What we’re about
Madison Women in Tech is a supportive, inclusive community of women and gender nonbinary folks working or interested in technology, from designers to programmers to recruiters to students. Through regular events and a digital newsletter, we empower and elevate women and enbys in Madison’s tech scene.
View our website here! https://madisonwomen.tech
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WHO CAN ATTEND OUR EVENTS?
Any woman or nonbinary person interested in or working in technology is welcome at ALL of our events. (To be extra clear, "women" includes both trans and cis women. 🏳️🌈)
Men are welcome at most of our events, but not all; occasionally, we host events that are specifically for women and nonbinary folks. In either case, we strive to make it crystal clear in the event description.
Still unsure if it's appropriate for you to attend? Feel free to shoot us an email at admin@madisonwomen.tech and double-check (we're very nice ❤️).
ACCESSIBILITY / INCLUSION
With rare exceptions, all our in-person events are hosted at accessible locations near multiple public transportation options; we also work to have gender neutral bathrooms available at every in-person event. When food is involved, we make sure to have vegan and gluten-free items available.
CHILDREN
We aren't often able to provide dedicated childcare, and some of our events might not be appropriate for children (depending on their age), but we encourage you to bring your children if it would otherwise be a barrier from you attending (or if you think they'd enjoy the event!).
CODE OF CONDUCT
Madison Women in Tech deliberately curates spaces for and by women and nonbinary folks. At in-person and virtual events where men are invited to attend, they are expected to listen, and not center themselves or their experiences.
All attendees, at both in-person and virtual events, agree to adhere to the Madison Women in Tech code of conduct.
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Learn more about different options for sponsorship on our website! https://sponsorship.madisonwomen.tech
Upcoming events (4)
See all- TECH TALK: "Mastering Pythonic Data Validation and Transformation with Pydantic"Madison Public Library - Central, Madison, WI
We're excited to partner again with Madison's Python meetup, MadPy, for this educational deep dive into Pydantic from Sydney Runkle!
Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. All genders are welcome at this event.
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In this talk, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about Pydantic, Python's leading data validation library. Powered by type hints, Pydantic rapidly validates, with support for easy-to-use custom validators and serializers. Pydantic also offers JSON schema generation, which allows for easy integration with tools across platforms.
Attendees will learn about basic usage of Pydantic, and how the tool can be applied to a wide variety of applications, from LLM response validation to API request/response structural support. We'll also touch on some little-known performance tips and recently released features.
SPEAKER
Sydney Runkle is a Senior at UW-Madison studying computer science. After graduating in May, Sydney will be starting work full-time at Pydantic, where she currently works part-time as an open-source focused software engineer.
In her free time, she loves to train for triathlons, cook, read, and spend time outside!
SCHEDULE
Feel free to arrive anytime between 6pm and 6:30pm; Sydney's presentation will begin at 6:30pm.
PARKING / TRANSPORTATION
The Madison Central Library is located downtown off the Capitol Square.
Parking
The State Street Capitol Parking Garage and Overture Center Garage are the closest parking garages; nearby metered street parking is free after 6pm.
Biking
The nearest B-Cycle station is Philosopher's Grove (South). The library also has multiple bike racks.
Bus
The following bus lines come within a few blocks:
A, B, D, E, F, R, 28, 75
ACCESSIBILITY / INCLUSION
All genders are welcome at this event. The building is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral bathrooms.
CODE OF CONDUCT
While this event is open to all genders, Madison Women in Tech deliberately curates spaces for and by women and nonbinary folks.
All attendees agree to adhere to the Madison Women in Tech code of conduct: http://coc.madisonwomen.tech
- NEW DATE: "Language Does More: Exploring Language as Tech, as Data, as Identity"Link visible for attendees
This event was originally scheduled in March as a hybrid event, but inclement weather and school closings led to us postponing it for later in spring.
---------------------------------------Language does more than you think it does. Join Samantha Beaver and Women in Tech for an exciting evening of linguistic exploration: learn to reframe language as a technology, leverage language samples as business-critical data, and understand your own self as being indexed by the language you use.
Both theoretical and practical, this talk is a great opportunity to dive deep into a fascinating topic - with a real linguist - that too often goes under-examined in the workplace.
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Samantha Beaver is a Linguist. Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, and Conversation Analysis are her areas of linguistic expertise, and her favorite topics to explore are language equity, language & gender, language learning, language & people management, and language & power. When she’s not doing linguistic work for other people, she is at home fostering the language development of her two young sons, Simon and Louis.
