HILARY 2021
2Nd WEEK - DR. NIKE FOLAYAN MBE
Tuesday, 26th Jan
5:00 - 6:15 pm
Nike will discuss her career, some personal challenges she has faced and the drive towards a more inclusive STEM workforce really means, with a particular focus on the importance of diversity and inclusion in Engineering. She will address common myths about why engineering is not as diverse as it could be and what can be done to bring about real change. Her talk will discuss the founding of Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE) and some of its initiatives including programmes such as Transition, which particularly relevant to students from a wide range of ethnic minority communities who may experience limited access to support networks and mentoring to enable them to forge careers in the industry.
Click here to register!
5:00 - 6:15 pm
Nike will discuss her career, some personal challenges she has faced and the drive towards a more inclusive STEM workforce really means, with a particular focus on the importance of diversity and inclusion in Engineering. She will address common myths about why engineering is not as diverse as it could be and what can be done to bring about real change. Her talk will discuss the founding of Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE) and some of its initiatives including programmes such as Transition, which particularly relevant to students from a wide range of ethnic minority communities who may experience limited access to support networks and mentoring to enable them to forge careers in the industry.
Click here to register!
3rD WEEK - women in stem networking event
Monday, 1st Feb
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Our soapbox style speakers will raise your awareness of the rich ecosystem of women working in STEM at Oxford by sharing their research with you in an engaging and informative way, including topics such as machine learning and renewable fusion to AI and computing in Physics!
The full list of speakers can now be found on the Women in STEM Networking Event website!
As well as hearing from inspiring women across STEM, two different types of networking will be available: the chance to visit booths run by Oxford's Women in Science, Engineering and Maths societies and to talk to industry partners, including Google, Quantum Black, Bloomberg, Citadel, G-Research, Marshall Wace, and Optiver.
We know that virtual networking can feel daunting for some, so to help up-skill and boost your confidence in this space you will also have the chance to join a networking skills workshop with Professor Nessa Carey (Entrepreneur-in-Residence - University of Oxford) before putting your new expertise into practice!
The event will be run on the HopIn platform and requires registration.
Registration link, instructions, and the password needed to secure your place can all be found on the event website!
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Our soapbox style speakers will raise your awareness of the rich ecosystem of women working in STEM at Oxford by sharing their research with you in an engaging and informative way, including topics such as machine learning and renewable fusion to AI and computing in Physics!
The full list of speakers can now be found on the Women in STEM Networking Event website!
As well as hearing from inspiring women across STEM, two different types of networking will be available: the chance to visit booths run by Oxford's Women in Science, Engineering and Maths societies and to talk to industry partners, including Google, Quantum Black, Bloomberg, Citadel, G-Research, Marshall Wace, and Optiver.
We know that virtual networking can feel daunting for some, so to help up-skill and boost your confidence in this space you will also have the chance to join a networking skills workshop with Professor Nessa Carey (Entrepreneur-in-Residence - University of Oxford) before putting your new expertise into practice!
The event will be run on the HopIn platform and requires registration.
Registration link, instructions, and the password needed to secure your place can all be found on the event website!
3RD WEEK -the future of artificail intelligience panel
Thursday, 4th Feb
5:00 - 6:30 pm
It’s universally acknowledged that artificial intelligence has drastically improved the work efficiency and freed us from doing repetitive tasks. Yet, is artificial intelligence really accurate, unbiased and capable of mimicking human intelligence? The horror behind the prevalence of artificial intelligence lies beyond matters like unemployment. Incidents like fatality involving a self-driving car, racial and gender discrimination have alerted engineers and companies to the consequences of implementing an unethical AI. This panel discussion explores the issue from multiple aspects and here is a list of our panel members:
Prof. Sandra Wachter - A researcher focusing on legal and ethical implications of AI, Big Data, and robotics as well as profiling, inferential analytics, explainable AI, algorithmic bias, diversity, and fairness, governmental surveillance, predictive policing, and human rights online.
Kathy Gong - A Chinese entrepreneur who has launched a series of companies like the gaming company WafaGames and ai.Law, a robotics start-up that makes law accessible and affordable, and that has served 6 million people, 67 percent of them women. On the other hand, WafaGames employs game Artificial Intelligence and real-time strategy algorithms.
Elena Sinel - A multi-award-winning social entrepreneur on a mission to revolutionise education across the globe. Teens In AI is Elena’s latest initiative, spurred by her passion for AI and its ability to create a positive and lasting impact on the world. It offers teenagers early exposure to AI through a combination of expert mentoring, talks, workshops in AI/ML, human-centred design and ethics, hackathons, accelerators, company tours and networking opportunities. The vision is for AI to be developed by a diverse group of thinkers and doers advancing AI for humanity’s benefit.
Please click here to join us!
