BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260508T140339Z UID:C2uYvg DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180719 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180720 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20180628T104000 DESCRIPTION: July 19th 2018 at 6pm \n\n SHIFT is a TechSPARK programme work ing with underrepresented talent (including women\, people from BAME backg rounds\, people who identify as LGBT+ and people with disabilities) to emp ower and amplify their voices. Through training\, individual introductions and invite-only events we enable our intake to speak at major conferences \, act as mentors\, become board members and have a significant impact on the Bristol &\; Bath tech\, digital &\; creative cluster. \n\n Loc ally we have a very strong startup and tech scene but there are still chal lenges faced by founders\, startup teams and employees. In this event\, we will hear from successful people who have shown exceptional leadership an d overcome challenges. \n\n These events give everyone the chance to lear n from some amazing people and also to network with an invited audience ma de up exclusively of leaders in the tech community here and our SHIFT inta ke. \n\n Panel \n\n Chair Marina Traversari\, Programme Lead Oracle Star tup Cloud Accelerator. Marina manages the UK&\;I hub for Oracle's Start up Accelerator\, she was previously programme and policy lead for skills i n the West of England LEP and has a background leading production in the T V industry. \n\n \n Zara Nanu\, Founder Gapsquare. Prior to launching Gap square Zara was an activist and community worker in Bristol helping run Br istol Woman and the Young Women's Trust. Zara was also Director of Envanta coordinating the Bristol Counter Trafficking Coalition. \n Thanh Quan Nicholls\, Co-Founder Desklodge &\; Co-Founder Women's Tech Hub. Thanh has helped set up several networks and businesses in Bristol\, led on Bri stol City Councils economic development activity and previously acted as a n advisor into the Cabinet Office. \n Deanna Marbeck\, Developer Intera ctive Scientific. Deanna is a web developer at Bristol startup Interactiv e Scientific and co-runs the LGBTQIA+ in Tech Bristol group. She leapt in to a new career as a developer in her 40s\, after 15 years in UX\, data an d project management at the BBC and Amazon. She is passionate about raisi ng the visibility of under-represented groups in tech. \n El Knight\, on e of the three in the team running Bristol VR Lab - Bristol’s immersive co-working space. After making the decision to leave education their excit ement for immersive technologies led them to join the team and help open B ristol VR Lab. Outside of the lab\, they keep their hands busy by helping organise events for people from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM and a lso work to promote local queer/feminist DIY bands. \n \n LAST-MODIFIED:20180716T102723 LOCATION:Bristol VR Lab ORGANIZER:mailto:ben@techspark.co SUMMARY:SHIFT- Inclusion in Conversation URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/techspark/shift-inclusion-in-conversation URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/techspark/shift-inclusion-in-conversation END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR