The Nov. 12 SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit brings together the multipliers in entertainment technology to collaborate on navigating change in our industry and careers.
The summit will be held both in-person in Los Angeles at Avalon in Hollywood and virtually.
The full-day event, themed “Bold Moves: Navigating Change and Courage with Purpose,” promises a dynamic lineup of presentations and discussions.
Last year’s in-person edition of the summit attracted over 250 attendees, with more than 70 percent representing the media, entertainment, and tech-adjacent industries.
Here’s a look at the final program for the day.
• Opening Remarks: Christina Aguilera, President, WiTH Foundation, and Co-founder & Managing Partner, Synthis; and Nadya Ichinomiya, Chair, WiTH Foundation, and Vice President, Head of Agile Transformation, Enablement & Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment.
• Conference Welcome & Keynote: Christina Aguilera, President, WiTH Foundation & Co-founder, Synthis; and Kate Dixon, Principal Global Account Manager, AWS, Media & Entertainment.
• Opening Keynote: From Reflection to Action — Building Courageous Careers, with Ellen Taaffe, Author of The Mirrored Door.
• Lasting Impact: Empowering the WiTH Community, with April Schneider, WiTH Board Advisor and VP, IT, Intellectual Property Management & General Counsel, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Dawn Allen, Codetalk Alumna & Career Development Manager, Annie Cannons; Lori Castaneda, DIY Girls Alumna & Environmental Engineering Student, UC Riverside; Kenna Chase, Technology Goddesses Alumna & Software Development Engineer, Amazon; and Lia Metz, STEM Advantage Alumna & Sr. Cybersecurity Operations Center Analyst, NBCUniversal.
• Seizing the AI Moment with Filiz Bahmanpour, Head of Media & Advertising, Tavant, and Margarita Lam, Head of Media & Entertainment, Point B; Soyoung Lee, Co-founder & Head of Go-To-Market, Twelve Labs; Alena Morris, Vice President, Kargo; Ilana Vachini, Product Partnerships, Google; and Monica Williams, Founder & Strategic Advisor, Three Twenty Dream; Former SVP, Products & Operations, NBCUniversal.
• Bold Moves with Julia King with Anna Sugai, Senior Manager, Agile Enablement, Sony Pictures & Secretary, WiTH Foundation and Julia King, SVP, Marketing & Distribution Technology, Sony Pictures Entertainment.
• Global Operations at Scale: Vision, Leadership, and Impact with Michelle Huynh, EVP, Studio Content Operations, FOX Entertainment.
• Human First in the Age of AI with Beate Chelette, CEO & Growth Architect, Chelette; Barbara Bickham, Founder, CTO & VC, Traylin Ventures; Sanja K., CEO, ONA Creative Agency; and Eva Psalti, Senior Director, Microsoft.
• Strength at the Core: How Inner Clarity Shapes Outer Influence with Christina Aguilera, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Synthis Method; Amber Mendenhall, VP, West Sales, Fortinet; Mia Watkins, Program Manager, Riot Games; and Carrie Williams, Professional & Executive Coach.
• Personal Branding Beyond Image and Promotion with Emily Wat, CMT Consulting Manager, Cognizant; and Cynthia Johnson, Founder, Bell+Ivy Strategist.
• Scaling Culture Across Global Teams with Nadya Ichinomiya, Chair, WiTH Foundation, and VP, Head of Agile Transformation, Enablement & Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Avantika Ajit, Global Solutions Architecture Leader, AWS, M&E, Gaming & Sports; Aida Cutuk, Principal Customer Solutions Manager, AWS, M&E, Gaming & Sports; and Toshino Yuhaku, Global M&E Practice Leader, AWS.
• Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Immersive Production of The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere and the Path to Leadership with Christine Carr, Creative Technologies & Post-Production Consultant; and Jocelyn Birsch, Supervising Producer, Magnopus.
• Closing Keynote: Step Out From Behind the Scenes — It’s Time to Tell Your Own Hollywood Story with Ada Tseng, Author of Breaking into the New Hollywood.
• Leadership Awards Program and Closing Remarks with Christina Aguilera, President, WiTH Foundation, and Co-founder & Managing Partner, Synthis; and Nadya Ichinomiya, Chair, WiTH Foundation, and Vice President, Head of Agile Transformation, Enablement & Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment.
• Networking Reception.
To register for the event, click here.