5:00 - 6:30 pm
It’s universally acknowledged that artificial intelligence has drastically improved the work efficiency and freed us from doing repetitive tasks. Yet, is artificial intelligence really accurate, unbiased and capable of mimicking human intelligence? The horror behind the prevalence of artificial intelligence lies beyond matters like unemployment. Incidents like fatality involving a self-driving car, racial and gender discrimination have alerted engineers and companies to the consequences of implementing an unethical AI. This panel discussion explores the issue from multiple aspects and here is a list of our panel members:
Prof. Sandra Wachter - A researcher focusing on legal and ethical implications of AI, Big Data, and robotics as well as profiling, inferential analytics, explainable AI, algorithmic bias, diversity, and fairness, governmental surveillance, predictive policing, and human rights online.
Kathy Gong - A Chinese entrepreneur who has launched a series of companies like the gaming company WafaGames and ai.Law, a robotics start-up that makes law accessible and affordable, and that has served 6 million people, 67 percent of them women. On the other hand, WafaGames employs game Artificial Intelligence and real-time strategy algorithms.
Elena Sinel - A multi-award-winning social entrepreneur on a mission to revolutionise education across the globe. Teens In AI is Elena’s latest initiative, spurred by her passion for AI and its ability to create a positive and lasting impact on the world. It offers teenagers early exposure to AI through a combination of expert mentoring, talks, workshops in AI/ML, human-centred design and ethics, hackathons, accelerators, company tours and networking opportunities. The vision is for AI to be developed by a diverse group of thinkers and doers advancing AI for humanity’s benefit.
Please click here to join us!
5th WEEK -Dr. ellen stofan interview
Thursday, 18th Feb
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Ellen R. Stofan, PhD John and Adrienne Mars Director, National Air and Space Museum Dr. Ellen Stofan is the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the National Air and Space Museum. Stofan was previously Chief Scientist at NASA, serving as principal advisor to the Administrator on science programs and strategic planning. She is currently on the Science and Engineering team of NASA’s Dragonfly mission working to send a rotorcraft lander to Saturn’s moon Titan. Stofan holds master’s and doctorate degrees in geological sciences from Brown University, and a bachelor’s degree from the College of William And Mary. She serves on National Geographic’s Board of Trustees, and is an honorary professor at University College London.
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Ellen R. Stofan, PhD John and Adrienne Mars Director, National Air and Space Museum Dr. Ellen Stofan is the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the National Air and Space Museum. Stofan was previously Chief Scientist at NASA, serving as principal advisor to the Administrator on science programs and strategic planning. She is currently on the Science and Engineering team of NASA’s Dragonfly mission working to send a rotorcraft lander to Saturn’s moon Titan. Stofan holds master’s and doctorate degrees in geological sciences from Brown University, and a bachelor’s degree from the College of William And Mary. She serves on National Geographic’s Board of Trustees, and is an honorary professor at University College London.
7TH WEEK - presentation and Q&A - Olivia wilding
Monday 1st March
6 pm- 7 pm
One of the key players in the electric vehicle market is Arrival. By using unique technologies Arrival creates affordable, purpose-built net zero mobility solutions for commercial customers worldwide. Olivia Wilding, a Chemistry student turned Composite Materials engineer, is part of Arrival’s alternative approach which is disrupting the automotive industry as they strive towards a more sustainable transport ecosystem. Discover why Olivia is passionate about their mission and the key role that the materials team plays within that.
6 pm- 7 pm
One of the key players in the electric vehicle market is Arrival. By using unique technologies Arrival creates affordable, purpose-built net zero mobility solutions for commercial customers worldwide. Olivia Wilding, a Chemistry student turned Composite Materials engineer, is part of Arrival’s alternative approach which is disrupting the automotive industry as they strive towards a more sustainable transport ecosystem. Discover why Olivia is passionate about their mission and the key role that the materials team plays within that.
7TH WEEK -women in ai (OUeng x oxwest)
Wednesday 3rd March
5.30pm-6.30pm
Join us and OUEngSoc for a talk by Mariana Pereira! Mariana is the Director of Email Security Products at Darktrace, with a primary focus on the capabilities of AI cyber defenses against email-borne attacks. Mariana works closely with the development, analyst, and marketing teams to advise technical and non-technical audiences on how best to augment cyber resilience within the email domain, and how to implement AI technology as a means of defense. She speaks regularly at international events, with a specialism in presenting on sophisticated, AI-powered email attacks. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, and speaks several languages including French, Italian, and Portuguese.
5.30pm-6.30pm
Join us and OUEngSoc for a talk by Mariana Pereira! Mariana is the Director of Email Security Products at Darktrace, with a primary focus on the capabilities of AI cyber defenses against email-borne attacks. Mariana works closely with the development, analyst, and marketing teams to advise technical and non-technical audiences on how best to augment cyber resilience within the email domain, and how to implement AI technology as a means of defense. She speaks regularly at international events, with a specialism in presenting on sophisticated, AI-powered email attacks. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, and speaks several languages including French, Italian, and Portuguese.
