Past Events

5th Nottingham Girl Geek Dinner

Eileen Brown will do a short presentation on how women who work in the Technology industry feel about working in IT. The results from the Microsoft commissioned survey are surprising – especially the comments by women, about women. Eileen Brown talks about her unconventional route into IT and discusses the survey results.

Eileen joined Microsoft in 2001 as a Systems Engineer, initially focusing on Mission Critical Windows before moving to the Exchange team. She now manages the team of IT Professional Evangelists and is responsible for Messaging, Collaboration and Productivity technologies.

4th Nottingham Girl Geek Dinner

Susan Hallam an internet marketing strategy consultant and trainer will be talking about search engine optimisation - improving your visibility in the search engine results. She will talk about best practice thinking and guidelines for improving your rankings in the natural search results.

Susan is an independent business consultant specialising in web marketing strategy and tactics, customer relationship management and the business impact of emerging Internet technologies.

3rd Nottingham Girl Geek Dinner

Rachel Jacobs from Active Ingredient - "Ere Be Dragons" - A game that maps unknown territories, controlled by the heart beat of players as they walk around the city, resulting in an interactive installation.

Active Ingredient create art works, using everything from household chemistry to emerging technologies. Thier artwork explores the relationship between real and imaginary digital spaces attempting to unlock everyday magic from the rigid systems of new media.

2nd Nottingham Girl Geek Dinner

Gerry Emmerson - "Accelerate Nottingham" - Nottingham's bid to win the Digital challenge.

1st Nottingham Girl Geek Dinner

Gillian Hunter from Aardmaan - "Cities of the Future - Fact or Fantasy?" - opening a discussion about technology, women and how they can make an impact on all kinds of planning!

Gillian is an experienced sales and marketing professional (and girl geek) and has headed up huge international bids and tenders for large telco and construction companies.

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