Organised by General Assembly
This event is part of Break Into Tech, a FREE week-long virtual festival of career-boosting workshops, panel discussions and interactive events - specially designed to empower current and future job-seekers and career-changers.
It is hardly a secret that tech has had a long-standing diversity and inclusion problem. The homogeneity of the industry is no longer a superficial issue that can be swept under the carpet. It’s arguably a root cause of many larger issues that plague tech, has implications for justice and fairness far in the workplace and beyond, and results in devastating flaws in the industry’s own products.
While business leaders increasingly understand that diversity is not just necessary but critical to success, few seem to know how to crack this tough code. But one thing’s for sure, in the age of digitalization, diversity in Tech such as gender, racial, age and other aspects is profoundly empowering, not only for the organization, but also for society at large.
Join our panel of diversity and inclusion experts as they deep dive into how their organizations are championing greater diversity, the specific initiatives that have worked for them and how the nuances of the tech industry as well as the effects of the pandemic has and will continue to shape future initiatives.
About the Instructors
Nurul Jihadah Hussain
Founder, The Codette Project
Andee Chua
Culture & Community Builder, HubSpot
Lynette Pathy
Lead, Organisation & People Development, foodpanda
Jia Min Chua
People Engagement & Inclusion Specialist, Grab
Kaela Montgomery
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Program Manager, APAC, Google