Women in Big Data (WiBD) Sydney launch!

About Women in Big Data Sydney

Join us for the launch of Women in Big Data Sydney Meetup on the 12th March which is the sister to Women in Big Data Canberra which commenced in March 2018 by Australian Founder Jane Alexander.

Goals

The goal of the Women in Big Data Forum is to strengthen the diversity in the big data field. As part of this initiative, we would like to encourage and attract more female talent to the big data & analytics field and help them connect, engage and grow.

Purpose and our Mission

• To inspire, connect, grow, and champion success of women in Big Data

• To grow women representation in Big Data field > 25% by 2023

What will you learn in 2020?

Cloud, analytics, data science, engineering and technnology

Provide opportunities to grow your professional network
Internship programs
Mentoring programs
Career tips

There will be four quarterly meetings.

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Women in Big Data Sydney Launch - 12 March

6:00 pm REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING

6:15 pm WELCOME

Wendy Wong, Master of Data Science and Innovation candidate at UTS

6:30 pm KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Hema Prasad, Director - Data and Analytics, KPMG

7:00 pm LIGHTNING TALKS

Zoe Higgins, Cloud Engineer, Kasna

7:15 pm LIGHTNING TALK
Grace Halim, Co-Founder, Kozai

7:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION

MODERATOR
Lavinia Kanagandran, Software Engineer, Rokt

PANELLISTS

Hema Prasad, Director - Data and Analytics, KPMG
Zoe Higgins, Cloud Engineer, Kasna
Grace Halim, Co-Founder, Kozai

7:45 pm INTERNSHIP, MENTORING AND EDUCATION

Website: https://www.womeninbigdata.org/
Canberra Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/WIBD-Canberra/

Twitter: @DataWomen