Victoria Girl Geek Coffees is proud to announce our next event : "She++" which is a joint event with NICTA and Uni Melbourne Women in ICT on Friday 3 May 2013 at 5.30-7.30 pm!
We will host a screening of she++: The Documentary in Melbourne, followed by a panel discussion about the role of women in ICT based on the issues raised in the documentary. We will finish up with some networking over pizza!
Date : 3 May 2013
Time : 17:30-19:30 pm
Venue: Newton Room, Level 5, Building 193 (Electrical Engineering), The University of Melbourne
Cost : Free of charge
Interested? Register here :
http://sheplusplus-melbourne-eorgf.eventbrite.com.au/
Between 2000 and 2009, there was a 79 percent drop in the number of first-year undergraduate women considering computer science, even as products such as Facebook, Twitter, Angry Birds, etc. began making technology 'cool' again. And so, we have been told, time and time again, we need more women in technology. But we're not entirely convinced by the op-eds and panel discussions. Is there really a difference? The greatest technology companies of our time -- Apple, Google, Facebook -- have been successfully founded and run by men. And they seem to be doing a pretty good job.
Confirmed panelists include:
Moderator: Dr Karin Verspoor, Scientific Director of Health and Life Sciences, NICTA
A/Prof Christopher Leckie, Department of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
Dr Elaine Saunders, Managing Director, Blamey Sanders
(other panelists are still being confirmed)
she++: The Documentary (12 min: TV-14 DL) energetically proclaims 'Hello, World' after following smart, creative, and trailblazing technologists hard at work in hi-tech. This short documentary collects research and inspirational pieces of Silicon Valley's unsung heroes to galvanize us to explore our potential as 'femgineers'. Written and directed by recent Stanford University good girls gone geek, Ayna Agarwal and Ellora Israni, she++: The Documentary encourages the future CEOs, the innovative engineers, the techies and the fuzzies, the sisters, cousins, and daughters, to break away from the stereotype into a revolutionary field. As technology is becoming increasingly ubiquitous, all demographics must harness new ideas to transform and empower technology. Think of what more 'femgineers' could do.
Stories from high school girls, recently graduated female computer scientists now working in industry, female technology CEOs, Stanford academics, and Silicon Valley venture capitalists, build momentum as she++: The Documentary accumulates facts and statistics, and most promisingly, personal stories. This film will startle the world and inspire girls, young and old, to take the lack of a Y chromosome and make a girl's vision unique and useful in the world of code.
For further information regarding the documentary, please visit http://sheplusplus.stanford.edu/index.php
We will host a screening of she++: The Documentary in Melbourne, followed by a panel discussion about the role of women in ICT based on the issues raised in the documentary. We will finish up with some networking over pizza!
Date : 3 May 2013
Time : 17:30-19:30 pm
Venue: Newton Room, Level 5, Building 193 (Electrical Engineering), The University of Melbourne
Cost : Free of charge
Interested? Register here :
http://sheplusplus-melbourne-eorgf.eventbrite.com.au/
Between 2000 and 2009, there was a 79 percent drop in the number of first-year undergraduate women considering computer science, even as products such as Facebook, Twitter, Angry Birds, etc. began making technology 'cool' again. And so, we have been told, time and time again, we need more women in technology. But we're not entirely convinced by the op-eds and panel discussions. Is there really a difference? The greatest technology companies of our time -- Apple, Google, Facebook -- have been successfully founded and run by men. And they seem to be doing a pretty good job.
Confirmed panelists include:
Moderator: Dr Karin Verspoor, Scientific Director of Health and Life Sciences, NICTA
A/Prof Christopher Leckie, Department of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
Dr Elaine Saunders, Managing Director, Blamey Sanders
(other panelists are still being confirmed)
she++: The Documentary (12 min: TV-14 DL) energetically proclaims 'Hello, World' after following smart, creative, and trailblazing technologists hard at work in hi-tech. This short documentary collects research and inspirational pieces of Silicon Valley's unsung heroes to galvanize us to explore our potential as 'femgineers'. Written and directed by recent Stanford University good girls gone geek, Ayna Agarwal and Ellora Israni, she++: The Documentary encourages the future CEOs, the innovative engineers, the techies and the fuzzies, the sisters, cousins, and daughters, to break away from the stereotype into a revolutionary field. As technology is becoming increasingly ubiquitous, all demographics must harness new ideas to transform and empower technology. Think of what more 'femgineers' could do.
Stories from high school girls, recently graduated female computer scientists now working in industry, female technology CEOs, Stanford academics, and Silicon Valley venture capitalists, build momentum as she++: The Documentary accumulates facts and statistics, and most promisingly, personal stories. This film will startle the world and inspire girls, young and old, to take the lack of a Y chromosome and make a girl's vision unique and useful in the world of code.
For further information regarding the documentary, please visit http://sheplusplus.stanford.edu/index.php