The Women in Engineering and IT Symposium 2019 brought together universities across Australia and organisations who are working towards increasing the participation of women in STEM degrees, particularly engineering and IT.
Women in Engineering and IT Symposium Day 1, 2019
Why a symposium?
Increasing the participation of women in STEM degrees and professions is high on the agenda for universities, industry and the government. The Federal Government's Women in STEM Decadal Plan launched in April 2019, has acknowledged that there are a large number of initiatives addressing this challenge. Collaboration across the university sector, together with industry and schools, will broaden and deepen our impact on girls and women, and minimise duplication of effort.
The 2019 Women in Engineering and IT symposium
In 2016 the inaugural Women in Engineering Symposium was organised and hosted by University of Queensland (UQ), followed by the 2018 Symposium in Melbourne organised by UQ and hosted by RMIT University. Read about the history of the Women in Engineering Symposium
In 2019, the symposium was jointly hosted by UTS and UNSW and organised by UTS and UNSW in partnership with Macquarie University (MQ) and the University of Sydney (USYD). The event brought together universities and industry plus students and educators from across Australia who are working towards increasing the participation of women in STEM degrees, particularly engineering. The purpose of this event was to address the diversity problem as a collective network, through collaborative initiatives and actions.
Thank you to all the university, industry, government and not-for-profit partners who joined us for the symposium.