IWD 2021 PyLadies Special

We're the International Women's Day initiative of PyLadies, an international mentorship group for marginalized genders, such as but not limited to non-binary people, trans people, and women in tech.

On March 8th at 7PM we are hosting three IWD Meet the PyLadies events. Three timezones: 7PM Indochina (GMT+7), 7PM CET (GMT+1) and then at 7PM CST (GMT-6)!! You can sign up for the meetup that best works with your timezone: Bangkok, Hamburg, Chicago. We welcome International PyLadies and any developer that identifies as a PyLady to submit your talk!

This year's IWD theme is #ChooseToChallenge !!

CFP is now closed. We thank you for the overwhleming submissions and support!

Event Schedule

Note: Talks order has not been finalised. Finalised schedule order will be updated shortly.

Bangkok

7pm ICT (GMT +7)

Opening

Introduction.

Pyladies Spotlight with Carol Willing & Naomi Ceder

PSF + Steering Council (US)

My Experience Participating in Overseas PyCon

Lina Katayose (JP)

Quality of Life

Aiko (JP)

Taking Pride in Diversity

Georgi (FR)

How I initialize a Coding Workshop for Women in Thailand

Sudarat (Gatuk) Chattanon (TH)

Discover the Better Version of Yourself Everyday

Thohirah Husaini (TH)

I was supposed to be coding more, but ended up organising more

Ivy Fung (MY)

Modern Software Developer with Modular Architecture

Monthira Chayabanjonglerd (Mint) (TH)

How to Make a Career Switch to a Developer

Teen (TH)

Creativity spice for Tech-savvy (น้ำจิ้มรสเด็ดของคนไอที)

Chongko (TH)

What I've Learned from Joining Women in Tech Communities

Kamolphan Liwprasert (TH)

Understanding Python Memory Management

Chelsea Dole (US)

What's AI Without Women?

Annie Mathew (SG)

How to achieve more by contributing to the Python Community

Cynthia Xin (CN)

Hamburg

7pm CEST (GMT +1)

Opening

Introduction.

Pyladies Spotlight with Carol Willing & Naomi Ceder

PSF + Steering Council (US)

Behind the scenes of the PSF Diversity and Inclusion Work Group

Tereza Iofciu (DE)

The Power of Knowledge Graphs

Iqra Muhammad

Influencing Diversity

Sowmya Guru (DE)

Prisoners, Game Theory and the Python Axelrod Library

Nikoleta Glynatsi (DE)

🎬 Action! Celebrate your progress with GithubActions

Jessica Greene (DE)

From PyLadies Chennai to PyLadies India!

Niharika Krishnan (IN)

Opening all the sources: exploring sharing and diversity from Open Source Program Office

Paloma Oliveira (DE)

The Importance of Community

Grace Omojola (NG)

Leading on Leadership

Eva Nanyonga (UG)

Tidy Data - The Bread and Butter of Every Data Scientist

Paola Suárez (DE)

I Want to Build 180 Apps in 180 Days, too! Or: How I Want to Stop Being a Perfectionist

Gesa Stupperich (DE)

Chicago

7pm CST (GMT -6)

Opening

Introduction.

Pyladies Spotlight with Carol Willing & Naomi Ceder

PSF + Steering Council (US)

What happens when you type print(‘Hello PyLadies’)? A look at Python internals!

Lorena (US)

Seen & Heard: Women in Music Technology

Jamaica Fredericks (US)

Things I've learnt from my transition from Engineer to Engineering Manager

Anuja Kelkar (US)

The Hidden Depth of PyLadies

Reshama Shaikh (US)

Intro to Documentation using Sphinx and reStructuredtext

Mariatta (CA)

Promoting cross-cultural understanding with Python and Jupyter

Laura G. Funderburk (CA)

#ChooseToChallenge Speakers

Tereza Iofciu (She/Her)
PyLadies Hamburg, Germany

Main Event Organiser,

Behind the scenes of the PSF Diversity and Inclusion Work Group

Lorena (She/Her)
PyLadies Chicago, USA

Main Event Organiser,

What happens when you type print(‘Hello PyLadies’)? A look at Python internals!

