WTC Innovation Summit

The Innovation Summit is an annual event that unites technology professionals, leaders, companies and community members to share insights and strategies around the biggest trends impacting the technology sector, its workforce, and especially women in tech. It is also a celebration of the policies, companies and programs that are making a meaningful impact for women in tech, especially The Shatter List companies for their work towards breaking the glass ceiling for women in tech.

2025 Innovation Summit

The age of AI is here—and it’s rewriting the rules of technology, leadership, and work. For women in tech, it’s a moment of both massive opportunity and real challenge. Leadership paths are shifting. Cultural norms are evolving. And what it takes to thrive is changing—fast.

Join us Friday May 2 at the WTC Innovation Summit: Age of AI for the insights, tools, and connections you need to lead through it all. From tactical toolkits to personal leadership stories, this summit brings together powerhouse speakers and emerging voices tackling the biggest questions in AI and innovation.

  • Friday May 2
  • 9am-12pm
  • Zions Technology Center
  • 7860 Bingham Junction Boulevard
  • Midvale UT 84047
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From tactical toolkits to personal leadership stories, this summit brings together powerhouse speakers and emerging voices tackling the biggest questions in AI and innovation:

🎤 Featured Speakers & Agenda:

9 am: Cydni Tetro Women Tech Council: Power in Transition: Women, Work, and the AI Era

9:30 am: Natalie Gochnour Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute: Economic Shifts: What’s Now, What’s Next

10 am: By Design Series

  • Dana Ware Chief Creative Officer, ARound — Building and Rebuilding by Design: Turning the Impossible into the Magical
  • Florencia Silveira Data Scientist, Domo — Connection by Design: Building Human Relationships in the Age of AI
  • Stephanie Randle Head of Growth, Nava Benefits — Next Move by Design: Daring to Say Yes

10:15 am: STEM By Design Series – SheTech Students sharing their experiences charting pathways in STEM

  • Emily Ai Corner Canyon High School
  • Isabella Wolchek Davinci Academy
  • Najmo Osman Utah International Charter School

10:20 am: The AI Toolkit Panel: What You Need to Compete and Thrive Today

  • Sunny Washington Co-Founder, Orca Panda
  • Alexandra Pasi CEO& Co-Founder, Lucidity Sciences
  • JaeLynn Williams Former CEO, Air Methods
  • Adam Fairbanks CTO, Nexio

10:45 am: AI trends and insights from technologists and organizations leading the charge

  • Jaswandi Sakpal VP of Technology, Waystar
  • Jon Bradshaw President, AI Utah, Codebase
  • Brad Moss Founder & CEO, Enhance AI
  • Margaret Busse Executive Director, Department of Commerce

11:10 am: AI-Ready Leadership Panel: Guiding Teams Through Intelligent Transformation

  • Rachel Hofstetter CMO, Seis
  • Kat Judd Chief People Officer, Lucid
  • Chandana Haque Executive Director, Altitude Lab
  • Caleb Hicks CEO, School AI

11:30 am: By Design Series

  • Xinru Page Associate Professor, BYU – Embracing the Unknown by Design: Dreams, Detours and Becoming More The Dream
  • Marissa Saunders Director AI and ML, Spring Health – Resilience by Design: Thriving through discomfort

11:40 am: Shatter List Awards – celebration of the companies and policies that are helping break the glass ceiling for women in tech

12:00 pm: Networking Lunch

This is your moment to step forward—with clarity, confidence, and community.

Let’s build what’s next—together.

2024 Innovation Summit

By focusing on “Innovate, Inspire, Include,” speakers and panels shared insights on trends and disruptions that are impacting tech companies and teams, and how women in tech at all levels of the career ladder can continue pushing their careers forward, including:

  • Inspiring stories from women in tech who innovated to move their careers forward in changing landscapes
  • Building authentic and connected cultures
  • Creating allyship for women in tech
  • Forecasting the future of AI disruptions across the tech workforce
  • Mapping leadership pathways for women in tech to the C-Suite

Check Out  Summit Highlights

Insights from the C-Suite

AI and the Future of Work

Allies at Work – Rachel Cottam

Conversation with Gabb CEO – Nate Randall,

Angela Layton, Computer Science Student, University of Utah

Lisa Thomas, Manager, Brand Partnerships, Pura

Melissa Suarez, Bed Bath and Beyond

Chris Wolfe, Global Head of AI and Advance Services, Broadcom

Chesshire Gaylor, Global Chief Experience Officer, Credera

Mark Reese, Director Enterprise Data Management and Governance, Cambia Health

Marina Nitsa Viergutz, Venture Capital Allocator, Arieli Capital

 

 

 

 

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