Women in Tech - Leading in the Tech World

CAMPBELL, Calif., April 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third year in a row, the Society for Information Display (SID) will once again bring back an engaging panel discussion, where top women technology executives and innovators will share their unique insights on the state of the display industry and where it's going for women in Silicon Valley. The session, Women in Tech ? Leading in the Tech World, will take place directly following the CEO Forum on Wednesday, May 15 with a special reception at 5:30 p.m.

"For 2019, we are bringing back our Women in Tech Forum with a dynamic new group of participants," said Sri Peruvemba, chair of marketing for SID. "While women comprise half of the U.S. workforce, they still hold less than 20 percent of all tech jobs. Fortunately, our industry is waking up to the need of having more women in technology. They will also discuss the challenges they have faced and where they see the industry going."

Women in Tech ? Leading in the Tech World ? Wednesday, May 15th, 4:00 ? 5:00 p.m.
The electronic display industry is filled with female pioneers and professionals who have made outstanding contributions to technology. This year, more than ever, is an ideal time to hear this diverse panel of movers and shakers provide their unique perspectives about what makes the industry tick, how they've gotten to where they are, and what more the tech world needs to do to continue enabling women from all walks of life to rise to their potential.

Moderator: Jenny Donelan, Director of Marketing, Publications, and Programs for Palisades Convention Management

Panelists:

• Lee Epting, Advisor, Speaker, Technology Consultant: Epting launched her technology career with a Silicon Valley startup, Palm, about 20 years ago. Ever since, she has focused on delivering market-winning technology products/services to the world's two biggest consumer markets, the US and Western Europe ? and to emerging/global markets. Following her role with Palm and related smartphone startup, Handspring, Nokia recruited her to Europe in 2003. In Europe, she has had P&L responsibility for business units in the world's largest technology, mobile communications, and mobile phone manufacturing companies: Samsung, Vodafone, and Nokia. At Samsung, she led the European Enterprise Business Team (ten-figure P&L), European Product Innovation Team, and European Media Solutions Center.
• Samantha Phenix, Board Member, AVIXA; Secretary, SID Pacific Northwest Chapter: Phenix has a 20-year career that has spanned engineering, business development, and corporate leadership. She has a history of driving display technology innovations across multiple, demanding vertical markets, while serving in leadership roles at companies such as Leyard, Planar, Intel, Dell, and Barco. In 2017 she was named an Industry Innovator by NewBay Media for her outstanding contributions to the professional audiovisual industry. In 2018, she was honored to receive AVIXA's "Women in AV" award. She is currently serving as a Board Member of AVIXA, as well as Secretary for SID's Pacific Northwest Chapter.
• Consuelo Valverde, Founder & Managing Partner, SV Latam Capital: Valverde is a serial entrepreneur turned VC and founded her first tech company at the age of 21. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of SV LATAM Capital - the first VC fund born in Silicon Valley with a unique focus on Latin America - to invest in entrepreneurs using science and technology to transform societies, the environment, and health on a global scale. She was granted an 0-1 Visa for "Aliens with Exceptional Abilities" by the US government and received the "Distinguished Engineer" award from IEEE Mexico, among other awards. She is currently a Board Member of Ares Materials, a company developing novel transparent polymer materials for the next generation of truly flexible electronics, and winners of Display Week's Best in Show Award 2018.

Links:

To register for Display Week:

http://www.displayweek.org/2019/Attendee/Registration.aspx

To review the exhibitor list: https://s23.a2zinc.net/clients/palisades/sid2019/Public/EventMap.aspx?shMode=E

About Display Week 2019:
The 56th Display Week, presented by the Society for Information Display (SID), will take place May 12-17 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. Display Week is the world's leading event focused on emerging electronic display and visual information technologies ? their advancement, integration into products, and commercialization. Display Week attracts attendees from the entire ecosystem of R&D, engineering, design, manufacturing, supply chain, marketing, sales and financial, as well as commercial and consumer end-user markets. It delivers unparalleled learning opportunities, market-moving trends, sourcing, roadmaps-to-market, and connections for career and business growth. For more information on exhibiting and event sponsorship: Americas & Europe, contact Jim Buckley by email at [email protected], or call (203) 502-8283; Asia, contact Sue Chung by email at [email protected], or call (408) 389-9596.

About SID:
The Society for Information Display (SID) is the only professional organization focused on the electronic display and visual information technology industries. In fact, by exclusively focusing on the advancement of electronic display and visual information technologies, SID provides a unique platform for industry collaboration, communication and training in all related technologies while showcasing the industry's best new products. The organization's members are professionals in the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing and sales. To promote industry and academic technology development, while also educating consumers on the importance of displays, SID hosts more than 10 conferences a year, including Display Week, which brings industry and academia all under one roof to showcase technology that will shape the future. SID's global headquarters are located at 1475 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 114, Campbell, CA 95008. For more information, visit www.sid.org.

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