Ada Lovelace Day 2015: Celebrating 200 years of women in tech

Ada Lovelace was a mathematician who is often referred to as 'the first computer programmer'. She helped shape technology in the 19th century and is regarded as one of the figureheads in the history of computer.

Join Ladies Who Code Manchester for an extra special Ada Lovelace celebration on October 20th. We're bringing together women from across Manchester and the North West to share stories and celebrate our successes with a series of lightning talks followed by networking.

List of talks

Coding after Codecademy

Claire Parker (https://twitter.com/ClaireParkerPen), Associate Software Developer

So you’ve finished the Codecademy JavaScript course – now what? In this talk, Claire will share her advice on how to level-up your newly-found JavaScript skills.

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Stop Breaking My Stuff

Katharine Fitzpatrick (https://twitter.com/katharineCodes), Developer

The most dangerous developers are the silent ones, slipping in speculative fixes, deleting your classes and @ignoring your unit tests. Inter-team communication is a core element to any project, often overlooked or banded around as a term we think we understand and can implement, to fall at the wayside in a silent and bitter tirade of passive aggression. This session will discuss solutions and offer a perspective on how to guard against failing conversations and crumbling projects.

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Agile Analogies for Software Engineering

Sarah Saunders (https://twitter.com/sasaunde), Senior Developer at Capgemini

We often draw parallels between Software Engineering and other Engineering disciplines, here's why that is a bad idea and here's a better discipline to compare to.

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No comfort zones here

Kirsty Hunter (https://twitter.com/kannuk), Software Developer and STEM Ambassador. She loves sharing her enthusiasm for tech with other people and can usually be found at one of the many tech events in Manchester.

Stepping out of your comfort zone and what you can achieve when you do.

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Continuous Security

Ann Ledwith, (https://twitter.com/annledwith)Development Team Leader at Sage, with 15 years’ experience working in Software Development. Ann currently leads cross functional teams, working on security-critical global services. Within Sage, she has delivered many Security awareness and training sessions.

Ann tells us about the importance of creating a security focused culture across all functions, and offers some tips on ‘baking in security’ as part of a continuous delivery pipeline.

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A huge thanks to our hosts and sponsors, AutoTrader, who are kindly opening the doors to their stunning offices in central Manchester and providing us with refreshments. Please do sign up via Meetup so we can notify security that you'll be joining us before the event.