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.

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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.

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
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