- Open iT Philippines celebrated International Women’s Day by sending five female employees to the Women Techmakers Manila event hosted by Google Developers Group Philippines.
- The event featured talks, panel discussions, and workshops focused on successful female technology leaders and opportunities in tech.
- Open iT states that it shares the belief in developing diversity and providing better opportunities for women and disadvantaged groups.
Celebrating International Women's Day with Google Developers Group Philippines examines how technology leaders and workplace advocates in industry events and customer discussions are responding as software portfolios grow more complex, with the blog saying Open iT Philippines celebrated International Women’s Day by sending five female employees to the Women Techmakers Manila event hosted by Google Developers Group Philippines and also reporting that the event featured talks, panel discussions, and workshops focused on successful female technology leaders and opportunities in tech.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, five female employees of Open iT Philippines were chosen to participate in an event called “Women Techmakers Manila: Engineering the Future” hosted by Google Developers Group (GDG) Philippines, March 8. It was held at the Globe Corporate Showroom and featured inspirational talks on successful female technology leaders, panel discussions and hands-on workshops.
The discussion featured female technology leaders, such as Christine Songco-Lau, program manager of Open Source and Social Impact at Google who discussed about Google’s belief in diversity; Ivy Ong, outreach lead of Open Data Philippines; Reinabelle Reyes, research scientist at the Manila Observatory, who discussed the elements for developing a woman techmaker; Gail Tan, head of communications for Google Philippines, who discussed the opportunities in the tech industry of non-technical graduates; and many more.
Open iT shares the same belief in developing diversity in all fields of work. The company upholds its conviction to provide better opportunities for women and other disadvantaged groups on International Women’s Day.
