Lizbeth Goodman

Location: London (also New York | L.A. | Dublin | Cairo | Dubai | and available to travel worldwide)
Speaking Topics: innovation | creativity | women in tech | Youth at Risk | Digital Divide and Digital Dividends | Stealth Learning in Serious Games | Disability Empowerment using Tech | Dance and Ability | Elearning Tools | Presence | new media | Leadership & Entrepreneurship
Spoken Languages: (english)

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Web links / Blogs: 
SMARTlab Digital Media Institute
Safetynet & Safespaces.net
Trust
Hope

The achievements of women working in and with technology were celebrated last night at the third BlackBerry® Women & Technology Awards, held at the Marriot Grovesnor Square in London. Winners were announced across seven categories and the overall winner of the BlackBerry Outstanding Woman in Technology Award was given. The awards celebrate and recognise the achievements of women using technology, both within and beyond the IT sector. These achievements are recognised in the corporate sector, public sector and academia, the multimedia industry and within small to medium sized businesses.

Previous Presentations: 
World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Dubai April 2008
World Summit of the Information Society, Tunis, November 2005
World Summit of the Information Soceity, Geneva, 2003
Presentation Web Links: 
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Dori Smith

Location: CA | San Francisco Bay Area | USA
Speaking Topics: java | gadgets | blogging | Working From Home | Internet | women in technology | Web 2.0 | Javascript | CSS | OSX | RSS | SEO | Web standards | Dreamweaver | Spry | Women in IT | HTML | Technology | community | women in tech | Ajax | Widgets | Mac OS X | DHTML | gender | OS X | Web | weblogs

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Web links / Blogs: 
My site
Backup Brain Weblog
JavaScript & Ajax Book Site
Dreamweaver Book Site
Wise-Women's Web Lists
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn

How many hats can one woman wear?
I'm an expert in fields from the Mac (since 1992), Web development (since 1995), programming (since 1977--yes, really), online communities (since 1994), and weblogging (since 1999). I've written and taught about all of these, and more. I've authored or co-authored:
• "Ajax Essential Training" video course (Lynda.com, 2008)
• "JavaScript Essential Training" video course (Lynda.com, 2007)
• "Dreamweaver CS3 for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press, 2007)

Previous Presentations: 
• Macworld Expo, on topics from "Web Design and Delivery" (two-day Power Tools conference), "Webmaster 2003," "Advanced Webmaster Applications," "JavaScript Bootcamp," and "JavaScript Dynamic HTML Wizardry." Led one of the two MacBrainiac challenge teams in 2006.
• Web-related conferences including Voices that Matter, Webstock (New Zealand), SxSW (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008), Web Design World, Web Builder, CNET Builder.com Live!, Script 'Scape Geek Cruise, Perl Whirl Geek Cruise, Web Design '99, Web Design World '99, and JavaScript '98.
• Mac-related conferences including O'Reilly Mac OS X Conferences, NCMUG Mac Computer Expos, and MacMania Geek Cruises.

Jessica Mah

Location: San Francisco | New York
Speaking Topics: blogging | branding | personal brand | advertising | long tail | community | twitter | entrepreneurship | women in tech | future of web | startup experiences | hiring | growing a company

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Web links / Blogs: 
Jessica Mah's Blog

Jessica Mah is a sophomore in college and aspiring entrepreneur - she's 17 years old and feeds on the idea of being an underage entrepreneur. Later this spring, she will be featured in the PBS TV Series, Biz Kids. As of recently, she became a TEDster.

Previous Presentations: 
Supernova (San Francisco): Spoke about startup experiences & growing a company. Approx 60 people
Next Web (Amsterdam): Spoke about the future of web as it relates to internet users. Approx 750 people.
Entrepreneur Meetup (NYC): Organizer of entrepreneur meetup, introduced and managed speakers. Approx 80 people.