Women Who Go (London)

2026 April Event hosted by incident.io

23. Apr. 2026 18:00 BST

Incident.io offices, 66 City Road, Ec1Y 2AL. Featherstone building, floor 2, London, GB

Hi everyone! 👋

We are excited to announce our April in-person event 🎉

Register now and join us for a wonderful evening hosted by incident.io
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66 City Road, London EC1Y 2AL

Please provide us with your name for registration purposes.

Agenda

• 6:00 PM - Refreshments and registration
• 6:30 PM - Welcome and a few words from our hosts
• 6:40 PM - 🗣️ Crypto, Not Coins: 3 Lessons in Password Security by Alice Cheung
• 7:10 PM - Break
• 7:30 PM - 🗣️ Translating Interview Speak: What your Interviewer Really Wants to Know by Barbara Limmer & Laura Browne
  8:15 PM - Networking/Discussion

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Crypto, Not Coins: 3 Lessons in Password Security
When we talk about “crypto”, most people think of coins.
This talk is about the kind that protects your users.
In this interactive session, we’ll break down password security into 3 key lessons exploring encoding, encryption, and hashing - and why the difference matters more than you think..
You’ll find out:

• why some “secure” approaches fail instantly
• how attackers use GPUs to crack passwords at scale
• and why slowing things down is one of the best defences we have

No prior security knowledge needed - just curiosity. Expect live polls, practical examples, and a few surprising insights into how passwords really get cracked.

Alice Cheung
Alice is an engineering manager who moved from "fin" to tech. She helps organise Women Who Go as a way of paying it forward to a community that welcomed and supported her in her journey into the weird and wonderful world of engineering.

She now works on creating better experiences and benefits in HR tech - and enjoys making complex topics like security and cryptography simple, practical, and (hopefully) a bit fun.

Translating Interview Speak: What Your Interviewer Really Wants to Know

Have you ever left an interview thinking that you nailed it and all you heard back was a short rejection? What happened? This session will help you to have better and less stressful job interviews. You’ll learn what’s behind the interview questions and what employers are really looking for. This information can help you to develop your best
answers for your next job interview.

This is based on information from the new book, Interview Speak: What Your
Interviewer Really Wants To Know.

We’ll cover how to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Answer common questions
• Avoid mistakes

Barbara Limmer
Barbara is a professional Career Coach and Consultant who has personally coached thousands of professionals and executives from around the world. She brings extensive experience working in all sides of the hiring process, including career management, human resources, and executive search. She previously worked with MBA students and alumni as a Career Management Director at Thunderbird School of Global Management and in a variety of human resources roles focused on recruiting, training and employee relations for companies including Bank of America and MetLife. She also worked as a “headhunter” in New York City while attending graduate school. In all of her positions, she continually conducted either “real” job interviews or “mock” interviews, providing real-time, detailed and in-depth feedback on what could be improved in their answers.

Laura Browne
Laura was a Senior Director of Human Resources for a global tech company where she taught managers how to be better interviewers.
She is a speaker, trainer, and coach who helps people be more successful. At Career Coffee Break (www.careercoffeebreak.com) she provides training to help people make more money at work by negotiating raises and higher starting salaries at new jobs. Laura is the author of business and fiction books including Help! My Company Swiped
Left!, Increase Your Income: 7 Rules for Women Who Want To Make More Money at Work, and A Salary Cinderella Story (Or How To Make Money Without A Fairy Godmother). Laura has written for Forbes and has been quoted as a business expert in
major publications including Cosmopolitan, Family Circle magazine, and USA Weekend.

🙋‍♀️ Want to help shape the future of Women Who Go (London)?
We're looking for enthusiastic new organisers to join our amazing team! If you're interested in getting involved, please reach out to one of the organisers or email london-organisers@womenwhogo.org - we'd love to hear from you! ✨

🗣️ Interested in speaking at one of our events?
Our Call for Papers is always open! Whether you're an experienced presenter or new to public speaking, we'd love to hear from you. Once you submit your idea, we’ll reach out to find a suitable time and help you to prepare your talk. 💪
Our meetup often features talks in three recurring themes:

• Deep dives into Go — advanced topics or lesser-known features of the language
• Project showcases — real-world applications and tools built with Go
• No-code reflections — insights on navigating life and work as a software engineer

Don’t worry if your talk doesn’t fit neatly into one of these categories — we’re always open to fresh ideas and new perspectives!

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🏡 Interested in hosting or supporting us? Please get in touch london-organisers@womenwhogo.org and we can discuss how you can get involved!

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📜 All Women Who Go events operate under the Go Community Code of Conduct - https://golang.org/conduct