Delivering diversity and inclusion in the technology industry
Date and time
Location
Skills Matter - Code Node
10 South Place London EC2M 7EB United KingdomDescription
Computer Weekly’s annual event dedicated to diversity in technology takes place on 4th October 2017, this year in partnership with Mortimer Spinks.
Featuring the 50 most influential women in UK technology awards.
Join us for an afternoon of high-profile speakers and interactive workshops, designed to help you develop a more diverse technology workforce. We will also announce who has been voted as the most influential woman in UK technology for this year. Who will succeed last year’s winner, BBC presenter and TeenTech CEO Maggie Philbin?
Attending this event will allow you to:
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Understand the positive changes taking place and what still needs to be done
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Hear from our speakers & participate during the Q&A session
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Network with your peers at our post-event reception
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Take part in workshops examining best practice in developing diverse technology teams
The speaker line-up are being finalised. Spaces for this event are limited please apply to register today!
Speakers and Panellists confirmed:
Alison Vincent - Group Chief Information Security Officer, HSBC
Anne Marie Neatham - Chief Operating Officer, Ocado Technology
Catherine Knivett - Principal Policy Officer – Digital Skills, Greater London Authority
Charlotte Finn - VP Programmes, EMEA, Salesforce.org
Guy Armitage - CEO, Zealous
Helen Fraser, Consultant, FDM
Jacqueline De Rojas, President of techUK
James Roberts, Business Intern, CA Technologies
Joysy John, Digital Consultant and Entrepreneur
Kirstie Wilkins, Technology Consulting Analyst, Deloitte
Ray Coyle, UK CEO, Auticon
Rioch Edwards-Brown, Founder, So You Wanna be in TV?
Sinéad Keenan, Senior Director in the Solutions Team at Mind Gym
For full details and speaker bios please click here.
Workshops:
Rachael Hanley-Browne - Head of Leadership Consulting, Harvey Nash;
Reboot, Recruit, Retain - How to recruit and sustain an inclusive workforce
Kirsty Styles - Talent and Skills Lead, North Tech;
Media and Public speaker - Training to make role models in our industry more visible
Abigail Rappoport - CEO, Emoquo;
What's getting in the way of your D&I plan? - The nuts and bolts of tackling the everyday behaviours that destroy an inclusive culture
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Computer Weekly and Spinks have worked together on research and events promoting technology skills and diversity issues for many years.
Spinks
We are Spinks, technology and digital recruiters. We offer a premium and seamless experience that is refreshing for our customers and candidates alike.
The technology and digital sectors are two of the most competitive markets in the world right now. Our unique approach has helped us build and maintain an unrivalled network within the UK technology community. We have experienced specialist consultants in all technology and digital verticals from Scala and data science to Node js and DevOps. Sourcing talent for contract, permanent and project-based roles across the entire tech stack.
Over the past decade, we have published market-leading surveys in partnership with Computer Weekly and hosted numerous thought leadership events, attended by the best in industry professionals from C-level to junior developers. These communities have enabled us to carry out countless pieces of research, events, interviews and roundtables in order to develop a real understanding of how we can make positive changes and developments to the industry, whilst advising our client on the landscape of the technology workforce, teams and culture.
Computer Weekly
Computer Weekly provides the latest news and in-depth analysis of technology trends through its website and 200,000-subscriber weekly digital magazine, as well as exclusive premium content; regional magazines for IT leaders in Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific; and exclusive networking events for IT leaders. From the world’s first weekly IT newspaper in 1966, to today’s digital publication, Computer Weekly reaches millions of IT decision-makers in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.