LTUX Brighton: Femme-coded work in tech?

Doors open at 6.00pm. Event starts promptly at 6.30pm. 

This event is for our core audience. Women, Trans, Non-Binary and GNC inclusive.

Are UX soft-skills “femme-coded”, “hidden” and undervalued? Who’s really doing the work? And how does the language in tech lift us up – or hold us back?

Join us for a panel discussion where we’ll explore these questions and the impact on all genders. Expect an open and inclusive space to listen, share experiences, and be inspired to turn challenges into opportunities for change. 

This event stems from a post-UX Brighton 2022 chat among members. After watching Matt LeMay’s talk citing Saielle DaSilva’s ‘F-Words of successful products’, we shared our own experiences and thought ‘We need more time to discuss this!’

Our panellists include UX and product directors, tech thought leaders, a linguist, and a creative leadership scholar. Their diverse perspectives will help us to pick apart the structures we work within and spark a lively discussion on advancing progress.

Our panellists are: 

• Saielle DaSilva 
• Rifa Thorpe-Tracey 
• Cindy Yeh 
• Federica Formato 
• Sophie Frost

Pizza and a networking break will be provided as part of this event. We will do our best to cater for any dietary restrictions, so please let us know in the question we ask as part of the ticket

Lauren Sweeney (she/her) is a UX/UI Designer at 7thSense, a creative technology company that builds high end media servers for the Pro-AV industry. Notably they have recently risen to fame by delivering a project for the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas. Lauren is currently studying for her MSc in User Experience Design at the University of Brighton where she is interested in creating immersive experiences with creative technologies.

We could not do what we do without our amazing sponsors and hosts.
We are immensely grateful to DabApps for being one of our sponsors and to Runway East for hosting us, which allows us to provide more tickets for this fantastic event!

DabApps is one of the UK’s leading mobile and web app development agencies. They’re passionate technologists, designers and business minds seeking to design and build for good.
With 15 years of experience as an agency servicing multiple sectors, their in-house team have honed their skills to do what they do best - designing and building digital products. DabApps work with open source contributions wherever possible, and are well known for their work with APIs, as well as for developing Django Rest Framework. Their clients include Agilio, PeopleWise, WeThrive, Brighton Fringe, Diversity & Ability, Novo Nordisk, Futrli and Cardiff University.

Are supporting this event so that we can offer a livestream. We are deeply grateful for their support.

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