ThoughtWorks Women In Technology (Biz Tech Live), 25 June 2010, Bangalore

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Some of the most powerful people in the technology world are women. We are delighted to invite you to meet some of those women at a unique all-women event bringing together developers, technologists and leaders from across the city.

Don’t miss an exclusive opportunity to meet Dr. Rebecca Parsons - Chief Technology Officer at ThoughtWorks, who was recently named one of the 10 most influential women in technology by #-Link-Snipped-#. With more than 20 years of application development experience, she has published in language and artificial intelligence publications, and served on program committees and reviews for several journals.

Along with Rebecca, Vedavalli Kanala - Senior Consultant at ThoughtWorks, will also be presenting. Veda has 7 years of experience in the creation of large-scale enterprise applications, and is active in the Agile/XP Community, consulting with companies on OO Design, patterns, testing techniques, and development methodologies.
Sessions

Rebecca Parsons – CTO, ThoughtWorks
A Science Approach to Diverse Teams
While diversity is often discussed from the perspective of fairness, there is support for the notion that diverse teams are more creative and better able to solve complex problems. This talk will present information from both general science and evolutionary computation to support the thesis that diverse teams are more creative.
Veda – Senior Consultant, ThoughtWorks
Continuous Integration and Automated Deployment
Development and Deployment are significant stages in building and releasing software. This talk will cover the various aspects of practicing Continuous Integration and Automated Deployment to ensure that development across teams/regions is integrated smoothly.

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• 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Registration
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Session 1: Rebecca Parsons
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Session 2: Vedavalli Kanala
• 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Open forum / High tea