8TH WEEK - international women's networking event
Monday 8th March
11am-12pm
Come together for a chill coffee morning with other driven women across Oxford to celebrate International Women’s Day.
11am-12pm
Come together for a chill coffee morning with other driven women across Oxford to celebrate International Women’s Day.
MICHAELMAS 2020
1st week - WELCOME EVENT
Tuesday, 13 Oct
7:30 - 9:00 pm
We would like to welcome everyone back, and some for the first time, with OxWEST’s first event of the year; our virtual drinks evening.
We can’t wait to share with you the array of events organised for this Michaelmas. From inspiring speakers, to exciting panels and workshops in collaboration with other societies, there is something for everyone. Especially now that our events are just a laptop away, we hope to see many of you tuning in.
We have a maximum number of joiners on Zoom so sign up quickly to secure your place: here
1st week - virtual networking & application advice with bp
Thursday, 15th Oct
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Come join us at our first offcial event of the term where our sponsosrs bp will be disussing bp's aims and ambititons to become a net zero company by 2050.
The recruitment process at bp will also be explained and there will be a networking and Q&A part of the session where you can enter breakout rooms with represenattives from bp.
This session will be of great help to students in any year that are thinking of applying for 1st year inisght weeks all the way up to graduate jobs at bp!
Click here to join
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Come join us at our first offcial event of the term where our sponsosrs bp will be disussing bp's aims and ambititons to become a net zero company by 2050.
The recruitment process at bp will also be explained and there will be a networking and Q&A part of the session where you can enter breakout rooms with represenattives from bp.
This session will be of great help to students in any year that are thinking of applying for 1st year inisght weeks all the way up to graduate jobs at bp!
Click here to join
2nd week - introduction to blockchain workshop
Tuesday, 20 Oct
7 - 9 pm
Are you interested in blockchain (whether a beginner or more experienced)?
Join us for a look into what blockchain is, how the technology works and why it is going to be an important technology moving forward. This will be a non-technical (no coding experience needed) event, however we will touch on technical aspects.
This event is hosted by the Oxford Blockchain Society and OxWEST!
This is perfect for Undergrads, Postgrads, MBAs or anyone in the Oxford community.
This event will be hosted virtually and sign up via the link
7 - 9 pm
Are you interested in blockchain (whether a beginner or more experienced)?
Join us for a look into what blockchain is, how the technology works and why it is going to be an important technology moving forward. This will be a non-technical (no coding experience needed) event, however we will touch on technical aspects.
This event is hosted by the Oxford Blockchain Society and OxWEST!
This is perfect for Undergrads, Postgrads, MBAs or anyone in the Oxford community.
This event will be hosted virtually and sign up via the link
2nd weEK -introduction to python
We've partnered with the Oxford Foundry, CodeSoc and OxWEST to offer an "Introduction to Python" online course.
This is an opportunity to learn the basics of Python, with the support of experienced students who will be available in real time and connect with other new programmers on the course's online platform.
This course is for beginners and for people with no programming experience from any discipline.
The dates are:
20th Oct 4-6pm
27th Oct 4-6pm
3rd Nov 4-6pm
20th Nov 4-6pm
Click here to resgister
3rd week - gemma milne
Tuesday, 27 Oct
5:00 - 6:15 pm
Ever wondered how to drive disruption and innovation in the scientific industry, from increasing representation of women in STEM to improving the peer review system?
Then tune into our webinar where we will be interviewing Gemma Milne. Gemma is a Scottish science and technology writer, podcaster and author, published across many industries in the BBC, The Guardian and CNBC amongst others. She is also the Deep Tech and Science Startup Contributor for Forbes Europe. On top of all that Gemma is a Co-Founder of Science: Disrupt – a media outlet covering advances in science startups, research process and industries such as space, energy, health and advanced computing. Gemma specialises in making the public aware of issues with communication and internal struggles within the scientific industry.
Sign up for the event and to be sent the Zoom link!
5:00 - 6:15 pm
Ever wondered how to drive disruption and innovation in the scientific industry, from increasing representation of women in STEM to improving the peer review system?
Then tune into our webinar where we will be interviewing Gemma Milne. Gemma is a Scottish science and technology writer, podcaster and author, published across many industries in the BBC, The Guardian and CNBC amongst others. She is also the Deep Tech and Science Startup Contributor for Forbes Europe. On top of all that Gemma is a Co-Founder of Science: Disrupt – a media outlet covering advances in science startups, research process and industries such as space, energy, health and advanced computing. Gemma specialises in making the public aware of issues with communication and internal struggles within the scientific industry.
