"Women in Tech" (WIT)
We organize a "Women in Tech" event up to five times a year. The aim is to invite strong women - e.g. alumnae, founders, software developers, PhD students or professors - from the tech industry to give a lecture on their current work and career. This is primarily intended to counteract the lack of female role models for identification. But of course the female perspectives are enriching for all students (keyword: "broadening horizons").
The "Women in Tech" series has much more to offer: Apart from creating role models and pointing out perspectives, the WIT talks also offer a space to get useful advice and talk about (supposedly) taboo topics. For example, things like doubts about studying, dropping out/changing your degree program, salaries and salary expectations or sexualized discrimination and violence can be discussed. In addition, many students find themselves in orientation phases throughout the course of their studies and are very interested to know what opportunities are open to them with their degree. Therefore, insights into personal decisions are particularly valuable. Topics such as experiences with gender aspects in the world of work are also addressed. The WIT talks are open to all interested parties; everyone is welcome, and this explicitly includes men ;)
You can always send us suggestions for female speakers via mail to gleichstellungsbeauftragteuhpi.uni-potsdampde
Previous WIT events
Talks
In the meantime, various formats of WIT events have been established. We started with the "Women in Tech" talks, which are held according to the original idea of a presentation followed by a get-together.
Alumnae
A second format is the panel discussion with former HPI students. Under the label "WIT meets HPI Alumnae", former female HPI students from different career paths are brought together and interviewed about their career, experiences and opinions. Questions that are on the minds of the students in the audience can also be asked at any time.
Workshops
We also organize workshops and hosted, for example, a Code Pub meet-up.
More
As part of the series of events, issue-specific film nights - e.g. Hidden Figures - and book presentations - e.g. Lean In - are also planned in the FQ Lounge @ HPI.