SCHEDULE
The Zoom room will open up at 11:55am. Samantha's presentation will begin at 12:05pm.
ZOOM
Zoom URL for this event will be shared day-of.
Zoom is a free video-conferencing platform, with mobile and desktop apps. Learn more about installing and using it here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362033-Getting-Started-on-Windows-and-Mac
ACCESSIBILITY / INCLUSION
Zoom offers a variety of accessibility-oriented features, including:
- Keyboard accessibility
- Screen reader support
Learn more: https://zoom.us/accessibility
If you have another accessibility concern, we encourage you to reach out directly to WiT via admin@madisonwomen.tech.
CODE OF CONDUCT
While this event is open to all genders, Madison Women in Tech deliberately curates spaces (both online and offline) for and by women and nonbinary folks. Men who attend are expected to listen, and not center themselves or their experiences.
All attendees agree to adhere to the Madison Women in Tech code of conduct: http://coc.madisonwomen.tech
- IN-PERSON SOCIAL: Happy Hour with OPEN!Giant Jones Brewing, Madison, WI
Join us for drinks and conversation with Out Professional Engagement Network, OPEN, at Giant Jones! This event is open to all genders.
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Giant Jones is an independent, woman-owned, certified organic craft brewery located in Madison, Wisconsin. When weather cooperates, they open their garage door and let in the summer air. They allow carry-in food but have many tasty options nearby. See more here.
SCHEDULE
Feel free to arrive anytime after 5:00. Be sure to find one of us to snag a name tag.
TRANSPORTATION
Giant Jones is located on the near east side.
By car
There is a parking lot on site, as well as street parking available on the street.
By bus
The following bus lines come within a few blocks:
6, 15, 23, 4, 7 , 38
By bike
Nearby BCycle stations:
- Down the cap city trail at E. Main St and S. Livingston or on S. Ingersoll and E. Washington Ave.
Nearby bike routes:
- Just off the cap city trail.
ACCESSIBILITY / INCLUSION
All genders are welcome at this event. Adults must be 21+ (and have ID!).
Location is wheelchair accessible.
If you have another accessibility concern, we encourage you to reach out directly to Sara at admin@madisonwomen.tech.
CODE OF CONDUCT
While this event is open to all genders, Madison Women in Tech deliberately curates spaces for and by women and nonbinary folks. Men who attend are expected to listen, and not center themselves or their experiences.
All attendees agree to adhere to the Madison Women in Tech code of conduct: http://coc.madisonwomen.tech
- 3nd Annual Job Fair for Women & Non-Binary FolksMemorial Union, Madison, WI
Madison Women in Tech is hosting our third annual job fair as part of DevFest WI and Forward Fest!
Join us Aug. 22nd at the Memorial Union to explore opportunities with a wide variety of both Madison-based and national employers, everything from startups to corporations. Bring your friends!
Psst ... is your company hiring and interested in having a booth? Let us know via admin@madisonwomen.tech 🤓
While the vast majority of our events are open to all genders, this event is being organized specifically for women and nonbinary folks. We firmly ask that men respect this and refrain from attending. Thanks!
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Bring your resumes and questions, and explore a wide variety of opportunities in your own backyard!
Participating Companies
The list of participating companies will be updated on a rolling basis as confirmations come in.
SCHEDULE
Come by anytime between 10am and 2pm!
TRANSPORTATION
Memorial Union is located on the UW Madison campus near downtown. There is limited on-street parking; the following garages are nearby:
- Helen C. White Garage
- State Street Campus Garage - Lake St.
The following bus lines come within a few blocks:
A, B, C, D, F, R, 28, 38, 65, 80
By bike
There are ample bike racks located all around Memorial Union.
Nearby BCycle stations:
- Memorial Union
- Library Mall
- Langdon St. & N. Lake St.
- Hawthorne Ct & State Street
ACCESSIBILITY / INCLUSION
Memorial Union is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral bathrooms, as well as bathrooms with baby changing stations.
While the vast majority of our events are open to all genders, this event is being organized specifically for women and nonbinary folks. We firmly ask that men respect this and refrain from attending.
If you have another accessibility concern, we encourage you to reach out to us directly at admin@madisonwomen.tech.
CODE OF CONDUCT
All attendees agree to adhere to the Madison Women in Tech code of conduct: http://coc.madisonwomen.tech