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Women in IT Forum - Activities

Quarterly Meetings

We invite members of the IT, Telecoms and Electronics IT community to participate in lively discussions on a range of topics pertinent to women working in these industries. We regularly welcome speakers of interest to the network.

Some of the previous themes for discussion at meetings have included:

• Diversity in the Boardroom
• Rates of Pay
• Image & Leadership
• Work-life-Balance
• Meetings, Role Models & Mentoring

Previous speakers at Forum meetings have included:

• Lyn Bird, Accenture
• Loraine Martins, Audit Commission
• Glenda Stone, CEO, Aurora
• Louise O'Neill, BAE Systems
• Zulfi Hussain, BT
• Dr Kerry Platman, Cambridge University
• Dr Val Singh, Cranfield School of Management
• Karen Price, e-skills
• Debbie King, Happy Computers
• Louise Tomkins, Ministry of Defence
• Sara Abbonizio, Women & Equality Unit

Research Programme

We sponsor and fund an ongoing research programme to support diversity within the industry. To date this has included the following:

• Women in the IT industry: Phase 2 Research How to Retain Women in the IT Industry (July 2005)
• Women in the IT industry: Phase 1 Research Towards a Business Case for Diversity (January 2005)
• Achieving Best Practice in Your Business: Maximising Potential Through Work-Life Balance. Case Studies from the IT, Electronics and Communications Industries (July 2004)
• Flexible working in the IT industry: Long-hours culture and work-life balance in the margins? (March 2004

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