WECode 2025
Tentative Schedule for
Virtual Attendees
Welcome to WECode 2025’s schedule of events.
This schedule is subject to change, and we will be periodically announcing speakers for each event. Not all events are currently listed, so be on the lookout for updates on our social media platforms.
Saturday - February 22, 2025
9:30 - 9:45 AM
Opening Remarks & Welcome
Presented by the WECode Board & Rewriting the Code
Description: Join us in commencing WECode’s 11th annual conference!
9:45 - 10:45 AM
Keynote: Esther Wojcicki
Description: Coming Soon
11:00 - 12:00 PM
Solo Talk with Danielle Feinberg
Description: Coming Soon
Fireside Chat with Christine Lee
Description: Coming Soon
Solo Talk with Carrie McKee
Description: Coming Soon
Conversation with Lucasfilm Animation: The Episodic Television Pipeline
Description: Coming Soon
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Mentorship Circles
Description: Attendees will have the opportunity to get to know mentors from our sponsors, the Harvard community, and additional STEM companies in small-group conversations. There will be one round of mentorship circles, lasting around 45 minutes. This is an amazing opportunity to get to know inspiring leaders in the spaces that you are interested in, while getting to know fellow attendees.
Code Jam Sessions
Description: Coming Soon
Tech Demos & Project Exhibition
Description: Interested in showcasing a project or research that you have been working on? Apply by February 4th for the opportunity to showcase your work. More information coming soon…
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Solo Talk with Christine Sun
Description: Coming Soon
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Keynote: Claire Williams
Description: Claire Williams is the modernising former leader of the Williams Formula One racing team. She is the youngest ever DTP in motorsports, one of the most prominent and successful women in Formula 1 history, and was awarded an OBE for services to F1 in 2017. A strategic visionary, inspirational leader and motivational expert, her development of a high-performance team culture galvanized an underperforming race team that had been struggling on and off the grid to its best finishing positions in years.
5:30 - 6:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Presented by the WECode Board
Sunday - February 23, 2025
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Keynote: Ellen Pao
CEO @ Project Include
Description: Ellen K. Pao is an investor and advocate. She is cofounder and CEO of the award-winning diversity and inclusion nonprofit Project Include. At reddit, she was the first tech CEO to ban revenge porn, unauthorized nude photos, and online harassment. She has also worked in venture capital, tech companies, and in law. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Time, and The Hollywood Reporter. She earned an electrical engineering degree from Princeton, and law and business degrees from Harvard. Her efforts to call attention to discrimination issues have led to the term the “Pao effect.”
10:45 - 11:45 AM
Solo Talk with Missy Cummings
Description: Coming Soon
11:45 - 12:45 PM
Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Mentorship Circles
Description: Attendees will have the opportunity to get to know mentors from our sponsors, the Harvard community, and additional STEM companies in small-group conversations. There will be one round of mentorship circles, lasting around 45 minutes. This is an amazing opportunity to get to know inspiring leaders in the spaces that you are interested in, while getting to know fellow attendees.
Tech Demos & Project Exhibition
Description: Interested in showcasing a project or research that you have been working on? Apply by February 4th for the opportunity to showcase your work. More information coming soon…
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Presented by the WECode Board
Location: Coming Soon
3:30 - 5:30 PM
Career Panel
Description: Coming Soon