Women in Technology
ITNAC 2020 will host a women in technology workshop on Wednesday 25 November 2020.
This is an exciting opportunity to participate in a workshop on the struggles, the journey, what worked and what did not, inclusion and positive reinforcement. The workshop aims to include a keynote on "Challenges and opportunities for female professionals in technology careers" and a panel discussion including Q+A on "Empowering female professionals for successful technology related roles".
Chair
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Dr Jahan Hassan, Central Queensland University |
Keynote and Panel
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Prof. Arcot Sowmya, UNSW Sydney (bio) | ||
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Dr Sara Khalifa, CSIRO Australia (bio) | ![]() |
Dr Azade Fotouhi, Altran Technologies, Paris, France (bio) |
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Dr Linda McIver, Australian Data Science Education Institute (adsei.org) (bio) | ![]() |
Dr Lincy Jim, Melbourne (bio) |
Panel Organisation and Marketing
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Dr Nahina Islam, Central Queensland University |
How to Volunteer
If you wish to volunteer to help with the women in technology workshop contact Dr Hassan, Dr Islam or the ITNAC 2020 committee.
Cloud: Juniper Contrail / Linux Foundation Tungsten
ITNAC 2020 will host a cloud workshop on Thursday 26 November 2020. The workshop is free.
The workshop will discuss using Juniper Contrail in a university teaching environment, and what was learnt in the process of setting up the testbed. Examples with the actual system will be provided.