Women Empowerment through
Tech Fest
A day to celebrate women in tecnology
WE Tech Fest
Brought to you by AUW IT Club
Event Detail
This is a day long event, where technology leaders and professionals from all over Bangladesh will join the event to share their ideas, views and expertise with the participants. Any female who wants to be in IT or want to be in IT can join the event as participants. We are encouraging female students from all over Chittagong to join the event. We aim to have a common platform where everyone can share their ideas, hopes and dreams!
This event is divided into two main sessions, such as morning session and evening session. The detail information about the sessions are given below:
On Spot Registration 9.15 am - 10.00 am
Participants who have contacted the Committee or who have filled up the online registration will be able to register their names in the Register Booth, and collect their participant pack. Please, bring your institutional ID card or any Identification card with you on the day of event.
Morning Session
Grand Opening
Room: 20H Rooftop (Hall Room)
Time: 10.00 am - 11.00am
Event Video Screening
GDG Dhaka Video Screening
A brief about the program and it’s background behind it (Fahria Kabir and Nishat Raihana)
FOSS: Present, Past and Future (Fahria Kabir)
Welcome Note: Dr. Jinnie Garrett, Dean of Faculties, AUW
Key note speaker (Dr.Zafar Iqbal): Giving a talk or presentation on “Trend of FOSS in the Developing Country”
Parallel Sessions Part 1
Time: 11.10 am - 12.10pm
1A: Women and Computing: Panel Discussion + Q/A
Moderator and Key Note Speaker: Dr.Yasmeen Hoque, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Panelist: Amina Akhter, Faculty, AUW
1B: Open Web and Data Privacy: Interactive Session
Lead by Dr.Faheem Hussain, Asst. Professor, AUW and researcher in Information Communication and Technology
Conducted by Mashiat Mostafa, Jyoti Rahman
1C: Women’s Participation in IT – Present & Future:Panel Discussion +Q/A
Moderator and Key Note Speaker: Dr. Kaushik Deb, Head of CSE of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology,
Panelist: Priyam Bishwas, Faculty, CUET, and Zakia Sultana, Faculty, CUET
1D: Cloud Computing and Future of South East Asia
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
**after attending the session all the panelists, special guests, and participants are requested to get back to the 20H Rooftop (Hall Room) where we will take a GROUP PHOTO for the morning session
Lunch and Prayer
Time: 12.10 pm - 1.30 pm
Evening Session
Parallel Sessions Part 2
1.30 pm - 4.00pm
2A: Building Web Application with Ruby on Rails
Topics Covered: MVC Ruby on Rails, Object Relational Mapping, Git, Github, SSH, Heroku, Using Code Inspector, Using Agile Method (Undecided), Testing (Undecided)
Conducted by: Sukanta Ghosh Sr Software Engineer, NKSoft and Md Rezaur Rahman Sr Software Engineer, NKSoft
2B: Session on Webmaker and Appmaker
Conducted by: Anam Ahmed, CEO of Khudrotech and Asif Nawaz Saho, UI/UX and word press Developer and their team
2C: An Intro to IT Entrepreneurship and Startup Opportunities
Conducted by: Umme Mahbuba, President WEE Foundation and Ambassador StartUp Cup
2D:Going Independent and Going Open Source: Starting Out as a Freelance Developer and Making the Most Out of Open Source
Conducted by: Rifat Mahmud, Independent IT Consultant
2E: Sessions taken by GDG Dhaka
2F: Introduction to Web Designing
Conducted by: Rakib Hasan, and his team
2G: Movie Screening
Screening of Documentaries related to Internet, Privacy and IT trend
Closing Ceremony
Room: 20H Rooftop (Hall Room)
Time: 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm