Holly's talk celebrates Ada Lovelace and explores gender diversity in tech, highlighting BCS's initiatives supporting women in the field.
Speaker
Holly Porter, BCS Managing Director, Institute
Agenda
7:00pm - Arrival (light refreshments)
7:30pm - Lecture commences
8:30pm - Lecture finishes (optional Questions and Answers afterwards)
9:00pm - Event closes
Synopsis
- Why we celebrate Ada Lovelace
- Where are we today on gender diversity in tech? (BCS research)
- BCS research
- The pipeline
- Policy work
- Women in tech
- Key Programmes
- Networks
- Inspirational leadership and impact
- Role models, ‘Real models’ and stories
- What does BCS to celebrate Women in Tech and raise awareness of the issues?
- BCS Women
- Supporting and championing other groups
- Awards
- BCS Foundation and MyDigitalFuture
About the speaker
Holly Porter, Managing Director - Institute: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT Holly leads the Institute at BCS, which supports the development of ‘competent, ethical and inclusive’ technology professionals.
She works with both individuals and organisations who are members and volunteers in over 100 regional and special interest groups. Her focus is to help members drive their professional development and shape the future of technology as part of the BCS membership community.
This starts with students and apprentices developing their digital skills through to experienced technology leaders. She joined in 2019 from GS1 UK, a global data standards organisation where she was Chief Marketing Officer & Membership Director.
Prior to this, she was Marketing & Communications Director at Wincanton plc. Through her role at BCS, Holly Chairs the Federation for Informatics Professionals Board in Health and Social Care; a collaboration between the leading professional bodies in health and care informatics.
She is a Non-Executive Director of the SFIA Foundation (Skills for the Information Age) and a Trustee of internet safety charity, South West Grid for Learning.
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