Go Girl in the media
Go Girl, Go for IT & other key women in STEM have been highlighted in many different news and media channels.
Below are just some of the mentions:
Past Events - 2022
School Improvement Episode 42: STEM pathways – inspiring female students - Dominique Russell, Teacher Magazine, 06 October 2022
Juliana Addison MP welcome address at Go Girl 2022 Event - Juliana Addison MP, 18 August 2022
Go Girl Program Director, Jess Huynh Talks With Ticker’s Mike Loder - Ticker News, 12 August 2022
Students 'go for IT' at conference - Max Stainkamph, Shepparton News, 12 August 2022
Tech Conference for Schoolgirls Returns - Event to address the IT gender gap - Education Today, 04 August 2022
Hands-on STEM event attracts over 1700 schoolgirls - David Braue, Australian Computer Society (ACS), 04 August 2022
Closing the IT gender gap: tech conference - Technology Decisions, 02 August 2022
Tech conference urges young girls to mull a career in tech - Kenn Anthony Mendoza, ITWire, 01 August 2022
Finding Your Techgirls Superpower - Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen, Tedx Talk, 08 June 2022
Media contacts
If you're interested in the 2023 event or would like to know more about Go Girl, Go For IT, please contact communications@gogirlgoforit.com.
Past Events - 2018
Go Girl, Go for IT interview - girl.com.au, August 2018
Girls need to be told that they can succeed in ICT': Our future success relies on it' - Fi Slaven, Women's Agenda, 20 August 2018
Record 2000 school girls attend largest student tech event in Australia - Minnis Journal - Education Today, 19 August 2018
iTWire - Record numbers attend girls tech event - Education HQ Australia, 17 August 2018
Southwest girls bridging the gender gap in STEM - The Standard, 2018
Girls Weigh their Career Options - The Advocate - Hepburn, 2018
The Hot Breakfast, Triple M, Byte Into IT 8 August 2018, Byte Into IT — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
Various Programs, August 2018
2000 School Girls To Attend Australia’s Largest Free STEM Event In Melbourne - Women Love Tech, August 2018
Go Girl Go For IT aims to close the IT gender gap for Victorian students - Education Today, August 2018
Go Girl, Go For IT: A free IT career showcase for Victorian School Girls - Women’s Agenda, July 2018
Past Events - 2016
Go Girl Go event inspires youth to pursue ICT careers: Vic ICT for Women - Jennifer O’Brien, CIO, 23 August 2016
Go Girl event leaders speak out about mission to encourage youth, women in ICT - Jennifer O’Brien, CIO, 23 August 2016
In pictures: Record turnout for ‘Go Girl, Go for IT,’ at Deakin University - Jennifer O’Brien, CIO, 23 August 2016
The Real Reason more women don’t code - Karin Vespour, The Conversation, 30 May 2016
Past Events - 2014
Bank of America – How to Get More Women Into IT Leadership - Anita Bruzzese, The Fast Track, 18 August 2014
Delete the nerd talk and get girls ambitious about IT - Angela Priestley, Women’s Agenda, 13 August 2014
Young IT gals are going to shake up businesses: Twitter Australia MD - Rebecca Merrett, CIO, 13 August 2014
Apple finally admits it has a diversity problem - Andrew Sadauskas, startupsmart, 13 August 2014
Hackers, hipsters and hustlers – the dream team for innovation - Rebecca Merrett, CIO, 13 August 2014
Over a thousand high school girls Go for IT - David Swan, iTWire, 12 August 2014
Wonderful advice to young women at the “Go Girl, Go for IT” conference - Rambling Teacher’s Blog Melbourne, 12 August 2014
Encouraging the next generation of female tech leaders - Andrew Sadauskas, Women’s Agenda, 11 August 2014
C’mon girls, let’s program a better tech industry - Karin Verspoor, The Conversation, 29 July 2014
Girls Who Code and the Importance of STEM - Laura Willson, learn bop, 29 July 2014
MIA: Women in technology. Here’s how to find them - Karin Verspoor, Women’s Agenda, 29 July 2014
Vic Government looks for new ways to boost IT skills - CIO, 03 April 2014
Yoga and a healthy breakfast to get women hacking - Jessica Gardner, Financial Review, 17 March 2014 (AFR subscribers only)
Meet six rising female stars in Australian tech - Sylvia Pennington, The Sydney Morning Herald, 07 March 2014
Get them while they’re young - Fi Slaven, CIO, 22 January 2014