WiT24: Breaking barriers, building bridges: Women in Tech
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Date
23 May 2024
Book Before
10 May 2024
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About the Event
How far have we come?
How can we make lasting changes to the workplace?
How do we break those barriers and build those bridges?
In our annual conference we will explore how we can make the workplace, especially in an IT space, more friendly and accessible for women. Do we think we’ve made progress in the last 20 years or so? What changes have taken place for the better? What changes still need to happen? How do we engage people to make changes?
Event Schedule
Night Prior
19:00
Drinks Reception
in Conference Foyer (for those who have booked to attend dinner)19:30
Call to Dinner
19:40
Dinner
in Park Suite (for those who have booked to attend dinner)Thursday
09:15
Registration and exhibition opens
09:50
Welcome and Introduction
Christi Hopkinson, Head of Service Operations, University of the West of England10:00
Building a Sense of Belonging (Sponsored by Google for Education)
10:30
The Comfort Zone, the Barrier to Ambition
Julie Walters, Digital Programme Manager, Swansea University
11:10
Refreshment Break
in Exhibition11:40
What is it like working in a women-centred team - My experience!
Sarah Walmsley, Digital Learning Services Manager, Leeds Trinity University12:00
Creating a Sense of Community to Facilitate Institution-Wide Technological Change
Rebecca Anderson, Lead Learning Technologist, University of East Anglia12:20
A man’s world – but it wouldn’t be nothing, without a woman or a girl
12:50
Lunch & Networking in the Exhibition
13:50
Breakout Sessions
- Is it getting better? The experiences and aspirations of mothers and childless/childfree women working in IT
(in Park Suite)
Shireen Walker, Technology Programme Manager, University of Oxford - In at the deep end
(in Southville Ashton)
Kelly Weber, Director Digital Strategy Mobilisation, University of Southampton
14:10
Travel Time
14:15
Breakout Sessions
- A path to personal wisdom - how to understand yourself in order to make the right choices for you
(in Park Suite)
Charley Bayley, Senior Business Analyst and Katie Burn, Senior Business Analyst, University of York - Double it and give it to the next person doubling the number of women in our IT department
(in Southville Ashton)
Sarah Kennedy, Assistant Director IT Services, Erin McWilliams, Research Systems Support Officer and Helen Parker, Digital Tools Support Specialist, University of York
14:35
Travel Time
14:40
Surviving and Thriving in the First 90 Days
Kathryn Myhill, Deputy Director, Leeds Beckett University15:10
Refreshment Break
in Exhibition15:40
If you want to go far, go together - the UCISA pilot Mentoring Scheme
Dr Elaine Swift, Head of Professional Development Services, UCISA16:00
It's all about the framing
Samantha Ahern, Senior Digital Research Trainer, University College London16:20
Closing Remarks
Christi Hopkinson, Head of Service Operations, University of the West of England16:30
Conference Close
Exhibitor Information
UCISA Group
- Women in Tech
