In recent years, there has been an increased uptake and popularity of technical training and development courses. Innovative organisations in Scotland have been at the forefront of this development, helping to aid and develop the next generation of data savvy professionals.
What is this journey like for women in STEM?
Have they embraced this trend- what obstacles have they faced?
And, most importantly - what opportunities wait for them at the end?
Together, we will discuss some of the key issues around women career changers and those who have up-skilled.
How we do make women aware of the sideways move into tech?
How are we able to embrace and encourage women from non-technical/ coding backgrounds to upskill and meet the demand of the skills shortage?
What are the main challenges of returning/ starting a career in tech?
During this event, we will follow the story of 3 influential women in STEM, who each have their own unique story – followed up with a lively questions and answer discussion.
Our Hosts:
Bethany Rodgers-Rintoul
Project Manager
MBN Academy
After graduating from the University of Strathclyde with an Honours Degree in French and Politics, Bethany started her career in Recruitment, specialising in the Data and Technology space in Scotland, before moving into Project Management. Since joining MBN Solutions, Bethany has become a key figure within our education-focused initiatives, working specifically within the MBN Academy as the organisation's sole Project Manager.
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Elizabeth Hollinger
Director of Insight | Data | Applications Development
Aggreko
Elizabeth is the Director of Insight | Data | Applications Development for Aggreko, and leads a team of data engineers, data scientists, analysts and developers who use data to drive value across their global business, She has spent the last 12 years working in a variety of industries, helping them use their data to solve business problems, she has a passion for helping people understand the value of data and loves to communicate complex ideas in a simple way to enable effective insight-driven decision making
Our Presenters:
Joanna Glenfield
Project Officer
Equate Scotland
Joanna started her career in industry within Johnson & Johnson in Human Resources and Marketing. In 2000, she joined Edinburgh Napier University’s award winning Technology Gateway, supporting electronics engineering and technology SMEs and entrepreneurs to take new products to market. In 2013, Joanna moved to Equate Scotland to establish and manage CareerWISE, a ground breaking work placement scheme for women studying STEM in Scotland and now works to deliver a range of experiential learning events for women in STEM, working collaboratively with key partners for greater impact and output. Joanna has a BA in Business Studies with Marketing from Edinburgh Napier University, where she graduated with distinction. Joanna is passionate about increasing the participation of women in STEM.
Steph Boyle
Senior Instructor
Codeclan
Steph comes from an academic background, achieving a PhD in cognitive neuroscience while teaching data analysis at the University of Glasgow and UC Berkeley. She then transitioned into industry, where she worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a lead data analyst. Steph is now a Senior Data Instructor at CodeClan, where she teaches on bootcamps aimed at helping people retrain and often, start their career in Tech. She is passionate about teaching people to code and about how to use data well, and thinks the future is really bright for those wanting to enter data science.
Eleanor Mitchell
AI consultant
Eleanor Mitchell was recently awarded a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence and Applications with Distinction at the University of Strathclyde. Previous to that she was a senior director for 10 years at Scottish Enterprise, the largest economic development agency in Scotland, and 2 years as Managing Director of ITI Life Sciences, a government-funded start-up organisation that invested over £60 million in developing market-focused technologies to drive economic growth in Scotland. During her earlier career, Eleanor worked in operational roles in software technology start-up and scale-up companies in Oxford, Cambridge, San Diego and Silicon Valley and in the R&D site of biotechnology company Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. During the 1980s Eleanor gained a PhD and MSc in Information Science from the University of Sheffield after completing a BSc Hons in Developmental Biology from the University of Aberdeen.
Agenda
Thursday 3rd December 2020, 1pm - 2.30pm
ZOOM Conference
13.00 – 13.10 Introduction to Talent4Point0 by Elizabeth Hollinger Director of Insight | Data | Applications Development @ Aggreko
13.10 – 13.20 - Overview of the event by Bethany Rodgers-Rintoul – Project Manager @ MBN Academy
13.20– 13.35 - Joanna Glenfield - Project Officer, Equate Scotland – Introducing Equate Scotland/ The landscape for women in STEM/services Equate Scotland offer
13.35 – 13.50 - Eleanor Mitchell- AI consultant (sharing her story)
13.50 – 14.05 - Steph Boyle- Senior Instructor, Codeclan (sharing her story)
14.05 – 14.30 Panel Q&A