Thrive-WiSE Joins the IEEE Panel on Navigating Technical Careers at the 8^th Annual IEEE Women in Engineeting International Leadership Conference

Launched 8 years ago, the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (IEEE WIE ILC) provides professional women in technology, whether in industry, academia, or government, the opportunity to create communities that fuel innovation, facilitate knowledge sharing and provide support through highly interactive sessions designed to foster discussion and collaboration. IEEE WIE ILC focuses on providing leading-edge professional development for mid to senior-level women.

About IEEE: The IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (WIE ILC) aims to support and sustain women leaders and technologists, especially those in mid to senior career. Enhance your leadership skills and knowledge of the tech industry, while networking with 1000+ STEM leaders from around the world. Learn more: https://ieee-wie-ilc.org/

About Thrive-WiSE: 

Thrive-WiSE / CodeChix is a 501©(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the  Education, Advocacy and Mentoring, of women engineers in industry and academia.   We aim to increase the number of women technologists in industry through our technical and workplace environment programs.

We focus on face-to-face communication (VIRTUAL in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic) and build a community of technical women supporting each other with their professional development.  To do this, we  conduct events, participate in competitions as a team, develop open-source projects on our GitHub repository and actively network to create a foundation for women engineers on the technical ladder in software and hardware.  Apart from these, we offer innovative services to tech companies such as Ally Training, Anti-Racism Training and Safe=Space programs to address the workplace environment which is critical to retention of technical women beyond recruiting. Learn more: thrive-wise.org