Women's High Tech

Thank you to our amazing speakers and guests that were able to attend our event yesterday, Making Moves: Perspectives on Career Pivots and Transitions from Leading Women in Technology Policy! Subscribe here to stay up to date on WHTC and upcoming events: womenshightech.org/join-us/

Three of our board members were named as 2023's top lobbyists by @thehill! Congrats to @FoxMiss, @bellegarza and @1KristinaWilcox. Check out the full list here: thehill.com/homenews/43408…

Amid financial and geopolitical uncertainty, #tech workers are now more likely to consider defense work than they were a year ago, especially in #AI and #CloudComputing. Read more from @MorningConsult: bit.ly/3JD4icG

Report shows nearly 62% of companies eye greater employment of women in #stem positions. bit.ly/3yQdrt9

Meet four women using #apps & #games to drive culture and create change: the teams at Rebel Girls (@rebelgirlsbook), Dinosaur Polo Club (@dinopoloclub) & Wisdom (@joinWISDOM) share how their experiences shaped the vision on the @AppStore: apple.co/3Zh5Grf

Designing careers: A women’s #tech group partners with UTD (@UT_Dallas) to teach #architecture to girls. Two dozen girls and young women meet at Richardson’s #Innovation Quarters with the goal of building life-size playhouses. bit.ly/3TygH5Z

.@UN's Youth Delegates Demand Greater #Inclusion in Discussions about #Digital Policies, #Innovation, Protocols, as Commission on Status of #Women Continues Session. Learn more: bit.ly/40iHmpC

Weighing the Risks of #AI Tools, From Demographic Bias to #Privacy Violations. Read more from @MarketScale: bit.ly/3ysqRLE

Professor of #aviation, @UNOmaha's Aviation Institute, Becky Lutte, Ph.D (@rlutte) spoke to Congressional Committee on strengthening the Aviation Workforce & how women in the aviation field can be the industry’s best bet for expanding talent pipeline. bit.ly/3LB1YW0

The halls of a D.C. conference center were packed for the 19th annual @stateofthenet conference last week, with standing-room only sessions on #content moderation, #AI, and #telecommunications policy. Read more from @techpolicypress: bit.ly/402hPBq

Three Steps to Modernize #Government’s #CustomerExperience. Read more from @govtechnews: bit.ly/3FC6M9R

U.S. #solar installations dropped slightly last year, however, the future is still bright for #renewables. Read more from @Reuters: reut.rs/3Z015cD

.@thehill shares the 5 #platforms you should change your #password on: bit.ly/3ywxblm

.@OpenAI to enable more customizations for enterprise and individual #users. reut.rs/424UhwZ

For International Womens Day 2023, @WorldBank's Hana Brixi & Haishan Fu (@FuHaishan) share three important facts (and charts) from the World Bank's #Gender #Data Portal. bit.ly/3JwzU4H

Micro-#Internships Give Women a Foot in the Tech Industry Door: @BrkThroughTech's Sprinternships offer women and minority groups short-term opportunities for professional experience in #tech. bit.ly/3JyMbWt

.@Aashishkasad & @EYnews share how organizations can accelerate participation of women in #STEM roles. Read more: go.ey.com/423hG1W

Her future is #digital: the @WorldBank is prioritizing three key accelerators for women’s digital #inclusion: #online safety, inclusive digital public #infrastructure, and digital skills. bit.ly/3kXLYCM

#EV Expansion Means Growth for #Battery Industry, Too: several companies are announcing new operations related to #electric car battery #recycling and #manufacturing, taking a lead in a nascent industry for the U.S. bit.ly/3mNxN3K

The Biden administration’s #FY2024 budget request would, in part, boost #federal spending to address “the ongoing #cyber threat” and “modernize services” across #government. Read more from @Nextgov: bit.ly/3T7nVxG

.@USChamber commission says #AI regulation should be ‘top priority’ for Congress: bit.ly/3ZCgaSF