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Ada Lovelace Day: A Celebration of Women in STEMM The UTS Faculty of Science are celebrating Ada Lovelace Day with a panel discussion, networking event and lunch in collaboration with UTS Library and the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion.

Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, maths & medicine (STEMM). Ada Lovelace was a 19th century English mathematician whose expertise and vision of computing's possibilities, were unmatched by any of her peers. The celebration aims to increase the profile and intake of women into STEMM fields, research, subjects and vocations.

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Meg Stacey 1922 - 2004

We don’t break through glass ceilings – they are above us how would we do that? We go around them on escalators Often with the help of others

Opening the event: Dr Fiona Brooks, Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Health. Fiona is a medical sociologist with a considerable track record of national and international public health research examining how protective health assets operate to build capacity and capabilities.

Convener for the event: Dr Willa Huston - Molecular Biologist and advocate for equity and diversity in STEMM. Willa is also co-convener of the UTS Academic Women in Science group, a Chair of the Faculty of Science, Equity and Diversity Committee, and a member of the UTS Athena SWAN Communications Committee.

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Dr Arti Agrawal is Associate Professor and Director, Women in Engineering and IT.

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Dr Arian Wallach is a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Compassionate Conservation.

Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson is Associate Professor & Course Director of the Master of Data Science and Innovation in the UTS Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation.

Dr Eva Cheng is the Deputy Director of Women in Engineering and Information Technology, and Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Data Engineering.

Dr Rosy Cavaliere is a microbiologist involved with the investigation and identification of biofilm formation, particularly on human explanted medical devices.

Thank you to the speakers and collaborators made this event possible