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Technology is one of the fastest growing and most influential industries in the world today. The sector is expected to grow expontentially in the next decade due to the rapid development of new technologies. Although women are lead adopters of technology, they are highly underepresented in the technology sector--as demonstrated by the following statements:
  • Women made up 26% of the computing workforce in 2013
  • In the mid-1980s, 37% of computer science majors were women; in 2012, 18%
  • 57% of bachelor's degrees are earned by women yet only 12% of them are computer science degrees
  • Google's workforce is only about 30% female
  • 7% of venture capital funding goes to women-owned businesses
  • 4.2% of investing VCs are women
  • 20% of software developers are women

Whether you can code, pitch, create, or calculate, there is a wealth of opportunities for women in the tech industry. On September 27th, we will bring together two panels of entrepreneurial and corporate women to share their experiences working in different tech environments concerning strategy, marketing, software development, and management.


We will discuss the following topics:​
  1. Entrepreneurship and Start-ups
  2. Benefits and Opportunities in the Tech Industry
  3. Sexism and Breaking Down Barriers
  4. Empowering Women in Tech
  5. Climbing the Corporate Ladder
  6. Developing Computer Skills and Knowledge​

Beijing Women’s Network and JingJobs strive to promote and highlight women’s achievement in tech as well as inspire an upcoming generation of women to get involved in the tech industry. Come check out our panel to learn more about women in technology and how technology can play a role in your life!

Agenda

19:00 - 19:30
Registration
19:30 - 19:40
Introduction: Why do we need more women in technology?
19:40 - 20:10
Start-up Panel and Q&A
20:10 - 20:25
Drink Break
20:25 - 21:00
Corporate Panel and Q&A
21:00 - 21:30
Networking

Speakers

  • Catherine Feng (Senior Marketing Manager at Qualcomm)

    Catherine Feng

    Senior Marketing Manager at Qualcomm

  • Xi Gu (Co-Founder of Techie Cat )

    Xi Gu

    Co-Founder of Techie Cat

    Guxi is a co-founder of TechieCat, the first Chinese technology community focused on women in tech. Her role helps her represent women in tech and actively build a community of strong women leaders in China. She is also the editor-in-chief of the Think Tank tech section, chairman of TechieCat Africa and she was granted Women Impact Award 2016 by Shero China. Her work has given her the opportunity to give speeches and participate in conferences here in China as well as internationally. She’s now pursuing Bachelor’s Degree of economics at Beijing Jiaotong University.

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  • Xiyun Gu (Policy Director  of United States Information Technology Office (USITO))

    Xiyun Gu

    Policy Director of United States Information Technology Office (USITO)

    Xiyun Gu is a Policy Director aligned to the United States Information Technology Office (USITO). Xiyun completed her Masters of Public Administration (MPA) degree at Cornell University, focusing on International Development Studies. Her functional areas of expertise include policy analysis, government relations (policy advocacy and lobbying), project management, international program evaluation, comparative bench-marking research, and field survey plan and implementation. Xiyun has experience in information communications technology (ICT) industry, agribusiness, sustainable development, city regional planning, pro-bono education and community development, international trade and development, crisis management, and human resources management. She is a native mandarin Chinese speaker, and she hopes to leverage her education and background to pursue a career in public policy and government relations.

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  • Jie Jiang (Founder  of DianEdu)

    Jie Jiang

    Founder of DianEdu

    Jie Jiang is the founder and CEO of DianEdu, an internet era education counselor business for Chinese students who want to study aboard. The website and wechat platform offers intelligent tools to help you find and match with colleges overseas and majors that you are interested in, design your resume, and manage your calendar.
    Jiang Jie is a well-rounded marketing professional with 15+ years of experience, including 7+ years of IT marketing, and 4+ years overseas in the US and Japan. Before founding DianEdu, she was an executive director at Lenovo.

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  • Judy Liu (Co-founder  of Curiosity China)

    Judy Liu

    Co-founder of Curiosity China

    Working in Internet and China digital eco-system for more than 11 years, Judy Liu is the Co-Founder of CuriosityChina, a digital and tech company operating in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong-Kong and Paris.
    Prior to Curiosity, Judy was Vice President at Gaopeng (JV between Groupon & Tencent) and in charge of Operations. Curiosity focuses on the development of social CRM. By building the one stop social user management platform – CURIO, Curiosity helps international premium brands and merchants reach and manage their Chinese customers on social platforms.
    CuriosityChina received several awards for the innovative and "game changer" approach, serving 50+ international brands and agencies in the retail, fashion, lifestyle, hospitality industries.

    www.curiositychina.com

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  • Jackie You (Founder of i.e. Capital)

    Jackie You

    Founder of i.e. Capital

    Jackie is a financial executive with global experience, having served as a CFO of two NASDAQ-listed technology companies – ChinaCache and China Information Technology. Out of her passion to be a strategic partner of the CEO, Jackie founded i.e.Capital, a company whose mission is to level the playing field for all CEOs who seek to dream big.
    i.e.Capital offers reliable financial management services at a fraction of the costs of a full-time team. All of our core team members have solid experience with publicly listed companies in various financial capacities from CFO to Controller to Internal Control.
    They hope to offer companies a set of cutting-edge solutions in the near future by combining their financial expertise with the latest technologies by creating a SaaS platform accessible to all.

    www.iecapital.co

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Tickets

Prepaid Entry Fee
Standard Price RMB 45
Walk Ins (Payment at the Door)
Door Price RMB 55

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