Women’s crucial role in technology will be celebrated at the inaugural Leeds International Festival next week.
The festival, which runs from 22-30 April, focuses on three main strands: music, moving image and technology.
High-profile female voices make up two-thirds of the speakers in the tech strand.
Headline conference ‘Empowering Women with Tech’ will see tech strand curator Natasha Sayce-Zelem and several other high-profile members of BusinessCloud’s ‘100 female tech role models’ list speak about their experiences in tech.
They include computer scientist and campaigner Dr Sue Black OBE, Stemettes co-founder Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE and serial entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow OBE.
Multi-award-winning broadcaster Lauren Laverne, international fashion blogger Susie Bubble and Emmy Lovell, digital VP at the Warner Music Group, are also set to appear.
Next week
Saturday 22 April – Saturday 29 April: Leeds Digital Festival more info
Saturday 22 April: Digital marketing bootcamp, London more info
Tuesday 25 April: An Introduction to Inbound Marketing by HubSpot, London more info
Tuesday 25 April: Drapers Digital Festival, London more info
Wednesday 26 – Thursday 27 April: IP EXPO Manchester more info
Wednesday 26 April: BBC Greater Manchester mayoral debate, Manchester more info
Thursday 27 April: Pro Manchester FinTech lunch more info
Thursday 27 April: KPMG TMT networking event, Manchester
Thursday 27 April: The future for Human Resources – technology and the changing role for HR professionals, London more info
Thursday 27 April: Data protection and the regulatory framework: Preparing for EU GDPR and the consequences of Brexit, London more info
Thursday 27 April – Friday 28 April: Mobile Innovation Summit, London more info
Two weeks
Tuesday 2 May: Why women in AI, London more info
Wednesday 3 May: Security & Counter Terror Expo, London more info
Friday 5 May: Manchester Digital – Digital Revolution Conference more info
Three weeks
Monday 8 May: Blockchain: IoT’s Trust Broker? London more info
Monday 8 – Tuesday 9 May: Retail Business Technology Expo 2017, London more info
Tuesday 9 May:The AI Summit, London more info
Wednesday 10 May: SavedByTech 2017 – Future Technology Expo & Conference, Bristol more info
Wednesday 10 May: Cisco networking academy conference, Manchester more info
Thursday 11 May: Dotlive, Manchester more info
Thursday 11 May: Prolific North awards 2017, Manchester more info
Thursday 11 May: techUK Public Services 2030 Conference 2017 more info
Friday 12 May: Multichannel conference, Manchester more info
Four weeks
Tuesday 16 May: Smart to Future Cities, London more info
Tuesday 16 – Wednesday 17 May: VR World, London more info
Wednesday 17 May: Digital Bolton and the importance of apprenticeships, Bolton more info
Wednesday 17 May: National Technology Awards, London more info
Wednesday 17 May: How Could We Buy Energy in the Smart Future? London more info
Wednesday 17 May: Big Data and IoT Excellence Awards, London more info
Wednesday 17 – Thursday 18 May: Big Data and IoT Summit 2017, London more info
Thursday 18 May: Tackling Liverpool’s digital skills gap, Liverpool more info
Later
Thursday 8 June: How can businesses harness the power of VR and AR? Manchester more info