GEEQ Lunch & Talk - Networking lunch for women in data
Are you hungry for networking opportunities with other women in technology? Do you crave an authentic and personal career chat with women leaders? It was so great to see how many of you said yes and wanted to attend GEEQ's Lunch & Talk!
GEEQ teamed up with Data Futurology to host an exclusive networking lunch for 15 community members on 31 August 2022 at the Hyatt Regency in Sydney. In order to secure a ticket, the participants had to answer to the following:
Share your story of how you have been supported or how you have been supporting the career progression of women in IT.
It was fascinating to read about the inspiring answers and journeys of our community members. Here are some examples:
Shaila Pervin, PhD wrote: "I try to seek advice whenever I need to make any decision. This has been extremely helpful and comforting. I also do mentoring. I did mentoring as part of Monash Alumni and I also mentor my fellow juniors from my university in Bangladesh via a Facebook group."
Dr Farina Riaz shared with us: "Its hard to conduct challenging research with 2 boys and family responsibilities. Being a female, I am strong, brave, confident and know how to be good at problem solving tasks."
And Maggie Liuzzi wrote: "Throughout the years, I've volunteered at the UTS Women in Engineering and IT (WiEIT), giving talks at high schools encouraging teenagers to look into STEM careers, Girls Programming Network (GPN), tutoring high school and primary school girls in Python and some fun electronics, and Code Like a Girl, helping organise events for women in and looking to enter the tech industry. I've also privately tutored a 12 year old girl and then her even younger brother (who got inspired by her) in all things coding, and I've informally mentored and advised countless women looking to acquire technical skills who reach out to me through LinkedIn."
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Our 15 winners received invites for the exclusive Lunch&Talk and as a bonus, an invitation to the Data Engineering Summit on the same day, organised by Data Futurology. From cloud data architecture to data pipelines, participants got to learn about all things data at the summit.?
Our guest speaker: Joanna Marsh
Joanna Marsh , who is the General Manager, Innovation & Advanced Analytics at the Investa Property Group shared her career journey of being a female in STEM at lunch. She also outlined how she came across Data and AI as critical areas to excel in real estate. Not only that, Joanna spoke about the various struggles she faced in breaking the glass ceiling, encouraging other women to take the lead! Joanna’s eagerness to learn enabled her to excel in her career making her an icon for female empowerment in the technology industry.?
We had a wonderful day connecting with inspiring women with diverse backgrounds who shared their experiences navigating STEM careers. Last but not least, thanks to Data Futurology for giving us the opportunity to host this exclusive networking lunch at their Data Engineering Summit.
Article by our volunteer Maria Jamal ????
Co-founder & CEO
2 年Love this! It was such a pleasure to speak with you all - and to talk through the different challenges and opportunities that comes with being an outlier ?? Thank you for the amazing work you do GEEQ
Data Analyst | Consultant | AI Ethics Research Engineer
2 年Thank you for the invite! The summit and the conversations during lunch were all quite interesting.
Content, Events, Community & Engagement
2 年Really glad Data Futurology was able to support these important conversations & looking forward to the next events Katrin S.
Backend Software Engineer | DEI Advocate | Winner AFR Top 100 Future Leader - Coles IT Award
2 年Amana Ramzeen
Senior Staff Engineer at Commonwealth Bank
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