Saranya Sriram is the Asia product lead, and a principle product manager on the engineering team for Microsoft’s globally distributed, multi model Database as a Service- Azure Cosmos DB team. This is NoSQL sharded database as a service powering many modern real-time apps such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Starbucks, Walmart checkout and product catalog, and most of Microsoft internal services such as Microsoft Teams, Active Directory, Xbox, IoT services and more. Saranya is based in Singapore and works across world-wide teams on the product development and leads the Asia focused business on customers and Partners. Saranya has spent 19 over years I Microsoft across various roles of Dev, Developer Evangelist, Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), building large teams of CSA for Asia and customer and partner organization prior to product management. Saranya has worked across Asia spanning India, APAC, China/HK, Japan, Korea, Australia and NZ.

Saranya graduated from BITS Pilani, India with Masters in Physics and Computer Science Engineering and later MBA from Chicago Booth School of Business with high honors.

Outside of work, Saranya is a performing Bharatnatyam-Indian classical dancer and actively engages with community to teach both dance and technology and presents in women in tech initiatives

Saranya Sriram is the Asia product lead, and a principle product manager on the engineering team for Microsoft’s globally distributed, multi model Database as a Service- Azure Cosmos DB team. This is NoSQL sharded database as a service powering many ... Show more

Cail has spent the last couple of decades working at the intersection of people and technology: in the performing arts, in the motion picture industry, and now in the field of software operations. He is fascinated by learning from incidents - large and small - and will gladly trade stories about them.

Cail has spent the last couple of decades working at the intersection of people and technology: in the performing arts, in the motion picture industry, and now in the field of software operations. He is fascinated by learning from incidents - large a... Show more

Michelle N. Huang is assistant professor of English and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of Racial Beings: Experiments in Asian American New Materialisms (Duke, 2026). Her film essay, INHUMAN FIGURES: Robots, Clones, and Aliens, can be viewed online at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center website.

Michelle N. Huang is assistant professor of English and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of Racial Beings: Experiments in Asian American New Materialisms (Duke, 2026). Her film essay, INHUMAN FIGURES: Robots, Clone... Show more

Yna Honda é Mestre em Governança e Sustentabilidade (ISAE/FGV), especialista em Direito Tributário, Bacharel em Direito (UFPR), palestrante, mentora em processos de implantação de inovação na Justiça Eleitoral. É diretora-geral da Casa do Contador de Histórias, storyteller, palestrante, mentora de palestrantes (Instituto Gente - Roberto Shinyashiki), participante do Conexão Inovação Pública, curadora da Semana de Inovação da ENAP 2022, pós-graduanda em Neurolaw e doutoranda em Inovação.

Yna Honda é Mestre em Governança e Sustentabilidade (ISAE/FGV), especialista em Direito Tributário, Bacharel em Direito (UFPR), palestrante, mentora em processos de implantação de inovação na Justiça Eleitoral. É diretora-geral da Casa do Contador d... Show more

Jason Plumb (he/him) is a hacker, artist, experimenter, polyglot programmer, and dad from Portland, OR, USA. He is co-maintainer of OpenTelemetry Android and an approver in various OpenTelemetry java projects. When not at work, Jason volunteers with Futel to install and maintain a network of free public payphones. He also builds synthesizers, experiments with sound, screens classic cult films, and rides steel-frame bicycles.

Jason Plumb (he/him) is a hacker, artist, experimenter, polyglot programmer, and dad from Portland, OR, USA. He is co-maintainer of OpenTelemetry Android and an approver in various OpenTelemetry java projects. When not at work, Jason volunteers with ... Show more

Nitin Deckha (he/him) holds a PhD in Anthropology from Rice University, Houston, Texas, a Master’s Certificate in Adult Training and Development from the Schulich Executive Education Centre, York University, Toronto, and is a Certified Training Development Professional (CTDP). As Principal of Enliven Learning, Nitin sprouts ideas and strategies to guide learners, clients and organizations  in the areas of leadership development, intercultural competence, and the future of work, including human-AI integration. Nitin has more than 15 years’ experience of postsecondary course development and teaching, including in the areas of anthropology, intercultural communication, and the transformation of work, and has taught at the University of Toronto, McMaster University, University of Guelph-Humber, in Canada, and Hochschule Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, in Germany. He has spoken at a range of conferences and events, including recently at the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA), Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL), and National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP). Nitin is based in Toronto, Canada, where he is an active volunteer, organizer, and fundraiser.

