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Melissa Howe - EMIS Health

Coding to make a difference to people’s lives: Improving the way patient care can be provided – Melissa Howe, Technical Manager at EMIS Health

Playmobil-figure

Let’s get digital: New adventures in inclusivity – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Ruby Steel

Human-centred design in tech: The power of harnessing digital technology to make people’s lives better – Ruby Steel, Senior Design Strategist at Smart Design and Fixer on Simon Reeve’s Big Life Fix

Coconut Merchant

Democratising retail: Harnessing the power of technology to be local and sell global – Katie McQuaid, Director for Amazon Marketplace

Leveraging digital technology to champion inclusive learning in STEM – Ros Parker, Principal of PROCAT

City-of-York-Council

Making digital services friendly and accessible: You don’t have to be a super-clever coding genius to work in tech – Dr. Amy Holloway, User Design Researcher at the City of York Council

IBM-X-Force-Cyber-Range

Investing in initiatives to recruit more women and people of diverse backgrounds into the cybersecurity industry – Limor Kessem, Executive Security Advisor, IBM Security

Championing digital connectivity and shining a light on the achievements of the rural business community – Anna Price, Co-founder of the Rural Business Awards

Desktop-with-laptop-and-tech-books

Technology is far too useful, powerful, dangerous and interesting to be left in the hands of an elite few to design – Larissa Brown Shapiro, Head of Global Diversity and Inclusion at Mozilla

Mantis PR

Harnessing digital empowerment to change the path of our lives – Eleanor Willock, Client Services Director at Mantis

LEGO

Challenging gender stereotypes: Convincing my four-year-old son that there’s no such thing as “not for girls” – Daley Robinson, Managing Director at Inflowing

Woman-on-laptop

All good things come to those who go digital – Helen Milner OBE, Chief executive of Good Things Foundation

Digital learning

Never give up: Two women with one vision for highly flexible and personalised digital learning that is accessible to all – Natalie Sharpe, Co-founder of Infused Learning

(Not) a bridge too far: Why women in construction need to be more boastful – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Heidi-Thompson-and-the-KNH-workforce

Breaking down barriers for women in the social housing sector – Heidi Thompson, Director of Property at Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing

Jen-Kelly - WITNI

From wind turbines in Scandinavia, to oil rigs in the Indian Ocean, to city skyscrapers in London and Melbourne – Jen Kelly, Industrial Abseiler and founder of Women in Trades Network Ireland

Women-in-construction

A creative career in construction that keeps me on my toes by teaching me something new every single day – Megan Robinson, Technical Co-ordinator at Barratt Developments PLC and Co-Founder of Built by Both

Tower-crane

Tower of strength: Proving the surgeons wrong to return to the job I love and climb cranes again – Vicky Harvey, Tower Crane Operator at HTC Wolffkran