Conference season is coming

7th April 20198th April 2019

Conference season is coming

GirlGeekDinners & Support at the ACCU sponsored by Bloomberg

This month we are being hosted by Bloomberg at the ACCU conference on thursday the 11th April. As its a big stage we are extending the invite to the ACCU conference delegates also. We are also asking that our collaborative local groups also come along so that we can share some of the great initiatives in the Bristol area to the larger audience. You can sign up here to find out what’s on or simply come along for a drink and a catch-up (TEDx have said they will be there also!!)

WordCamp Bristol

Coming up on the 17th – 19th May 2019 @ University of Bristol, School of Chemistry. We’re happy to announce that WordCamp Bristol 2019 is officially on the calendar! Friday 17th May 2019 – contributor day Saturday 18th May – Sunday 19th May 2019 – two days of talks, meeting other WordPress people and getting new ideas. This will be held at the University of Bristol School of Chemistry. Details Here. At only £35 for tickets, we think this is a really well priced!

The Future of the Internet of Things

Experis, techUK, and HBB are pleased to host the second Future of IoT Conference in Bristol on the 25th April. With IoT moving from connecting single products and functions to connecting systems or multiple ecosystems with the support of 5G, AI and Blockchain integrations, interest and adoption in IoT are surging. This year, the event will cover how the burgeoning IoT ecosystem can help businesses in the UK in their transformation journeys – improving business performance and changing the way employees work. It’s free and was really interesting last year – Women’s Tech Hub will be there if you want a chat – sign up here.

DDD Southwest 2019

DDD southwest is coming on the 27th April DDD Southwest is a free-to-attend conference for software developers. – We love free conferences!!

31st March 20191st April 2019

Cheeky bit of promotion for an awesome woman …

A bit cheeky as its not techy but as Beth is such an awesome person, friend, and inspiration we are unashamedly selling this film about her epic swimming Against the tides film screening in Bristol on the 12th May. The screening only goes ahead if they sell all the seats hence the plug … “AGAINST THE TIDES follows marathon swimmer, Beth French, as she sets out to conquer Oceans Seven, a challenge consisting of the seven most dangerous sea-channels in the world. For extreme swimmers, it’s the ultimate test; the equivalent to the seven peaks in mountaineering. Only a handful of people have ever completed it, but Beth aims to become the first person ever to swim all seven in one year. “

AGAINST THE TIDES_TRAILER from Against the Tides on Vimeo.

Back to normal service!

Bristol GirlGeekDinners will be at the ACCU on April 11th and sponsored by Bloomberg. We will be announcing and giving details of some of the local groups helping promote women into tech so The ‘Women in Cyber’ academy – a collaboration between our sister Women’s Tech Hub and QA will be there to provide an overview and answer questions, KWMC (Knowle West Media Centre) will be there to announce their ‘Making It’ funded program ” Through practical sessions, you’ll learn a range of skills including how to use digital design software and follow a design process, operate machinery including laser cutters and 3D printers, and design for materials such as wood, fabric, acrylic and card. Open to women aged 16+ from the Bristol county area, and people of any gender aged 16+ from South Bristol “

24th March 201927th March 2019

ADLIB and Women’s Tech Jobs get started

This week we’ll be starting working with our new partner on Women’s Tech Jobs ADLIB on getting our great members into great jobs. Adlib has published a couple of great pages on what jobs are in tech as well as giving information on what you should get paid to help you negotiate your wages. You can check out salary guides here and knowledge on tech jobs, which they ensure they will be keeping updated monthly.

ADLIB has taken on a new diversity and engagement recruiter especially to work with us so please come to us and we will work with them to get you the best possible role and ensure you don’t get lost in the recruitment process. It also helps to make us sustainable of course so we can keep on supporting you all!

We’ll also be gathering feedback from the Tech Careers Fair with some questionnaires – the mails we have had directly have been great, so it appears that we acheived our aim of making it engaging and open.

18th March 201918th March 2019

Tech3Shed is over- but we’re still standing

BIG THANKS to everyone who came along to our Tech³Shed Careers Fair, we loved it and hope that everyone who came did too. The companies were amazing with their willingness to engage with the attendees and not only discuss their job openings but also offering careers advice in many cases. We thought you were wonderful and want to say a big thank you for taking the risk in a new venture and supporting it. The feedback we had from the attendees was really positive so let’s hope that this results in filling some of the job roles on show at the event. We will be doing a write up of the companies on the Careers website and the sponsoring companies will also have a years membership so expect to hear more from us about them in the coming weeks.

Also – not to be forgotten, Big thanks to the builders and staff at desklodge for getting the floor ready (they were laying carpet as we set up!) and to our volunteers who were brilliant for supporting us!

OpenData is spending the weekend Jamming!

Bristol Open Data Jam / Hackathon

Come along to our two-day data jam and help make a bit of magic for Bristol.

Join us for a weekend of constructive fun. Together we will develop projects that unite great ideas, awesome digital and creative skills with open data (powered by the Bristol Open Data Platform, Bristol API, …).

You’ll be helping Bristol create ways of developing our local creativity and culture, and a fair and inclusive economy. In exchange, we will provide technical support, interesting speakers, free food and drinks as well as the opportunity to a prize.

Open to techies and non-techies :).

10th March 201911th March 2019

Tech3Shed is here!

We’ll be announcing the workshops all week but let’s give you an overview of who’s coming and what we know so far!

Check out the main website for updates and further info Tech³Shed and Sign up on eventbrite

Logistics Logistics Logistics

It’s the 15th and 16th of Match 2019 – so thats this coming Friday afternoon/evening and Saturday daytime. We want to ensure that this is best ever careers fair you have EVER been to. Failing that we want to ensure that it’s engaging, welcoming and helpful so we have some volunteers who will be there to help as ‘buddies’ and ensure you get chance to engage and speak to the people that are of interest. Any persons wanting to come can sign up as a volunteer on our meetup page – any humans welcome to help!

We request no unsolicited social media – you are welcome to take selfies but please ask if you want someone else in the picture and if they say ‘no’ that’s it – a complete sentence, no reasoning needed and no badgering them! The same with there being no recruiters, this is a sponsored event by the companies in attendance and not an opportunity for recruiters so let us know if you spot any and we will kindly ask them to leave.