✨ Redefine Possible: International Women’s Day 2025 Saskatoon ✨

Join us on April 17 as we come together to Redefine Possible—a bold declaration that challenges the limits of technology and reimagines who shapes its future.

AI is transforming the world, unlocking new opportunities, but also bringing challenges like gender bias and systemic barriers. As AI becomes deeply woven into our society, women aren’t just contributing—they’re leading the revolution. 🚀

Let’s push boundaries, break conventions, and expand the horizons of what technology can and should be. The future isn’t predetermined—it’s shaped by those who dare to challenge the impossible!

📅 Date: April 17, 2025

⏰ Time: 5 PM - 7:30 PM

📍 Location: Arts 146, 25 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, S7N 5A4

Wondering how to get there? Watch this youtube short to find out:

https://youtube.com/shorts/SOxJGvpeJR4?si=cPnhzZgea72dFFY1

Have some free food, meet with the speakers and network with like-minded people. Stay tuned for more details! Let’s come together and redefine what’s possible. 💡💜

#WTM #IWD2025 #RedefinePossible #WomenInTech #AI #Saskatoon

Agenda

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Speakers

Rita Zurbrigg - Google (Trust Enablement Lead)

Rita is a strategic cybersecurity and trust leader with over 8 years of experience in the industry focused on governance, risk, and privacy. Her unique experience includes a background in research, advising Fortune 1000 organizations. She is now the Trust Enablement Lead in Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO. In previous roles, she has had the opportunity to manage a product marketing team as p…

Katrina German - EthicalDigital (CEO and Founder)

Katrina German is an award-winning entrepreneur specializing in communications, technology and digital strategy. As the CEO and founder of Ethical Digital, she and her team are changing the trajectory of the Internet through digital strategy, research, training and certification. Katrina recently signed as a Forbes author, is included in SBE's "Visionary Leaders to Watch", has won the YWCA Wom…

Shweta Jacob - Siemens EDA (Software Developer)

Shweta Ann Jacob is a software developer with 5 years of experience, currently working as a Software Developer at Siemens EDA focusing on AI applications. Holding a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering, Shweta focused her Master’s thesis on scalability in GNNs (specifically, for link prediction and subgraph classification) and is interested in developing innovative and scalable AI ap…

Moderator

Sahrima Jannat Oishwee - Siemens (Application Engineer)

Host

Naz Zareen Oishie - Siemens (Software Engineer)

Naz is a Software Engineer working on Electronic Design Automation as part of the R&D team at Siemens. Along with a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan, she has research experience in the field of Machien Learning and have published multiple papers. She loves using AI to build things and being a Women Techmaker Ambassador as well as a GDG lead, is keen o…

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Partners

Women Teckmakers

The [SOftware Analytic Research] project, USASK (https://soar.usask.ca/)

International Students Association USask

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