The Women in Computing celebrates women across IT and computer science. This is fifth such annual event from BCS Oxfordshire.

Speakers

Arantza Aldea

Sam Kamperis

Priyanshi Kulshrestha

Milly Dinsey

Millie Towse

Elinor Randall

Salma Salman

Maryam Sultana

Agenda

6:00pm - Welcome - Arantza Aldea

6:10pm - Levelling Up: Computer Science - Sam Kamperis

6:20pm - Levelling Up: Computer Science: The Mentors - Priyanshi Kulshrestha, Milly Dinsey, Millie Towse, Elinor Randall

6:50pm - Professional Placement at Pfizer - Salma Salman

7:20pm - Keynote - Maryam Sultana

8:00pm - Event ends

Synopsis

For this the fifth annual event from BCS Oxfordshire celebrating women across IT and Computer Science, we welcome a range of undergraduate students and a keynote from the academic Maryam Sultana.

On Tuesday 13th October (Ada Lovelace Day) The BCS scheme Levelling Up: Computer Science, which funds undergraduate women to mentor year 12 school girls is presented with insights from this year's mentors. Salma Salman presents her time at Pfizer as a Cybersecurity Solutions Operations Analyst Maryam Sultana gives an account of her career so far and her experience of being a woman in computing.

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This event is brought to you by: Oxfordshire Branch (https://oxon.bcs.org/)

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