Career Journeys in Tech - why diversity matters

𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: https://bit.ly/career_journeys_prepevent

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Join us for an inspirational talk about the importance of diversity. After a brief intro, three culturally diverse women will share their stories on how they embraced a successful career in technology also providing a glimpse of their day-to-day work.

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮

1. Diversity why & how - Danilo Tommasina (5 min)

2. Career journeys & experiences of a:

• Data Scientist – Nadja Herger (15 min)
• Software Engineer, Machine Learning – Urmi Ghosh (15 min)
• Software Engineer, Full Stack - Andreea Iuga (15 min)

3. Q&A

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
No additional material is required besides your laptop and a charger :)

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺
Thomson Reuters is a content-driven technology company with over a century of experience curating and classifying data and supporting professionals in complex domains that move society forward.
Andreea, Urmi, Nadja and Danilo work at Thomson Reuters Labs, which is the dedicated applied research division of Thomson Reuters. We are focused on the research, development, and application of AI and emerging trends in technologies. Working collaboratively with our stakeholders, we experiment, prototype, test, and deliver ideas in the pursuit of smarter and more valuable tools for our customers. Our team counts about 120 individuals with a presence in North America, Europe and India, we value our opportunity to work in a globally distributed team that embraces diversity as part of its DNA.

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: This session will be recorded and share as part of deploy(impact).

women++ is organizing 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆(𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁): a hands-on software development program for social good from October 16 to November 27, online, free. Join the program to get hands-on experience developing real software to facilitate education in developing countries OR to help marginalized communities access legal aid worldwide. Have the chance to see your software implemented in non-profits with global reach and receive direct mentorship and workshops from tech teams in world-renowned companies, including Microsoft and Thomson Reuters. Applications are open to anyone - a healthy mix of tech and domain knowledge is wanted. The selection process is on a rolling basis, so make sure you apply soon!

Apply now - you can make a difference: https://bit.ly/application-deploy-impact

𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: https://bit.ly/career_journeys_prepevent