Georgi (She/Her)
PyLadies Bangkok, Thailand

Main Event Organiser,

Taking Pride in Diversity

Lorena, Carol & Naomi (She/Her)
PSF + Steering Council

Pyladies Spotlight with Carol Willing & Naomi Ceder

Niharika Krishnan (She/Her)
PyLadies Chennai, India

From PyLadies Chennai to PyLadies India!

Lina Katayose (She/Her/Hers)
PyLadies Tokyo, Japan

My Experience Participating in Overseas PyCon

Aiko (She/Her/Hers)
xoxzocom, Japan

Quality of Life

Iqra Muhammad (She/Her)

The Power of Knowledge Graphs

Sudarat (Gatuk) Chattanon (She/Her)
PyLadies Bangkok

How I initialize a Coding Workshop for Women in Thailand

Sowmya Guru (She/Her)
PyLadies Berlin, Germany

Influencing Diversity

Jamaica Fredericks (She/Her)
PyLadies NYC, USA

Seen & Heard: Women in Music Technology

Nikoleta Glynatsi (She/Her)
PyLadies Hamburg, Germany

Prisoners, Game Theory and the Python Axelrod Library

Anuja Kelkar (She/Her)
PyLadies NYC, USA

Things I've Learnt from My Transition from Engineer to Engineering Manager

Jessica Greene (She/Her)
PyLadies Berlin, Germany

🎬 Action! Celebrate your progress with GithubActions

Reshama Shaikh (She/Her)
PyLadies NYC, USA

The Hidden Depth of PyLadies

Paloma Oliveira (She/Her)
PyLadies Berlin, Germany

Opening All the Sources: Exploring Sharing and Diversity from Open Source Program Office

Mariatta (She/Her)
PyLadies Vancouver, Canada

Intro to Documentation using Sphinx and reStructuredtext

Thohirah Husaini (She/Her)
Bangkok, Thailand

Discover the Better Version of Yourself Everyday

Ivy Fung (She/Her)
PyCon MY, Malaysia

I was supposed to be coding more, but ended up organising more

Grace Omojola (She/Her)
PyLadies Ife, Nigeria

The Importance of Community

Monthira Chayabanjonglerd (Mint) (She/Her)
Bangkok, Thailand

Modern Software Developer with Modular Architecture

Teen (She/Her)
Bangkok, Thailand

How to Make a Career Switch to a Developer

Chongko (She/Her)
Bangkok, Thailand

Creativity spice for Tech-savvy (น้ำจิ้มรสเด็ดของคนไอที)

Laura G. Funderburk (She/Her)
PyLadies Vancouver, Canada

Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding with Python and Jupyter

Eva Nanyonga (She/Her)
PyLadies Kampala, Uganda

Leading on Leadership

Paola Suárez (She/They)
PyLadies Hamburg, Germany

Tidy Data - The Bread and Butter of Every Data Scientist

Kamolphan Liwprasert (She/Her)
Bangkok, Thailand

What I've Learned from Joining Women in Tech Communities

Gesa Stupperich (She/Her)
PyLadies Hamburg, Germany

I Want to Build 180 Apps in 180 Days, too!

Or: How I Want to Stop Being a Perfectionist

Chelsea Dole (She/Her)
PyLadies Bangkok, Thailand

Understanding Python Memory Management

Annie Mathew (She/Her)
Singapore

What's AI Without Women?

Cynthia Xin (She/Her)
PyCon China

How to achieve more by contributing to the Python Community

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IWD 2021 PyLadies Special

8th March 2021

Happening LIVE Online!

1st session: 7pm, Bangkok, (GMT +7)

2nd session: 7pm, Hamburg, (GMT +1)

3rd session: 7pm, Chicago, (GMT -6)

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Event Schedule

Note: Talks order has not been finalised. Finalised schedule order will be updated shortly.

Bangkok

7pm ICT (GMT +7)

Hamburg

7pm CEST (GMT +1)

Chicago

7pm CST (GMT -6)

#ChooseToChallenge Speakers

Resources

About PyLadies

Connect