BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:91@oxon.bcs.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241009T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241009T193000 DTSTAMP:20241223T081454Z URL:https://oxon.bcs.org/programme/women-in-it-event-3/ SUMMARY:Women in IT Event DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe BCS Oxfordshire is pleased to announce the 3rd annual W omen in IT Event in Oxfordshire.\n\nThe hybrid event will be held on Wedne sday 9th October the day after Ada Lovelace day with talks from academia a nd industry followed by a networking session.\n\nThis event hopes to bring together women from across all stages of their careers in technology\, pr oviding a forum to share experiences and promote the retention and empower ment of women in the IT industry.\n\nThis event will continue the success of the previous events in 2023 and 2022.\n\nTalks will take place from 18: 00 - 19:30 in hybrid\, after which there will be an in person networking e vent with Tea\, Coffee and Robots.\nAgenda\n18:00 - Sam Kamperis - Houseke eping and Webinar Welcome\n\n18:05 - Simon Jones - Welcome\, 2024-25 Progr amme\n\n18:20 - Samia Kamal - Principal Lecturer for Student Experience\, Oxford Brookes\n\n18:40 - Tereza Malacova - Senior Lecturer in Computing\, Oxford Brookes\n\n19:00 - Rachel Keane - Chief Data Inspirer\, Digdata\n\ n19:20 - Vicki Pike - Founder and Managing Director\, Ideara\n\n19:40 - Cl ose\, Tea\, Coffee and Robots (in person only)\nCurrent Speakers are:\nDr Samia Kamal\nBSc (Hons)\, MSc\, PGCE\, PhD\nPrincipal Lecturer for Student Experience\nSchool of Engineering\, Computing and Mathematics\nhttps://ww w.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/samia-kamal \n\nDr Samia Kamal is a Nation al Teaching Fellow\, awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding i mpact on student outcomes and the teaching profession. Samia has demonstra ted a longstanding commitment to helping all her learners reach their full potential. She has been recognised on a national level for her work and i mpact across the Institution to inspire and influence her colleagues.\n\nS amia in her role as Principal Lecturer for Student Experience is committed to exploring learning and teaching strategies suited to her discipline of Computer Science. Her championing of Computer Science pedagogy has helped to transform students’ experiences at Oxford Brookes University\, espec ially women in STEM subjects\, through her proactivism and advocacy for un derrepresented groups.\n\nSamia is also an Enterprise Education Fellow\, w here she leads enterprise and entrepreneurship education practices within the curriculum with appropriate adaptations for different disciplines\, wh ich provides an integrated approach to entrepreneurship\, research\, and e nterprise within the curriculum and as part of our students’ broader dev elopment.\nTereza Malacova\nTereza has a BA in Philosophy\, Politics and E conomics from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Data Analytics from O xford Brookes University\, which became the first step in her transition f rom humanities to STEM. Following the completion of her Masters Degree\, s he began teaching at Oxford Brookes in an Associate Lecturer role last yea r and has newly become a Senior Lecturer in Computing.\n\nTereza also has experience in 1-on-1 teaching as she has supervised a number of EPQ studen ts\, supporting their first steps into the world of research. Her own rese arch interests tend to combine computer science and the humanities\, consi dering issues of ethics\, economics\, or politics within computing applica tions. Her research is currently focused on sentiment analysis of newspape r headlines of articles concerning Ukraine\, and analysing the resulting s entiments. She has previously explored racial biases in AI and hopes to co ntinue engaging with issues of diversity and inclusion in the future.\nRac hel Keane\nRachel Keane is the founder of Data Inspiration Group\, launche d in July 2021 to empower students in secondary and tertiary education wit h data literacy skills and virtual work experience. With over 12 years in data recruitment\, Rachel recognised the industry's challenges in building diverse and inclusive teams\, as well as the knowledge gap among young pe ople regarding data careers. Under her leadership\, the group has grown to 16\,000 student members\, with education partnerships spanning 2\,500 sch ools\, 105 universities\, and providing virtual work experience opportunit ies with leading UK brands like GSK\, HSBC\, NHS\, and more\, shaping the future of data talent across the UK.\nVicky Pike\nWith extensive experienc e across the private\, public\, and third sectors\, Vicky is a Twenty Wome n in Data® awardee\, a Senior Coach Practitioner with ILM L7 and a Comput er Science graduate. Vicky has spearheaded numerous initiatives that signi ficantly improved gender diversity and inclusion within tech teams. Follow ing a successful tenure as a senior leader at Sainsbury’s\, she founded Ideara to help organisations get the most from their people\, teams\, and technology.\n\n \;\n\nHybrid Meeting\n\nThis event will be held both  “in person” and “via Zoom”.\n\n“In Person” Logistics\n\nThe “in person” meeting will be held at: CLC1.12 Learning Studio\, Clerici Building\, Oxford Brookes University. The meeting will commence at 6:00pm . Once registration is open\, please register for the event as usual using the Eventbrite link on the website or via MeetUp\, where you will be able to indicate whether you are attending via Zoom or in person.\n\nCOVID-19\ n\nBCS is following government guidelines and we would ask attendees to co ntinue to also follow these guidelines. Please go to https://www.nhs.uk/co nditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ for more information\, advice\, and instruc tions. 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