Ticket sales for Women in Tech conference closing soon

Row 1: Samantha Wright, Tech Girl, Darlene Menzies, Finfind, Samantha Perry, Women in Tech ZA, Rapelang Rabana, Rekindle Learning, Anna Collard, Popcorn Training Row 2: Pelonomi Moiloa, Nedbank, Carla de Bruin, OUTsurance, Kholeka Tsotsotso, DBSA, Gillian Ezra, TRACE, Thandi Dyani, Impact Hub Johannesburg Row 3: Jacqui Mackway-Wilson, Go Social SA Row 4: Bianca Minnaar, Bonsai Solutions, Barbara Mallinson, Obami, Ashnie Muthusamy, Sun International, Ingrid Lotze, Hers&His and join.the.dots, Lynette Hundermark, U&B

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Useful & Beautiful and Women in Tech ZA, the organisers of the Moving to Mastery: Women in Tech and Digital Conference (Johannesburg edition), today announced that ticket sales for the event will close on Sunday, 7 July.

The event, which will be held on 10 July at the OUTsurance Auditorium in Centurion, features an all-women line-up, like the Cape Town event did.

This, says Women in Tech ZA co-founder Samantha Perry, was done deliberately to showcase the depth and breadth of female expertise in the tech sector, but also to challenge South Africa’s conference organisers to make their line-ups more representative.

“The problem is so pervasive that a new name for those panel discussions that feature male speakers only, the manel, has been coined. It’s time for local companies and conference organisers to step up and ensure that their speaker line-ups reflect the diversity of both the sector and the country we operate in,” says Useful & Beautiful's chief product officer, Lynette Hundermark.

The full line-up of speakers for the 10 July event includes:

• Anna Collard, founder and MD of Popcorn Training, a KnowBe4 company.  She'll speak about female entrepreneurship in cyber security

• Ashnie Muthusamy, group talent management at Sun International. She'll explore the topic of maintaining balance and flow

• Barbara Mallinson, founder and CEO of Obami. She'll speak on the topic, Oh, the lessons I’ve learned! My experiences as an entrepreneur in Africa

• Darlene Menzies, CEO of Finfind. She'll deal with the topic, Taking risks, failing and coming back strong!

• Gillian Ezra, senior VP: digital and mobile services, TRACE. She'll examine how podcasts are becoming your new personal radio

• Ingrid Lotze, co-founder of Hers&His and join.the.dots. She'll talk about the death knell of stereotypes in the tech and digital worlds: finding creative ways to accommodate and take advantage of gender diversity

• Jacqui Mackway-Wilson, founder of Go Social SA. She'll examine how to get the best out of social media for your business

• Kholeka Tsotsotso, CIO at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Her topic is: My personal leadership journey

• Lynette Hundermark, co-founder and CPO of Useful & Beautiful. She'll speak about integrating the silos of tech and digital to create purposeful solutions

• Rapelang Rabana, founder and chair of Rekindle Learning. She'll explore the topic,  Becoming a digital master beyond the technology

• Samantha Wright, founder of Tech Girl. Her topic is: From blogger to global e-sports personality: breaking the gender barriers in the gaming industry

• Thandi Dyani, CEO of Impact Hub Johannesburg, will discuss leading social entrepreneurship

The event also features a panel discussion on  technology trends which will be chaired by Samantha Perry, the co-founder of Women in Tech ZA co-founder. The panellists will delve into technology in action and focus particularly on AI, machine learning and data science.

Panellists include:

• Pelonomi Moiloa Data scientist, Nedbank

• Bianca Minnaar CEO of Bonsai Solutions

• Carla de Bruin Actuarial team manager, OUTsurance

Tickets for the Johannesburg event are on sale for R2 000 until Sunday, 7 July. Please visit http://usefulandbeautiful.co.za/events/ to purchase.

With thanks to our venue sponsor OUTsurance, media partner ITWeb, and sponsors Popcorn Training, a KnowBe4 company, Pick n Pay Western Cape, Lemon Gem Creative, Wellness Warehouse, MultiChoice, OneDayOnly, Styld, TRACE, Samsonite SA, Kaku Clothing, Adzlok, Hope Distillery, ELEMIS SA, and Sorbet, without whom this event would not be possible.

Contact: Samantha Perry, Women in Tech ZA, samantha.perry@gmail.com / (083) 414 5586