IWD Mbarara 2024

Innovation Village-Mbarara, Mbarara, Mbarara, +256

GDG Cloud Mbarara

International Women’s Day (IWD) occurs on March 8th every year. It marks a moment to celebrate and provide visibility for the incredible contributions of women around the world and is a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

Mar 9, 5:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

AIInclusionInternational Women's DayMachine LearningWomen Techmakers

About this event

Women Techmakers is Google's global program & initiative to help women thrive in technology. Every year, in celebration of International Women's Day, Women Techmakers chapters across the globe host talks, conferences, & workshops. This year, WTM Mbarara together with GDG Cloud Mbarara have come together to host the IWD event on March 9th.

We are planning a day full of inspirational talks and practical workshops and we want  can't wait to see you :)

Our theme for 2024 is Impact the Future. 

We recognize that there were tremendous challenges over the past years, especially for women. But we remain hopeful about the future and the belief that together our community can create positive change throughout the world.

When

When

Saturday, March 9, 2024
5:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

5:00 AMRegistration/Check-ins
6:00 AMOpening Remarks
6:30 AMKeynote Speech
6:45 AMSpeaker
7:00 AMBREAK
7:15 AMPanel
7:15 AMSpeaker
7:45 AMSpeaker
8:00 AMSpeaker
8:30 AMSpeaker
9:00 AMSpeaker
9:30 AMSpeaker
10:00 AMLUNCH
11:00 AMSpeaker
11:30 AMSpeaker
12:00 PMSpeaker
12:30 PMSpeaker
1:00 PMNetworking /Closure

Speakers

  • Philomena Mbura

    Data Scientist | WiD Lead | WTM Ambassador

  • Mercy Kwambai

    Product & UX Researcher | WTM Ambassador

  • Jessica Hannah Randall

    Android Developer | WTM Ambassador

  • Sabrina Atwiine

    Innovation Village

    Product Manager

  • Fanny Nyayic

    Web Developer | Open Source Contributor

  • Phyian Karinge

    Product Manager

  • Agnes Okero

    NCBA Group

    Machine Learning Engineer | Data Scientist

  • Sharon Jebitok

    SpaceYaTech

    Software Developer | Community Manager

  • Jigyasa Grover

    Twitter

    Machine Learning Engineer | ML Google Developer Expert | Co-author of the Book ‘Sculpting Data for ML’

  • Victoria Nyanzi

    MoTIV

    Operations Lead | Personal Branding & LinkedIn Coach

Facilitators

  • Yves Kalume

    Google Developer Experts

    Software Engineer

  • Brian Mugisa

    Software Engineer

  • Elizabeth Adhiambo

    Backend Developer

  • Osen Abaine Muntu

    Junior ML Engineer

  • Wesley Kambale

    ML Engineer | Community Builder

  • Edwin Nahabwe

    Global Auto Systems LTD

    Software Engineer

  • Rishabh Misra

    Senior ML Engineer at Attentive | 'Sculpting Data for ML' Book Author

  • Sumaiya Nalukwago

    Innovation Village

    Trainer | Community Lead |Tech Content Creator | WTM Ambassador

Partners

Google logo

Google

Women Techmakers logo

Women Techmakers

Organizers

  • Sumaiya Nalukwago

    Tech Over Africa Network

    Co-Organizer/WTM Ambassador

  • Nahabwe Edwin

    Global Auto Systems | Photokabada

    Technical Lead

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