Please join us for an empowering event designed to connect and inspire Women in Technology (WiT)!
This skills exchange is more than just a learning opportunity but a chance to build a supportive community where Women in Tech can come together to share skills, knowledge, and experiences. Whether you are looking to change technical careers, gain a fresh perspective or build new collaborations, this event promises to be a place of networking and professional growth. Connect with like-minded women, expand your network and leave feeling inspired to take your career to the next level! This event is organised in partnership with BCS South Yorkshire, Sheffield Digital, Home Office Digital Data and Technology WiT and our sponsors PA Consulting.
AGENDA
17:00 - Event start and ice-breaker activity to kick off the event!
17:30 - Lightening talks
19:00 - Light refreshments and networking
19:30 - Event close*
*There's an opportunity to unwind and continue networking after the event
What to Expect:
Ice Breaker activity to kick off the event!
Lightening talks:
You will hear from women from various technical backgrounds who will share their journeys insights, and experiences. These short talks will hopefully motivate you and offer a fresh perspective on navigating the tech world.
Networking Opportunities:
Connect with women from a diverse technical background. These will be informal meet and greets designed to create meaningful connections. Gain valuable insights into various technical roles, career paths, and the skills needed to excel in your career. Expand your network, exchange ideas, and explore potential career opportunities. There will be light refreshments served throughout the event.
Evening Network Social:
Wrap up the event by socialising and networking over drinks. This is a chance to unwind and continue the conversation from 19:30 onwards.
Please note, if you have any accessibility needs, please let us know via groups@bcs.uk and we’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
BCS South Yorkshire branch with collaboration from:
UK Home Office Digital, Data and Technology
Sheffield Digital
PA Consulting
[🏫 In-Person] .NET patching with GitHub Actions with Martin Costello
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This event will be a single talk on .NET patching with GitHub Actions with Martin Costello from Just Eat Takeaway.com
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is Sheffield Hallam University, Owen Building, Room Owen-1029. This is located on the 10th floor.
Agenda:
🍕 Pizza/Drinks (18:15 - 18:30)
🗣 Introduction (18:30)
👉 .NET patching with GitHub Actions (18:35ish)
🍻 Social @ Pub (after the talk)
👉 Automating Monthly .NET Patching with GitHub Actions and dotnet-outdated
With the productivity and performance benefits developers gain from using modern .NET over .NET Framework, also comes the less-exciting flip-side - patching the version of .NET in production environments every month to keep your applications secure. Keeping up-to-date with security and reliability fixes is an important ongoing activity within software development, but it’s not very exciting, and it can be easy to fall behind - what if we could automate the process of patching our applications? In this talk, we’ll explore how we can use the flexibility of GitHub Actions together with tools such as dotnet-outdated to automatically patch .NET applications on a monthly basis with minimal manual effort.
[🏫 In-Person] Advent of Code and Development into Leadership
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This event will be a double talk on Advent of Code with Peter Gillett and How to Move from Development into Leadership with Luke Stringer
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is Sheffield Hallam University, Owen Building, Room Owen-1029. This is located on the 10th floor.
Agenda:
🍕 Pizza/Drinks (18:15 - 18:30)
🗣 Introduction (18:30)
👉 Advent of Code (18:35ish)
👉 Do Repeat Yourself: How to move from Development into Leadership (after the previous talk)
🍻 Social @ Pub (after the last talk)
👉 Advent of Code
Feel like you have far too much free time in December?
Don't code enough during your day job?
…then Advent of Code will be right up your street.
25 days of coding puzzles ranging from easy to mind-boggling.
Using C#, we'll go through some practical solving of a day-one puzzle and a more challenging mid-month puzzle.
A taster session ready to join ¼ million other developers on December 1st.
👉 Do Repeat Yourself: How to move from Development into Leadership
As a developer moving into a leadership role for the first time it can be can be tough, confusing, and at times overwhelming. This was certainly the case for me. I discovered that the principles I had once followed when building software were no longer effective as a leader. However, after a few years I can confidently say that becoming a leader is one of the most fulfilling things I’ve done. In this talk you will learn some of the ways to adapt your developer skillset to that of a tech lead, and I will share my observations in making these adjustments myself. We’ll look at how the problems you need to solve are suddenly very unfamiliar, with incentives that are often the reverse to what you’ve been used to. If you’ve had similar experiences or are considering a move into leadership yourself, this talk is for you. You will leave with an number of effective strategies for becoming a tech lead, while remaining kind to yourself and others.
[🏫 In-Person] .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs! & VS Extensions with Pete and Mike
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This event will be two talks on NET, IoT and Hedgehogs! & VS Extensions with Mike Irving and Pete Vickers
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is Hallam University - Charles Street Building which using google maps can be found at 133 Charles St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2ND
Here's a useful Hallam Campus map too - https://www.shu.ac.uk/visit-us/how-to-find-us/city-campus-map
This is a different building for Hallam University compared to normal, It's located across the road from Genting Casino and The Roebuck Pub on Arundel Gate.
We'll be on the 6th floor in Room 06.
Agenda:
🍕 Pizza/Drinks (18:15 - 18:30)
🗣 Introduction (18:30)
👉 .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs! (18:00 ish)
👉 VS Extensions
🍻 Social @ Pub (after the talks)
👉 .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs
Using C# / .NET Technologies and IoT to curate and automate video footage of garden hedgehogs.
