Our very own CEO and Founder, Sam Gaskell, is set to appear on the panel for Women in Tech Hampshire’s (WiTH) forthcoming event - ‘Attracting and Retaining Women in Tech, plus the Importance of Male Allies’ - taking place on Tuesday 9th July at 6pm at Axis Conference Centre.
The networking and panel event is already at 70% capacity for the evening, with the predominantly female group expecting to draw in a larger male audience than previous events given the topic and speakers secured.
Mark Rands, Eco-System Manager at Barclays Eagle Labs, Rachel Harrison-Smith, Group Chief Enterprise Data Architect at Bupa, Richard Gomer, Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Southampton, will join Sam for a 60 minute open discussion around what employers can implement to attract women into the industry, and how to keep them there.
WiTH founders, Amy Lee and Lauren James of Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited, will also be discussing the importance of male allies with the panel, acknowledging the role both men and women have in making sure more women are making it into tech.
Commenting on the line up, WiTH co-founder Lauren James said: “I recently came across a statistic from TotalJobs that only 19% of applications for a Junior Software Engineer were from women, dropping to 8% for a Lead Software Engineer role - while I was sad to see it, I can’t say I was shocked.
“Women in tech are without doubt the minority which is why this panel discussion is one of our most important topics to date. We can’t wait to hear from our experts on what they consider to be the best ways to attract women into the industry, how we can create new societal norms that see little girls aspiring to be scientists, engineers, technicians and of course, the pivotal role that men have in making this a reality.
“This isn’t an us vs them situation but a collective discussion around how we can make sure our daughters, granddaughters, nieces etc have the chance to have a seat at the tech/top table, a responsibility that sits with all genders.”
WiTH officially launched in January 2024 with its first event which attracted an audience of more than 50 tech professionals from across Hampshire. The bi-monthly gathering, which is completely free to attend, always takes the same format;
6pm arrival - networking
6.30pm - panel discussion
7.30pm - optional post panel networking
To book your tickets for ‘Attract, Retail & Male Allies’ please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-tech-hampshire-attract-retain-and-male-allies-tickets-919555975677?aff=referral.
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