Women In Tech Intro
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Introductory presentation for First Women In Tech Scotland event which took place in Glasgow on 22nd March 2016.
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Women In Tech Intro
- 2. Founders of Women in Tech, Scotland Penny Robertson Celeste McLaughlin Grainne Hamilton
- 4. Advocating for better recognition and opportunities for women working in the technology sector in Scotland
- 5. Providing recognition of contribution to tech by awarding members with digital credentials for showcasing their work
- 7. Speakers: Geraldine Wooley – Equate Scotland Sarah Currier – University of Glasgow, Urban Big Data Centre Silka Patel - Scotland Women in Technology Grainne Hamilton - DigitalMe / Women in Tech Scotland
- 10. Events & Groups of interest • Digital media meet up – Women in Digital – 31st March, Glasgow - www.meetup.com/Glasgow-Digital-Media-Meetup • DBX Glasgow – Startups & digital marketing – 30th March, Glasgow - bdxglasgow.com • Hackathon, 1-3rd April, Edinburgh - http://bit.ly/1pZZK5r • Scotland SJ 2016 – 2-3rd June, Edinburgh - https://ti.to/scotlandjs/scotlandjs-2016 - free diversity programme - further info @ScotlandSJ & @ScotlandCSS • BSC Women Scotland - bcswomen.bcs.org/scotland-branch • Girl Geek Scotland - www.girlgeekscotland.com • Scotland Women in Technology
Editor's Notes
- Worked in technology and education for around 45 years between us (not each) Supporting education sector in using technology Extensive experience of organising events and facilitating communities Worked with Universities globally, Colleges, Jisc, Mozilla,
- About Women in Tech, Scotland: An open network of female digital technology professionals Informal Social Glasgow based Using the Meetup platform, which supports social connections around topics Cross-sectoral and supports networking
- Conversation post Christmas between the three founding members about the lack of opportunities for women to get together in a supportive professional setting led to a decision to form the group. We decided to use the meet-up platform as it was open and would give us access to a network of potential members. We have over 100 members in a very short space of time so we think there is a need for the forum. We are aware that other women in technology forums exist and some have contacted us: we’ll be hearing from Scotland Women in Technology this evening, we’re aware that Girl Geeks Scotland has just had a re-launch, although at the time of setting up our group they hadn’t been active for some time, and we’ve had contact with BCS Women Scotland group. We think there is a place for all these groups and would hope to collaborate with these groups as appropriate.
- Future meetings? How often, venue, willing to pay a small subscription Topics of interest Volunteer speakers please contact us