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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name"> ACT-W Conference: Advancing the Careers of Tech Women</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2015-04-10T19:00:00" datetime="2015-04-10T19:00:00">Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7pm</time> through <time class="dtend dt-end" title="2015-04-12T17:30:00" datetime="2015-04-12T17:30:00">Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 5:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202390494'><span class='fn org p-name'>Art Institute of Portland</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">1122 NW Davis</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">Oregon</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97209</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1122%20NW%20Davis,%20Portland%20Oregon%2097209%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Now in its third year, the annual Portland conference known for creating community, building skills, and supporting empowered women in technology is back. And not only does it have a fancy new name and branding, but it has expanded to a full weekend!</p> <p>This year, in partnership with the Art Institute of Portland, four Portland WIT organizations passionate about increasing the numbers of women in tech are organizing a weekend of career-building interactive booths, breakout sessions, networking, technical workshops, a career fair, and inspiration. Women of all levels of interest and involvement in tech are invited to attend. Whether you have a lot to learn or a bit to teach, we hope you join us! Stay tuned for more details; as we solidify our sessions, sponsors and partners, we will add them to this page and email you. Keep in contact with the hashtag #actwpdx!</p> <p>**Note: you do not have to "feel" technical to attend this conference. Any woman involved in the tech industry is welcome; there will be no tests to decide if you're technical (or "woman") "enough".</p> <p>Sessions: Are you interested in doing a lightning talk? Running a hands-on session? Leading a discussion? Being a speaker? We want you to help empower women in Portland! <a href="http://act-w.org/rfp">http://act-w.org/rfp</a></p> <p>Sponsorship: If you are interested in sponsoring this event and/or being a part of the career fair, please contact <a href="mailto:janice.levenhagen@chicktech.org">janice.levenhagen@chicktech.org</a> for the sponsorship deck.</p> <p>This conference is a collaboration between ChickTech, Girl Develop It, Lesbians who Tech, and Women Who Code, with the help and support of The Art Institute of Portland.</p> <p>Tentative Agenda: Friday, April 10 7pm-11:30pm Kickoff party at Smarsh</p> <p>Saturday, April 11 8:30-10:00 Limited space breakfast with special guest speaker 10:00-10:30 Registration and coffee/pastries 10:30-11:00 Keynote speaker 11:00-11:30 Lightning talks 11:30-12:00 Speed networking 12:00-1:00 Lunch with small group activity (goal setting) 1:00-5:30 Career fair + organization booths + activity booths open (including mock interviews and resume reviews) 1:00-5:30 Breakout sessions run, including activities on negotiation and imposter syndrome 6:00-7:30 Birds of a Feather dinners at local restaurants 7:30-11:30 After-party at local technology company</p> <p>Sunday, April 12 9am Hackathon, organized by Girl Develop It, kicks off 9:00-12:00 Morning technical workshops (organized by Women Who Code) 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-5:00 Afternoon technical workshops (organized by Women Who Code) 5:00-5:30 Wrap-up, Thank you for attending from all groups</p> <p>Platinum Sponsors -CDK Global</p> <p>Career Fair Participants -Cinder Solutions -Puppet Labs</p> <p>Hosts -The Art Institute of Portland -Smarsh</p> <p>Marketing Sponsors -Smarsh -Slalom Consulting</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/act-w-conference-advancing-the-careers-of-tech-women-registration-15767220180">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>