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Screening and Discussion CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
Monday, May 8, 2017 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
CERAS Learning Hall
CODE documentary exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises the question: what would society gain from having more women and minorities code? TELOS will present a screening of the documentary followed by a panel of experts in the field of gender and technology.
Event Timing:
5-5:30 pm: Arrival and light refreshments
5:30-7:15: Screening & panel
7:15-8 pm: Reception with more refreshments
Panelists
Alaina Percival is Chief Executive Officer of Women Who Code, a global nonprofit dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. Under Alaina’s leadership, Women Who Code has grown to serve more than 50,000 women in 20 countries and 60 cities across the globe. This thriving movement offers more than 1,000 free technical and leadership events, per year. In addition to her role at Women Who Code, Percival is an accomplished tech speaker, appearing at WSJ.d Live, WITI, Belfast Technology Conference, Grace Hopper, Columbia University’s Social Enterprise, MIT’s Venture Capital and Innovation Conference and more. Alaina has been interviewed by Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Wired, and other publications across the globe to share her expertise on best practices for increasing diversity in tech. Prior to Women Who Code, Alaina worked at PUMA's headquarters in Germany, as well as Riviera Partners and Snip.it, acquired by Yahoo. Alaina is also a CodePath Advisor.
Alexandra Diracles (Co-founder and CEO Vidcode) started her career as a photographer and business owner. She studied computer programming in graduate school and fell in love with the creative potential of code. Since then she has made it her mission to create tools that help teen girls find their path and passion to code.
Arezoo Riahi (TechWomen) is a leader in international mentorship, exchange, and scholarship programming, having led international program activities for ten years at the Institute of International Education (IIE). Currently, Arezoo serves as Director of Techwomen, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State implemented by IIE, which bring together emerging women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from across the globe with their counterparts in the Bay Area. Arezoo’s work emphasizes women’s leadership and harnesses the power of technology to promote social empowerment and positive change, particularly in the developing world. She studied international affairs at The George Washington University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy.
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