CH 3 · 4 SESSIONS WEDNESDAY
Switching Careers
Breaking in from another field: transition frameworks, non-traditional entry, and leveraging a prior career.
SWITCHING CAREERS INTO TECHNOLOGY
Who it is tailored for
- Professionals moving into tech from another field
- People returning to work or changing direction mid-career
- Anyone whose résumé does not look like the job description yet
WED, OCT 28 · IN THE ROOM · CENTRAL TIME
Your Wednesday on this channel
Wednesday is about building the right network on purpose, hearing from people who got into security from other careers, using AI to map a transition, and learning the interview playbook.
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Doors, welcome and setupHEADPHONES OFF
Find a seat, get on the wifi, sign in to your own vGHC account and pick a channel.
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Open hour
A slow start to the day. Settle in, or borrow a session from another channel.
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Relationship Analytics: Using Data to Engineer the Right Connections
A data-driven way to map your professional relationships (mentor, sponsor, collaborator, ally) and spend time on the ones that move your work forward.
Runs during the lunch hour, 12:00 to 1:00.
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Translating Tech: Language, Access, and Non-Traditional Paths into Cybersecurity
Findings from women and non-binary people who moved into security from interpreting, teaching, entrepreneurship and creative work, with practical ways in for career-changers.
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Community block with Angie and MarkHEADPHONES OFF
A session of our own, led by the organizers. Topic to be announced.
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AI for Career Transitions: A Reverse Prompting Framework
Using generative AI to reverse-engineer role expectations, find adjacent career paths and measure skill gaps before you make a move.
TECHNICAL ALTERNATIVE · 3:00 PMBridging Bytes and Biology: Automating 3D Anthropological TopographyThe architecture behind a web app that turns 3D point clouds of teeth into automated measurements for anthropology research.Session page in the GHC catalog -
Unlocking Big Tech: The Complete Interview Playbook for Engineers, SDMs & PMs
The three pillars of big-tech interviews (algorithms, system design, behavioral) and how to use AI to prepare for each.
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Open hour
Borrow a session from another channel, or start the de-brief early.
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De-brief/Happy HourHEADPHONES OFF
What did you hear that you will use? We compare notes on the day, then carry on at [HAPPY HOUR LOCATION].
A technical alternative is a deeper technical session in the same hour. Watch it instead of the listed session and the rest of the day still fits.
THE REST OF THE WEEK
Keep going on your own
We are only in the room on Wednesday. The track runs all week, and these are its other sessions.
TUE, OCT 27
- Opening Plenary
THU, OCT 29
- Rebuilding Without a Reset Button
- Build Your AI Chief of Staff: A Hands-On Workshop for Non-Technical Women
- What Can AI Mean for My Professional Development & Career?
- Resume Optimization for AI-Era Roles: How to Stand Out Without OverclaimingTechnical alternative: Empathy as a Design Principle: Building Human-Centered Robots (4:00 PM)
FRI, OCT 30
- Become Irreplaceable: Turning Your Multi-Dimensional Edge into Career Leverage
- Found in Translation: The Hidden Superpower of the Non-Linear CareerTechnical alternative: Healthcare AI Is a Systems Problem. Let’s Talk About the System (1:00 PM)
- You Don’t Have to Pick Just One: Navigating a Cross-Functional Career in TechTechnical alternative: Modern Banking Fraud Detection: From Simple Rules to AI (3:00 PM)
Titles, times and session links come from the conference’s virtual catalog as we compiled it on July 13, 2026. Check your vGHC account for the current schedule.