Please join our event if you are a recent graduate, apprentice, considering a career change, or interested in entering the tech industry.
Speakers
- Alina Timofeeva
- Jamie Kavanagh
Agenda
6:00pm - Event start and arrival
6:30pm - Welcome and introductions from Tim Clark, Chair, BCS Early Careers Executive and Hitesh Joshi, Technology Architecture, Accenture
6:35pm - Speech from Alina Timofeeva
6:55pm - Speech from Jamie Kavanagh
7:10pm - Networking - pizza and refeshments provided
9:00pm - Event close
Synopsis
- Are you interested in entering the Tech Industry?
- Are you a recent graduate, apprentice or considering a career change?
- Are you seeking to network with industry experts while having an enjoyable time?
We’re thrilled to be hosting an Early Careers Networking Party sponsored by Global Tech Giant Accenture to support graduates, apprentices and career changers.
Please join us on the 12th September 2024 at 6.00pm!
About our speakers
Alina Timofeeva
Alina Timofeeva is a multi-award-winning strategic advisor in Data & Technology to major financial services organisations, a thought leader and a sought-after speaker at large industry events.
She has worked with leading consulting firms Oliver Wyman, KPMG and Accenture, where she was recognized by multiple industry awards, including Digital Leader of the Year, Digital Transformation Leader, Cloud professional of the Year, and Most Inspirational Individual of the Year.
As a LinkedIn Top Voice and a TEDx speaker, she speaks on the topics of Data and Technology on TV and at large industry events, such as World Economic Forum, London Tech Week, Money 20/20, Banking Transformation Summit, and universities, for example University of Oxford, London School of Economics, Imperial College London.
She was featured in BBC, Forbes, The Banker by FT. Her TEDx talk ‘Fail but Never Give Up’ got over 500k views, is translated into 23 languages and became the top 10 World's Most Watched TEDx talks released in Dec 2021.
In addition to her expertise in Data & Technology the audience is drawn to her unique story of tenacity as she grew ultra-fast in the male dominated industry as a first generation female immigrant with a disability from a working class.
Alina founded her company Unique.Bold.You – with the mission is to inspire 50 million people globally to see failure as an opportunity to grow, sharing lessons learnt from the various challenges that she encountered on my journey as a female from working class, a first generation immigrant with a disability – growing at ultra-fast speed in a male dominated industry. Alina is keen for underrepresented groups to be seen, heard and recognised.
Further to this, Alina is an Influence Board Member of British Computer Society, the Chartered Institute of IT - with the view that we share the beauty of Data & Technology with the younger generations, the women, those from underrepresented & underprivileged backgrounds as we empower them to see the beauty of Data & Technology, believe in themselves, be seen & heard, and help fulfil their true career potential - consequently maximizing their contributions to the economy, society, and communities.
Jamie Kavanagh BA (Hons), MBCS, RITTech
I’m the Senior Policy officer for Equalities in Oxfordshire County Council, multi-award winning data analyst, and apprenticeship ambassador.
Alongside my day job which involves creating better outcomes for the communities of Oxfordshire, I speak about the importance of data for social good, and the role apprenticeships can have in shaping an innovative, inclusive and thriving IT sector.
Within BCS I have been a member of the F-TAG for Quantum, am the Inclusion Officer for the Quantum Computing Specialist Group, and an advocate for the RITTech professional registration.
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
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For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
This event is brought to you by: BCS Early Careers Executive and Accenture
