role?
(4) Who inspires you?
(5) Any tips on overcoming challenges?
(6) Any tips on how to decide what to do next in ones career?
(7) What opportunities are available to you in your current role?
(8) Can women maintain a work life balance in this field?
(9) What advice do you give to other women in this field based on your experience?

4. 2017 ArabWIC Conference on Arab Women in Computing
11:00am Day 2 Aug 11: Technology Lightning Talks
(5 mins max)
Bathish Auditorium West Hall
Susan Malaika
Senior Technical Staff
IBM

5. Lightning Talks
[11] Diabetes Technologies: Sensor Augmented Insulin Pump with Advanced Smart Guard, Claudia Matta, Diabetes Senior Training and Education Specialist in Medtronic, Lebanon , Contact  URL:
[16] TensorFlow - Lightning Talk, Rula Mikkawy, Palestine An-Najah National Easychair URL:
(will remove) [Missing Slides] [24] Skype Bot, Christian Roustom Wehbe Lebanon AUB, Easychair URL:
(will remove) MISSING SLIDES [28] Transfer Learning for Medical Image Analysis, Samr Ali, United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi University, Contact: Easychair URL:
[29] Transformation of sifr (صفر ) to cipher within the human life cycle to be reflected within the system development life cycle, Heba Tannous, Lebanon Lebanese International University Contact: Easychair URL:
(Removed)[30] Online Data Ethics, Aseel Addawood, PhD Student, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign & Imam University, Riyadh, Contact: Easychair URL:
[22] Innovative Technology-Supported Pedagogic Models in STEAM Education, Sereen Itani, AUB, Lebanon, Contact: Easychair URL:
[41] 6 things every web developer should know about accessibility, Dalal Alrayes  CEO Caravan, Kuwait  Contact: Easychair URL:
{77] Ethics in Bots , Roxane Jurkovskaja, Easychair URL: https ://easychair.org/conferences/submission_update.cgi?a= ;number=

6. 2017 ArabWIC Conference on Arab Women in Computing
2:00-3:00pm Day 2 Aug 11: Preparing for your career panel
Bathish Auditorium West Hall
Join me at Wafa Ayad’s poster a 7:30pm on Thursday to discuss panel
See agenda
Susan Malaika
Senior Technical Staff
IBM

7. Panelists Farzaneh Sarafraz (sarafraf@cs.man.ac.uk), Google, USA
Jihad Mahmoud Osaka University, Japan
Abeer AlRaee Ecosystem Leader, IBM
Wafa Ayad , Intern at IBM, Paris Descartes University
Nariman Ammar Assistant Professor, Birzeit University
Each panelist will speak for 10 minutes with 5 mins max Q&A
[8] From academia to industry: What it is like to work for Google with a PhD, Farzaneh Sarafraz, Google, USA
[38] From a Volunteer to a Team leader: My Story with Taghreedat, Jihad Mahmoud, Osaka University, Japan
[xx] My career in IBM as a developer ecosystem & startups leader, Abeer Al-Raee, IBM, Saudi Arabia
Topics could include: the choices u have made so far; what’s next; what affects your choices; stability / change; technology community; learning new things; impact industry vs impact in academia; why join graduate program like startup ecosystem
I can frame the topics as questions

8. 2017 ArabWIC Conference on Arab Women in Computing
3:15-4:15pm Day 2 Aug 11: The Quest for Improving Education and Supporting Refugees
Bathish Auditorium West Hall
Susan Malaika
Senior Technical Staff
IBM
Join me at lunchtime 1-2pm on Friday to discuss panel
See agenda

9. Panelists
[7] Alice ME for Teaching Computing - Huda Gedawy Qatar Carnegie Mellon University
[12] Teaching girls how to code - Ayah Soufan Palestine ArabWIC Palestine
[32] Innovation in Early Computing Education - Hanan Alshikhabobakr, Qatar Carnegie Mellon University
[42] The Impact of Outreach Activities on K-12 Perspective of Computer Science in Qatar, Nour Elhouda Tabet Qatar Carnegie Mellon University Qatar
[57] Samar Baba, ENSIT (High National Engineers School of Tunis), Tunisia, TAWASOL Project.

10. Panel Questions
Max length of time to speak at each response – 5 minutes
(1) Please Introduce Yourselves – do consider including something unexpected about yourself & something you are proud of
(2) Please share some information about what you do and the challenges
(3) Open the session up to questions