THURSDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2018 / Level 3, 182 Broadway, NewmarketInspiring
guest speakers!
Participate in
Computer Engineering
& Programming workshops
Fun Games, Goodie Bags and Prizes!
Welcome to Techtorium.
Women in IT / Thursday 6th December
Join us from 10am until 2pm
The New Zealand IT sector growing strong and fast resulting in a shortage of skilled IT professionals. Choosing a career in Tech is a great way to future-proof yourself, assuring a stable and long career.
Technology is everywhere and used by everyone making the IT industry extremely versatile and diverse! You can integrate your passion with a career in technology. You love Art and Coding? You love Fashion Design and Engineering? Those subjects can join forces and generate innovation!
Techtorium Women in IT 2018 aims at inspiring young women by:
- Showcasing inspiring role models who can testify of their successful career in the IT sector and how their work make an impact for tomorrow’s generations.
- A shared lunch, provided by Techtorium, will allow for all young women of Auckland with an interest in IT to get to know each other and share their common passion.
- We also want all young women to experience first hand how fun and exciting IT can be by participating in interactive workshops with our qualified female trainers!
Take part in shaping the world of tomorrow and join the Digital Revolution!
INSPIRING SPEAKERS:
Edwina Mistry – NZ Tech Women
As the Executive Director at TechWomen – NZtech, Edwina Mistry is a strong advocate for secondary school students and women to pursue IT as a career and works in running multiple events to achieve this. With over 30 years of proven success, Edwina is eager to increase the number of younger New Zealand women becoming the IT professionals of tomorrow.
Mary Aue – Coconut Wireless
Mary is passionate about celebrating Polynesian entrepreneurs and start-ups who can benefit the communities. She founded Coconut Wireless to help companies, organisations and individuals build an online presence using the principles learnt building her own 250k followers with a reach of a million per week.
Zohreh & Maryam Doborjeh – AUT
Zohreh and Maryam are sisters with a passion for IT, and are currently research fellows at the Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute (KEDRI) at AUT. Their research is in the field of Artificial Intelligence to develop new methods for the analysis of the brain and the study of human behaviour in real-world scenarios. Their research will impact how we think of Neuro-Marketing and Artificial Intelligence!
To register your interest:
Techtorium Women Support
We have an active Women Network at Techtorium linking current students, alumna and female trainers. Together, we promote diversity and growth of the IT industry. Our main focus is to share our common passion for technology and encourage more young women to give it a go.
As part of WOMEN in IT event, we will be collecting secondhand items and donations for Women’s Refuge.
Location
Any questions, call us on 0800 529 7523
Last time around, Techtorium hosted around 60 secondary school students for a day of guest speakers, Jacinda Ardern of the New Zealand Labour Party and Akesha Tangitua of MyRepublic to discuss why the young women of New Zealand should see IT as a career pathway.
A variety of activities and networking as well made for a very successful day! This time we are looking to double the numbers to provide more young women of New Zealand with the opportunity to learn and discuss how to study and enter the IT industry.
