Tech Female-founded VAPAR raises $2.5 million to take on sewage pipelines and storm drains Australian AI startup VAPAR has raised $2.5 million in seed funding, with the aim of taking its sewer-repairing AI to the UK and US markets.
Partner Content ‘We need different people & skills working together’: Women in STEM on the lessons from an unprecedented year In Australia, a diversity of experts leading across health data and STEM; many of whom have contributed to our navigation of the pandemic.
News & Views The future of AI needs diversity and the arts, our education system must reflect this In the future, AI will require not just data and engineering skills. There will be a need to emphasise judgment, decision-making and people skills.
News & Views The ‘wait’ for leadership parity won’t happen with the number of female CEOs going backwards The number of female CEOs leading ASX 200 organisations has gone backwards, dropping from 14 to 12 over the past year. Waiting for centuries is pointless.
Business 26% of people in data are women. She Loves Data is changing this. She Loves Data is an organisation providing education for women to learn the foundations of data analytics. In a male-dominated industry, women who work in data analytics face cultural and gender-based adversity.
News & Views Voice assistants like Alexa and Siri prop up sexist stereotypes says UN Tech juggernauts like Apple and Amazon have spent decades finessing voice assistant technology, but they’ve kept one aspect of this in the dark ages.
News & Views It’s a male-dominated AI world: The gender gap we urgently need to discuss Just 22% of AI professionals are female. But according to experts the number of women in technical roles in the field could be much lower.
News & Views How to use AI to make better hiring decisions & drive workplace equality Australian organisations are on a mission to create more diverse and inclusive workplaces and AI can help if it’s the bias embedded is removed.
Leadership Choosing a career? Consider the jobs and skills that won’t go out of style There will be no shortage of career options for future generations as long as they plan ahead and acquire the rights skills,
Uncategorised Women still have 202 years to wait for pay equity. Meanwhile, Australia falls behind other countries The latest World Economic Forum report on the global gender gap once again reminds us of how slow the current pace of change actually is.
Partner Content ‘Women should lead’: What Maria MacNamara wants us to know about the future of work The National Future Work Summit is a program that brings experts in this field together to share insights about workforce transitions.