Women’s Tech Hub is proud to present a one day conference in collaboration with UWE Bristol. Rather than it being a conference for people in the field, this is a conference for people interested in Data Science and learning what it’s about, how to get into it and how to transfer into the field.

For Tickets you can choose morning, afternoon or all day for the conference. Please book seperately for a dedicated slot to speak to the companies, we will mail you to discuss times. There will be a chance for people attending the conference without career tickets to take any free slots to speak to the companies where possible

How

The day will be split into 2 – there are different speakers in the morning and the afternoon and panel discussions. You can come in the morning or the afternoon or both. We have great speakers and discussions and also the opportunity to speak to companies looking for diverse candidates at the career fair.

Morning

• 9.30 am Doors open
• 10 am Start and intro from Women’s Tech Hub
• 10.15 am Intro and overview of the MSc
• 10.45 – 11.15 Anna-Maria Wykes from Advancing analytics: Anna will be discussing what it’s like being a data engineer and how she works with the data scientists
• 11.15 – 11.45 Helen LLoyd from Dext: Helen will be sharing her story into Data Science and beyond with us.
• 11.45 – 12.15 Panel Discussion with our two speakers above joined by Kathryn Amitstead from Tumelo and hosted by Chew-Yean yam
• 12.15 – 1.00 pm Lunch break/networking

Afternoon

• 1.00 – 1.30 Intro and overview of the MSc
• 1.30 – 2.00 Ben Byford Podcaster: Ben is a regular AI Podcaster of Machine Ethics and Ethical by Design Artificial Intelligence consultant
• 2.00 – 2.30 Elena Hensinger From Elvie: Elena will share with us what it’s like being a senior data scientist in a femtech company
• 2.30 – 3.00 Panel Discussion with our two speakers above joined by Joanne Kitson and hosted by Chew-Yean yam
• 3.00 – 4.00 Informal networking

Who

• This is for anyone interested in Data.
• It’s for people wanting to find out more – not for the specialists. It’s about showcasing people in the industry that work in it and love it.
• It’s about discussing what it’s about and what it could be.
• It’s about the ethics of it and whether it’s something for you.

We’re reaching out to:

• Anyone who has previously studied in a related subject
• Anyone who has spent years working with data – (and yes this includes excel spreadsheets)
• Anyone who wants to translate from another discipline with an interest in data
• Anyone who just wants to find out more
• Anyone who has done research that involved data (large or complex)
• Anyone who wants to fix the world’s issues

The Career fair

Not all of the companies recruiting will be data science-related – they are looking for software and hardware engineers as well as anything else in tech and offer training also. So if Data isn’t your thing then pop along to find out more about the industry or talk jobs with the local companies.

We will be running it on 15-minute intros so if you are looking for work it is worth bringing your CV for the companies – we’ll be introducing you by name and interest only. You get a chance to speak to them about opportunities. This is for anyone looking to get into/return to the industry, get a job, and people just interested in finding out more and speak directly to the companies. They will speak to you and you won’t get ignored which is common in other recruitment fairs.