Renewal as we move away from COVID restrictions: Women in Tech celebrate Spring!!

As the season moves into Spring, we as businesspeople are experiencing a second renewal as we move away from COVID-19 restrictions. How does the “new normal” affect women in the workplace? Is the hybrid lifestyle that combined face-to-face with virtual activity placing additional burdens on women, or it is the flexibility welcomed?

Join us at this inspiring event, and engage with the dynamic panel as we consider these questions and share our experiences:

• Adapting to the culture of the new normal
• Governance issues regarding the new normal
• When will the new normal become the normal and what will normal look like?
• What skills should we be developing?

Guest Speaker: Veda October attended New Orleans Secondary school in Paarl. When she was in Grade 9, she entered the IITPSA Talent Search competition. Her score allowed her to apply for an IITPSA scholarship, and she was awarded a bursary from IITPSA to study Java Programming as an extra subject with the SSIR online school for Grades 10 to 12. Despite the challenges of online study, she persisted and passed. After matriculating she enrolled at Eduvos (then Pearson Institute), obtaining a bursary from IITPSA every year. She is now a final year BSc IT student and will soon graduate as a qualified Software Engineer specialising in Java.

Panel:

Carolynn Chalmers is an IT Governance advisor and seasoned CIO / CTO. She is Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT and is a Certified Business Relationship Management practitioner.

Amakan Agoni holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a Master of Science in Engineering Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Cape Town. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at Stellenbosch University and his area of specialization is in the application of Machine Learning for Whale Vocalization. He is also a Cyber Security Specialist and has published several articles in various local and international conference proceedings. He is a member of IITPSA.

Moira de Roche is a Vice-president of IFIP and a Past President of IITPSA. She is a Fellow and a Professional member. She is an independent learning specialist consultant, and is passionate about developing women in tech.

Baratang Miya is the founder and CEO of Girlhype coding academy for women and girls. Mozilla named her as one of the global network50 of people who made the internet a healthy place in 2016.

To attend this in-person event, please register here.