Sign up for the event and to be sent the Zoom link!
4th week - blockchain for beginners workshop
Monday & Tuesday , 2 & 3 Nov
7 - 9 pm
Are you interested in coding in blockchain?
Join us for a look into how it works and how to start understanding and using blockchain technology. We'll go through everything from smart contracts to running nodes and building dapps (decentralised apps).
This event requires some degree of coding ability to begin with.
This event is led by Laurence Kirk, Founder of Extropy.io - a blockchain development consultancy in Oxford.
For more information and to register:
2nd Nov
3rd Nov
7 - 9 pm
Are you interested in coding in blockchain?
Join us for a look into how it works and how to start understanding and using blockchain technology. We'll go through everything from smart contracts to running nodes and building dapps (decentralised apps).
This event requires some degree of coding ability to begin with.
This event is led by Laurence Kirk, Founder of Extropy.io - a blockchain development consultancy in Oxford.
For more information and to register:
2nd Nov
3rd Nov
5TH WEEK - BLockchain - code your first samrt contract
Tues & Wed, 10 & 11 Nov
7 - 9 pm
Click here for more information and to register:
link 1 (10 Nov)
link 2 (11 Nov)
7 - 9 pm
Click here for more information and to register:
link 1 (10 Nov)
link 2 (11 Nov)
5TH WEEK - informal discussion social
Friday, 13 Nov
7:30 / 8 pm
If you like the idea of sharing and gaining insights into different fields of STEM, and meeting other members over a hot drink and a cinnamon bun, our informal discussion social is for you.
During the first part of the event, any of our attendees will have the opportunity to give an overview of their postgraduate projects or simply an area they are interested in.
In soapbox style (just your voice, no powerpoint), you will gain some public speaking and science communication practise. For our attendees who would just like to listen, you might become fascinated by a topic you had never heard of.
The second part of the event will be a time to bounce ideas off each other as we discuss a subject relevant to women and/or STEM which all our attendees can contribute to if they would like.
Lastly, we hope the event will be a time for our members to get to know each other and bring the OxWEST community to life. Please note that we have limited spaces, so only sign-up if you can commit. We are looking forward to seeing those of you there! Sign up soon to secure your place: link
7:30 / 8 pm
If you like the idea of sharing and gaining insights into different fields of STEM, and meeting other members over a hot drink and a cinnamon bun, our informal discussion social is for you.
During the first part of the event, any of our attendees will have the opportunity to give an overview of their postgraduate projects or simply an area they are interested in.
In soapbox style (just your voice, no powerpoint), you will gain some public speaking and science communication practise. For our attendees who would just like to listen, you might become fascinated by a topic you had never heard of.
The second part of the event will be a time to bounce ideas off each other as we discuss a subject relevant to women and/or STEM which all our attendees can contribute to if they would like.
Lastly, we hope the event will be a time for our members to get to know each other and bring the OxWEST community to life. Please note that we have limited spaces, so only sign-up if you can commit. We are looking forward to seeing those of you there! Sign up soon to secure your place: link
6th WEEK - energy panel
Thursday, 19 Nov
5:00 - 6:20 pm (tbc)
5:00 - 6:20 pm (tbc)
7TH WEEK - drop-in with oxwib
Friday, 27 Nov
2:00- 3:00 pm
Here's a chance to take a break and meet the bright minds from the committees of OxWEST and OxWIB (Oxford Women in Business)! Come learn about the experiences of our committee members, both in the world of business and STEM related industries.
2:00- 3:00 pm
Here's a chance to take a break and meet the bright minds from the committees of OxWEST and OxWIB (Oxford Women in Business)! Come learn about the experiences of our committee members, both in the world of business and STEM related industries.
8TH WEEK - learn about deutsche bank with oxwest
Thursday, 3 Dec
3:00- 4:300 pm
The key objective of the event is to provide you with an opportunity to connect with our business representative across our core divisions, where you can hear about their role and career journey.
This will be an opportunity for you to ask questions directly and learn more about the industry, careers and skills required.
15:00 -15:05 - Introduction
15:05 -15:30 - Business Representative to introduce their division, role and their career journey
15:30 -16:00 - Q and A
16:00 -16:30 - Virtual Networking session
If you are interested in hearing about more Deutsche Bank opportunities then complete this form
3:00- 4:300 pm
The key objective of the event is to provide you with an opportunity to connect with our business representative across our core divisions, where you can hear about their role and career journey.
This will be an opportunity for you to ask questions directly and learn more about the industry, careers and skills required.
15:00 -15:05 - Introduction
15:05 -15:30 - Business Representative to introduce their division, role and their career journey
15:30 -16:00 - Q and A
16:00 -16:30 - Virtual Networking session
If you are interested in hearing about more Deutsche Bank opportunities then complete this form