📅 03 July 2021 🕒 15:00 – 18:30 (BST)
Virtual
Join for ‘Women, Tech and the Global Good’, a virtual conference brought by The Women in International Affairs Network in collaboration with IBM and Seidea.
Technology has become a crucial ally in international development and provides an opportunity for global development professionals to maximise their impact. Tech platforms can help tracking and analysing funding for the SDGs, with blockchain technology revolutionising the impact investing sector by converting non-financial value such as impact into digital tokens that can be tracked. Technological and innovative approaches to M&E, such as human-centred design and real-time M&E can help to enhance the system efficiency and accuracy of programme evaluations.
The event will combine a series of presentations with speakers from tech and innovation sectors who are seeking to achieve global change, with interactive workshops in areas such as human centred design, coding, and cybersecurity. The event will also explore how careers in technology and innovation are linked to global development and are essential for achieving the SDGs.
Through this event, Women in International Affairs Network aims to enhance the technological skills and acumen of the community of aspiring female development professionals, and encourage them to upskill for their career growth, to maximise their social impact, and to gain financial benefit.
Guests will also have the opportunity to enter the raffle, with winners getting a one-to-one follow-up career session with a selected speaker. You will have this time to ask any of your career questions, advice on personal and professional development, or simply learn more from their personal experiences and career journey.
Join for a series of speaker presentations and workshops where you will have the opportunity to:
- Network with digital and social innovators,
- Upskill by sampling tech and innovation courses
- Learn about the most in-demand tech skills to thrive in your international career and maximize your global impact.
Confirmed Speakers
- Atsuko Okuda (Regional Director for Asia and Pacific, International Telecommunication Union (ITU))
- Ivana Bartoletti (Technical Director, Deloitte & Founder of Women Leading in AI Network)
- Phila Phungula (Z Developer Advocate and Scrum Master for Students at IBM).
- Meredith Baker, Country Director, DRC (Mobile Engagement) Viamo
- Antonia Douglas, Cybersecurity Lead at International Airlines Group and Head of Operations, Seidea
- Phila Phungula, Developer and Scrum Master at IBM South Africa
- Shari Chiara, Chief Operations Officer and Programme Director at IBM
- Melissa Sissi, Global Head of IBM Accelerator Programme
- John Matogo, Global University Programme Lead, IBM Africa
- Quito Tsui, Research Assistant, The Engine Room
- Sbussiso Nkhombhe, Cloud Engineer, IBM
Ticket Discounts
The Women in International Affairs Network is offering a 40% discount off of ‘Comprehensive’ tickets for registered WIAN members and full-time students. To redeem the discount code, students will need to show proof of their student ID and institution and write to events@wianetwork.com.
The organization is also offering a limited number of free ‘Comprehensive’ tickets to those under vulnerable and mitigating circumstances including women who are unemployed, hold refugee status, are from a developing country and/or a lower-income household.
For more information on redeeming a free ticket, please write to events@wianetwork.com outlining your extenuating circumstance.
Additional Information
Anyone who purchases a ‘Comprehensive’ ticket will have the opportunity to win a one-to-one follow-up session with a speaker, to discuss all things career, technology and innovation, and international affairs. Once you purchase a ticket, you will be given a code to the Zoom conference room closer to the event time.
