This year, our partners hail from 10 Caribbean countries including Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guadeloupe, the Bahamas, Suriname, Venezuela and Haiti.
Google Women Techmakers and Women In Tech Caribbean have brought together influencers, industry leaders and pioneers who have broken barriers and spend their time pursuing projects and initiatives that #BreaktheBias. These partners are bringing the Caribbean into the digital forum to compete, meanwhile fostering ecosystems to facilitate greater expansion of their efforts and investment.
Time | Full Name | COMPANY | TITLE AT COMPANY | Session |
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Friday April 28th | DARE TO BE | |||
4:30 PM | Janiqueka John | Women in Tech Caribbean Community | Founder | OPENING SPEAKERS |
Maria Divina O'brien | IWD Caribbean Tech Summit | Co-founder | ||
Rodrigo Akira Hirooka | Google Developer Groups Regional Lead | |||
Caitlin Morrisey | Women Techmakers Ambassador Global Lead | |||
Sowmya Thottambeti | HOST ADDRESS - The Bahamas | EVENT HOST | ||
5:10 PM | Kelise Williams | UpRow | Founder | The Importance of Launching Your Community |
6:00 PM | Nicole Joseph-Chin | MBF Enterprises (Ms. Brafit Safecity) | Founder/Partner | Impact Led Partnerships Beyond Borders |
6:30 PM | Anushka Varsha Sonai | Creative Tech Hub Caribbean - President & Founder | KEYNOTE ADDRESS | KEYNOTE ADDRESS Creating Opportunities and Overcoming Obstacles: A Journey of a Caribbean Woman in Tech |
Saturday April 29th | Climate Action, Sustainability & Technology | |||
5:10 PM | Amanda Christine Ramdass | The University of the West Indies | Microbes in Remediation Technology and Commercial Products | |
6:00 PM | Danii Mc Letchie | Carnicycle | CEO and Co-founder | Creating a More Sustainable Carnival |
6:20 PM | Esther Callender-George | Manager, Enterprise IT Risk & Security | ||
Sunday April 30th | Current, Creative Trends, New Markets | |||
5:00 PM | ||||
5:10 PM | Kimberley Demagny | Caribeart and The Epicentrum | Founder & Digital Marketing Strategist | Leveraging Technology for Caribbean Cultural Advocacy - by The Epicentrum |
5:30 PM | Charissa Minty | Instructional Designer & Client Services Manager | DIME Solutions | My journey to becoming an Instructional Designer |
Monday May 1st | Navigating Opportunities & Mentorship | |||
4:30 PM | Sequoyah Patrick | Global Program Lead - Women Techmakers | Industry Talk | |
5:10 PM | Deborah Benjamin | ASCO Logistics Limited | Managing Director | Navigating Opportunities in the Caribbean |
5:35 PM | Natalia Concepción | Generative AI Policy Lead | Women Supporting Women: Best Practices for Supporting Colleagues of Color | |
6:00 PM | Zarna Hart | Zarna Hart | Self-Employed | The wavering line of design and thought |
6:25 PM | Cleyra Uzcategui | JP Morgan & Chase | Software Engineer | From the Caribbean to the World! Boost your Career Building your Personal Brand |
Tuesday May 2nd | Fintech & ESG | |||
4:30 PM | Maria Daniel | Ernst & Young | ||
5:10 PM | Charielle Plowden | WizdomCRM virtual stock market game | CEO | Achieving Financial Inclusion through Financial Education |
5:40 PM | Mark Perreira | ZED LABS | CEO | Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Caribbean Tech: The Zed Labs Approach |
6:10 PM | Sheldon Monderoy | Kanoo Trinidad & Tobago Ltd | CEO & Group CTO | Kanoo - The Power to Empower |
Wednesday May 3rd | Data Science & AI | |||
5:00 PM | ||||
5:10 PM | Simone Leon | Guardian Group | Database Administrator | The Art of Data Storytelling |
6:00 PM | Cleyra Uzcategui | JP Morgan & Chase | Software Engineer | Don't let your website be a barrier to accessibility |
6:30 PM | Cyan Sylvester | Unqueue Distributors Limited | Head of Product | Data-Driven Expansion: Leveraging Research to Expand Your Digital Footprint |
Thursday May 4th | TAKE THE LEAD - ECOSYSTEM DAY | |||
4:30 | ECO SYSTEM PANEL DISCUSSION | |||
5:10 | Melissa Pascal | Pascal's Bakery Ltd | CEO | Tech in the Food Manufacturing Industry |
5:40 | Jehan Chreiki | Bandy Inc. | Co-Founder | Changing the landscape of skill sharing and donating in the Caribbean through time banking |
6:00 | Darnel Francois | Draper Startup House | CEO | Entrepreneurship with DSH Caricom |
6:45 | Sheldon Monderoy | Kanoo Trinidad and Tobago Limited | CEO & Group CTO | Kanoo - The Power to Empower |
We have been asked alot – am I a techmaker? Many of our amazing community leaders and speakers have shared with us a sense of doubt…over whether they belong in this world of tech…and we want to assuredly respond by saying- YES YOU DO.
Diversity and Inclusion Techmakers of the Caribbean…Let us unite…as we use technology to change the world!