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Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day at WardyIT with discussion of male allies and pay equity in the tech industry.
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14.10.14
HAPPY
ADA LOVELACE DAY
Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen
t: @TGAsuperheroes#techgirlsi/f: @techgirlsaresuperheroes
Ist computer programmer, gifted from a young age
Worked with Babbage at 17 on the analytical engine
Published her work in a scientific journal in 1843
Recognised in 1950 for her work
Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering & maths (STEM).
ICT$in$Australia$generates$$$91$billion$in$gross$annual$revenue$&$exports$around$
$4.5$billion$annually$
Female&par)cipa)on&in&the&ICT&workforce&in&Australia&
was&around&24%&in&February&2011&but&had&dropped&to&
under&20%&by&February&2012&
Problem 1:Lack of diversity in the industry
ICT$is$a$growing$industry$with$a$forecast$demand$for$jobs$and$33,000$more$posi<ons$
are$expected$by$2017$
Women&comprise&47%&of&Australians&who&play&tech8based&games,&but&only&8.7%&&of&those&employed&by&the&
industry.&
Problem 11:Lack of representation in educationProblem 111:Lack of interest and access at school
“sans diversity, we limit the set of life experiences that are applied, and as a result, we pay an opportunity cost — a cost in products not built, in designs not considered, in constraints not understood, in processes not invented” …Bill Wulf
Why it matters
Lessons from #GHC14
8000!
95 % of influences can be influenced!@NCWIT
SUPERHEROES:
FROM OUTDATED STEREOTYPES TO CONTEMPORARY ARCHETYPES
SO...WHAT IS YOUR SUPERPOWER?
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