The Diana Initiative 2021: Full Schedule

Welcome to Diana Initiative 2021 Virtual Conference schedule.
For more information, please see our virtual conference page here :
https://tickets.dianainitiative.org

12:00pm PDT

MHH Intro

Friday July 16, 2021 12:00pm - 12:45pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

12:30pm PDT

Heading Ones Own Advice: Burning out when talking about burn out

Even mental health advocates are not immune from burnout, anxiety, and depression. Simply talking about the issues and being allies will not make it go away. Recently, I redlined and redlined some more. This is an introspective look at the past few weeks and how I took on too much, good and bad, and am limping into TDI.

Speakers

Douglas Brush

Global Advisory CISO / Co-chair, Neurodiversity ERG Community Engagement, Splunk

Douglas is an information security executive with over 27 years of entrepreneurship and professional technology experience. He is a globally recognized expert in cybersecurity, incident response, digital forensics, and information governance. In addition to serving as a CISO and leading... Read More →

Friday July 16, 2021 12:30pm - 1:00pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

1:00pm PDT

We Used To Be Giants

It was hard enough thinking I was broken before the world caught flu and fire but, funny enough, I'm healthier than I was before the masks. Let's talk about it. Maybe I figured some things out that might help you along.

Speakers

Danny “rand0h” Akacki

Friday July 16, 2021 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

3:00pm PDT

Actually Autistic

Kim Crawley discusses her wild ride from homelessness to middle class, from depression to happiness, from hopelessness to a lucrative cybersecurity research and writing career. Through her dramatic socioeconomic changes and career progress, she learns to accept her autistic identity and fight for disability rights. A lot of people in the tech industry are neurodivergent, whether or not they know it. But is it fair that people like Kim get to live with dignity while others with her neurotype get conversion 'therapy' and electrocuted in institutions?

Friday July 16, 2021 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

3:30pm PDT

Talk 3

Talk 3 by anonymous

Friday July 16, 2021 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

4:00pm PDT

Demystifying/Destigmatizing Counseling

Everyone faces mental struggles at some point in their lives, some more than others. Counseling can be a fantastic way to work through these challenges. Though the introduction of some personal stories, Investigatorchic will discuss what therapy actually entails and what it does not, in order to dispel commonly held myths. In addition, information will be provided about different kinds of counseling and how to select a counselor that can be most helpful for a particular situation/concern.

Speakers

Catherine Ullman

Sr. Information Security Forensic Analyst, University at Buffalo

Dr. Catherine J. Ullman is a security researcher, speaker, and Senior Information Security Analyst at University at Buffalo with over 20 years of highly technical experience She also recently became certified in Mental Health First Aid. In her current job, Cathy is responsible for... Read More →

Friday July 16, 2021 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

5:00pm PDT

Talk 5

Talk 5 by anonymous

Friday July 16, 2021 5:00pm - 5:30pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

12:00pm PDT

Recorded Mindfulness Session

Saturday July 17, 2021 12:00pm - 12:30pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

1:30pm PDT

Optimism wins, every time

Talk 2 by anonymous

Saturday July 17, 2021 1:30pm - 2:00pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

2:30pm PDT

Neurodiversity as an Asset: The Upside to Thinking Just a Bit Differently

A single story of one neurodivergent person navigating their way in the world, sharing obstacles, failures, triumphs, and hopefully some inspiration for others facing similar challenges.

Speakers

Chad Calease

Saturday July 17, 2021 2:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village

3:30pm PDT

When Family Is Not Your Family - Blood vs. Community

Life is hard enough, but when you get older and migrate into a profession, things may get messy, or less than ideal. This session discusses the challenges, differences and camaraderie that evolves from developing relationships that aren't blood that may be stronger than such to provide emotional and metal support.

Saturday July 17, 2021 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Session - Mental Health Hacker Village https://tdi.mobi/JoinMHH

MHH Village