VANCOUVER — January 19th, 2017 — Women Who Code (WWCode), the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to supporting female engineers in their professional goals, announces the establishment of a local Network in Vancouver, BC. The inaugural event, taking place January 19th at the Microsoft Lodge, will consist of a conference with speakers discussing JS Robotic Frameworks, and the use of Data Science to address Climate Change. Over 70 people have currently signed up to attend.
Women Who Code Vancouver will be led by Directors Elgin McLaren, Reetu Mutti, Zoe Alexander, and Holly Peck who was recently interviewed by the Vancouver Tech Podcast about her involvement with WWCode. Holly described her motivation to help build this Network, “Women want participation in society and this means building the tools that govern it. I’m thrilled to launch a Women Who Code network in Vancouver to help women excel as technologists and builders.”