Making Your Mark - A Roundtable on Career Progression in AI

Join us for a roundtable to discuss challenges tips and experiences on career progressions with other women building technical careers in AI. Whether you're an engineer, running experiments, or somewhere in between, career progression is one of those topics that rarely gets the honest, peer conversation it deserves.

We're very excited to be joined by Safa Abbas for this event, to share her story and spark an honest conversation about what career progression in the era of AI really looks like.

In conversation with Yasmin (Head of People), Safa will take us through her journey of over 6 years in AI, from Junior Machine Learning Scientist to AI Innovation Lead, navigating startups, product businesses and consultancies, and a move from fintech into the marketing world. She's a regular speaker on DeepTech, including at the London AI Campus and the Royal Institution, and recently co-hosted a day at Google's London office for the Google X Working Options Symposium on the future of work and AI. She's an inclusion advocate, passionate about pushing the boundaries of AI whilst keeping ethics at the forefront.

We'll then open up for a roundtable discussion, to talk through things like:

How do you know what to learn next, and find the right people to learn from? Especially in the AI era where things are moving so fast

How do you have effective pay and progression conversations?

How do you deal with biases around gender and age?

How can you get ownership or exposure to more complex projects to build your path to promotion?

Agenda

8:45 - 9:15am Arrivals and breakfast

Breakfast will be provided from Karma Cans, a female-founded, sustainable catering provider

9:15 - 10:30am

Opening discussion - Safa & Yasmin

Roundtable discussion - your chance to discuss and ask questions of Safa, Yasmin, and each other

If you need a space to work after the event, just let us know!

Please note that this is a by-approval-only event for women working in technical roles like engineering or research. We make an extra effort to curate our guest lists to keep the discussion interactive and high quality.