👉 So - you want to develop a Visual Studio add-in?
Learn how to create an add-in for Visual Studio (VSIX), adding to VS menus and how to submit it to store.
[🏫 In-Person] Property-Based Testing with Lucy Mair
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This event will be a single talk on Property-Based Testing with Lucy Mair
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is Sheffield Hallam University, Owen Building, Room 942. This is located on the 10th floor.
Agenda:
🍕 Pizza/Drinks (18:15 - 18:30)
🗣 Introduction (18:30)
👉 Property-Based Testing (18:35ish)
🍻 Social @ Pub (after the talk)
👉 Property-Based Testing
This talk aims to introduce property-based testing, why you may want to use it, and real-life use cases for including it in code bases.
How do you unit test a function? Typically, one might identify different sets of inputs (for example, for an integer you may have have sets for positive, negative, and zero) and write a single unit test using a single example from each set. Can you be sure your code is correct for the whole set? Maybe it only works for that particular example?
Property-based testing is an approach to testing that involves specifying statements that should always be true (for example, reversing a list twice will give the original result) rather than relying on specific examples. In this talk, I will be giving an introduction to property-based testing, why you would want to use it, and how you might apply it in the real world.
How can you optimise how your data is managed online? With this course you will learn the benefits and risks around cloud computing. It’s applications and the impact this has on a personal level. Learn when and where to have backups of your data, and more importantly, who to trust with your data.
The sessions will involve examining a range of cloud options available to businesses and explore their strengths and weaknesses depending upon specific business needs. This will help attendees develop a richer understanding of the factors to consider in moving to the cloud and how make the most appropriate choice.
Pre-requisites:
There is no specific technology requirement or focus for this course. However you are expected to have a basic understanding the cloud concept and some experience using the cloud for storage.
To qualify for this course, you must be employed in South Yorkshire.
Who should attend?
Anyone that has an interest using or developing cloud based services that minimise reliance upon local server infra-structure. Additionally, this course will give you an understanding of why migrating to a cloud based solution may be right or in some cases wrong for you. The course will give you this knowledge so that you can make an informed decision.
Data issues can appear because data is not effectively stored or properly managed. You may have too much data in spreadsheets that are used by different people. This short course will allow you to analyse and document your data and help identify weaknesses while specifying how improvements could be made.
The sessions will involve mixture practical work and analysis of data to establish reliable and efficient database driven solutions. Following this short course you should understand the value of moving from spreadsheet-based data to higher quality solutions with managed and efficient data.
Pre-requisites:
You must be employed in South Yorkshire.
Who should attend?
Anyone wishing to explore or expand the quality of the data management in their organisation. Experience of working with data in some manner will be an advantage.
Please note there is no significant hands-on coding involved in this workshop.
You will gain an understanding of service management and standards, such as working to SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and understanding how to manage compliance.
The sessions will involve a mix of theory and practice to help develop an awareness of the need for service management and how to design service management systems. This will help you consistently build high quality systems and services as required for growing businesses.
Pre-requisites:
You are aware that IT services are an essential element of business stability and growth.
To qualify for this course, you must be employed in South Yorkshire.
Who should attend?
Anyone that has an interest in the development of their quality services that can be defined and used to support business growth and development. Additionally, this course will offer knowledge in how to interact with and manage services given or taken within the IT domain. This includes web development or technical support.
ta issues can appear because data is not effectively stored or properly managed. You may have too much data in spreadsheets that are used by different people. This short course will allow you to analyse and document your data and help identify weaknesses while specifying how improvements could be made.
The sessions will involve mixture practical work and analysis of data to establish reliable and efficient database driven solutions. Following this short course you should understand the value of moving from spreadsheet-based data to higher quality solutions with managed and efficient data.
Pre-requisites:
You must be employed in South Yorkshire.
Who should attend?
Anyone wishing to explore or expand the quality of the data management in their organisation. Experience of working with data in some manner will be an advantage.
Please note there is no significant hands-on coding involved in this workshop.
South Yorkshire Sustainability Support Consortium by Sheffield Innovation Programme
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Are you stuck on how to make your business sustainable?
South Yorkshire has a wide range of different organisations that can help companies with their sustainability and net zero journey. We're bringing all of your options together in one consortium to make it easier for your organisation to find what you need to become more sustainable.
The South Yorkshire sustainability community is coming together to centralise the support available to organisations across the region. You will be at the centre of the consortium, benefiting from events and guidance to all the great organisations that can help you in your journey to become environmentally sustainable.
By working together with you, we’ll be able to support your specific journey and create a green business movement for South Yorkshire.
Who are we?
The consortium includes a number of key South Yorkshire business support organisations:
- Sheffield Hallam University Business Support (including SME support through Higher Skills Higher Growth)
- Sheffield Innovation Programme (SIP)
- University of Sheffield Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC)
- Sheffield Sustainability Network (SSN)
- Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
- Business in the Community (BITC)
- Business Sheffield
In this first event, you will have the opportunity to shape a series of events co-hosted by the consortium. We want to hear from you about what you need to take the next step in the journey.
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