Women in Hardware

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Oct 15

About this event

Come along to our event - Hardware Meetup NZ: Women in Hardware 🎉

There are strides to be made within the tech industry when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This is especially so for Hardware, and to support this mission we have launched a series of focused events.

This event is perfect for someone who

Is part of an underrepresented gender group, this includes women-identifying, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals
Is interested in hardware or is working at a hardware related organisation
May be a student wanting to explore the hardware and startup world

It will be a fun evening of learning and socialising that will first start with a panel discussion followed by networking. On the panel, we will be hearing from 3 incredible women with hardware backgrounds.

A live-stream will be available - you can register to be sent the link prior to the event start-time.

Date and time
Wednesday, October 15
5:30pm - 8:30pm

Venue: Outset, Level 4, 24 Balfour Road Parnell, Auckland

Cost: Free

Food: pizza, snacks and non-alcoholic drinks

Get your tickets here

Speakers

Speaker 1: Suzanne La Trobe from Alimetry

Suzanne La Trobe is the acting Head of Engineering at medical device start-up, Alimetry, where she is leading the support and scaling of their first in world high resolution gastric mapping hardware, as well as research and development for future products that will help them on their mission to decode the gut and to transform gastric care. Over a decade in the industry has led her from Mechanical Product Development Engineer, driving projects from blue sky to market delivery, to product strategy and human factors enthusiast. She’s inspired by the power of a team who, working together towards the right problem, can deliver so much more than any individual.

Speaker 2: Margaret Anderson FROM Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Margaret Anderson is a Product Development Manager at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, where she’s led the development of a novel medical device from concept through clinical trials to release. A biomedical engineer by trade, her experience spans product development, project management, and business strategy — including growing a team, securing board-level investment, filing patents, and working with the FDA. She’s passionate about supporting women in engineering, drives diversity initiatives, and heads up the F&P Makerspace. Outside of work, she’s mum to a toddler, a 3-month-old, and a cat — and wife to a Rocket Lab Director, so does a bit of juggling!

Speaker 3: Taylor Wickman from Take Two Studio

Taylor Wickman is a multi disciplinary designer & director of her own recent venture Take Two Studio. An industrial/product designer by trade, her works spans across product, dfma, strategy and ceramics!

She spent 5 years with Vivid Origin, which saw her work across a variety of projects, taking them from fledgling ideas to fully productionised items and systems. Her most recent, the award winning Mindfull Spaces, dived into bettering the unique learning experiences of neurodiverse children in schools.

Taylor’s passionate about human centred design, and vigorously interrogating and understanding user needs. Through her lived experiences with neurodiversity, she’s keen to advocate and raise awareness of this in woman and how it can be better understood

MC: Mikayla Stokes

Mikayla Stokes is a mechatronics engineer at Crown Equipment making autonomous forklifts. She loves using tech to make cool wearable things like a light-up dress or 3D printed earrings. She's passionate about creating an inclusive community where any kid can pursue a future in STEM, and is the two time overall female winner of the BrightSparks inventing competition.

Event Sponsors

Lune Digital

Lune Digital is an embedded systems expert specialising in high-tech, IoT and wearable solutions. For the past 10 years, Lune Digital has been assisting visionary companies with hardware design, electronics engineering, embedded software development, and technical advice. They excel in optimizing battery life, boosting power efficiency, enhancing wireless connectivity, and creating scalable, future-proof systems.

Outset Ventures

Outset Ventures are committed to empowering overlooked science and engineering innovators to transform their ideas into groundbreaking ventures, helping them succeed at the critical early stages. As New Zealand's center of gravity for science and engineering startups and scaleups, Outset is home to a community of 40+ founder-led companies, 5000 square meters of laboratory and workshop spaces, and the country's most active deep technology investment fund.

Braemac

Braemac is a global leader in the distribution of semiconductor components and electronic systems as well as value-added services. Empowering engineers and developers for over 40 years–Braemac features expert in-house engineers, extensive design-phase support, state-of-the-art distribution, value-add facilities, comprehensive supply chain solutions, and unparalleled customer service. Braemac offers solutions for diverse markets and applications, helping customers streamline development, reduce costs, accelerate time to market, and support long term interoperability.

Blender

Blender is a product design and development consultancy. Their collaborative approach, strategic design process and technical know-how deliver engineered, purpose-made products. Since 2006 Blender partnered with many incredible companies, helping them to realise their vision and shape the future, by supporting them with exceptional product design, prototyping, engineering, and manufacturing services.

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