WECode 2016

February 27-28, 2016

Overview

On February 27-28, 2016, WECode hosted its largest conference yet, welcoming over 600 attendees to Northwest Labs at Harvard University. Featuring four dynamic keynote speakers—Laura Butler (Microsoft), Cathryn Posey (U.S. Digital Services), Tracy Chou (Pinterest), and Pooja Sankar (CEO of Piazza)—the event provided an unparalleled platform for learning, networking, and inspiration. Additional lightning talks from Julie Elberfeld (Capital One) and Marie Chatfield (Square) further enriched the experience.

The conference offered 11 workshops and 6 panels spanning a wide range of topics, from FinTech, Fashion x Tech, and Machine Learning with Google to entrepreneurship, product management, and UI/UX design. Highlights included interactive sessions such as “Analyzing Taylor Swift Lyrics in Python” with Dropbox and “Intro to 3D Printing” with Formlabs, demonstrating the diverse applications of technology.

Impact by Numbers

600+ attendees

20+ events

Speaker Highlight

A few of the phenomenal speakers of WECode 2016

Laura Butler

Director of Engineering, Windows Fundamentals in Microsoft

Pooja Sankar

CEO of Piazza

Julie Elberfeld

Executive Lead for Diversity and Inclusion in Tech Executive Lead for Diversity and Inclusion in Tech, Capital One

Marie Chatfield

Software Engineer, Square

Cathryn Posey

US Digital Services, Founder of Tech by Superwomen

Jenny Li

Goldman Sachs

Vika Abrecht

Engineering Manager, Bloomberg R&D

Tracy Chou

Tech Lead, Pinterest

Ellen Zhong

DE Shaw Research

Margo Seltzer

Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

CS50 x WECode Recordings

We are very thankful to CS50 for their support of WECode. With their assistance, we are proud to share recordings of certain WECode 2016 lightning talks and keynote presentations. We invite you to watch & enjoy the following videos from WECode 2016.