Name: Lean In NYC
Start: 2016-03-15T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2016-03-15T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Wix Lounge

THE LEAN IN NYC CHAPTER PRESENTS

(GENDER) DIVERSITY IN

TECHNOLOGY

TUES MAR 15 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | WIX LOUNGE NYC

pay what you can ($15 suggested donation )

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WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA?

6:15 - 6:30 | Doors open

6:30 - 6:45 | Welcome Notes + Circles: Part I

6:45 - 7:00 | Talk #1: Bringing More Minority Students + Grads into Tech

7:00 - 7:15 | Talk #2: Lessons from Building an Inclusive Environment

7:15 - 7:30 | Talk #3: Women's Equality from a Transwoman's Experience

7:30 - 8:00 | Panel Q&A with our Guest Speakers

8:00 - 8:20 | Circles: Part II

8:20 - 8:30 | Closing Notes

TUESDAY, MAR 15 • 6:30 - 8:30 PM

$15 suggested donation* | limited seating available

* All donations will be used solely to cover event costs; all staff are currently unpaid volunteers.

Our Speakers

Ariel Lopez

Founder, 20/20 Shift

Talk #1:

Bringing More Minority

Students + Grads into Tech

Ariel is a career coach, entrepreneur, and public speaker with an expertise in digital media and technology. She is the founder of 2020Shift, a social enterprise designed to get minority students and grads into AdTech.

Nick Bergson-Shilcock

Co-founder, Recurse Center

Talk #2:

Lessons from Building

an Inclusive Environment

Nick is a life-long unschooler and cofounder of the Recurse Center (called Hacker School in the past), an educational retreat for programmers. When he's not at RC, he enjoy walking around New York and going to bookstores.

Billie Grace Ward

Senior Security Engineer, Two Sigma

Talk #3:

Of Two Minds: Promoting womens’ workplace equality from a transwoman’s experience

Billie Grace Ward practices the art of Infosec for a leading algorithmic trading company in Soho. She’s a member of the Brooklyn hackerspace, NYC Resistor, and holds a Masters of Computer Science from NYU's Courant School.

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at the Wix Lounge

235 W 23rd St., 8th Floor

New York, NY 10011

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