Ascend Inspiring Across Generations Conference
EmPower: Leading with Impact
Event Details:
Date: November 10,11,12
Venue: Via Zoom
Description:
The Ascend Houston Chapter invites you to join us for our annual “Inspiring Across Generations” (IAG) conference on from Tuesday, November 10, 2020 through Thursday, November 12, 2020. Our theme is EmPower: Leading with Impact.
Admission:
Individual Member Ticket $50
Individual Non- Member Ticket Price $75
Ascend Membership+IAG Ticket $150
Event Agenda:
Day 1 - Tuesday, November 10, 2020
11:00AM - 11:15AM CT:
Welcome and President's Opening Remarks
11:15AM - 12:00PM CT:
Keynote: Bob Patel, CEO, LyondellBasell
12:05PM - 12:05PM CT:
Break
"Empowering Your Leadership with LeadStyle"
Shveta Pillai, Executive & Leadership Coach, LeadStyle LLC
Lara Dolink, Executive & Leadership Coach, LeadStyle LLC
12:05PM - 12:55PM CT:
12:55PM - 1:00PM CT:
Closing
Day 2 - Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Fireside chat with keynote, Jason Kamiya, former CDO of USAA and Janet Wong, Executive Advisor, Ascend
Independent Board Director, Enviva Partners Partner (Retired), KPMG LLP
11:15AM - 12:00PM CT:
11:50AM - 12:00PM CT:
Break
12:00PM - 12:55PM CT:
"The Power of Mentoring," an interactive mentorship session
12:55PM - 1:00PM CT:
Closing
Day 3 - Thursday, November 12, 2020
4:00PM - 5:00PM CT:
"Resilient Minds Think Alike," Executive Panel Discussion
Omar Al-Aidroos, Partner, Tax, KPMG
Namrata Kriplani, VP of Information Quality & Governance, Dell
Susan Poser, Vice President, Customer & Employee Experience & Communications, Oracle North America Cloud & Technology
Newton Wong, Partner, Deloitte
Chau Nguyen, Chief Public Strategies Officer, Houston Area Women's Center
5:00PM - 5:45PM CT:
Cultural Connections with Chef Willet Feng, Owner, burger-chan
5:45PM - 6:00PM CT:
Raffle and Closing Remarks
Keynote Speakers:
Speakers and Panelists
The Power of Mentoring – Interactive Mentorship Session
Seenu Akunuri
Partner
PwC
Mandy Hwang
Managing Director
Deloitte
Bing Mei
Principal Director
Accenture
Kristin Yoshida
Consulting Partner
Crescendum
Bobby Bui
Managing Director
KPMG
Virginia Li
Partner
RSM
Anand Pinto
SVP of Internal Controls
LyondellBasell
Richard Doi
Partner
ABIP
Ching Lun
Partner
BDO
Tam Vo
Managing Director
Grant Thornton
Julie Ho
Partner
Deloitte
Steve Lyell
Managing Director
KPMG
Lily Wang
Audit Partner
Briggs & Veselka
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