Girls In Tech

 Astia, a premier venture accelerator that targets exceptional start-ups with women on their founding teams, today announced that COO Katie Nittler will be speaking at the Stanford Women in Business (SWIB) Conference on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 1:15pm in the Annenburg Auditorium. The panel is titled “Launching into Action: Taking the Bull by Its Horns”. It will be moderated by Mary Liz McCurdy and feature Susie Cranston, author of How Remarkable Women Lead; Traci Long, CEO of Ladies Who Launch; Lorraine Fox, former partner at Crescendo Ventures; Katie Nittler, COO of Astia; and Ruth DeGolia, Co-founder of Mercado Global.

The mission of the conference is to educate, motivate and inspire women to achieve success at every point in their career, whether they’re learning the ropes at their first, entry-level job or leading a successful company and looking to reach new heights. To that end, the conference features speakers who have reached these heights and are eager to share their stories, from recent graduates pioneering their own innovative start-ups to CEO’s of multinational corporations. The conference includes hands-on workshops aimed at broadening women’s definition of the path a career can and should take.

The conference is free and open to undergraduate and graduate students and community members both female and male. For more information on Stanford Women in Business visit http://swib.stanford.edu/