Nitin Deckha (he/him) holds a PhD in Anthropology from Rice University, Houston, Texas, a Master’s Certificate in Adult Training and Development from the Schulich Executive Education Centre, York University, Toronto, and is a Certified Training Devel... Show more

Diana Cibu is a software developer with over 20 years of experience in Java and C# .NET Framework development. Currently, she works as a Senior Software Development Lead at Criteo, on the development of Invoice and Payments services. Diana is also an author of novels, in which imagination, legends, and the extraordinary find their balance.

Diana Cibu is a software developer with over 20 years of experience in Java and C# .NET Framework development. Currently, she works as a Senior Software Development Lead at Criteo, on the development of Invoice and Payments services. Diana is also an... Show more

Hi there! I'm the Senior Product Designer for the New Games Squad in the NYT :) I do UI UX for our new games, I've worked on Connections, Strands and Pips!

Hi there! I'm the Senior Product Designer for the New Games Squad in the NYT :) I do UI UX for our new games, I've worked on Connections, Strands and Pips! Show more

Van Tran Nguyen (she/her) is a Vietnamese American artist-scholar, practicing filmmaker, curator, and multimedia artist. In 2017, Tran Nguyen earned a master's degree in fine arts from the State University of New York, at Buffalo. Then in 2021, she earned her doctorate in the Philosophy of Electronic Art at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

Her research investigates Asian American performance and media(tions) of the diaspora. Tran Nguyen’s monograph, No Bodies Home: Mediations of Performance in Exile explores Cold War technological advancement and argues that racialized and gendered bodies of the Asian diaspora are the material and technological output of warfare. Her first short film, ERIE COUNTY SMILE, was released in 2021 and is available for public access via the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Her first full-length feature film, THE MOTHERLOAD, premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival with support from the Vilcek Foundation’s New American Perspectives.

In the fall of 2021, she was appointed the Maya Brin Institute for New Performance and Technology Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is currently an Early Career Fellow at the UCLA Center on Race & Digital Justice. In the fall of 2024, she joined the Department of Performing Arts at Georgetown University as the Assistant Professor of Performance and Media. Dr. Tran Nguyen teaches courses across theory and practice including performance, digital filmmaking, and film & media history.

Van Tran Nguyen (she/her) is a Vietnamese American artist-scholar, practicing filmmaker, curator, and multimedia artist. In 2017, Tran Nguyen earned a master's degree in fine arts from the State University of New York, at Buffalo. Then in 2021, she e... Show more

grace shinhae jun is a mother, wife, artist, educator, and scholar. The daughter of a South Korean immigrant and a North Korean refugee, she comes from a lineage of deep love and commitment to serve the people. She has performed nationally and internationally with bkSOUL performance collective which she founded in 2001. Her research and artistic practices are grounded in Hip Hop culture and cross cultural collaborations that challenge the systems of violence and oppression steeped in anti-Blackness. Her scholarship includes publications in the Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies, the International Association for the Study of Popular Music Journal, and is the co-editor for Dance Studies Association’s 2022 ​​Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies. She is an Assistant Professor of Dance at San Diego City College, teaches with transcenDANCE Youth Arts, and at UCSD where she was the recipient of the 2022/2023 Barbara and Paul Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award. Ph.D. Drama & Theatre UCSD/UCI, MFA Dance Sarah Lawrence College.

grace shinhae jun is a mother, wife, artist, educator, and scholar. The daughter of a South Korean immigrant and a North Korean refugee, she comes from a lineage of deep love and commitment to serve the people. She has performed nationally and intern... Show more