Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day at WardyIT with discussion of male allies and pay equity in the tech industry.

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14.10.14
HAPPY
ADA LOVELACE
DAY
Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen

2. Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements
of women in science, technology, engineering & maths (STEM).
Ist computer programmer, gifted from a young age
Worked with Babbage at 17 on the analytical engine
Published her work in a scientific journal in 1843
Recognised in 1950 for her work

3. Problem 1:Lack of diversity in the industry
ICT$in$Australia$generates$
$$91$billion$in$gross$annual$
revenue$&$exports$around$
$4.5$billion$annually$
Female&par)cipa)on&in&the&
ICT&workforce&in&Australia&
was&around&24%&in&February&
2011&but&had&dropped&to&
under&20%&by&February&2012&

4. Problem 11:Lack of representation in education
Problem 111:Lack of interest and access at school
ICT$is$a$growing$industry$with$
a$forecast$demand$for$jobs$
and$33,000$more$posi<ons$
are$expected$by$2017$
Women&comprise&47%&of&
Australians&who&play&tech8
based&games,&but&only&8.7%&&
of&those&employed&by&the&
industry.&

5. Why it matters
“sans diversity, we limit the set of life experiences
that are applied, and as a result, we pay an
opportunity cost — a cost in products not built, in
designs not considered, in constraints not
understood, in processes not invented” …Bill Wulf

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TO
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ARCHETYPES

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