International Women's Day 2020 takes place this Sunday on March 8th, with events scheduled this week around the world.
International Women's Day celebrates the achievements of women on March 8th each year with the goal of combatting gender bias in life and industries across the world. The day is marked by events and speeches all centred on a theme, with this year's theme of #EachforEqual highlighting ongoing efforts to create a gender equal world.
To help celebrate the day this year, here are five events running this week focusing on women in the Northern Ireland's tech scene. If you have an upcoming tech sector event celebrating International Women's Day 2020 that isn't listed on our events page, send the details over to team@syncni.com and we'll get it listed.
"Join Clare Barnett from UN Women UK and inspiring leaders who will share their stories of breaking barriers.
The aim of the event is to engage women and their allies on the theme of International Women’s Day. We want to explore the barriers that women and girls experience and create positive actions for people to take forward to break down those barriers.
We are partnering with UN Women UK who are non-profit network with aim of removing the social and cultural barriers that prevent women and girls from achieving their potential. Clare Barnett will open the event looking at the theme of economic empowerment and how movements can help break barriers.
Women leaders from business, technology, academia and sport will give a seven minute insight to their experiences, followed by a panel discussion.
Finally, we will be asking you to think about the actions that you can take to create a more equal world.
The event will start at 5.30pm with light bites, drinks and a chance to network.
The event is supported by Bank of Ireland.
Register here."
"FinTrU and Queen's Management School are proud to present 'Women in Finance: Inspiring the Next Generation.'
This event will see an all-female panel of successful leaders from the world of Financial Services take the stage to share their experiences.
The panel
- Vicky Davies (Deputy CEO, Danske Bank)
- Sinead Carville (Chief Human Resources Officer, FinTrU)
- Victoria Collins (Head of Global Risk HQ, Nomura)
The event will be hosted by Prof. Nola Hewitt-Dundas (Head of Queen's Management School).
There will be a pre-show networking slot from 17:45 to 18:30 to allow attendees to have the opportunity to network with each other with some light refreshments.
Agenda
- 17:45 – 18:30: Pre-show networking
- 18:30 – 20:00: Panel event
Details on how to register for this event can be found here."
"Startacus will host a Women in Tech themed half-day event and startup pitching competition during next year’s Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Enterprise Week.
The event which will take place on 5th March 2020, will focus on the wider themes of diversity and inclusion with the aim of inspiring, motivating and encouraging attendees through a combination of discussions, key-note speakers, workshops, a women-in-tech startup pitch competition and an evening social and networking event.
The pitch competition, will invite shortlisted female-led tech startups from across the island of Ireland taking to the stage to pitch their businesses to a panel of industry leaders and enterprise experts.
The overall winner will be announced at the evening social event and the winning startup will receive a prize package, details of which will be announced shortly.
More information can be found here."
"Women Who Code Belfast are very excited to announce our International Women's Day hackathon and our venue host PwC NI Women In Tech. Women Who Code events are inclusive and all genders are welcome!
Our theme is Hack-For-Her, building and creating projects that benefit and improve the lives of women. Feel free to use whatever technology stack you want - Whether it's a basic concept or a fully working app, there are no limits!
We aim to create a fun environment for everyone to learn, share ideas and meet new people.
This event will take place on the 7th of March 2020, to celebrate international women's day!
It is only a one-day hackathon - but don’t worry about only having a short period of time to create something, there will be mentors on hand throughout the day to help you out!
**PLEASE SIGN UP ON EVENTBRITE**
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hack-for-her-hackathon-tickets-89103608291"
"The 4th Annual Female Entrepreneurs Conference will take place on Tuesday 3rd March 2020 at the Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena to coincide with International Women's Day. This full day conference will feature a range of keynote speakers, a panel of local female entrepreneurs and a networking lunch.
