International Women's Day 2026

Join the Adelaide AWS User Group as we celebrate International Women's Day with an inspiring evening including a deep technical AI keynote and wide ranging panel discussions, networking and so much more

Date: Thursday, 5th March 2026
Time: 5:30pm
Venue: Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC), Ground Floor, 9 Light Square, Adelaide

Keynote by Mahsa Paknezhad

Deep Learning Architect @ AWS

Live from Melbourne

Arran Peterson, Local Adelaide Solution Architect @ AWS said :-

“I've had the privilege of working alongside Mahsa across two Experience Based Accelerators — two-day intensive engagements where we take a hypothesis about technology and prove it by delivering a real AI solution for our customers. What Mahsa brings to those rooms is extraordinary. Her ability to cut through complexity, move fast, and still deliver something that genuinely moves the needle for customers is unlike anything I've seen. She is exactly the kind of deep learning architect who makes you believe the future is already here — and she's building it right now! We are all thrilled to announce her as our keynote speaker today.”

We are also very lucky to have Wendy Perry be our MC for the night

Wendy is the :-
MD @ Workforce BluePrint
Facilitator @ Sea to Valley Startups
Founder @ Switch Start Scale

Listen to amazing panelists on the night including :-

Dr Judy Halliday
Director @ Department of State Development

Onnie Chan
Founder @ Women in Creative Technologies

Quanita Sitte
Data Strategy and Architecture Lead

Sonia Tyndale
Digital Specialist @ Journey Beyond

Kalila Lin
Technology Risk Consultant @ EY

Doria Ren
Software Developer @ Isoton

Daniela Crivellotto
Account Executive @ snowflake

As you can see from the list above we are bringing together incredible women working across cloud, tech, engineering and entrepreneurship to share their experiences, insights, and advice

This event is not to be missed!!

Gourmet pizzas ( including vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options too )

Drinks including bubbles, white wine, red wine, beer , non alcohol options aswell of course including Coke, Coke Zero , sparking water and flat water etc all provided free of charge to help us celebrate IWD thanks to our amazing sponsors :-)

And we’ve had a question - it’s not a women's only event is it?

Nope, all genders & everyone are welcome so please rsvp via the Meetup & share with your networks - see you there!