Fireside chat with Elaine Ford: Founder of Electrek Explorer & COP26 Ambassador
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As part of the Products for the Planet hackathon, join us for an online fireside chat and Q&A event with Elaine Ford, founder of Electrek Explorer and Planet Rewild, as well as being a current UN COP26 Ambassador. Elaine will be sharing her entrepreneurial journey and experiences founding two businesses, both with environmentally conscious missions.
Elaine will be interviewed by Abby Scott from technology recruitment company Bright Purple. The interview will last approximately 20-30 minutes, followed by a Q&A session.
If you'd like to attend this event in person, you can do so by taking part in the hackathon, where we will be developing products that educate and empower action for climate change. Register at https://productsfortheplanet.org
About Elaine:
Elaine has founded two businesses that educate and empower action for climate change.
Planet Rewild aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and provide innovative environmental education through immersive 360 film and virtual reality technology.
Electrek Explorer aims to tackle the climate crisis by promoting low carbon electric travel and nature-based tourism. They are developing an app that curates exploration of the natural world for Electric cars, E-bikes and E-campervans, using geospatial technology to support the NetZero transition by helping people plan and explore electric-powered trips, connect with nature and promote wellbeing through active travel.
Through Electrek Explore, Elaine was also selected as a UN COP 26 Green Ambassador with UK Government: https://youtu.be/KfCxY2_ohiU
They are part of the UK Department of Transport summer, cycling and walking campaign.
This is set to be an incredibly insightful and inspiring interview.
RSVP here to gain access to the event, or register for your free ticket to all the livestreamed talks and workshops at https://productsfortheplanet.org
Encouraging climate action in your organisation: talk and Q&A
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As part of the Products for the Planet hackathon, join us for an online speaker and Q&A event with Norma Gray - founder of New Norm and Anna Orr - Business Engagement Executive at Pawprint - as they discuss the topic of encouraging climate action in your organisation. Each speaker will talk for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute Q&A.
If you'd like to attend this event in person, you can do so by taking part in the hackathon, where we will be developing products that educate and empower action for climate change. Register at https://productsfortheplanet.org
About the Speakers:
Norma Gray - Founder of New Norm
Norma founded New Norm three years ago, on a mission to make plant-based eating easier. New Norm delivers nutritionally balanced plant-based ready meals throughout the UK and are soon to launch a plant-based meal planning site, helping even more people realise the benefits of plant-based eating.
Norma will discuss how employees can be inspired by plant-based eating, and how empowering employees to make individual changes can have a collective impact.
Anna Orr - Business Engagement Executive at Pawprint.
Anna works for eco-companion app Pawprint, who help employees and businesses to understand and reduce their carbon footprint. Anna works with businesses across the industry to help them understand their employees' attitudes to climate change, measure that change and gain real competitive advantage through that action.
Anna will discuss how Pawprint helps organisations to empower employee engagement and climate action in the workplace.
RSVP here for the livestream link, or register for your free ticket to all the livestreamed talks and workshops at https://productsfortheplanet.org
The first meetup of Women in Tech, Scotland will provide a chance to hear from women working in a range of tech roles in Scotland and for discussion on topics, speakers and venues for future events.
The venue is downstairs in Blackfriars Pub, Merchant City in Glasgow City centre.
The full line-up of speakers will be added soon but currently we can confirm:
Sarah Currier, Urban Big Data Centre - Investigating urban research problems with big data
Sarah is Senior Project Manager with the Urban Big Data Centre, which analyses big data, to support policymakers, businesses and communities develop effective solutions.
Grainne Hamilton, DigitalMe - Open Badges: sharing achievements across the web
Grainne is Programme Director for HE and Adult Learning with DigitalMe, a not-for-profit that is enabling a new skills currency with digital credentials / Open Badges.
Celeste McLaughlin, Jisc - Key trends in technology in education
Celeste is a Learning, Teaching and Assessment Specialist with Jisc, a UK body that supports the use of digital technology in education.
This meetup is free.
Notes about the venue: this venue has stairs and no lift. If you have accessibility requirements, please get in touch with one of the organisers.
Welcome to all women in tech in Scotland! We are a group of female digital technology professionals getting together to discuss topics in tech, with a focus on advocating for better recognition and opportunities for women working in the technology sector in Scotland. This is a group for women working in all areas of digital technology, from education to software development, media to analytics, start-ups to multinationals - come along for discussion, presentations and networking.
Please join the meetup group and RSVP if you would like to come along.
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