Women In Technology - Friday Links - 14/04/2023
Hello everybody,
here is our selection of Friday links.
WIT activities
Mentoring
Applications to become a Mentor in WIT Mentoring Program are still open.
This year we received a record number of 46 mentee applications and we still miss a couple of mentors who would accompany them on their career journey (mentors with backgrounds in physics, finance or business administration are especially welcome).
If you are interested in developing your leadership skills, fill out the application form and let us know in which areas you feel comfortable mentoring others. Registration is open all year round, but if you would like to become a mentor in 2023, please fill it out by 23 April 2023.
For more information, visit our webpage: https://wit-hub.web.cern.ch/mentoring/ or contact the program coordinators at [email protected].
Workshop, Conferences and Events
Alumni event on 21 April: "Virtual company showroom" with Pilatus Aircraft Ltd https://home.cern/news/announcement/cern/alumni-event-21-april-virtual-company-showroom-pilatus-aircraft-ltd
Applications for the CERN School of Computing from 20 August to 2 September in Tartu, Estonia are open until April 25 https://home.cern/news/announcement/computing/cern-school-computing-2023-apply-now
If you are interest on how it would be possible to live with less water in French-speaking Switzerland join this talk on April 26 at 18:30 in https://indico.cern.ch/event/1263548/
The first part of a series of micro-talks titled "Challenging Excellence: Bias as a Threat to Meritocracy” takes place on 28 April at 14:00 in the Council Chamber https://indico.cern.ch/event/1256328/
The first LHC wide Job Matching Event will take place on May 3rd, 2023. The event aims at matching recruiters offering a job in High Energy Physics on an LHC experiment with job seekers who currently work on an LHC experiment and are interested in the job being offered. Registration is currently open for recruiters. More information can be found on the indico page: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1269746/
Articles and links
In the theme of Easter here is an article about the most known Easter eggs in the Tech Industry
https://firebrand.training/uk/blog/10-legendary-easter-eggs-in-the-tech-industry
Enjoy this cartoon if you want. The mother looks so much like Dana, from last year's WIT Talk (check the recording). The author is her husband. If you want to learn more on the domain of Quantum Science & Technology here is a collection of links.
Read how amateur scientists are still helping make important discoveries
You can watch here the recording of the event "Do female-only leadership programmes work?” that took place on 6 April, which was organised by Thriving Talent, a Geneva-based training provider working with CERN.
Do you think that men dominate conference Q&A sessions? Read about it here.
Greetings,
Adriana
on behalf of CERN WIT Communications
About the Women in Technology (WIT) Community: The aim of this community is to provide an environment in which women are not in the minority when interacting with technology. Our objectives are: to encourage women to play the role of expert; to provide a supportive learning environment; and to build a network between the Women in Technology here at CERN. WIT welcomes members from all genders and all technical fields. Visit cern.ch/wit