"8/3/2018 Image Free to Use Waterford Institute of Technology celebrate international women's day. Be brave in the choices you make – secondary school students hear on International Women's Day  Caoimhe Holland Loretto Kilkenny with Virtual reality goggles.Photo;Mary Browne Be brave in the choices you make – secondary school students hear on International Women's Day  For immediate release Hundreds of female secondary school students were inspired by the career path of Women in Technology keynote speaker Regina Moran, Vice President of Transformation, EMEIA, Fujitsu on International Women's Day in Waterford.  The event was co-ordinated by lecturers from Waterford Institute of Technology and featured 10 female speakers telling their personal stories.  Moran told the audience how it's important to be adaptable to change – she changed roles at least 30 times, lived through recessions and boom times, layoff and hirings, had been promoted and demoted – and survived.  ""I have had and still intend to have an amazing career but way back in the 1980s it began here in this college and for that I will always be grateful,"" she said.  ""I chose to do engineering back when it was an unusual choice for a girl. It opened up a world of possibilities. The road less travelled led to becoming CEO of Fujitsu in Ireland for 10 years and last May I became CEO of Fujitsu UK and Ireland, an amazing role. I have just recently taken on a European wide role.""  Speakers and representatives from 30 companies showcased technology careers to young women this International Women's Day in Waterford. Hundreds of second-level students from across the south east region – Gorey, Enniscorthy, Fermoy, Kilkenny, Carrick-on-Suir, Waterford city – descended on the Women in Technology event on International Women's Day 2018 at the WIT Arena which has been organised by lecturing staff in physics, engineering, architecture and computing disciplines at Waterford Institute of Techn"
{"Image ImageDescription": "8/3/2018 Image Free to Use Waterford Institute of Technology celebrate international women\u2019s day. Be brave in the choices you make \u2013 secondary school students hear on International Women\u2019s Day  Caoimhe Holland Loretto Kilkenny with Virtual reality goggles.Photo;Mary Browne Be brave in the choices you make \u2013 secondary school students hear on International Women\u2019s Day  For immediate release Hundreds of female secondary school students were inspired by the career path of Women in Technology keynote speaker Regina Moran, Vice President of Transformation, EMEIA, Fujitsu on International Women\u2019s Day in Waterford.  The event was co-ordinated by lecturers from Waterford Institute of Technology and featured 10 female speakers telling their personal stories.  Moran told the audience how it\u2019s important to be adaptable to change \u2013 she changed roles at least 30 times, lived through recessions and boom times, layoff and hirings, had been promoted and demoted \u2013 and survived.  \u201cI have had and still intend to have an amazing career but way back in the 1980s it began here in this college and for that I will always be grateful,\u201d she said.  \u201cI chose to do engineering back when it was an unusual choice for a girl. It opened up a world of possibilities. The road less travelled led to becoming CEO of Fujitsu in Ireland for 10 years and last May I became CEO of Fujitsu UK and Ireland, an amazing role. I have just recently taken on a European wide role.\u201d  Speakers and representatives from 30 companies showcased technology careers to young women this International Women\u2019s Day in Waterford. Hundreds of second-level students from across the south east region \u2013 Gorey, Enniscorthy, Fermoy, Kilkenny, Carrick-on-Suir, Waterford city \u2013 descended on the Women in Technology event on International Women\u2019s Day 2018 at the WIT Arena which has been organised by lecturing staff in physics, engineering, architecture and computing disciplines at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). The purpose of the event was to help young women discover the wide variety of career paths and roles in the world of technology. The keynote speaker was Regina Moran, CEO Fujitsu UK and Ireland, a graduate of WIT. The speaker list includes representatives from Intel, Boston Scientific (Mairead Tarrent), Bausch & Lomb, Red Hat (Brid Mackey), Whitfield Clinic (Amanda Barry), Se2 (Claire Kelly), E Project Chartered Architects (Ellen Nugent), Institute of Physics (Sheila Gilheany), Penneys to Prada (Emer Rutherford), Sun Life Financial (Margaret Carroll), HEAnet (CEO Kerrie Power), Winthrop Engineering (Clodagh Dunphy), and DHB Architects (Maire Henry). Organisations who had a presence at the event include: Amazon Web Services, SE2, SunLife, UPMC Whitfield Cancer Centre, VHI, Sanofi Waterford, Red Hat, GradIreland, Distilled SCH, Dataworks Ltd, Institute of Physics, Engineers Ireland South East, Boston Scientific, Servier Ireland, Stryker, EPA, SEAM, Eishtec, Oracle, Bausch & Lomb, GSK, West Pharmaeutical Products, Crystal Valley Tech, Intel, Nemeton TV, Errigal. Fore more information visit www.wit.ie/womenintechnology.   Elaine Larkin PR Executive, Waterford Institute of Technology", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 7D Mark II", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Photoshelter http://www.photoshelter.com", "Image DateTime": "2018:03:08 17:23:33", "Image Artist": "Mary Browne", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "3458", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/160", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Manual", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "2000", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0231", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2018:03:08 10:12:27", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2018:03:08 10:12:27", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ApertureValue": "10717/2018", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Spot", "EXIF Flash": "Flash fired, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "20", "EXIF SubSecTime": "06", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "06", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "06", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Manual Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "023021006299", "EXIF LensModel": "EF17-40mm f/4L USM", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "0000000000"}