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2024 ATX Inspiring Across Generations (IAG) Conference

We Ascend Together: Leadership, Connection & Community
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Event Details

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Venue: Oracle Corporate Offices, 2300 Oracle Way, Austin, TX 78741

Admission: Members: $100  I  Non-Members: $150

Attire: Business Casual

Description

Join us at IAG for a day of leadership, mentorship, and relationship development as we explore the need for community, the myths of Asian leadership, and the pursuit of passion in your career.

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Ascend IAG Conference focuses on creating an environment that helps us connect as a community and foster relationships, transcending generations, cultures, educational backgrounds, and careers.

Agenda

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM:

Registration / Networking

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM: 

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM:

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM:

Break

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM:

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM:

Closing Remarks

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM:

ATX Chapter Social

Welcome & Opening Plenary

Welcome & Opening Plenary
Plenary (Keynote)
Asian Community Leadership

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Unveiling the Power of Asian Leadership: Shaping Communities, Inspiring Change

 

The session aims to explore and discuss the pivotal role of Asian leaders in shaping our communities, delving into the details of their contributions.  More importantly, we’ll examine how the Asian community can unite in times of need and leverage its collective influence to inspire and empower others.

Keynote:

Lily Trieu

Executive Director

Asian Texans for Justice

Panel Discussions

Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion 1
Myths of Asian Leadership

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Challenging Misconceptions:  Exploring the Path to Leadership for Pan-Asians

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We want to examine the common misconception about Pan-Asians and why so few Pan-Asians in global corporations reach the Director level . Given the number of corporate CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, or Senior VPs, there are proportionally far fewer Pan-Asians in these positions thus raising questions, “what is preventing Pan-Asians from achieving senior positions?

Moderator:

Laurie Winfield

Program/Project Management Leader in Digital and

SaaS Product Development and Delivery

Panelist:

Vic Kumar

Director of Strategy and Innovation

Oracle

Panelist:

Jess Lin

Managing Director, North America Marketing Practice Gen AI Lead

Accenture

Panelist:

Yihong Zeng

Managing Director

Deloitte

Panel Discussion 2
Pursuit of Passion in Your Career

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Charting Paths: Exploring Traditional and Unconventional Career Journeys

 

We want to examine traditional and non-traditional career paths that align with the individual's passions and the journey of associated successes and failures.

Moderator:

Gopalakrishnan Anand

Senior Cyber Security Leader

General Motors

Panelist:

Jessica Chen

CFO of Achieve Integrative Health

Achieve Integrative Health

Panelist:

Rene Helit Jr

Chef/ Founder

Cultured Chefs

Panelist:

Tanushri Jain

EH&S Expertise Director

Dow Chemical

Panelist:

Nilesh Kunvarji

Principal Enterprise Architect

Oracle

Panel Discussion 2

Welcome/Opening/Closing Remarks

Welcome/Opening/Closing Remarks
Welcome/Opening/Closing Remarks

1:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Anu Mandapati

Ascend Austin President; Global Head of Culture, DEI & Employee Experience

Stephanie Yokoyama

Ascend EVP Brand & Programming; Data Engineering, Management, & Governance Manager

Accenture Federal Services

Keynote Speaker

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Lily Trieu

Executive Director

Asian Texans for Justice

Myths of Asian Leadership

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Vic Kumar

Director of Strategy and Innovation

Oracle

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Laurie Winfield

Program/Project Management Leader in Digital and SaaS Product Development and Delivery

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Jess Lin

Managing Director, North America Marketing Practice Gen AI Lead

Accenture

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Yihong Zeng

Managing Director

Deloitte

Pursuit of Passion in your Career

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Gopalakrishnan Anand

Senior Cyber Security Leader

​General Motors

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Tanushri Jain

EH&S Expertise Director

Dow Chemical

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Jessica Chen

CFO
Achieve Integrative Health

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Nilesh Kunvarji

Principal Enterprise Architect 

Oracle 

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Rene Helit Jr

Chef/ Founder

Cultured Chefs

Welcome/Opening/Closing Remarks

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Anu Mandapati

Ascend Austin President; Global Head of Culture, DEI & Employee Experience

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Stephanie Yokoyama

Ascend EVP Brand & Programming; Data Engineering, Management, & Governance Manager

Accenture Federal Services

Our IAG Partners

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Safety of our guests is paramount to Ascend. Attendees are responsible for monitoring their own condition and agree to comply with the safety, hygiene and CDC identified pandemic level communicable illnesses (including COVID-19) guidelines established by relevant health authorities. We request that attendees not attend an event should they test positive or if they experience COVID symptoms prior to the event.

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